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Dia Mundial da Juventude Católica 2019

By Ninian Carter

January 22, 2019 - January 27, 2019 - O Papa Francisco está presente no Dia Mundial da Juventude, no Panamá de 23 a 27 de janeiro – encontro internacional dos jovens católicos.

Vatican City, Nov 21, 2018 (Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis will visit the small Central American country of Panama in January for World Youth Day, an international gathering of young people which was begun by Pope St. John Paul II in 1985. Ordinarily held sometime in the summer months, in 2019 it will take place Jan. 22-27, to avoid Panama’s rainy season.

In 2019, the theme for World Youth Day is Mary’s fiat from the Gospel of Luke: “I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.”

In his message in anticipation of the event, Francis said there are many young people, both believers and non-believers, who have the desire to do something good for others, especially for the suffering.

“This is a strength in young people, a strength that all of you possess. It is a strength that can change the world,” he underlined.

Mary, under the title of Santa Maria la Antigua, has been an important figure in the Catholic Church in Panama for centuries. She was officially declared the country’s patroness under that title by the bishops’ conference in 2000.

Pope Francis will be in Panama for World Youth Day from Jan. 23-Jan. 27, 2019. After a 14-hour flight, he will land in Panama for the official welcoming ceremony at the airport Jan. 23.

The next morning, the pope will meet with Panama’s president Juan Carlos Varela, followed by a meeting with authorities, the diplomatic corps, and other representatives of Panamanian society.

The same day he will meet with the bishops of Central America. The official opening of World Youth Day at Santa Maria La Antigua field will take place that afternoon.

Friday, January 25, the pope’s schedule will begin with the celebration of a penitential liturgy with young detainees at a juvenile detention centre and in the afternoon, he will lead the Way of the Cross for the young people of World Youth Day in Santa Maria La Antigua field.

The next day will begin with Mass with local priests, consecrated, and members of lay movements. At this Mass there will be a dedication of the altar of the Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria la Antigua.

That day Pope Francis will eat lunch with the seminarians of the Major Seminary of San Jose, followed by a prayer vigil with youth in St John Paul II Field in Metro Park.

His final day, Sunday, Jan. 27, Francis will celebrate Mass for World Youth Day at 8 a.m. in the same park as the prior evening’s prayer vigil.

He will afterward visit a home for the needy, called “Good Samaritan House,” where he will lead the Angelus. His final speech will be in a meeting with the volunteers of World Youth Day in the Rommel Fernandez stadium before departing Panama for Rome, where he should arrive shortly before noon Jan. 29.

Pope Francis will give a total of seven speeches, three homilies, and one Angelus during the five days he is in Panama.

By Hannah Brockhaus (CNA)

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PUBLISHED: 22/01/2019; STORY: Free from CNA
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