As Pope Francis heads to Lisbon, Portugal today (August 2, 2023) for World Youth Day,an event often dubbed the "Catholic Woodstock" due to the large and celebratory crowds it always draws, he faces the unique challenge revitalizing the faith amid growing European secularism and increased empty pews in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Crux website reports.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have already flocked to Lisbon for World Youth Day (WYD),set to take place from Aug. 1--6 and which holds the theme, "Mary arose and went in haste." By the time the pontiff celebrates the event's concluding Mass August 6, turnout is expected to reach well over one million people.
This year's event marks the first international WYD gathering since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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