Pope Francis led the Holy Thursday celebrations. The rite began with a mass dedicated to the priests of the Church.

The Holy Father then moved to Rebibbia prison. On Good Friday, he will lead the Way of the Cross, whose meditations were written by himself, something that had not happened before. The Easter Triduum began with the Last Supper, on Friday it reaches its most dramatic moment with the death of Christ on the cross and concludes on Sunday with the resurrection of the Son of God.