Statistics on Holy Land youth in Spain

The numbers of young people in groups organized by the local Catholic Church are:

103 from Israel (from the Arabic speaking parishes)

17 from the Saint James Vicariate for Hebrew Speaking Catholics in Israel

92 from Jordan

76 from the Palestinian Territories

In addition the Bishop gave the statistics of those participating in groups sent by the other ecclesial movements active in the Holy Land:

The Neo-Catechumenate is sending 250 young people (125 from Israel and 75 expatriates, 20 from Jordan, 10 from the Palestinian Territories and 20 from Cyprus).

Other groups include: a group of 16 from Ramallah, 12 from Anjara (Jordan) and 9 from Nazareth.

This totals 558 young people from the entire territory of the Holy Land (Israel, Palestinian Territories, Jordan and Cyprus).