(ANSA) - Rome, April 18 - Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will bring 3,000 young Egyptian Christians to see Pope Francis during his Cairo trip on April 28-29, the pontifical association said Tuesday.
"Now more than ever it is essential to give young Egyptians reasons for living and hoping" after the bloody Palm Sunday attacks on Copts, Father Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos, secretary to Coptic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, said in thanking the ACN.
"The young are the future of the persecuted Church," said ACN-Italy chief Alessandro Monteduro, and "we need to bring hope after the horror of the attacks".
ACN to bring 3,000 young Egyptians to see pope
'Hope after attack horror' - Monteduro