Pope Francis anticipates by one day his trip to Portugal on the occasion of World Youth Day. His arrival was scheduled for August 3, but he will arrive in Lisbon on the morning of August 2.
The 38th edition of WYD will take place in Lisbon during the first week of August and will end with the solemn Mass that Pope Francis will celebrate on August 6 in a park on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital. The website of Rádio Renascença says that "peripheries and culture" are the reasons for this change in the agenda.