
It’s Official: Pope Francis Will Travel to World Youth Day, Visit Fatima
The Lisbon trip will mark the 86-year-old pope’s fourth World Youth Day after taking part in the international Catholic gatherings in Panama, Poland, and Brazil.
The Lisbon trip will mark the 86-year-old pope’s fourth World Youth Day after taking part in the international Catholic gatherings in Panama, Poland, and Brazil.
The Governorate of the Vatican City State withdrew it after the design drew negative comments.
‘Today when we celebrate the memory of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to the little shepherds of Fatima, I am very sad, because in the country where Our Lady appeared, a law to kill has been enacted,’ the Pope said May 13 at the Vatican.
Another initiative announced was the creation of a memorial for victims of abuse.
Bishop José Ornelas, representing the bishops’ conference, called the abuses ‘an open wound that hurts and embarrasses us.’
Ahead of the Nov. 8-11 bishops’ meeting, more than 200 Catholics sent a letter to the bishops’ conference calling for an independent investigation into clerical abuse.
The bill would apply to patients over 18 who are “in a situation of extreme suffering, with an untreatable injury or a fatal and incurable disease.”
If the bill is signed into law, Portugal will become the fourth country in Europe to legalize euthanasia, alongside the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima will broadcast Mass and prayers during this time.
Among the 14 infected nuns, the youngest is 26 years old and the oldest is 77.
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