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By Kennedy Hall, OnePeterFive, August 3, 2023

Kennedy Hall is a contributing editor for OnePeterFive. He is the author Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity and Lockdown with the Devil, a novel published by Our Lady of Victory Press. …

Above: the “carefully crafted spirituality itinerary” graphically depicted from the WYD website.

After a brief hiatus due to “COVID” (which I prefer to pronounce by its traditional spelling, communism) the World Youth Day (WYD) is back!

This year it is taking place in Lisbon, Portugal and the opening Mass was celebrated on August 1 with a crowd of tens of thousands of pilgrims. Before I dive into all the fruits of the New Springtime that were on display, I would like to accentuate the positives.

In the first place, it is edifying to see that many young Catholics putting in the effort required to attend such an event. It is not cheap to fly overseas and stay in hotels and hostels for any length of time, and in many cases, young people fundraise for months before they go on the trip. At root, the event is meant to inspire young Catholics to take their Catholic Faith seriously and to unite with young Catholics from around the world in a display of faith that is truly Catholic, which is to say universal. …

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