Tag: Giovanni Portelli

Grandmothers shout at the centurions to leave Jesus alone. Spectators trip and stumble among the eucalypts trying to capture video of the saviour bowed under the cross. Fake blood sprays and prayers fill the air. There’s no more iconic Good Friday event than the Penrose Park Passion Play, and Catholic Weekly photographer Giovanni Portelli has a front row seat

No ordinary photographer could capture the annual Walk in Christ's colour, movement and faith. Luckily, Sydney's got Giovanni Portelli

The Catholic Weekly’s feature on the acquittal of Cardinal George Pell, “Anatomy of a Travesty”, has won the Australasian Catholic Press Association’s 2022 prize...