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Let's cross live to portugal now where it's the last day of the pope's visit, he's leading an open—air mass today at a riverside park in the capital lisbon. many slept overnight in the parque tejo, which was built for the occasion on a former landfill site. we believe over 1 we believe over1 million people are in attendance the pope is in the country for celebrations for world youth day and has often abandoned his script as he did at fatima yesterday yesterday. he gave an off—the—cuff address to catholic followers. stay with us.

They still feel that their former colonial masters, france, has a lot of power in terms of political and economic power over them. they do not feel completely independent despite gaining independence since 1960. some of them also say that france has not helped in any way to change the situation in the region where it has been marred with islamist and jihadist movements, you know, in the sahel region. and so they really want a change and they believe that the the coup leaders would bring that change to them. pope francis is wrapping up the final day of his visit to portugal. earlier, he celebra...

Final day of his visit to portugal. earlier, he celebrated a huge open air mass at a lisbon riverside park known as the parque tejo, specially built for the event. the service brought world youth day, the largest event organised by the catholic church, to a close. on saturday night 1.5 million pilgrimsjoined the pope at a vigil. many camped out overnight to ensure their place for sunday's events. alison roberts is in lisbon and has been following the pope's visit closely. i think the sheer number of pilgrims from around the world, and the way that they have really taken over the city of lisbon...

LISBON: Pope Francis celebrated an open-air Mass before a huge crowd on Sunday (Aug 6) at a waterside park near Lisbon to wrap up an international jamboree of Catholic youth. Around 1.5 million people attended the service at the Parque Tejo on the eastern outskirts of the Portuguese capital, the Vatican sa