according to her, By the express will of Pope Francis, the official program of the visit will also include a trip to Fatima, which will take place on August 5..
This is Pope Francis’ second trip to Portugal, after he presided over May 13 celebrations at the Sanctuary of Fatima in 2017.on a visit as part of the centenary of the apparitions which marked the solemn canonization of the two young shepherds, Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
“Pope Francis’ four-day visit to Portugal is the longest stay ever by a Pope to our country”was also featured in a WYD memo.
As indicated by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza The “unique character of the commemoration of World Youth Day” and Pope Francis’ visit to Portugal, in an official note, saying that it constitutes a “unique and indelible moment” in the collective life of the Portuguese.
Francis is the fourth pope to visit Portugal after Paul VI in 1967, John Paul II in 1982, 1991 and 2000, and Benedict XVI in 2010. This year’s version of WYD, which will be closed by the pope, was initially scheduled for 2022, but has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis was the first person to register for WMJLisboa2023, on October 23, 2022, in the Vatican, after celebrating the memory of the angels, a gesture that signaled the opening of worldwide registrations for the World Youth Meeting with the Pope.
To date, more than half a million young people have started the registration process.
The first edition, remember, took place in 1986, in Rome, and since then WYD has gone through many cities around the world.
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