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Going to World Youth Day Lisbon With Marian Haste

© José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 3.0An Our Lady of Fatima statue is seen in the Basílica da Estrela in Lisbon, Portugal.

COMMENTARY: To be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of ebullient peers singing, laughing and praying in various languages provides an indelible lesson that the Catholic faith is a treasure bigger and more beautiful than most had previously realized.