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Children read along as a crowd follows a scripted stations of the cross walk, narrated by the amplified voice of a woman portraying an aborted baby, during the Catholic “Vigil in Reparation for Abortion” at the Archdiocean Marian Shrine in the Maryland neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria, September 13, 2013. The overnight vigil, which lasted from early evening until early the next morning, featured special prayers for the souls of aborted children, singing, confession, sermons, and the stations of the cross walk. A modified rosary featuring tiny plastic fetuses encased in clear plastic beads was also for sale.