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face=Arial size=2>For those who may be considering a pilgrimage this year, the
following Zenit news report of this date might be of
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FEB. 16, 2004 (<A href="http://www.zenit.org">Zenit.org</A>).- About 50,000
young people are expected to join the 2004 European Youth Pilgrimage to Santiago
de Compostela, Spain, from Aug. 5-8.The initiative is being organized in the
context of the Holy Year Devotion to St. James. The Archdiocese of Santiago and
the Spanish episcopal conference are promoting the pilgrimage. Archbishop Julián
Barrio of Santiago presented the initiative to some 50 representatives of lay
apostolic movements Saturday at the offices of the Pontifical Council for the
Laity.Its objective "is the development of a meeting of European scope in which
young Christians of the continent will come to know and study further the
Christian roots of Europe and commit themselves to the construction of a new
Europe of hope," said Father Roberto Martínez, diocesan director of the
pilgrimage. Eighteen thousand youths have already registered for the event. The
Spanish-language site <A
href="http://www.archicompostela.org/">www.archicompostela.org</A> has more
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