The press conference yesterday was a huge success. News outlets from all over—including crews from television stations, radio stations, newswires and even newspapers such as Spain’s prominent daily El Pais—were in attendance. Reporters conducted one-on-one interviews with participants Mayllely Juárez from Venezuela’s Mujeres Unidas por la Salud, Rada Elenkova from Bulgaria’s YouAct, Grace Kabuubia from Lungujja Community Health Caring Organization in Uganda, Denise Ryan from the Irish Family Planning Association and Richael O’Hagan from Advocates for Youth in the United States. Check out some of the coverage we’ve gotten thus far.
Huffington Post: Condom activists push debate at Catholic World Youth Day
USA Today (Faith & Reason blog): Pope’s youth day draws a million — and controversies
Monsters and Critics: Young Catholics converge on Madrid to wait for pope
EB: Ana Botella veta una campaña anti-sida de condones por la visita del Papa
El Pais: En medio de la visita del Papa a Madrid se promoverá el uso del condón
Diario Libre: “Catholics for Choice” defenderá uso del condón en visita del Papa a Madrid
El Dia:”Catholics for Choice” aprovechará la visita del Papa para defender el condón
Giornalettismo: “La Spagna censura i manifesti dei cattolici a favore dei condom”
Care2: Catholic condom ads banned in Spain
Jezebel: Catholic condom ads banned in Spain
As you can see from this list of coverage, we made an impressive impact on our first day. More coverage is sure to follow throughout the week!
Stay tuned.
