Around 70,000 young people from different parts of Mexico made the pilgrimage on Jan. 31 to the Christ the King monument, situated atop Cubilete Hill in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, in what became one of the largest youth pilgrimages in recent years. Since 1974, the Witness and Hope movement has organized the youth pilgrimage, which commemorates the Mexican martyrs who gave their lives exclaiming, “Long live Christ the King!” This year, the number of attendees surpassed that of 2020, previously the year with the highest number of pilgrims recorded for this youth event. This year’s pilgrimage had the special purpose of commemorating the centenary of the start of the 1926–1929 Cristero War, a conflict stemming from the religious persecution experienced by Catholics in Mexico during the first decades of the 20th century.
Author: Diego López Colín
Published at: 2026-02-02 21:59:21
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