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On Aug. 4 at the nunciature in Lisbon, Pope Francis met with Maria da Conceição Brito Mendonça, a 106-year-old woman who was born on the day of the apparitions of Fátima, May 13, 1917.
Now that the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have left Lisbon, Portugal, and World Youth Day (WYD) has ended after days of inspiring and faith-filled events, we take a look back at some of the most moving moments of WYD.
A picture taking social media by storm is of a disabled young man being lifted by his wheelchair high above the sea of WYD attendees.
A heart-touching picture from the World Youth Day in Lisbon.
Proud to be a Catholic! pic.twitter.com/tRYgIOY6xl
— Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) August 6, 2023
A video of Pope Francis meeting a child in a wheelchair captured the hearts of journalists in Lisbon. You can see the young boy giving the Holy Father a gift. At the end of the video, the two give one another a high-five.
This tender encounter between Pope Francis and this little child melted several journalists' hearts in Lisbon. pic.twitter.com/r1jIUvS6kd
— EWTN News (@EWTNews) August 5, 2023
The EWTN News team in Lisbon found a pair of sisters from Toronto, Canada, who were attending WYD for the first time. Twenty-one-year-old Aurora and 23-year-old Gloria shared that they found out about WYD being in Portugal before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and, at that time, their mother encouraged them to attend. Their mother has since passed away and the sisters decided to attend the event in her honor.
Ladies Attend WYD in Honor of Late Mother: “We Wanted to Go for Her”
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Now that the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have left Lisbon, Portugal, and World Youth Day (WYD) has ended after days of inspiring and faith-filled events, we take a look back at some of the most moving moments of WYD.
A picture taking social media by storm is of a disabled young man being lifted by his wheelchair high above the sea of WYD attendees.
A heart-touching picture from the World Youth Day in Lisbon.
Proud to be a Catholic! pic.twitter.com/tRYgIOY6xl
— Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) August 6, 2023
A video of Pope Francis meeting a child in a wheelchair captured the hearts of journalists in Lisbon. You can see the young boy giving the Holy Father a gift. At the end of the video, the two give one another a high-five.
This tender encounter between Pope Francis and this little child melted several journalists' hearts in Lisbon. pic.twitter.com/r1jIUvS6kd
— EWTN News (@EWTNews) August 5, 2023
The EWTN News team in Lisbon found a pair of sisters from Toronto, Canada, who were attending WYD for the first time. Twenty-one-year-old Aurora and 23-year-old Gloria shared that they found out about WYD being in Portugal before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and, at that time, their mother encouraged them to attend. Their mother has since passed away and the sisters decided to attend the event in her honor.
Ladies Attend WYD in Honor of Late Mother: “We Wanted to Go for Her”
Continued below.
10 of the Most Touching Moments of World Youth Day 2023
On Aug. 4 at the nunciature in Lisbon, Pope Francis met with Maria da Conceição Brito Mendonça, a 106-year-old woman who was born on the day of the apparitions of Fátima, May 13, 1917.
