Pope arrives at Youth Festival in Lisbon

(3 Aug 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AGENCY POOL Lisbon, 03 August 2023 1. Wide of Pope Francis in pope-mobile arriving in park 2. Pope Francis waving at crowd from pope-mobile 3. Various of crowd 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Amorita Ogwuche, 33, from Nigeria: “I’m from Nigeria, I’m so excited to see the Pope today, it’s so heavenly exciting!” 5. Pope Francis in wheelchair arriving on stage and waving 6. WYD participants taking photos with mobile phones as Francis appears on stage 7. Wide of stage 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Yanyu Wang, 18, WYD volunteer from China and follower of Buddhism: “The reason why I decided to join this Catholic big event is because I want to learn from other religion and from that to see us like a reflection, to help me learn more about faith and the reason why young now believe in any faith or any religion, and I realized that in the past few days. Faith is one and in religion we are all together too, whatever religion you believe in is a good thing.” 9. Close of flags and crowd of WYD participants 10. WYD participants shouting (Spanish) “Francis, brother, you are a Mexican” 11. Wide of Francis appearing on giant screen and Portuguese flag flying on a side of the stage STORYLINE: Hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world welcomed Pope Francis as he arrived in a central park in Lisbon for a five-day trip encompassing World Youth Day. The international Catholic jamboree that is expected to gather around one million people. Francis will visit the place from where 15th- and 16th-century Portuguese explorers set sail on world-changing voyages to Africa, Asia and South America, a church and monastery that are unique architectural gems, and one of the world’s most popular Catholic shrines where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to children. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel 44(0)2074827482 Email: info@. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: