Last updated 7 years ago by UtrechtCentral.com

The campaign to get the Pope to visit the Netherlands is going well. Some 1,300 people have already signed the petition according to co-founder of the initiative, Ad de Groot from Breukelen.

A website and a Facebook page has been set up to aid supporters while a separate committee is busy processing Facebook comments as valid signatures to the petition.

“We have to be quick, because the summer is almost here,” commented De Groot, who is planning to head to the Vatican with a large group to hand over the petition personally.

The campaign began after Cardinal Eijk of Utrecht discouraged a visit by the Pope to the Netherlands due to lack of public interest. Since the start of the petition, there has been little response from the bishops in the Netherlands.

Support the visit of Pope Francis to the Netherlands by liking these Facebook pages:

https://www.facebook.com/pausfranciscuswelkom

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paus-naar-Nederland/1451006185129296

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