Friday, August 4, 20230110Before a sea of waving flags representing countries large and small from across the globe, Pope Francis told some 500,000 singing, shouting and swaying young people that God has called each person to him by name, not their social media handle. "You are not here by mistake," he told the mass of people in Lisbon's Eduardo VII Park Aug. 3...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023096"Now is the God-given time of grace to sail boldly into the sea of evangelization and of mission," Pope Francis told Portuguese bishops, priests, religious and pastoral workers after praying vespers at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon Aug. 2, the first day of his trip to Portugal.