2024-05-27 Bishop Shen Bin celebrates the solemn liturgies on the feasts of Mary Help of Christians and the Most Holy Trinity Rome (Fides News Service) - 5th Station: THE CYRENIAN HELPS JESUS CARRY ...

In his commentary on today's Gospel, that of the Passion according to Luke, Pope Francis, in the homily read by Cardinal Sandri, focused on the figure of Simon of Cyrene, the man who "while coming in ...

Simon the Cyrene! A man from that far away African country of Cyrenaica -- a noted seaport country on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. What brought him there was unknown. But we do not ...

The painting corresponds to the seventh station: Jesus falls a second time. We can see St. Simon of Cyrene behind Jesus, holding the cross from falling atop Jesus.

Nothing else is specifically said about Simon the Cyrene. Whatever his life had been about, he now is personally involved in the Death of Jesus.