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‘I can see’: A WYD miracle?

Jimena, a World Youth Day pilgrim, said her sight returned during a Mass at the Lisbon event.

Edgar Beltrán
Aug 09, 2023
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When people talk about “miracles” after World Youth Day, they usually mean the conversions – the tens of thousands of people who go to confession, the hundreds of thousands who adore the Eucharist together.

The stage at Tejo Park in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 5, 2023. Credit: Filipe D’Avillez.

But on the final day of the World Youth Day held last week in Lisb…

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