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Sunday Worship: Rise Up - World Youth Day

Rise Up - World Youth Day

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday Worship, Rise Up - World Youth Day

Young Catholic pilgrims from around the world gather in Lisbon for World Youth Day.

Young catholic pilgrims from around the world gather in Lisbon for World Youth Day with Pope Francis

Recorded on location in Lisbon, we join a group of young Catholics from the UK, from the dioceses of Salford, Lancaster, Cumbria, Plymouth and East Anglia, as they gather with other young pilgrims from around the world for World Youth Day. They explore their faith, attend services and events with Pope Francis and think about what being Catholic means to them and how they'll take that back into their lives at home. The theme this year is 'Rise Up' which is taken from Mary's visitation to Elizabeth when she had learnt she was pregnant with Jesus 'Mary arose and went with haste' - with Pope Francis asking young Catholics to think about the kind of haste they have, what do they stand for?  The preacher is Father Pascal Uche from Brentwood, the leader is Greg Finn. The music is taken from the Official Masses, and the acoustic music was recorded on location by Father Columba Jordan.

World Youth Day, which began in Rome in 1986, usually happens every three years, with the last event in Panama City in 2019. Hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world are due to gather in Lisbon for the week long event.

Producer: Miriam Williamson
Studio manager: Liam Juniper

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