Arcole: "Christus Rex" contesta la Va Crucis-show mentre parrocchiani e "parroco" they beat a retreat…
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As expected, a delegation of was enough soli 5 traditionalist Catholics to send the parishioners of the town of Arcole into a tailspin (province of Verona, diocese of Vicenza) and to desist from the promised public confrontation “don” Diego Castagna, actor of a falsely crucified Jesus in a Via Crucis for migrants, against femicide and for the right to work.
What do these themes have to do with the Way of the Cross, which should be a pious devotion to the Passion of Our Lord who died on the Cross after atrocious suffering for the redemption of the world in expiation of its many sins? Because this sacrilegious theatricalization of such a painful moment and usually devoted to penance?
Yesterday morning, after having agreed by telephone, we went in front of the church of Arcole to ask the protagonist of this show these things, after the newspaper L'Arena had already written on Easter Eve, in general terms, of our disapproval, as well as, with further clarifications, the online newspaper www.veronanews.net . Even some national newspapers and politicians spoke about it in polemical tones, in line with ours. Read More

