Pope gets rock star welcome

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 05, 2023 12:09 am

LISBON: Half a million young people chanted, cheered and shouted on Thursday as they packed a Lisbon park to give Pope Francis a rock star welcome at the official opening ceremony of a global Catholic youth festival.

'I am pleased to see all of you, and also to hear the delightful noise you are making! This makes me share your infectious joy,' the Argentine pope told the crowd in his native Spanish.

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