WYD Lisbon 2023

Did young Africans disappear during World Youth Day? Police and Church respond

One of the clergymen accompanying them revealed that they were not missing but simply did not attend the pre-WYD activities in the hosting diocese, as it was not mandatory.

Aug 05, 2023 18:44

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Lisbon WYD (Day 4): Pope Venerates Image of Our Lady of Fatima with Sick Young People

According to the Authorities, some 200,000 people went to the Fatima Shrine to pray the Holy Rosary.

Aug 05, 2023 17:31

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WYD Lisbon 2023 (day 4): The Pope and one and a half million people adore Jesus in Lisbon

Moments before the Pope’s arrival, several groups of singers entertained the young people who had arrived at the location very early. Before the Pope’s arrival, drones appeared in the sky forming the word «Rise» in various languages.

Aug 05, 2023 06:06

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WYD Lisbon 2023 (day 4): 4 reflections from the Pope for young people on joy, roots, tiredness, and the journey

Pope’s words to young people at World Youth Day vigil.

Aug 05, 2023 05:31

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Lisbon WYD (Day 3): This Was the Pope’s Morning on His Third Day in Portugal: He Heard Young People’s Confessions, and Met a 106-Year-Old Woman

He received the elderly lady in private audience.

Aug 04, 2023 15:03

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Papal Trips•Protection of vulnerable people

WYD Lisbon 2023: Pope privately received a group of 13 victims of sexual abuse

The meeting took place in an atmosphere of intense listening and lasted for over an hour, concluding after 8:15 p.m.

Aug 04, 2023 14:12

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Papal Trips•WYD Lisbon 2023

WYD Lisbon 2023 (day 3): from a lost sheep wounded by his father to meet Jesus. The testimony of an American before the Pope and thousands of young people

From his parents’ divorce and a depression to his encounter with Jesus and a Catholic marriage.

Aug 04, 2023 02:42

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Papal Trips•WYD Lisbon 2023

WYD Lisbon 2023 (day 3): the Pope’s marvelous reflection on the cross, tears and Jesus’ walk with us

Pope’s words at the beginning of the Stations of the Cross with young people in Edward VII Park.

Aug 04, 2023 01:59

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Lisbon WYD (Day 3): How Is My Love? Concrete or Abstract? Pope Francis’ Simple but Profound Meditation in Lisbon

The Holy Father’s words during the meeting with Representatives of several Care and Charity Centers.

Aug 04, 2023 01:05

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Papal Trips•WYD Lisbon 2023

Lisbon WYD (Day 2): On the Morning of the Pope’s Second Day in Portugal, He Offered a Mass for the Relatives of a Woman Who Was in Lisbon for the WYD and Died as the Result of An Accident, and for University Students

The Holy Father’s events on his second day in Lisbon were a Private Mass for the relatives of the deceased woman, a meeting with young Ukrainians, and a visit to the Portuguese Catholic University.

Aug 03, 2023 18:13

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WYD Lisbon 2023

“Be Influencers”: Cardinal Tagle’s Great Reflection That Merited a Long Ovation of Influencers in Lisbon

Influence based on the Gospel and who must be the influencer of the influencers, were two of the three points addressed by Cardinal Tagle meeting with digital evangelizers.

Aug 03, 2023 01:05

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WYD Lisbon 2023 (day 2): Pope explains to hundreds of thousands of young people what it means «to be called by name»

Pope’s homily to young people at the World Youth Day reception ceremony.

Aug 03, 2023 00:33

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