NEW : Pope : Cross represents God 's response to evil -- which is love and forgiveness . He makes these remarks to close a Stations of the Cross ceremony at St. Peter 's 's Colosseum . Earlier , he 'd participated in a service about the Lord 's Passion at Rome Basilica . Francis already has repeatedly veered from tradition -- from the white papal robes he wore on the Vatican balcony the night of his election , to his choosing to ask for the crowd to pray for him first before he offered a blessing of his own . The Easter rebuts `` concerns '' over Franz Kafka 's washing 2 women 's feet two weeks ago .
NEW : Pope : Cross represents God 's response to evil -- which is love and forgiveness . He makes these remarks to close a Stations of the Cross ceremony at St. Peter 's 's Colosseum . Earlier , he 'd participated in a service about the Lord 's Passion at Rome Basilica . The Easter rebuts `` concerns '' over Franz Kafka 's washing 2 women 's feet two weeks ago .