From June 26 to July 5, the faithful from across the country traveled to the Basilica Shrine of the Divine Eternal Father to give thanks for answered prayers and present their intentions.
More than 4.2 million pilgrims participated this year in the traditional pilgrimage of the Divine Eternal Father in the city of Trindade, in the Brazilian state of Goiás, once again making this one of Brazilʼs greatest expressions of faith.
Over the course of 10 days from June 26 to July 5, the faithful from across the country traveled to the Basilica Shrine of the Divine Eternal Father to give thanks for answered prayers and present their intentions.
Unlike other pilgrimages dedicated to a saint or the Virgin Mary under one of her titles, this devotion focuses on God the Father.
“I come out of an awareness of the Father’s fatherhood, of the Father’s love for us and for all the people here, without distinction. We are all loved equally by this Father, simply because he created us, and not because of what we do. That is the meaning. That is what I feel in my heart today,” one of the pilgrims told “EWTN Noticias,” the Spanish-language broadcast