Up to 25,000 attendees reported the Civil Protection Directorate of Torreón in a period of five hours this Good Friday, in the Sanctuary of Las Noas, where the 41st representation of the Via Crucis took place.
According to the head of the aforementioned agency, Jorge Luis Juárez, from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., an approximate influx of 25,000 people was registered.
Víctor Gómez, rector of the Sanctuary, commented that unlike other years, on this occasion he observed it more orderly and with greater dedication on the part of the actors who gave life to the Stations of the Cross.
“The difference was more orderly, those who did the representation did it with more dedication, the change was that we ended up in the parking lot so that people didn’t crowd, I felt it with a lot of commitment to those who participated doing the representation, very good sound, very good choirs, very good participation of the people of God, and I hope that there have been thousands and thousands who have uploaded ”, he said at the end of the 2023 edition.
The number that was reported during the early hours of the morning did not reach those registered last year, in which it was said that around 35,000 people attended the performance.
Likewise, the priest and rector of the Santuario de las Noas, thanked the support received from the authorities, who mounted an operation, which was planned up to two months in advance, to protect the safety of the thousands of attendees.
“I thank the authorities, the Municipal Presidency, the State Government, the Red Cross, Civil Protection, Roads, Public Security, Firefighters, I am very grateful to all… One more Stations of the Cross where we all need to be united, which is the message of Pope Francis, being one like Christ, tells us that the father and he are one”, stressed the host of this edition, who dismissed the hundreds of attendees who gathered at the end of the performance with a “see you in 2024”.
(VERONICA RIVERA)