Photo Gallery: At Good Friday liturgy at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Cardinal Gregory leads congregation in venerating the cross and remembering Jesus’s sacrifice

Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory presided at a Liturgy of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday, March 29, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. He led the congregation in venerating the cross on the most solemn day of the Church year, as people prayerfully remembered Jesus’s crucifixion. In his homily, he said Jesus by His act of love on the cross desires people’s friendship. (Catholic Standard photos by Jaclyn Lippelmann)