Early in the morning on the square of Notre-Dame de Paris (4th arrondissement).
It's Sunday, it's 8 a.m. and, near the statue of the Virgin, a group of pilgrims stands out among sharp joggers, in spindles and sneakers, ready to participate in the capital's half-marathon.
They are not there to race, to win any trophy.
These couples of all ages just want, as discreetly as possible, to walk and pray.
With this crazy hope, anchored in their bodies, that their desire for a child will one day be fulfilled.
Like every March, the Sainte-Colette parish of Buttes-Chaumont (19th century) organizes its traditional annual pilgrimage "for couples expecting a child" over more than 6 km through a maze of streets in the north of the capital.
“We have exhausted everything, so we turn to God.
Even if we didn't wait until we had exhausted everything to pray, of course,” says a young woman, a fervent Catholic, accompanied by her husband.
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