Sofia Lemus, 13, carries a sign on 18th Street during the annual Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Photos: Pilsen’s Good Friday Via Crucis procession
Worshippers and onlookers follow the annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Eduardo Bahena portrays Jesus in the 48th annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. It was Bahena’s first time portraying Jesus in the re-creation of the crucifixion. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Beatriz Lopez, of Oak Lawn, prays during the Good Friday Via Crucis procession on 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Worshippers follow the Good Friday Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Mary Reusz, 93, volunteers to help carry the rope during the 48th annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
A woman playing Veronica wipes the face of the person playing Jesus at the Sixth Station of the Cross during the Good Friday Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood on April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Worshippers and onlookers follow the Good Friday Via Crucis procession along 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Lucia Lemus, 9, portrays an angel in the 48th annual Good Friday Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Worshippers and onlookers follow the Via Crucis procession in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)Eduardo Bahena portrays Jesus in the 48th annual Via Crucis procession down 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, April 18, 2025. It was Bahena’s first time portraying Jesus in the re-creation of the crucifixion. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)The people playing Jesus and the thieves on crosses during the Good Friday Via Crucis in the Pilsen neighborhood on April 18, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
