There was one day where German was the only language spoken in St. Peter's Square. Even Pope Francis put aside Italian and Spanish for a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With 50,000 German altar servers representing the whole country at the meeting, it's a normal occurrence. This group, for example, came from south east Germany, near Stuttgart and Freiburg.\u00a0<\/p>\n
'It is a great experience, because we are about 50,000 thousand who are here at this place at the same time and who want to see our Papa.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n
Everyone lived the four day pilgrimage as a small party with the Pope. The was no shortage of music and dancing.<\/p>\n
Another group, who hailed from Bavaria, wore traditional clothing that called everyone's attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n
'It's a traditional Bavarian dress, and yeah, we often wear it on holidays.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n
Although they may not know each other personally, the youth were united by one common ideal: to be proud in being altar servers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
'I think it brings you even closer to God and it's fun to help the people.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n
'To be in Church, and help others, and help our priests to do his job well, this is our job and this is what makes us happy.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n
The meeting with Pope Francis kicked off an unforgettable pilgrimage for them in the Eternal City.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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