- Title: Pope Francis flies to Rome after WYD celebrations
- Date: 6th August 2023
- Summary: LISBON, PORTUGAL (AUGUST 6, 2023) (REUTERS) CAR CARRYING POPE FRANCIS ARRIVING AT TARMAC OF FIGO-MADURO AIR BASE GUARD OF HONOUR WAITING FOR POPE CAR CARRYING POPE FRANCIS DRIVING PAST HELICOPTER FLYING OVER AREA MAN TAKING OUT WHEELCHAIR FROM VAN'S TRUNK POPE FRANCIS BEING TAKEN IN WHEELCHAIR POPE FRANCIS APPROACHING PLANE STAFF POLICE VAN POPE FRANCIS ON WHEELCHAIR BEING PLACED INTO PLANE LIFT, STAFF CLOSING METAL DOORS AND LIFT GOING UP STAFF PULLING CARPET PLANE DOOR BEING CLOSED AIRPORT VEHICLE CARRYING CARPET DRIVING BY TARMAC VARIOUS OF TAP PLANE TAXIING FOR TAKE-OFF PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES AT TARMAC TAP PLANE DRIVING BY TARMAC
- Embargoed: 20th August 2023 19:38
- Keywords: Pope Francis Pope Francis departure Portugal WYD World Youth Day
- Location: LISBON, PORTUGAL
- City: LISBON, PORTUGAL
- Country: Portugal
- Topics: Europe,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001272406082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Pope Francis departed from a Lisbon airbase on Sunday (August 6) after attending World Youth Day celebrations in Portugal.
Before returning to Rome on Sunday evening, Francis attended an event to thank and pray with 25,000 volunteers at the World Youth Day festival.
The TAP airline plane carrying the pontiff, his entourage, and reporters took off from the military air base shortly after 6:20 p.m. (1720 GMT). Bishops and Portuguese leaders lined up to say farewell to Francis before he boarded the plane.
Francis arrived in Lisbon on Wednesday (August 2) for the week-long World Youth Day, a gathering of hundreds of thousands of Catholics that takes place every three years in a different city.
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