Some 50 people from parishes in three towns in Badajoz, Spain, traveled to Rome to see the Pope and receive his blessing.<\/p>\n
The pilgrimage was organized by the priest in charge of these three towns. He says getting people on board wasn\u2019t too difficult, especially after months of isolation because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
FR. VICTOR CARRASCO Margarita is one of them. She was able to greet the Pope and is proud of having made it to Rome.<\/p>\n MARGARITA The goal of their trip is both spiritual and historical. They want to learn about the origins of the Catholic Church and to hear Pope Francis\u2019 message firsthand.<\/p>\n FR. VICTOR CARRASCO More and more pilgrims are embarking on the journey to St. Peter\u2019s Square, to hear the Pope\u2019s words after so many months marked by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n BSB<\/p>\n TR: CT<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 31, 2021. Some 50 pilgrims from three towns in Spain took a trip to Rome to listen to the Pope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9LAK5oGpDd0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomparroquiaseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomparroquiasint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Parish priest
\n\u201cI made the announcement at the parishes, and the people quickly signed up. They didn\u2019t want to miss the opportunity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>\u201cIt was very exciting. I never dreamed that I would one day see the Pope and shake his hand. I never imagined I would one day be so close to the Pope.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Parish priest
\n\u201cWe were really moved. We needed to hear the Pope\u2019s words, and especially what he said about society lacking the freedom that comes from Christ.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n