WYD in Panama brought with it much news, among them was the news of where the next World Youth Day will be.<\/p>\n
It will be in 2022, while the exact date is not yet known. The Ambassador of Portugal to the Holy See, Ant\u00f3nio Jos\u00e9 Emauz, says for the Portuguese it is an important event. <\/p>\n
ANT\u00d3NIO JOS\u00c9 EMAUZ DE ALMEIDA LIMA According to what he heard, Pope Francis loved the idea of celebrating WYD in Lisbon when presented the possible options.<\/p>\n ANT\u00d3NIO JOS\u00c9 EMAUZ DE ALMEIDA LIMA This will be the seventh time a pope has visited Portugal. It will also be the second time for Pope Francis, who visited Fatima in May 2018.<\/p>\n The ambassador believes WYD in Fatima is not possible due to logistics. However, it will be a safe place to visit as every year they receive 7,000,000 people. <\/p>\n Antonio Jos\u00e9 Emauz is sure Portuguese families will host many pilgrims. This is because young people usually do not want to pay a lot of money for accommodation. <\/p>\n ANT\u00d3NIO JOS\u00c9 EMAUZ DE ALMEIDA LIMA, He cannot reveal much more, because there are still three years left. However, he says the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life will begin visiting Portugal soon to begin preparations for the 35th edition of WYD.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 21st, 2019. Antonio Jos\u00e9 Emauz reveals he suspected Portugal would be chosen, before it was even announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YSUjD_dlLKE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bembajadorportugaleng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bembajadorportugalint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAmbassador of Portugal to the Holy See<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt means Lisbon can return to the spotlight for so many Catholics and so many young people from all over the world. We are very happy with this decision. This is because it is the biggest world event with young people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAmbassador of Portugal to the Holy See <\/strong>
\n \u201cSince it is a decision for the pope to make, no one knew for sure. The Holy See couldn't even confirm we would be chosen. There were signs though.\u201d \u201cI was convinced it was going to be held in Lisbon. This is because a few months beforehand the President of the Portuguese Republic invited me to accompany him to Panama's WYD.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAmbassador of Portugal to the Holy See <\/strong>
\n\u201cWe have a shared history with Africa and South and North America. We are a country of emigration. There are Portuguese people in many parts of the world, which bring us closer to others. We hope this will help encourage many young people from Africa and North and South America to come to Lisbon in 2022.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n