Can Pope Leo End the Liturgy Wars?
- The 43rd annual Paris-Chartres pilgrimage hosted 19,000 participants, the largest number in its history, culminating in a Mass at Chartres Cathedral on Monday, according to the Notre-Dame de Chrétienté organization.
- Participants, averaging 20 years old, walked 60 miles, praying and camping, showcasing a growing interest in traditional liturgy among young Catholics, as noted by Philippe Darantière, president of Notre-Dame de Chrétienté.
- The closing Mass coincided with Chartres Cathedral's millennium jubilee, where pilgrims venerated the relic of the Virgin Mary's veil, attended by Bishop Philippe Christory, who emphasized the importance of personal spiritual encounters.
- Bishop Philippe Christory delivered the homily at the closing Mass, which coincided with the cathedral's jubilee celebration and included a consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Can Pope Leo end the liturgy wars?
Last weekend, under windswept banners depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, nearly 20,000 young pilgrims marched through fields and forests between the cathedrals of Paris and Chartres. All of them carried rosaries and chanted in Latin, sometimes breathlessly: it’s a punishing 60-mile trek through mud and rocks. Each ‘chapter’ of the


Chartres pilgrimage draws 19,000 in show of faith and tradition
Young people hold crosses as they arrive for Mass during the traditional Pentecostal pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres, in Sonchamp, near Paris, on June 8, 2025. / Credit: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images CNA Staff, Jun 10, 2025 / 13:33... [...]
"Friends pilgrims, hello." It's 5 a.m., on this Sunday of Pentecost and the first walkers, still asleep, come out of their tent, smiling with their lips... The article The tradition, DNA of the pilgrimage of Chartres appeared first on current values.
Chartres Pilgrimage Draws 19,000 in Show of Faith and Tradition
Stephane de Sakutin/AFP Young people hold crosses as they arrive for Mass during the traditional Pentecostal pilgrimage from Paris to Chartres, in Sonchamp, near Paris, on June 8, 2025. Bishop Philippe Christory of Chartres delivered the homily at the closing Mass, celebrated by Abbé Jean de Massia, FSSP, the pilgrimage’s general chaplain.
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