2023-06-12 18:37:00
June 12, 2023 / 11:37 a.m.
Although the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ had been celebrated in Rome on Thursday, June 8, on Sunday the 11th the procession of the Body of Christ in Vatican City, in which faithful and members of the Swiss Guard participated.
The Swiss Guard participates in the Holy Mass. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Press
Procession in the Vatican on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi 2023. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa
After the celebration of the Holy Mass in the Teutonic Camposanto, the Vatican cemetery, the procession of the Blessed Sacrament took place, presided over by the German bishop Mons. Josef Clemens, who between 2003 and 2016 was secretary of the then Pontifical Council for the Laity .
Bishop Josef Clemens before beginning the procession of the Blessed Sacrament. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Press
The procession started from the Teutonic Cemetery and toured the Vatican gardens until it reached the Lourdes Grotto, the replica commissioned by Pope Leo XIII in 1902 of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, in France.
German music band accompanies the procession. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Press
Procession through the Vatican gardens. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Press
The ceremony was organized by the Pontifical Teutonic Institute of Santa Maria dell’Anima in Rome.
Woman prays during Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Press
Image of the Blessed Sacrament. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Press
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú is a Spanish journalist, correspondent for ACI Prensa in Rome and the Vatican, with four years of experience in religious information.
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