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Worshipping God on Copacabana Beach: A Reflection on the Final Mass from World Youth Day Rio, 2013.
Alicia gives us the basics about today’s walking route that will take pilgrims from downtown Madrid to Cuatro Vientos Air Base for the prayer vigil and closing Mass with Pope Benedict XVI.
Madrid in August is hot, hot, hot. We’re talking two-showers-a-day hot. However, most pilgrims will be housed in group accommodation venues which means either a school gym, a community centre, or a parish hall. All spaces can sleep a large group, but don’t normally house young people for a full week. These accommodation venues have been outfitted […]