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“NWe cannot count on your physical presence, but we would like to be able to count on you. Because one not only makes a pilgrimage with the feet, but also with the heart, we propose that you make a pilgrimage through the heart, in which the path is not physical, but internal, “said the Rector of the Sanctuary, Carlos Headers, quoted in a press release released today.
In that note, the Shrine challenges all pilgrims to light a candle on Tuesday night, at the moment when the celebrations of an “atypical” pilgrimage begin, thus repeating one of the most iconic of Fatima. “
For the first time in its history, the Sanctuary of Fatima will celebrate the 12th and 13th of May without pilgrims in their spaces, following the sanitary decisions determined by the sanitary authorities regarding pandemic of greedy-19.
“This is a painful moment: the Shrine exists to welcome pilgrims and we cannot do so is a cause for great sadness; but this decision is also an act of responsibility towards pilgrims, defending their health and well-being,” said the rector. , reiterating the call to the pilgrims to stay at home and avoid traveling to the Shrine, which will have its entrances closed.
The pilgrimage of May It will start on Tuesday, at 9:30 p.m., from Capelinha das Aparições, with transmission on www.fatima.pt, as well as on Youtube and in the Facebook of the sanctuary.
The celebrations will take place in the Prayer Room, with only the presence of people. directly involved in the different moments of the pilgrimage.
On the 12th, after the prayer of the rosary, the candle procession will continue, this time in a route Shorter.
On the 13th, the prayer of the rosary begins at 09:00 in Capelinha das Aparições, followed by the celebration of the Mass, presided over by Cardinal António. Marto, Bishop of Leiria-Fátima, ending the celebrations with the Goodbye Procession.
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