Presided over by Monsignor Claudio Giuliodori
Bishop Assistant General of Italian Catholic Action
Our meeting began with a prayer to the Holy Spirit.
Before the prayer, the following items were placed on the left-hand side of the stage (and remained there until the end of the meeting): the Word of God, opened at the Gospel of John, chapter 17; a Marian icon, a gift from Ukrainian young people at a meeting with European young people last May; a globe, a symbol of our brotherhood with all peoples; and seven red cyclamen plants, representing the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
During the prayer, the seven invocations were read by representatives from the seven countries of the 2022–2026 secretariat (Argentina, Burundi, the Philippines, Italy, Mexico, Senegal and Spain).
