Are you ready to experience the event that Pope John Paul dreamed of in 1985? WYD 2023 has already begun and the joy of welcoming the pilgrims has already filled the entire city. The Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon says it best:

"Welcome to all WYD Lisbon 2023 pilgrims! Lisbon and its neighbouring cities are ready to welcome you and share with you the best they have, which is the hospitality of their inhabitants. Make yourselves truly at home!

Especially in this great house that the Church of Christ must be, with open doors to all. If everyone fits in God's heart, they must also fit in ours, and so it will be. Everything has been prepared so that these days, around Pope Francis, will make us closer and more supportive with each other and for the whole world, which needs to rejuvenate too!

With you and for you,"

Manuel Clemente, Cardinal-Patriarch of Lisbon