During the days prior to the start of this long-awaited event, the presence of Spanish youth was noticed throughout the streets of the Portuguese capital.
Friar Pablo María de la Cruz Alonso Hidalgo was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer when he was 16 years old, but he still felt the call to religious life.
The Diocese of Mallorca in Spain has sentenced one priest to three years of not celebrating Mass other than in his home and to a life of prayer and penance.