Le pèlerinage en Terre Sainte de 24 des 33 mineurs chiliens s'est conclu par le baptême d'un des survivants et du fils nouveau-né d'un de ses compagnons, a rapporté Radio Vatican, citant l'Agence italienne Ansa. Les mineurs avaient été invités en Terre Sainte par le ministère du tourisme israélien.
La cérémonie, très touchante, selon l'Ansa, s'est déroulée à l'endroit même où Jésus a reçu le baptême des mains de Jean-Baptiste. Le premier à descendre dans l'eau pour recevoir le sacrement a été - dans les bras de son père - le petit Ricardo Villareal Godoy, âgé de 4 mois, qui est né peu après le sauvetage des 33 mineurs.
Richard Villarroel, one of the Chilean miners Chilean miners rescued from last year's mine collapse, holds his son Richard after he was baptized in the Jordan River, where according to Christian belief Jesus Christ was baptised, at the Yardenit baptism site, northern Israel, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Israel's Tourism Ministry is sponsoring an eight-day trip for Chilean miners rescued from last year's mine collapse, which included a visit to the Via Dolorosa, Church of the Nativity and other key Catholic sites.
Au cours de leur pèlerinage en Terre Sainte, les mineurs, présents pour la plupart avec femmes et enfants, ont visité les Lieux Saints à Jérusalem, notamment le Saint Sépulcre, le Mur Occidental et l'Eglise de la Nativité à Bethléem. Ils se sont aussi rendus au mémorial de Yad Vashem.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - FEBRUARY 24: The Chilean miners who survived a 69-day ordeal trapped in a caved-in gold and copper mine in Chile pose for a picture along with their relatives at the entrance of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on February 24, 2011 in Israel. The Chilean miners are visiting the Holy Land as guests of the Israeli Tourism Ministry.
Chilean miners, who were trapped in a collapsed mine in San Jose, Chile for 69 days before being rescued in October 2010, hold Chilean national flags as they pose for a group photograph near the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City February 24, 2011.
Chilean miners, who were trapped in a collapsed mine in San Jose, Chile for 69 days before being rescued in October 2010, pose with their national flag as they bathe in the Dead Sea near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Mitzpe Shalem February 27, 2011.
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Chilean miner Richard Villarroel, one of the 33 miners who were trapped in a collapsed mine in San Jose, Chile for 69 days before being rescued in October 2010, holds his child during a visit to the Church of the Nativity.