Photos this week are from World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal.
Pope Francis, seated next to Jose Maria Del Corral, president of Scholas Occurrentes, meets with young people involved in the educational project he supported as archbishop of Buenos Aires and expanded as pope, at its Portuguese headquarters in Cascais Aug. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Daniel Ibañez, pool)
Tens of thousands of young people attend the World Youth Day welcome ceremony at Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
A U.S. pilgrim waves the American flag as he waits for the arrival of Pope Francis for the welcome ceremony for Pope Francis during World Youth Day at Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 3, 2023. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Pilgrims pray during the welcome ceremony for Pope Francis during World Youth Day at Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 3, 2023. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
Young people take photos of Pope Francis as he arrives in the popemobile for the World Youth Day welcome ceremony at Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Young people celebrate as Pope Francis arrives at the World Youth Day welcome ceremony at Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 3, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Francis offers absolution to a World Youth Day pilgrim after hearing his confession in Vasco da Gama Garden in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023. The pope administered the sacrament to three pilgrims: young men from Italy and Spain, and a young woman from Guatemala. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis greets children after meeting with representatives of local charities at the parish center in Serafina, a neighborhood in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
People gather at Vasco da Gama Garden to see Pope Francis as he arrives to hear confessions in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 4, 2023. For World Youth Day, the garden — renamed “Reconciliation Park” — was filled with 150 temporary confessionals. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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