- Title: WRAP: Pope Francis in Portugal for Catholic youth festival
- Date: 4th August 2023
- Summary: LISBON, PORTUGAL (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) YOUNG CATHOLICS LOOKING ON AND HOLDING FLAGS YOUNG CATHOLICS LOOKING ON AND HOLDING FLAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) CATHOLIC, GONCALO MESTRE, SAYING: "I am very happy. To be near him and to touch him was marvelous. Being part of this church where I was baptised, it brings me great joy." (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) CATHOLIC, MARIA ANTUNES, SAYING: "I think it's extraordinary. I think this neighbourhood needs this. It needs hope. These are outlying neighbourhoods that are often forgotten by governments. It's thanks to people like Canon Crespo (priest in charge of parish) that these works are being carried out and without a doubt, it will be a light of hope." POPE IN CAR LEAVING NUN DRINKING JUICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PILGRIM FROM SPAIN CARLOTA CARVALLAR, 26, SAYING: “Our mother used to tell us that the world would be burning if we were true Christians, it would be in flames like here in Lisbon these days. You walk into people that share the joy of belong to Jesus and be Christians.†(SOUNDBITE) (English) PILGRIM FROM BELGIUM JOAN LOUIS, 30, SAYING: “He (the pope) said yesterday that the church is for everybody to make sure that the message of Christ is inclusive and for me it is truly important to take that into account because sadly enough people have the impression that the church and the faith is something exclusive and it is not the core of the message.†(SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) ANA MARGARIDA LEITE, 18, SAYING: “Today we came here and managed to see the pope. It was wonderful, wonderful. I think it was the main point of the trip because I had never seen the pope before. I am excited.†(SOUNDBITE) (English) PILGRIM FROM ENGLAND AEMELIA GRANTHAM 28, SAYING: “I think it is important to acknowledge that there have been issues and there are issues and the misdeeds of some are the shame of all and that we have to own that, but also that there is hope and I think everyone is searching for something whether they know it's god or something else.†GRANTHAM AND OTHERS WALKING IN THE STREET NUNS WALKING IN THE STREET VARIOUS OF WORLD YOUTH DAY MERCHANDISING STANDS
- Embargoed: 18th August 2023 13:38
- Keywords: Caatholics Catholic youth Pope Francis Portugal SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION WYD Worth Youth Day
- Location: LISBON, PORTUGAL
- City: LISBON, PORTUGAL
- Country: Portugal
- Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA00D224604082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS EDIT IS A WRAP AND CONTAINS NO NEW MATERIAL
PLEASE NOTE EDIT CONTAINS SOUNDBITES IN ENGLISH, SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE
Pope Francis began the third day of his Portugal visit hearing the confessions of three young Catholics, from Spain, Italy and Guatemala, in one of the parks hosting the festival.
The 86-year-old pope is in Lisbon for the Catholic Church's World Day of Youth festival, which ends on Sunday. On Wednesday evening one about half a million people - one of the biggest crowds ever seen in Portugal - attended an opening rally.
After confessions he visited a Church-run social center in a low-income Lisbon neighborhood Friday (August 4) urging young people to shun "distilled," orderly lives where everything seems perfect but to "get your hands dirty" by helping the needy.
During his address at the St. Vincent de Paul parochial centre in the Serafina neighbourhood, Francis said he was having trouble with his glasses and found it hard to read, so he put aside his prepared speech and went off script.
The event comes less than six months after a report by a Portuguese commission said at least 4,815 minors were sexually abused by clergy - mostly priests - over seven decades.
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