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Pinoy Muslim to join Catholic World Youth Day in Spain


A Muslim youth will join the Philippine delegation to the World Youth Day (WYD) celebration in Madrid, Spain this August, a Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) official said. A report of the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN) said the Muslim delegate may even have a chance to sit close to Pope Benedict XVI during the vigil. The UCAN report did not name the Muslim delegate to the WYD, however. CBCP Episcopal Commission on Youth executive secretary Fr. Conegundo Garganta said the Muslim delegate will be one of at least three Philippine delegates who may be seated near the Pope during the overnight vigil. “We thought it would be beautiful to have a Muslim experience the event," UCAN quoted Garganta as saying. “That’s a once in a lifetime experience." 2,000 delegates About 2,000 young Filipinos from various Catholic schools and organizations are set to attend the event scheduled from August 16 to 21. The Church in the Philippines has set up a website for youths who could not go to Madrid, and encouraged Filipino youths at home to take part in grassroots activities. - VVP, GMA News

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