Islamist fundamentalists have been conducting brutal attacks on Christians in the region since 2017, resulting in nearly 5,000 dead and one million displaced refugees.
Father Guilherme Peixoto's performance has been met with marked criticism, as has one of his previous performances featuring devil horns and scantily clad dancers.
‘Let us prepare ourselves for a crescendo of unprecedented provocations: time bombs ready to explode in order to sow disorientation, confusion, and division.’
'The Lord is not disgusted with any of us. Even when we are sinners, He helps us. The Lord is not disgusted by our realities, He loves us as we are. And this is the crazy love of God,' Pope Francis told the young gender-confused Italian woman.
Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoed the last two bills, while two previous attempts to push assisted suicide through the legislature were stopped by the Constitutional Court, which declared the laws to lack ‘definition.’
'The reason for our request is that there is a serious risk that the Agenda 2030 and the Goals, promoted by the organizers of WYD, will have a negative impact on the youth attending WYD.'
The World Youth Day 2023 official website features a statement of commitment to Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato si’ and the United Nations' 2030 Agenda.