Over a decade ago, Pope John Paul II decided to alter the traditional fourteen stations, dropping out the ones that were not in the Scriptures and adding other portions from the gospel accounts. He wanted to emphasize and highlight . . . how the stations were not just about the Way of the Cross that Jesus trod in his passion, but about the Way of the Cross that all believers, especially those who suffer violently, innocently, needlessly, and in the cause of justice, still walk in their passion in contemporary society.
— Megan McKenna, The New Stations of the Cross