There is “a lot of space available”, next to the chapel and Padre Cruz’s room, “which justifies so many pilgrimages throughout the year”. That is why center leader Nuno Melo decided to make the historic national headquarters of the CDS, in Largo Adelino Amaro da Costa (formerly Largo do Caldas), in Lisbon, available for the organization of the World Youth Day (WYD) and close with this gesture of “institutional solidarity” at the event of the year.
“If the offer is accepted, the space can be used for anything useful, it doesn’t necessarily have to be for overnight stays, although it can serve that purpose,” said MEP during what was the only official visit to date from a party to the headquarters of the WYD Local Organizing Committee, in Beato, Lisbon.
Meeting with Bishop Américo Aguiar, President of the WYD Foundation, the delegation led by the President of the CDS recalled that the four-storey building has been leased to the Patriarchate by the centrists since 1974, highlighting the “extraordinary event “. and the “immense privilege” Portugal has of hosting WYD. “If political parties are not involved in the main events in the country, they are of little use,” he said, quoted by Lusa.
“The CDS, a Christian Democratic party, was the first political party” to find out about organizing the Trip, Nuno Melo added when he also unveiled a commemorative plaque.
Source: DN
