Show CEREMONY j HEW Ar COLISEUM ROME HOME May lar 4 After After Afler an Interval of fifty fitly years the Coliseum again has been the he s scene ene of ot the moving and picturesque mony f the Via Gruels Pope Bene- Bene who reigned as pope from 1740 to 1758 1758 instituted the ceremony ceremony by placIng Ing ing a I a. a cross crops in th the the- center of the arena where martyrs had given gheri their for tor forthe forthe the faith and erecting fourteen stations Pf Pr Hie cross closs about the historic pile Each F Friday Pridy id y the tho ancient amphitheatre witnessed the solemn rite The rhe h practice was wag Abandoned in 1870 1570 and and nd the stations were remove removal in 1872 by dRosa d 11 i Rosa the archaeologist st st. who explored d the strata underlying the arena The celebrants have on once co more visited the Coliseum however and arrayed In their strange gray garments which In liI Included eluded a cowl which covered heal haa and face have revived the ceremony of oW tl time Crowds gathered along ci a. n g the streets b by the procession to witness a spectacle spectacle spec spec- tacio which Rome has not seen since the theold theold old papal davs days |