A thousand people at the Via Crucis organized by the Vicaria of Belcastro and Isola Capo Rizzuto in memory of the migrants who were victims of last Sunday's shipwreck at "Steccato" in Cutro.
At the head of the procession is the cross made by the artist Maurizio Giglio with the remains of the sunken boat on behalf of Don Francesco Loprete, parish priest of "Le Castella" in Isola Caporizzuto.
"We wanted to make this cross - said Don Francesco - to remember the many innocent people who died in the shipwreck. This drama will never be erased from our minds. After two thousand years, Christ is still on the Cross".
The Archbishop of Crotone, Monsignor Angelo Raffaele Panzetta participates in the Via Crucis.
"We are here - said the prelate - animated by hope and in a spirit of union with our Muslim brothers, in silence and in prayer, behind the saving Cross".
The imam of the Cutro mosque, Mustafa Achik, is also present at the initiative.
At the conclusion of the rite, the cross will be donated to the parish of Steccato di Cutro.