The Church’s youthful face was front and centre

The Church’s youthful face was front and centre A pilgrim takes a cellphone photo as he waits for Pope Francis to arrive to lead a prayer vigil during World Youth Day at Campo da Graça in Park Tejo in Lisbon, Portugal, August 5. Photo: OSV News/Bob Roller

Going to Sunday Mass these days you can be demoralised by the lack of young people present. It’s great then to see young people enthused by their faith, and so it was on World Youth Day in Lisbon last weekend. So many of the events were impressive and I managed to follow many of them.…

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