Gozo Bishop Mario Grech next Sunday will lead a pilgrimage to pray for rain.

The pilgrimage will be held in Qala in the afternoon, starting from the parish church and proceeding down to the old church of the Assumption, also in Qala.

A statue of the redeemer will be carried in procession.

The Gozo Curia said the pilgrimage is being held following the concerns of many farmers who were seeing their fields parched owing to a shortage of rain.