Closing youth festival in Portugal, pope shares ‘old man’s’ dream of peace

Pope Francis closed an international festival of Catholic Youth on Sunday with a huge outdoor Mass and his own “I have a dream” speech, saying it was for world peace, especially for Ukraine.
About 1.5 million people attended his closing Mass at a riverside park in the Portuguese capital, the Vatican said, quoting local authorities. Many of the faithful slept outdoors, having attending a vigil there on Saturday night, and they gathered in sweltering heat.
Speaking after the Mass, the 86-year-old Francis urged the young people to take the fraternal experiences of the six-day jamboree back home and apply them to their daily lives.
He asked them to think of the young people who could not come to the event because of the world’s many armed conflicts and wars, adding: “In thinking of this continent, I feel great sorrow for beloved Ukraine, which continues to suffer greatly”.