Tag: World Youth Day
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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),...
