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Pope Francis will celebrate an open-air Mass before a huge crowd on Sunday at a riverside park near Lisbon to wrap up an international jamboree of Catholic youth.

Pope Francis will celebrate an open-air Mass before a huge crowd on Sunday at a riverside park near Lisbon to wrap up an international jamboree of

LISBON - An estimated 1.5 million people packed a riverside park in Portugal's capital on Saturday (Aug 5), braving a relentlessly scorching sun for hours for an evening prayer service with Pope Francis. The Parque Tejo, a new venue created for the event, covers 100 hectares and has no shade or structures. Some participants had to wait up to 20...

“I tell you something very beautiful: It is no longer me, it is Jesus himself who is looking at you in this moment, he is looking at you,” Pope Francis said.

About 1.5 million people attended the service at a park on the outskirts of Lisbon. Read more at straitstimes.com.

FATIMA: Tens of thousands of faithful cheered Pope Francis as he arrived Saturday in Fatima, a globally revered shrine devoted to the Virgin Mary, during a major Catholic youth jamboree being held in Portugal.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Pope Francis wrapped up his five-day trip to Portugal on Sunday with a massive open-air Mass for an estimated 1.5 million peo

The Catholic faithful braved temperatures over 40 degrees Celcius in Lisbon for a glimpse of Pope Francis, whose visit marked World Youth Day events.

‘I tell you something very beautiful: it is no longer me, it is Jesus himself who is looking at you in this moment, he is looking at you,’ the Pope said.

Pope Francis has said today that Lisbon, which hosted the World Youth Day (WYD), remains in the memory of young people as a home of fraternity and a “city of...