Pope in Angola: final events to focus on women and youth

Youth and women will be the focus of the Pope's concluding public encounters in Angola. On the afternoon of March 21st, Benedict XVI will meet with youth at the Coqueiros Stadium in Luanda, just as John Paul II did 17 years ago in the same sports arena.Benedict XVIs predecessor, after listening to the young people's testimonies and enjoying their dances and theatrical performances, spoke of how Angolan youth had been profoundly impacted by the nation's civil war, which had not yet definitively ended in 1992.John Paul II recalled that, given the lack of future prospects, many young Angolans want to consume their whole life in a minute. In opposition to the absence of human values that afflicts the y ...

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