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Pope’s video message to World Indigenous Youth Gathering in Panama


In the video message, Pope Francis is addressing young indigenous people from around the globe who are holding the World Indigenous Youth Gathering in Soloy, Panama, from January 17 to 21.

By Vatican News

Pope Francis on Friday addressed a video message to the world’s young indigenous people holding their World Indigenous Youth Gathering in Soloy, Diocese of David, Panama, from January 17 to 21.  The young people will then move on to Panama city to join the World Youth Day (WYD) 2019, January 22-27, which the Pope is joining on January 23.

Speaking in Spanish, the Pope is encouraging the indigenous young people to hold on to their cultures and roots by fighting marginalization, exclusion, waste and impoverishment that is threatening them and build another world that is possible and that is more just and human.

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