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After closing Mass, Pope ends World Youth Day trip by meeting volunteers to say thanks

August 6, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis takes selfies with volunteers after closing Mass for WYD2023 in Lisbon, Aug 6, 2023. / Photo credit: Vatican Media

Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 6, 2023 / 12:25 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis wrapped up his World Youth Day visit with one word, ren… […]

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At World Youth Day vigil, Pope Francis urges Catholics to be ‘roots of joy’

August 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis waves to World Youth Day pilgrims in Lisbon, Portugal, at the start of a vigil service on Aug. 5, 2023. / Vatican Media

Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 5, 2023 / 16:47 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis on Saturday urged attendees at World Youth Day to … […]

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New World Youth Day ‘Rise Up’ catechesis receives mixed reviews  

August 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 5

Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks to young people about adoration and pondering during a Rise Up Encounter at the Church of Our Lady of the Incarnation in Lisbon, Portugal on Aug. 4, 2023. / Credit: Claudette Jerez/EWTN News

Lisbon, Portugal, A… […]

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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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Cardinal Tagle to young Filipinos: ‘Only Jesus will make us true influencers’

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and pilgrims from the Philippines at the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal / Courtesy of CBCP News

Lisbon, Portugal, Aug 4, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has called on young people to be s… […]

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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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Pope Francis hears young people’s confessions in Lisbon

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis hears the confession of a young pilgrim at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

St. Louis, Mo., Aug 4, 2023 / 10:30 am (CNA).
As part of the Word Youth Day celebrations this week in Lisbon, Por… […]

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Pope receives posthumous letter from young Carmelite who wanted to attend WYD

August 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Spanish Carmelite Pablo María de la Cruz on the day of his religious profession. / Credit: Óscar García / Diocese of Salamanca

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 4, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has received a posthumous letter from the young Spanish … […]

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