The Vatican announced this Monday, April 20, that the Pope has decided to postpone the World Youth Day in Lisbon to the year 2023.

This decision was made due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences that it will have in the coming years.

The COL - Local Organizing Committee, points to the need for the Church to look in the coming months to the need to assist those who will be most vulnerable from this pandemic.

You can learn more about this postponement through the news from Agência Ecclésia, which we leave you here: