Youth Day website Portal relative to WYD Madrid
(July 30, 2011) A press conference in Manila Friday, announced that the Philippine Catholic bishops’ conference has set up an online portal for those who cannot attend World Youth Daycelebrations in Madrid, Spain, next month, from 16th to 21st August, due to lack of time or cash. Bishop Joel Baylon, in charge of the youth apostolate, urged those going to Madrid to make use of the portal by sharing their photos, reflections, and videos or links with other social networking sites.“Use the Internet. Tell your friends back home what is happening at World Youth Day. It is your responsibility to share the Good News of that event with other people who will not be in Spain,” he said.The bishop also urged youth ministers to organize activities to create awareness of the global event.“I’m calling on them to set up structures, opportunities, occasions, activities and programs that will help young people appreciate World Youth Day and participate in this event in their own way,” Nepal will not attend WYD, say officials. Controversy erupts over whether an unofficial group might go 'in secret' . Though Nepal will not send an official delegation to World Youth Day (WYD), church leaders said this week, that this is unlikely to prevent the presence at the event, scheduled for August 16-21 in Madrid, of a group of Nepalese young people who will be attending unofficially. According to Bishop Anthony Sharma, “our youths are simply not ready to attend WYD this time.” Nepal’s national youth chaplain, Father Robin Rai, said: “Our talented youth should first get to know each other at our own national level and bloom at local church levels. We are concentrating on their spiritual formation at the national level.
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