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The challenges facing South Korea in organizing the next World Youth Day

August 12, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A group of South Koreans pray at World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. / Credit: Almudena Martínez-Bordiú / ACI Prensa

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
A Mexican missionary in South Korea, a priest from the Diocese of Seoul,… […]

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‘Definitely worth it’: Family attends World Youth Day 2023 with 1-year-old son

August 9, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Luke and Tina Nguyen of Seattle with their 14-month-old son, Finn, after the prayer vigil with Pope Francis at Parque Tejo Aug. 5, 2023. The young family attended World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. / Photo credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Li… […]

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Father of girl reportedly cured of blindness says it was ‘a gift of the Virgin to WYD’

August 8, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 8, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
The father of Jimena, the 16-year-old Spanish World Youth Day pilgrim who reported she recovered her sight during a Mass in Fátima, provided ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-l… […]

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Miracle at Fátima? World Youth Day pilgrim receives her sight after Communion at Mass

August 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Our Lady of Fatima statue in Fatima, Portugal. / Photo courtesy of Shrine of Fatima

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
“I opened my eyes and I could see perfectly,” said Jimena, a 16-year-old Spanish World Youth Day pilgrim who sai… […]

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Young man after confession with the pope: ‘I told him the sins that pain me the most’

August 7, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Francisco Velarde, a 21-year-old Spaniard, was one of the young people who had the privilege of going to confession with Pope Francis on Friday, Aug. 4, at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. / Credit: ACI Prensa/YouTube

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug … […]

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Next World Youth Day to be in South Korea in 2027

August 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Pilgrims from South Korea wave a flag at Mass with Pope Francis for the closing of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon on Aug. 6, 2023. / Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 6, 2023 / 03:35 am (CNA).
The next World Youth Day will be held in S… […]

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Religious sister tells how she discovered her vocation at a WYD thanks to Benedict XVI

August 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Speaking from World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, the “City of Joy,” a Iesu Communio (Communion in Jesus) sister shares her vocation story with ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. / Credit: ACI Prensa/YouTube

ACI Prensa Staff… […]

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These cloistered nuns who never leave the convent are at WYD for the first time

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

From left to right: Sister Mary Grace of the Sorrowful, Sister Mariana of the Wounds of Jesus, the Mother Superior Alma Ruth, and Sister Mary Magdalene of the Sacred Heart. / Credit: EWTN News

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2023 / 16:50 pm (CNA).
The… […]

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Maryland family of 10 is making the most of their first World Youth Day

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

The Love family at the Sanctuary of Fatima in Portugal, during WYD 2023. / Photo credit: Alexis Love

Denver, Colo., Aug 4, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
After a long flight across the ocean, the Loves, a Catholic family of 10, arrived in Lisbon, Portu… […]

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Pope Francis at WYD Stations of the Cross: ‘Jesus wipes away our hidden tears’

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Young people participate in Stations of the Cross at World Youth Day in Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Aug 4, 2023 / 13:33 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis told the estimated 800,000 young peopl… […]

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