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World Youth Day 2023
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World Youth Day 2023 (Portuguese: Jornada Mundial da Juventude de 2023) was the 2023 installment of World Youth Day, a recurring Catholic festival. The 2023 event was held in Lisbon, Portugal, which was announced at World Youth Day 2019 in Panama City, Panama.
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Date | 1–6 August 2023[1] |
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Location | Lisbon, Portugal |
Coordinates | 38.791258°N 9.094121°W / 38.791258; -9.094121 |
Type | Youth festival |
Theme | Mary arose and went with haste (Lk 1:39) |
Organised by | Catholic Church |
Participants | Pope Francis |
Previous | 2019 Panama City |
Next | 2027 Seoul |
Website | www |
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About 354,000 pilgrims from more than 200 countries were registered, including 688 bishops, and the event was aided by 25,000 volunteers.[2] The closing Vigil and Mass had an estimated 1.5 million attendees.[3]