Vatican announces it will withdraw the commemorative stamp of the World Youth Days to be held this summer in Lisbon. The design generated controversy in Portugal for resembling the images used by the Salazar dictatorship to promote Portuguese colonialism.
The Holy See has justified that the design had the sole objective of promoting the Pope's encounter with young people without any reference to the past. World Youth Day will take place from August 1 to 6 and will be celebrated in Lisbon and neighboring Loures with the presence of Pope Francis.