This Good Friday the Pope will pray a version of the Way of the Cross written by a group of young scouts and by a group of 8- to 19-year-olds from a parish in Rome.<\/p>\n
The prayer features drawings such as these, made by 3- to 8-year-old children from foster families or otherwise assisted by the Church. <\/p>\n
To understand the meditations, it\u2019s important to put oneself in the children's shoes, because they apply the stages of Christ\u2019s Passion to their own daily lives<\/p>\n
Last year the meditations evoked the suffering of prisoners\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2026This year they shine a light on the struggles of children: their first mistakes in school, the regret of being mean to a classmate, or even the nostalgia for their grandparents, after not being able to see them for risk of infection. <\/p>\n
Like last year, the Pope will pray the Way of the Cross in St. Peter\u2019s Square without an audience of pilgrims, rather than in the Colosseum. <\/p>\n
Only the children who wrote the prayers will be in attendance. <\/p>\n
Four of them will read the texts, one for each institution involved in the event.<\/p>\n
Another eight will carry a cross through St. Peter\u2019s Square, while the other approximately 40 children will follow the Way of the Cross with the Pope in front of the basilica. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Javier Romero<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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