Pope Francis Visits Portugal For World Youth Day

LISBON, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 06: Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) smiles and waves from the front passenger seat of his Toyota vehicle while arriving in Figo Maduro Military Airport to fly back to Rome on a TAP Air Portugal Airbus A321 at the end of his five-day trip to Portugal to preside over World Youth Day (WYD on August 06, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. Pope Francis visited Portugal for World Youth Day (WYD) which took place over the first week of August, and according to local authorities brought more than one million and a half young Catholics to accompany the Pope in Parque Tejo and Parque Eduardo VII. WYD is an international Catholic rally inaugurated by St. John Paul II to invigorate young people in their faith. Pope Francis traveled around Portugal during his five-day visit holding masses and confessions for young people and meeting Portuguese catholic clergy members, he also visited The Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, where he silently prayed for peace in Ukraine. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Getty Images)