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All the news from Lisbon - The Pillar’s World Youth Day roundup

Filipe d’Avillez
Aug 07, 2023
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As World Youth Day wraps up in Lisbon, Portugal, The Pillar’s WYD correspondent, Filipe d’Avillez, brings you his final daily news diary:

World Youth Day 2023 is over. And to be honest, it’s hard to imagine that it could have gone any better than it did. The pope said as much, suggesting that this was the best-organized edition yet.

The sun rises over the…

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