The August 2025 Youth Jubilee in Egypt is taking place in two phases this month. The jubilee is under the patronage and presence of apostolic vicar of the Latins in Egypt, Bishop Claudio Lurati, organized by his deputy Monsignor Antoine Tawfiq and Sister Chiara Latif of the Franciscan Elizabethan Sisters. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Apostolic Vicariate of the Latins in Egypt
ACI MENA, Aug 14, 2025 / 18:07 pm (CNA).
AftertheconclusionoftheCatholicJubileeofYouthinRome,whichsawastrongpresenceofMiddleEasternChristiansincludingadelegationfromEgypt,thecityofAlexandriahaslauncheditsownCatholicYouthJubilee,organizedbytheLatinChurchthere.
TheinitiativeaimstoincludeyoungpeoplewhowereunabletotraveltoRomeandisbeingheldintwophases:ThefirsttookplacefromAug.9–12andthesecondfromAug.12–15,whichprimarilyinvolvedtheSudaneseandEritreancommunitiesatSt.MarkHouseinBorgElArab.
ThejubileedaysinEgyptopenedwithacelebratoryMassatSt.Catherine’sCathedralinAlexandria,presidedoverbyapostolicvicaroftheLatinsinEgypt,BishopClaudioLurati,andmarkedbythereceptionoftherelicsofBlessedCarl
