SHANNISE DZOBO
MASVINGO–Mufaro Machida from Roman Catholic Church, St Theresa Parish in Masvingo City is part of the 96 youths from the country to attend the World Youth Day commemorations in Portugal which starts on August 1, this year.
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic the event was last held in 2019.
The youth were registered under Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) to attend the World Youth Day and they left Zimbabwe on 24 July will be back in the country on August 8 this year.
Machida said that he was very excited to be part of the group that is going to attend this prestigious event and also to meet the Pope in person.
“I am very excited to be one of the youths that are attending this prestigious event because we are going to be meeting the Pope in person and this journey plays a critical role in our journey of faith and we are going to learn more about the origins of our Church.
“We are going to be meeting a lot of people from different walks of life in our Church and we are going to get a chance to visit most places that we always read about in the Bible and other tourist attractions in that country,” said Machida.
There are other four youths coming out of the Masvingo Diocese from different deaneries who will accompanied by Priest in Charge of Mukaro Mission Wilbrode Godzongi.
World Youth Day was first commemorated in 1986 and it has been a tradition since then.
