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August 07, 2023

Saturday 5th August PARQUE TEJO TRANCÃO, LISBON – From around 4pm the transition from bustling racket to eerie stillness on the streets of Lisbon was deafening. Pilgrims had spent the day getting their hands on sleeping bags and stocking up on provisions in preparation for the long walk and even longer queues to get to

Pope in Lisbon calls on youth to be ‘teachers of hope’

August 03, 2023

LISBON – Pope Francis kicked off the second day of his August 2-6 visit to Lisbon meeting with Catholic university students, telling them to maintain a restless search for a better future and to work toward a more inclusive and just world. He praised the contribution of women and told students not to be afraid

Pope offers comfort to Portuguese church facing secularisation in aftermath of abuse scandal

August 02, 2023

LISBON – In the wake of a devastating clerical sexual abuse scandal in a country already buffeted by secularisation and increasing pluralism, Pope Francis at the end of his first day in Portugal offered words of comfort, urging bishops not to be overcome by discouragement. Referring to the Gospel passage in which Jesus tells Peter

The English priests who taught Real Madrid a football lesson

May 22, 2014

In 1907 the seminarians of the Royal English College at Valladolid thrashed the mighty Real Madrid