The city of Rome hosts from July 29 to August 3 an international pilgrimage of the Association of Altar Boys “International Group of Ministers” (CIM).
The motto of this 13th pilgrimage is “With You”, an expression taken from the book of Isaiah, as reported by the German Episcopal Conference in a press release on July 2.
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Nearly 50,000 ministers from various countries such as Germany, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine and Hungary will participate in this event.
In addition, they will be accompanied by the President of the CIM, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg.
Specifically, some 35,000 altar boys are expected from Germany, who will be accompanied by the president of the Youth Commission of the German Bishops’ Conference, Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Wübbe, as well as numerous members of the German Bishops’ Conference.
The inauguration will take place on Monday, July 29 at the Maria S. Bambina Institute in Rome and will conclude with an audience with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday, July 30 at 6:00 p.m. (Rome time).
It should be noted that the activities of the pilgrimage will be coordinated by the press office of the German Bishops’ Conference.
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú
I am a graduate in Journalism and Advertising from the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid. Specialized in religious information in Spain since 2015. I have been a senior correspondent for ACI Prensa and EWTN Noticias in the Vatican for two years and I am currently a European correspondent based in Spain.