World Youth Day “will be a success” and Portugal “is ready”
The President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, expressed himself this Monday convinced that Portugal “is prepared” to host the World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 (WYD Lisbon 2023), adding that “it will be a success”.
Augusto Santos Silva, who participated in Fátima at the opening of the International Preparatory Meeting of WYD Lisbon 2023, which has more than 300 delegates from more than a hundred countries, underlined the occurrence of the event, “either because of the dimension — more than one million young people are expected — or because of the topicality of the topics, or because of this opportunity to hear about the different dimensions of the spiritual nature (…), but also of a public and social nature. “.
“We have already expressed our support for the Journey, and in particular for the initiatives within the scope of WYD that exert an influence directly related to the civic participation of young people”said the president of parliament, who reaffirmed Portugal’s willingness to be the stage for initiatives “of all religions”.
“We are always like religious manifestations and we are the civic influence and social religions of a democratic state of law”, he said, highlighting a “freedom” enshrined in Portuguese democracy.
“One of the most beautiful characteristics of Portuguese democracy is the fact that it is a private democracy in which one of the main axes is absolute: having or not being religious, the freedom to believe as beliefs, to practice and publicly as beliefs, the freedom of change from Portugal defended”, All this is guaranteed in Portugal.
Manuel Clemente believes that JMJLisboa2023 is an opportunity to rejuvenate the Church
In turn, the Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, said he believed that WYDLisboa2023 is an opportunity to rejuvenate the Church, stressing that “it is necessary to provide, not only to the Church and young Catholics, but to Portuguese society (…) World Youth Cup is an excellent opportunity for this”.
On the other hand, the “deconfinement” that young people need to do, is another of the goals that the cardinal sees on the horizon, “at a time of its existence [Notes:dos jovens] where they most need to live”.
At the meeting, the president of the WYD Lisbon 2023 Foundation, the auxiliary bishop of Lisbon Américo Aguiar, expressed the concern of the organization in To ensure as much as possible what the August costs may be to reflect on what is the effort of each young person, so that they can participate, but with some receipt and some money from the prices of life and fear things in 2023″.
Registration prices
This declaration of agreement – reveals itself to the part of Duarte Ricciardi, secretary of the Executive Committee of the JM Lisbon 2023, that the participants will pay 235 euros to enjoy today the week of the Journey, 125 euros is what will pay those who opt only for the end week, while the volunteers, for two weeks, will pay 145 euros.
This amount is intended to ensure accommodation, food, transport in the municipalities where the activities of the day are carried out, as well as the pilgrim’s kit.
The work of this International Preparatory Meeting, which takes place today and Tuesday in Fátima, and ends the following day with a visit to places related to the implementation of the initiative, the Mayor of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life (Holy See Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who underlined the importance of the initiative in a post-pandemic context) was present at the opening.
“It is perhaps one of the most important [jornadas] in the last 30 years, because it is reborn again, after a long time”, after the Panama Day, in January 2019, said Cardinal Kevin Farrell, stressing that the World Youth Day is the “biggest youth event” of the world.
Logistics of the organization of the “Reconciliation Center” and “Vocation Fair” are in charge of the Government and its Mission Structure
In the opening session, a video was also shown with a message from the Pope, who greeted the participants. However, the ‘online’ newspaper 7 Marginsreported today that the logistics of the organization of the “Reconciliation Center” and the “Vocation Fair”, at JMJLisboa2023, will be left to the Government and its Mission Structure (MS), as part of the increase in funds available at the last meeting of the Council of Ministers.
“This is one of the main innovations in the scope of the competences of the MS created by the Government to accompany the preparation of WYD and which is led by José Sá Fernandes. , the availability of multimedia goods and services, such as sanitary facilities for the central precinct’, as well as such as the acquisition of other equipment from the WYD organization’, added o.
World Youth Day takes place in Lisbon from 1 to 6 September 2023
Lisbon was the edition chosen by Pope Francis for the next World Youth Daywhich will take place between the 1st and 6th of August 2023, with the main ceremonies taking place in Parque Tejo, north of Parque das Nações, on the riverside of the Tagus, on land in the municipalities of Lisbon and Loures.
The initiative, which will be closed by the Pope, but scheduled for this year, has been postponed to datedem