Feature Series

Mosque offers free water to World Youth Day pilgrims

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:44:12 -0500

PANAMA CITY – Thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims stopped by the Jama Mosque Jan. 24 en route to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis.

Keep God's love alive, Pope Francis tells WYD pilgrims

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 07:47:25 -0500

PANAMA CITY — Young men and women in the Church can bring the joy of the Gospel to the world by showing that God's love extends to all people and excludes no one, Pope Francis said.

Stay close to people's suffering, Pope Francis tells Central American bishops

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:17:50 -0500

PANAMA CITY, Panama – At World Youth Day Thursday, Pope Francis told the bishops of Central America to be close to the people, and to let their wounds and suffering be the drive behind the bishops’ actions and priorities.

Bishops address sex abuse scandal with U.S. pilgrims

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:10:44 -0500

PANAMA CITY – As Pope Francis was arriving in Panama Jan. 23, bishops from the United States wasted no time addressing the sex abuse scandal back home during a popular event aimed at American and other English-speaking World Youth Day pilgrims.

Bring hope, peace to Central America, Pope tells Panamanian leaders

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:47:32 -0500

PANAMA CITY, Panama – Panama's geographical position as a bridge between land and ocean is symbolic of its ability to broker peace and hope in an area marked by violence and conflict, Pope Francis said.

Young Canadian missionaries offer powerful testimony

jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:26:54 -0500

PANAMA CITY — Esther Carmona Wagner��Ƶapp heart was pounding out of her chest just before she took the stage at Anita Villalaz Theatre on Jan. 23. She even tried to ask for a chair because she was afraid her knees would buckle when she went on.

World Youth Day pilgrims line streets to greet Pope

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:42:53 -0500

PANAMA CITY — Pilgrims lined the streets of Panama City to welcome Pope Francis to World Youth Day and his first papal visit to Central America.

Jean Ko Din in Panama: Technical difficulties

jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:28:16 -0500

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong today.

Marginalized indigenous youth take centre stage at World Youth Day 2019

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:08:56 -0500

PANAMA CITY – One thing is clear about World Youth Day 2019: This one is not focused on convening great masses of people, or the most influential or the loudest. Instead of highlighting the problems faced by youth in the world's richest or most populous countries, one of its first events focused on the plight of populations most of the world rarely sees or comes across: the indigenous.

'Go home and do more for God', Panama prelate says to young pilgrims who share same challenges

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:26:57 -0500

PANAMA CITY – If there was a common denominator, aside from the Christian faith, that united most pilgrims heading to the opening Mass for World Youth Day 2019 in Panama, it was that each person, in his or her own way, faced a challenge back home.