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Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, right, speaks with Pope Francis at the Welcome Ceremony at the Belem presidential palace in Lisbon, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Pope Francis starts his five-day pastoral visit to Portugal Wednesday that includes his participation at the 37th World Youth Day, and a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Fatima. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Pope hopes to inspire at World Youth Day in Portugal as the church reckons with a sex abuse fallout

By Nicole Winfield, Helena Alves and Barry Hatton - Associated Press

Volunteers greet each other during a mass celebrated for thousands of volunteers from around the world in Estoril, outside Lisbon, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. The volunteers will be working during the World Youth Day from Aug. 1 to Aug. 6, with the presence of Pope Francis, that is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of young Catholic faithful to Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Thousands of American Catholics head to Lisbon for World Youth Day event, Mass with Pope Francis

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Youth greet Pope Francis as he arrives in his popemobile in the metro park Campo San Juan Pablo II, in Panama City, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, to celebrate an early morning Mass. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The Latest: Pope departs for Rome, ending Panama visit

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Pope Francis delivers his speech during a vigil at Campo San Juan Pablo II in Panama City, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope seeks peace in Venezuela crisis but doesn’t pick sides

By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUAN ZAMORANO - Associated Press

Catholic faithful stand outside the Apostolic Nunciature hoping to get a glimpse of Pope Francis, in Panama City, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. Francis will turn his attention to the country's priests and religious sisters on Saturday as he reaches the midway point in his five-day Central American visit. (AP Photo/Tito Herrera)

The Latest: Vatican: 600K attend pope’s vigil in Panama

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Pope Francis boards an airplane on his way to Panama, at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. History's first Latin American pope is the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina and is expected to offer words of hope to young people gathered in Panama for World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Pope touches down in Panama, meets first couple

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This is a Sunday, April 18, 2010 photo of The Wawel castle in Krakow, southern Poland. Pope Francis is coming to southern Poland from July 27-31 to meet with young people from around the globe who gather for the World Youth Day, which is being held July 25-31. Pope Francis will visit the castle during the visit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Castles and death camps: Sites the pope will see in Poland

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Pope Francis steps out from the plane as he arrives at the military airport in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The world is at war, but it is not a war of religions, Pope Francis said Wednesday as he traveled to Poland on his first visit to Central and Eastern Europe in the shadow of the slaying of a priest in France. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Pope Francis: The world’s at war, but not a war of religions

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

The Auschwitz concentration camp. (Image: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Pope Francis to visit Krakow, Holocaust site Auschwitz

Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis boards a plane on his way to South Korea from Rome's Fiumicino International Airport Wednesday. His five-day visit marks the first time in a quarter-century that a pope has traveled to the divided Korean peninsula. The pontiff plans to bring a message of peace and reconciliation to all Koreans. (associated press)

Pope Francis taking message of peace, reconciliation to South Korea

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

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WUERL: A new morning with Pope Francis

By Donald W. Wuerl

An estimated 3 million worshippers crowd the shore of Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, July 28, 2013, as Pope Francis celebrates the final Mass of World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Francis draws 3 million worshippers to Mass on Copacabana beach

By Jenny Barchfield and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis spends Thursday morning in Varginha slum, one of Rio de Janeiro’s shantytowns, where residents gave him a warm and happy greeting. (Associated Press)

At World Youth Day, Pope Francis brings hope to refill pews

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Pope Francis blesses the faithful from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Francis leaves on Monday for Rio de Janeiro, where a million or more young Catholics are expected to celebrate the World Youth Day with their new pope. The trip is the first international journey for the 76-year-old Argentine since he became pontiff in March. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis prays for World Youth Day

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** FILE ** Pope Francis hugs a child after he delivered the Angelus prayer at the Pontiff's residence of Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, July 14, 2013. For a day, Pope Francis has abandoned his traditional Sunday greeting at the Vatican, opting for an informal front-door encounter in a hill town outside Rome which hosts the papal summer residence. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Forgiveness, 21st century style: Pope to give absolution via Twitter

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Student arrested in plot to gas pope foes

By Daniel Woolls - Associated Press