
Seoul Paves the Way for World Youth Day 2027 With Launch Event
During the inauguration ceremony, a flag parade was held in which both young Koreans and international attendees carried colorful flags from 193 different countries into the cathedral.
During the inauguration ceremony, a flag parade was held in which both young Koreans and international attendees carried colorful flags from 193 different countries into the cathedral.
Following the pontiff’s advice, they are currently working on writing up Jimena’s testimony and are awaiting a response from the archbishop of Madrid.
St. John Paul II addressed each of those present personally, explaining that young people are called to make the love and message of Jesus Christ present in each of their own lives.
The 985 priests include Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop emeritus of Seoul; the current archbishop; and the three current auxiliary bishops.
North Korea has long been identified as the worst country in the world for Christian persecution.
Though the people he worked with were not conventional Christians, Perkins said he got to know them and their stories and saw examples of people striving, in their own ways, to be Christ-like.
Father Luc de Bellescize, former secretary of Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris, says the choice of some clergymen to embrace worldliness to the detriment of divine Revelation has already provoked a form of schism in the Church.
The support shown in Lisbon ‘is something that we will keep in our hearts and bring to our families.’
Italian Bishop Luca Raimondi said that ‘the Pope and Luca’s mother cried together.’
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