“The next World Youth Day will be in Asia. It will be in South Korea in Seoul,” the pontiff told the faithful assembled to celebrate a Mass at a park on Lisbon’s eastern outskirts. READ MORE:
that the next World Youth Day is to be held in Seoul. Around one million pilgrims from all over the world attended the largest Catholic gathering in Lisbon, Portugal on August 6, 2023. AFP
“And so in 2027, from the western border of Europe, it will move to the Far East, and this is a beautiful sign of the universality of the Church.”The crowd of around 1.5 million flag-waving young pilgrims from around the globe erupted in cheers at the announcement. Created in 1986 by John Paul II, it is an opportunity for the Vatican to galvanize young Catholics at a time when secularism and priest pedophilia scandals cause some to abandon pews.
He also urged the crowd to extend their “affection and prayers” to those who could not come “because of armed conflicts and wars.” This was his first foreign trip since he spent nine nights in hospital after undergoing hernia surgery in June. The pope met 13 victims of clerical abuse at the Holy See’s diplomatic mission in Lisbon during his first day in Portugal.
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