A big event tonight in Lisbon – the traditional WYD Way of the Cross with the Pope and young people. Vatican news had an article with an interview with Matilde Trocado, the artistic director of the Via Crucis. The title “artistic director” really struck me so we shall see what that means, especially since she describes the event as “a youthful and, I think, contemporary approach.” “Contemporary approach” to Christ’s passion and death on the Cross…should be fascinating! (https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2023-08/wyd-lisbon-way-of-the-cross.html?
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EWTN will, of course, broadcast the Way of the Cross so you can watch that shortly. It starts at 6 pm local time.
Tomorrow will be the traditional Saturday evening WYD vigil and Sunday will feature the closing Mass of Lisbon2023.
Also tomorrow; Pope Francis will go to Fatima in the morning!
By the way, Sunday we should learn where and when the next WYD will take place!
VATICAN INSIDER: FR HANS ZOLLNER AND THE SAFEGUARDING INSTITUTE
You are in for a real treat this weekend with my conversation with my very special guest in the interview segment – Fr. Hans Zollner, a German Jesuit, theologian and psychologist. In 2012 at Rome’s Jesuit-run Gregorian University, he founded and was president of the Center For Child Protection. In April 2021 that became the Institute of Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care (IADC) that he now directs. (Facebook: @IADCUniGregoriana)
Father Zollner is a licensed psychotherapist and is regarded as one of the leading ecclesiastical experts in the field of safeguarding from sexual abuse, especially in the Catholic Church. We talk about the Institute, also known as the Safeguarding Institute, the courses and degrees it offers and how dioceses around the world are adopting similar programs. Don’t miss a word of this conversation!
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