Introduction

World Youth Day 2023 kicks off in Lisbon, Portugal on August 1st and runs through the sixth. We ran into Derek at a pizzeria in Rome; he and 300 compatriots from Hong Kong are on a pilgrimage toward Lisbon. Damilin, another Hong Kong Catholic, prayed the Angelus on Sunday with Pope Francis. She'll see him again in Lisbon when he arrives to accompany the young people for a few days.