HONG KONG (SE): Dozens of young people from across the diocese joined an event sponsored by the Diocesan English Youth on April 9, Palm Sunday, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to begin the celebration of the 32nd World Youth Day, which is scheduled to be held in Panama in 2019.

During World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, last year, Pope Francis announced that the three-year lead-up to the event in Panama would be a journey with Mother Mary and that each year, young people would be invited to reflect on a theme.

HONG KONG (SE): The social teaching of the Catholic is by far the most comprehensive, detailed and incisive collection of reflections on community and human relationships.

Developed by successive popes over a 126-year period beginning with Pope Leo XIII’s watershed document, On Human Work, it is regarded in almost all quarters as a unique resource in the world.

HONG KONG (SE): Cordillera Day was marked in Hong Kong with a one-day programme on Chater Road on April 23. The day highlighted the determination of the people from the Cordilleras in The Philippines to be united against the injustices being committed against the indigenous communities of the region.

The day began with a colourful parade along the streets of Central with people from Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and the Mountain Province in traditional dress carrying banners condemning the mining that destroys the beauty and value of nature.