ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 18:40 pm
With the theme “We ask for citizen participation, we demand religious freedom,” thousands of young Catholics are preparing to make a pilgrimage Jan. 27 to the monument to Christ the King situated on 8,900-foot Cubilete Hill in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
According to Andrea Perea, president of the organizing movement Witness and Hope, the 42nd National Youth March is presented as a manifestation of devotion and civic commitment.
“This year, in addition to being a pilgrimage where we present the fruits of our work to the Lord, we also want it to be a march where we make our presence there a sign that the Catholic also counts,” Perea told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner.
The leader of the Catholic movement emphasized that this is intended to be “a call to Catholics for their responsibility in the face of the reality in the country.”