LISBON – Young people from China attending World Youth Day in Lisbon have praised Pope Francis’s kindness and invited him to visit, saying Catholics in the country have a strong faith.
Speaking to Crux, one of the pilgrims, named Scholastica, said World Youth Day (WYD) has been “so amazing for us, we can be here, and we can see so many people from different countries and we can see the joy and the energy of the youth.”
“I can see the hope of our Church, of our Catholic Church,” she said.
There are roughly 13 million Catholics in China. Around 300 are attending WYD in Portugal, some 50 of whom are in Scholastica’s group.
