Pope calls Panama noble

POPE FRANCIS  whose Avianca flight arrived back in Rome on Monday after his visit to World Youth Day (WYD)  in Panama, told reporters on the plane that accompanied him on the trip  that he discovered a noble country,  “I felt a new feeling, I know Latin America, but I did not know Panama, and this word came to me to describe it:

The pontiff left the afternoon of Sunday, January 27, from the Tocumen International Airport and arrived on Monday at the Ciampino airport in Rome.

Francis was in Panama from January 23 to 27, and participated in different activities including visiting young jailed prisoners and HIV patients. during the World

In his the Twitter account, the pontiff thanked the Panamanian people for opening the doors of their homes and welcoming thousands of pilgrims who came to the isthmus from different countries of the world.

Since announcing to the world in 2016 that Panama would host the WYD in 2019, the Pope entrusted the challenge to the small country, a request that the bishops of Central America had made.

At the end of, thousands of pilgrims have cataloged it as successful and highlighted the hospitality of Panamanians reports TVN.

The  next WYD will be held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2022.