Volunteer Terri Sanchez, left, fits Linda Martin with new shoes at the annual Good Friday event hosted by the Los Angeles Mission. The mission, along with politicians and celebrities, served meals, provided children with Easter baskets, distributed new shoes and washed the feet of the homeless. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
People line up outside the Los Angeles Mission to participate in the Good Friday event. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Angelica Perez, 22, with 2-year-old daughter, Gladys, on her back, attends the event. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Carmencita Iribarne of Mission Viejo is one of several hundred people who celebrated Good Friday at Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano with prayers and the veneration of the cross. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The Rev. Michael Pontarelli carries the Triduum Cross during Good Friday celebrations at the Mission Basilica. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Worshipers kiss the cross held by Rev. Rontarelli, left, and Deacon David Sire. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The faithful attend the Via Crucis procession led by Pope Benedict XVI in front of the Roman Colosseum. (Danilo Schiavella / EPA)
A cross is held at one of the stations during Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, in Rome. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)
Christians in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, perform a reenactment on Good Friday, which commemorates the crucifixion of Christ. (Kambou Sia / AFP/Getty Images)
A man playing the role of Christ carries a cross during a Good Friday procession in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. (Kent Gilbert / Associated Press)
