VATICAN CITY
Catholic Register
Written by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service
Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:33
VATICAN CITY – The often silent plight of sexually abused children, victims of domestic violence, prisoners, the abandoned elderly, the unemployed and immigrants facing hostility will be given a powerful voice during the Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum.
Thousands of pilgrims and millions of television viewers will be asked to reflect April 18 on the wounds afflicting the world today: political stalemate, economic insecurity, substance abuse, torture, selfishness, fear and the despair of failure.
God is on the side of the hurting and the abused, allowing himself be exposed on the cross “to redeem every abuse wrongly concealed,” said one of the Way of the Cross meditations. Several days before the pope’s Good Friday commemoration, the Vatican released the text, along with the commentary and prayers for the 14 Stations of the Cross.
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