Over 120 Pinoy World Youth Day delegates still in Spain

[Monseratto]

Iba talaga ang balak ng mga iyan. Di "spiritual" kundi economical ang habol...TNTs. Shame on them.

Over 120 Pinoy World Youth Day delegates still in Spain - Pinoy Abroad - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said some 127 Filipino delegates to the recent 26th World Youth Day (WYD) celebration are still in Madrid, Spain.

On Tuesday, Fr. Conegondo Garganta, Executive Secretary of the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Youth (ECY), said some 30 percent of the 427 official ECY delegates to the WYD.

Aside from the 427 delegates, some 1,500 Filipino non-ECY members also attended the WYD celebration from August 16 to 21 in Madrid, Spain.

During a weekly Church-organized forum in Manila, Garganta said “As of today, we expect that some 70 percent of our (ECY) delegation is already back here in the country."

Garganta appealed to those who are still in Spain to return home to the Philippines immediately to avoid jeopardizing the relations of the CBCP and the Spanish Embassy in Manila.

“(Sana) bumalik at pasalamat at nakadalo sila sa 26th WYD sa Spain then bring home with them the learning that they had and madami sila i-share sa kanilang babalikan dito," the priest said.

Delegates who failed to return

In the previous WYD celebrations, some Filipino delegates failed to return to the Philippine after attending the 2002 WYD in Canada and 2005 WYD in Germany.

Filipino participants to the 2011 WYD were issued Schengen Visas from the Spanish Embassy permitting them to stay in Spain until mid-September.

According to the 2011 WYD website, the event "is a great worldwide encounter with the Pope which is celebrated every three years in a different country."

The intent of the WYD is to "share with the whole world the hope of many young people who want to commit themselves to Christ and others," the website said.

The WYD is "open to all young people who want to take part in a festive encounter with their contemporaries centered on Jesus Christ," it added. - VVP, GMA News

[CVT]

Yo no hablo Espanol...

14.0K:bike3:

[uls]

hahaha

yan ang pinoy

ano masasabi ng abscbn?

pinoy pride!

[hein]

BWAHAHA. Pray pray to the pope, pagkatapos T-N-T na! HIPOKRITONG catholics.

As the only catholic country in Asia, now you know why our country is a Mess.

[Monseratto]

Sa sunod, dapat ata mag issue ng bonds or may sponsor yung pupunta just to gurrantee na babalik sa pinas. Just because they're catholics doesn't mean they won't fool the CBCP. They should have already realized this since it happened twice before...

[111prez]

why am i not surprised

and to think na may escort/bantay pa silang mga pari daw

tsk tsk tsk

[andywesteast]

BWAHAHA. Pray pray to the pope, pagkatapos T-N-T na! HIPOKRITONG catholics.

As the only catholic country in Asia, now you know why our country is a Mess.

God's First commandment to the Filipino catholics:

Thou Shalt Not Use the Lord's Name in Vain, or for Migration Purposes

[Benzmizer]

and to think na may escort/bantay pa silang mga pari daw

Baka pati yung pari nag-TNT na din!

[uls]

dami talaga gusto umalis ng Pinas

haha

[jansky]

chances..chances..chances..

sa hirap nga naman ng buhay dito..

[Boy Bastos]

120 Pinoy World Youth Day Immigrants yan :D

Easy VISA. Yung iba may free airlines tickets pa. So easy and free way out from Pinas for a chance to work abroad.

[Monseratto]

Kasalanan na sa Diyos pag di kayo umuwi, you'll all burn in HELL! Patay yung CBCP sa EU next time magka WYD ulit dun. Blacklisted na sila...

Priest to WYD delegates: Do not sin, come home to PHL - Pinoy Abroad - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

A Filipino Salesian priest urged Philippine delegates to the recent World Youth Day celebration not to commit a sin by illegally overstaying in Spain.

In a news release on the Salesians of Don Bosco website on Thursday, Father Noel Osial, SDB, rector of the Don Bosco Provincial House, said staying illegally in Spain or other European countries is "immoral."

“Filipino delegates who are still in Spain or other European countries should come back to the Philippines since the World Youth Day in Madrid ended almost two weeks ago," he said.

Meanwhile, Osial said, “All Don Bosco delegates to the World Youth Day have returned. I hope and pray that the other delegates will do the same."

The Salesians of Don Bosco oversee schools, youth centers, technical-training centers
and parishes all over the Philippines.

Do not betray Church

Osial urged the Filipino delegates who are in Spain “not to betray the trust of the Spanish and various European governments, and the trust of the Philippine Catholic Church as well."

“Do not sin. Please come home and honor your promise of returning," he added.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on August 31 said that
only 70 percent or 299 of the 427 official delegates have arrived in the Philippines .

The Schengen visas issued to the delegates will expire in mid-September. Schengen
visas, issued by certain European states including Spain, may be used in the issuing
countries. The World Youth Day was held last August 16 to 21, 2011.

Many Filipino delegates who attended the WYD 2002 in Canada and WYD 2005
in Germany did not return to the Philippines. There were no reports of WYD 2008
delegates who illegally stayed in Australia.

[marg]

BWAHAHAHA. Do not T-N-T? Its like telling the Pinoys to Abstain from ***.

TANGA talaga, the OLD FART priests have been fooled again. 3x na ito, Germany and Canada WYD has the same Pinoy T-N-T experience. Thousands of Pinoys never returned.

[Ry_Tower]

dami talaga gusto umalis ng Pinas

haha

Totoo lang!

[holdencaulfield]

when and where will the another WYD be?

time to pack! adios at bahala na kayo sa buhay niyo!

[chua_riwap]

pag sinabing world youth delegates, mga bata yan di ba? nag-TNT?
or yung mga alalays ang nag-TNT......

[Monseratto]

when and where will the another WYD be?

time to pack! adios at bahala na kayo sa buhay niyo!

Usually every three years ang WYD, however the next one in an exception...I hear Rio is nice and balmy in summer. =)

The International World Youth Days have been spaced three years apart since 2002, but the Rio de Janeiro World youth day in 2013 will take place in two years. Father Lombardi said the change was made to avoid the youth event coinciding with the FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Brazil in 2014.

Kakahiya talaga yung PHL delegation, Buti kung 5 or 10, pero 127 or 1/3 ang nag TNT...

[marg]

Kakahiya talaga yung PHL delegation, 1/3 pa naman ang nag TNT...

Before the WYD, Spanish Embassy to CBCP: How many delegates do you expect NOT TO RETURN?

That is how the Europeans look at Filipinos.

Pinoy catholics talaga. Dasal-Dasal kuno, tapos sasala....sa harap pa ng pope. WALANG HIYA.

[vinj]

when and where will the another WYD be?

time to pack! adios at bahala na kayo sa buhay niyo!

Mukhang maraming tsikoteers mag WYD sa susunod ah... organize kaya ng tsikot WYD and TNT delegation. :D

[111prez]

on the other hand, baka mayaman itong mga "missing" delegates at nag pasyal muna at gumastos para makatulong sa mahinang ekonomiya ng europa