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WYD: Bringing Arabs together, and keeping Russians and Ukrainians apart

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

Filipe d’Avillez
Aug 05, 2023
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As World Youth Day continues Aug 1-6 in Lisbon, Portugal, The Pillar’s WYD correspondent, Filipe d’Avillez, brings you a daily news diary with everything you’ll want to know:

After around 200,000 people attended the day of the opening Mass, and 500,000 were present for the pope’s welcoming ceremony, at least 800,000 crammed into the Eduardo VII Park and …

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