These pilgrims are from the \u201cHerm\u00f3genes Rodriguez\u201d institute. It is a public school from Herencia, near Ciudad Real, in Spain. <\/p>\n
FR. ALBERTO DOMINGUEZ GARCIA-CECA <\/strong> These students have been studying about Rome in school. As a consequence, it is exciting for them to finally get to see the real deal. <\/p>\n The teachers brought them here as they believe it is essential for young people to get in touch with their Christian roots.<\/p>\n FR. ALBERTO DOMINGUEZ GARCIA-CECA <\/strong> One of the highlights for these young pilgrims was to see Pope Francis during the General Audience. The pope's presence and example was a great lesson in itself for them. <\/p>\n FR. ALBERTO DOMINGUEZ GARCIA-CECA <\/strong> INMACULADA<\/strong> After five memorable days in Rome they will return home ready to teach others what they have learned here in this Eternal City. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 17, 2019. They believe it is important for young people to see the real places they are studying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ySnMaAL_dj8","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomhermogeneseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomhermogenesint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48347"}],"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=48347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n \u201cIt is a public educational institute which under Church-State agreements permits the subject of Catholic religion to be taught to students who have freely chosen it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cOur culture is impregnated with Christianity. It could not be understood without Rome, without the Catholic Church. This is because in Spain all our traditions, both cultural and religious, come from the Christian faith. Therefore, in order to help the education and growth of these young people, it is important they know their roots.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe pope's humility and that the Church is for the poor. It is a Church that lives decentralized from itself. It is a Church to embrace and love the world, to be an evangelical sign in our time as Our Lord Jesus was.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cThey have seen something real, that is right in front of them... the pope. He is part of the Church and we got to see him in person.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n