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SearchFather 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.
ANALYSIS: The latest official figures suggest that this country, long considered one of the bastions of resistance to de-Christianization on the Old Continent, is following the same path as its neighbors, albeit a few years behind the others.
The looming humanitarian disaster in the Armenian enclave, which has been under blockade for several months, revives the specter of ethnic and religious cleansing in this predominantly Christian region.
Testimonies from the field suggest that in a context of multiple crises for the Church, this week of celebrations and gatherings breathed new life into the institution and its flock around the world.
In Portugal, where religious freedom is strongly supported, some pilgrims visited other places of worship, eager to better understand and define their own beliefs.
Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins, the vice-president of the Commission of Bishops’ Conferences of the EU, discusses the evangelizing potential of the global meeting in Lisbon.
With French WYD pilgrims 40,000 strong, the bishop of Nanterre, where a wave of violent riots started in France at the end of June, discusses some of the challenges facing today’s youth.
Since 2018, a series of shrines dedicated to Mary, mother of persecuted Christians, have been established in the United States and Europe to raise awareness among Westerners of the plight of threatened Christian communities around the world.
While Catholicism in Portugal remains in the substantial majority thanks to strong intrafamily transmission, it also faces the risk of a collapse in religious vocations and a loss of missionary dynamism — which WYD could help to remedy.
The 250 Scouts of Europe will attend the youth gathering as volunteers, seeking to reflect the deep Catholic identity of their nation.
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