Cardinal Américo Aguiar urges an advent committed to the poor and needy
Cardinal Américo Aguiar urged people in Rome today to experience Advent “with hope, joy, but also with commitment to the poorest and most needy”. In his homily at the Mass that marked his inauguration as titular head of the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Rome, a church that was granted to Américo Aguiar […]
Américo Aguiar, after fear, confidence for the challenge of the cardinalate
As of next Saturday, Portugal will have six cardinals, four of whom could be elected in the next conclave, with Américo Aguiar, the bishop of Setúbal, reaching the cardinalate before his 50th birthday. The main face of the organization of World Youth Day, which took place in Lisbon in August, said in a joint interview […]
SEF refuses to consider cases of missing WYD pilgrims a threat
The Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) has rejected the disappearance of pilgrims who entered Portugal for World Youth Day (WYD) as a security threat, the agency said today. The newspaper Expresso reported today that thousands of pilgrims have not returned to their countries of origin after the event held in Portugal between August 1 and […]
Italian 24-year-old dies after contracting bacterial infection during WYD
He started with symptoms while still in Portugal, but was hospitalized when he arrived in Italy. Luca Re Sartù, a 24-year-old Italian man, died this Friday, a few days after returning from Lisbon, where he had been for World Youth Day. The young man, born in Marnate, died at San Gerardo hospital in Monza, Italy. […]
Costa thanks cardinal patriarch and bishop Américo Aguiar at lunch in S. Bento
The Prime Minister, António Costa, invited the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, and the President of the World Youth Day Foundation, Bishop Américo Aguiar, to a thank-you lunch for the Catholic Church event that ended on Sunday. “The Prime Minister invited the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, the President of the WYD Lisbon […]
Portugal: Pope dreamed of peace, expresses ‘great sorrow’ about Ukraine
Pope Francis said on Sunday that he dreamed of peace and remembered the young people who were unable to participate in World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon due to conflicts, expressing “great sorrow” for Ukraine. “In particular, let us accompany with our thoughts and prayers those who could not come because of conflicts and wars. […]
Almost 1.2 million people checked at borders and 172 refused entry
Almost 1.2 million people have been checked at Portuguese borders since the start of document control in the context of World Youth Day (WYD), with 172 being refused entry, according to data released today. Document checks at air, sea and land borders in the framework of WYD entered into force on July 22 and are […]
PSP records bus crash with 50 pilgrims in Lisbon with no injuries
The PSP registered on Friday four occurrences in the context of World Youth Day (WYD), marking an accident of a bus with about 50 pilgrims in Lisbon, without injuries to declare, announced today that security force. According to the data released by the Internal Security System (SSI), referring to the fourth day of WYD, the […]
Hundreds protest at Martim Moniz against World Youth Day
In particular, the group challenges the high public spending by the state and local authorities on WYD, which began on Tuesday and ends on Sunday. Hundreds of people gathered this Friday in Martim Moniz, Lisbon, demonstrating against the holding of World Youth Day (WYD) and against the Catholic Church, in a protest organized by the […]
Two hundred thousand people welcome the Pope at the Shrine of Fatima
Two hundred thousand people are at the Shrine of Fátima today to welcome Pope Francis, the Holy See press office announced. “The authorities in Fatima estimate that about 200,000 people will be present at the Shrine for the recitation of the Rosary,” the Holy See said. Francis is in Fatima today for two hours to […]