” “The 2008 WYD keeps bearing its fruits. In Colombia, the young will attend the III meeting of youth movements, organised by the Youth pastoral in Bogota from August 1st to 3rd. The president of the Youth Pastoral, mgr. Ismael Rueda Sierra, and the director of the "Pastoral Observatory" Centre of the Bishops Conference of Latin America (Celam), father Leonidas Ortiz Lozada, highlighted that the meeting will help strengthen ecclesial unity in the young, even in the diversity of charismas. In Peru, the president of the Bishops Commission of the Youth, mgr. Gabino Miranda, will meet the young in the city of Huanuco from August 7th to 9th for the IV national congress of young Catholics, which will also be an opportunity to share the experiences they lived in Sidney. The congress will be attended by the bishop of Guayana (Venezuela) and by the president of the youth section of Celam, mgr. Mariano Parra Sandoval. ” “
