Why were the Stations of the Cross changed?

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I am understanding this from different points of view. was it mainly because the things the Holy Father changed were not in the Bible? For example. the fall, where Jesus met His mother, and where Veronica wiped His face with her veil?

Also, was it to please non Catholics? can someone enlighten me
please? thank you.
 
Frank_Fenn said:
I am understanding this from different points of view. was it mainly because the things the Holy Father changed were not in the Bible? For example. the fall, where Jesus met His mother, and where Veronica wiped His face with her veil?

Also, was it to please non Catholics? can someone enlighten me
please? thank you.
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What do you mean? The meditations? Or the JP II stations? The Stations of the Cross were always a popular devotion and not an official liturgy of the Church. They are for personal edification. They evolved over time. Check the article in the Catholic Encyclopedia. It’s not like the Mass. Note the hundreds of different meditations written to help different people walk the way of Calvary through these stations. JP chose to write a set of meditations based only on those events which occur in Scripture.
 
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What do you mean? The meditations? Or the JP II stations? The Stations of the Cross were always a popular devotion and not an official liturgy of the Church. They are for personal edification. They evolved over time. Check the article in the Catholic Encyclopedia. It’s not like the Mass. Note the hundreds of different meditations written to help different people walk the way of Calvary through these stations. JP chose to write a set of meditations based only on those events which occur in Scripture.
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I will find you the link. Iam not saying it is like the Mass. The Stations of the Cross are a devotion, not part of the Mass. Here are some of the links:

examiner.ie/story/?jp=CWSNIDCWSN&cat=Ireland&rss=rss2

timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1620672.ece

canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=6e522c78-7cca-40b9-a3cc-e08b2f51644a&k=13830
 
Well, of course the secular media always gets it wrong.

The Stations in the Coloseum are the ones that the story is referring to. There is no universal “change”. Catholics can pray whatever Stations they want to.

The Stations are a meditational devotion. The Pope is free to do the meditation any way he chooses-- as are we. There are are many versions of the Stations in existence and they have varied greatly throughout the ages.

The Vatican chose to use the Stations created by JPII several years ago.

The media is wrongly inflating this into some kind of controversy. JPII used these same stations previously. No one else is obligated to use them, although they can if they want.

This is much ado about nothing.
 
When reading anything in the media about the Church, always, always assume it’s wrong. ALWAYS! 😛

It’s a sad fact, but this rule of mine has yet to be proven wrong. I pray for the day when it will be, though 😃
 
Ghosty said:
When reading anything in the media about the Church, always, always assume it’s wrong. ALWAYS! 😛

It’s a sad fact, but this rule of mine has yet to be proven wrong. I pray for the day when it will be, though 😃
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Excellent point!👍
 
I realize that this doesn’t anwer the OP.

But it seems appropriate to post this, since people are talking about the individual meditations varying for Stations.

My husband teaches RCIA. This year as a Lenten exercise, the class (23 people) broke into groups and wrote prayers/meditations about the Stations of the Cross from the point of view of catechumens. Many of these catechumens were converts from Protestantism. Then they walked the Stations and read their meditations aloud to the whole group.

My husband was in tears. These meditations from converts are terrifically touching.

For the past few years, our church RCIA program has printed a booklet with “testimony stories” of the RCIA candidates and catechumens. This year, my husband published their “Stations Meditations” in the book so that the whole church could use them.
 
the stations have never been standardized. there have always been some variations around the world. changes to the stattions are not a problem as lomg as the theology is valid
 
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I realize that this doesn’t anwer the OP.

But it seems appropriate to post this, since people are talking about the individual meditations varying for Stations.

My husband teaches RCIA. This year as a Lenten exercise, the class (23 people) broke into groups and wrote prayers/meditations about the Stations of the Cross from the point of view of catechumens. Many of these catechumens were converts from Protestantism. Then they walked the Stations and read their meditations aloud to the whole group.

My husband was in tears. These meditations from converts are terrifically touching.

For the past few years, our church RCIA program has printed a booklet with “testimony stories” of the RCIA candidates and catechumens. This year, my husband published their “Stations Meditations” in the book so that the whole church could use them.
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Wow. That sounds like a great idea. Well done.🙂
 
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