Disabled and AIDS sufferers to participate in WYD Way of the Cross
(July 15, 2011) Among the young people who will be carrying the cross in the Way of the Cross event during the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain this August, will also be the disabled, AIDS sufferers, disadvantaged people and pilgrims from conflict zones such as the Holy Land and Iraq, or from regions affected by natural disasters such as Japan and Haiti. Fr. Eric Jacquinet, who is in charge of the Youth Section of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Laity said this to SIR, the Italian bishops’ news agency. He said that among the thousands of participants in the 26th World Youth Day in the Spanish capital from August 16th to 21st will also be 900 Chinese from Hong Kong, 2000 Russians, 300 Japanese and 2000 from the Arab countries. Commenting on the August 19th Way of the Cross, Fr. Jacquinet said the idea is to show that “Jesus is close to their sufferings, by showing them the right way to move ahead leaving behind death towards life.”
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