{"id":55880,"date":"2016-07-10T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2016\/07\/10\/the-intense-summer-heat-did-not-prevent-them-from-carrying-a-heavy-cross-to-saint-peter-s\/"},"modified":"2016-07-10T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T10:30:00","slug":"the-intense-summer-heat-did-not-prevent-them-from-carrying-a-heavy-cross-to-saint-peter-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2016\/07\/10\/the-intense-summer-heat-did-not-prevent-them-from-carrying-a-heavy-cross-to-saint-peter-s\/","title":{"rendered":"The intense summer heat did not prevent them from carrying a heavy cross to Saint Peter's"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercy is not measured by the distance in miles driven. So, while these pilgrims have not traveled a great distance, they are happy because they will cross the Holy Door.<\/p>\n<p>They come from Bergamo, in northern Italy. They are in Rome because this year the national meeting of the brotherhood in collaboration is held here.<\/p>\n<p>We join them as they reach the final stretch of the walk along the road that begins at the Castel Sant'Angelo and ends at the Holy Door.<\/p>\n<p>FRANCESCO<br \/>\n'We are a part of this pilgrimage because of Pope Francis' invitation. We are a group of lay people from Bergamo who venerate the Blessed Luigi<br \/>\n\t\tPalazzollo and have felt the call to make this path of mercy and forgiveness that the Pope has \u00a0asked of us. For us, it is a very important event.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>These pilgrims know the Jubilee well. They come because they want to cross the Holy Door and confess and gain the plenary indulgence.<\/p>\n<p>They are happy and will return with the idea of a counseling experience to share with their friends.<\/p>\n<p>POPE FRANCIS<br \/>\n'Our friends are scattered around the world, we will see if they can also come.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>They are brave because they have resisted the strong heat ravaging Rome, carrying this cross, singing and praying towards Saint Peter's Basilica.<\/p>\n<p>And they have done so convinced that the Jubilee of Mercy is worth it.<\/p>\n<p>AQ\/YA<br \/>\nAA<br \/>\nVM<br \/>\n-PR<br \/>\nUP:YA<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 10, 2016. ;The Jubilee of Mercy attracts millions of pilgrims to Rome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":37578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Rq16xwTWXiQ","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brandomgiubileoint.mov","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55880"}],"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=55880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}