Around 1,500 people will participate in the Pilgrimage of Hope to the Holy Door of St. Peter's at the Vatican.

About 1,500 people, including brothers and devotees, will participate in the pilgrimage that the Archconfraternity of Hope will undertake next Thursday, May 15 to the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. The journey will include the presence of about thirty brotherhoods, fraternities, and movements from the Diocese of Málaga, as explained by the Brotherhood.

The meeting point for the start of the pilgrimage has been set at Piazza Pia, in the area between Castel Sant’Angelo and the beginning of Via della Conciliazione, at 17:00.

To participate in the pilgrimage, it was necessary to register using the form that the Archconfraternity had made available for the occasion, which was available until the morning of Friday, May 9.

The Brotherhood requests that all participants frequently update the official channels during these days, where last-minute information and updates regarding the planned events for the Jubilee of the Brotherhoods will be shared.

All events surrounding the procession of the Hope of Málaga in Rome

The Brotherhood of the Hope of Málaga now has a new schedule for its historic participation in the Jubilee of the Brotherhoods in Rome. The organization has confirmed a three-hour advancement in the start of the events, so the Grand Procession, which will feature the presence of María Santísima de la Esperanza and the Most Holy Christ of Expiration from Seville, will start at 14:00 on Saturday, May 17.

The new schedule, ratified by the Rome City Council and the Dicastery for Evangelization, aims to optimize logistics and security in a city immersed in the preparations for the conclave that will elect the next Pontiff. The procession will cover a route of 3.75 kilometers through the historic center of the Italian capital, starting and ending at Piazza Celimontana and passing through emblematic places such as Via Claudia, the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, and Via di San Gregorio.

The image of Hope will travel the streets of Rome for about six and a half hours and is expected to return to its starting point around 22:00. The Patriarchal Cross of the Sacramental Brotherhood of Mafra will open the procession, which will be divided into two large sections: one with the titular images and another formed by banners and insignia of brotherhoods from around the world, the latter starting from the Baths of Caracalla.

The public will be able to access from the final stretch of Via Claudia, next to Piazza del Colosseo, as the rest of the space will be reserved for the organization of the processions. Additionally, a platform for authorities will be installed halfway along the route, on Via del Circo Massimo, where the head of the procession is expected to arrive around 17:00.

Despite the difficulties arising from the process of electing a new Pope, both the Hope of Málaga and the Christ of Expiration from Seville have been authorized to be exposed for worship in the St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican between Wednesday, May 14, and Friday, May 16.