About 70 pilgrims leave La Rioja for Lourdes in the XXX Diocesan Pilgrimage with the Sick

Logroño, June 22 (EFE).- The XXX Diocesan Pilgrimage with the Sick to Lourdes from La Rioja began this Saturday with the participation of about 70 pilgrims, double that of last year’s edition, to which 60 have joined. sick. This … edition has increased the number of pilgrims due to the remoteness of the covid-19 pandemic, which makes “people begin to be more cheerful”, according to what the president of the Hospitalidad de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes de La Rioja told EFE. , Federico Díez del Corral, moments before boarding one of the buses that have traveled from the capital of Rioja to Lourdes, with the bishop of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño, Santos Montoya. EFE IMAGES: SERGIO JIMÉNEZ IMAGES OF THE PILGRIMS BEFORE STARTING THE TRIP AND VOLUNTEERS HELPING GET ON THE COACHES. TOTALS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOSPITALITY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES DE LA RIOJA, FEDERICO DÍEZ DEL CORRAL, AND THE BISHOP OF CALAHORRA AND LA CALZADA-LOGROÑO, SANTOS MONTOYA.