80,000 people attend the five-day long 98th German Catholic Congress
May 20th, 2012 by
Michael Debets
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Some young girls look at some of the pilgrim staffs on display in the city centre.
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The German Catholic Congress also offered hands on experience. Here youth are depicted, who try out hand drills.
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Sister Gabrieela from the Anna-Sisters in Germany attends the 98. Deutscher Kirchentag.
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Music and singing are a big part of the Congress and the visitors are singing Christian, as well as secular songs, supported by a band on the stage.
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A volunteer of the congress hands out the congress newspaper. He wears a newspaper as a sun hat.
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A small group of visitors wait with their luggage, to return to their hometown of Paderborn.
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The first visitors leave Mannheim already in the morning, to avoid the rush that will take place, once the open-air mass has ended....
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A Catholic motorcyclist on a sidecar bike, drives in a convoy through the after the motorcycle mass.
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Many visitors brought special made pilgrim staffs to the congress, which are on display in the city centre.
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More than 80,000 people of all ages from Germany and its neighbouring countries attend the five-day long 98th German Catholic Congress. This congress takes place every two years and is organised by the lay Central Committee of German Catholics.
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