World Youth Day, which takes place next week in Lisbon in the presence of Pope Francis and an expected one million pilgrims, is the largest Catholic event in the world. | AFP
Events are targeted at Catholics between the age of 16 and 35, although organisers insist that everyone is welcome to attend, with no registration necessary.
The young people will initially spend time in different dioceses across Portugal, before gathering in the capital, which is preparing with about 16,000 members of law enforcement and emergency services to be deployed. Key moments with the pope include Thursday’s welcome ceremony, the Stations of the Cross on Friday, a vigil on Saturday night and large mass on Sunday morning.
The first international World Youth Day was held in Rome in 1986, following two successful gatherings of young people in the Italian capital in 1984 and 1985.Then came Buenos Aires in Argentina , Santiago de Compostela in Spain , Czestochowa in Poland , Denver in the United States and Manila in the Philippines .
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