Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 2, 2011 / 15:57 pm
Some 30,000 Mexican young people made a pilgrimage Jan. 29-30 to the Shrine of Christ the King located on Cubilete Hill in the Mexican State of Guanajuanto.
Organized by the association Testimonio y Esperanza, the pilgrimage is in its 28th year and is an expression of the unity of the Mexican youth in their desire to publicly express their faith.
The young people made the three-hour walk up Cubilete Hill, which reaches an altitude of 8,200 feet, to participate in Mass at the feet of the huge statue of Christ the King.
Before the pilgrimage, the president of Testimonio y Esperanza, Victor Leon, said the event is a call to continue in “the struggle for peace.” He acknowledged that this is a “constant struggle, which we young people will not cease to carry out.”