quite a lot of locals fled the city in advance. 0thers stayed and were impressed by the numbers, and the degree of organisation, the scale of it. that is probably something that no city of lisbon s size, only 500,000 population, could deal with easily. the organisers say that 1.5 million pilgrims from around the world, many of those last minute arrivals, will have been people who came from across portugal, perhaps spain as well, a very large number of the pilgrims here are from spain, or indeed from other spanish speaking countries. the diversity of crowds, the enthusiasm, many of them have said very openly that this is a pope they feel particularly close to. he does seem to reciprocate, praising the energy of youth. and clearly, seeing them as a vehicle for bringing change in an institution that he leads, but which he believes still needs to change. finally this half hour we want to show you some pictures of a surprise discovery by us border patrol agents. they discovered seven spider
impressed by the numbers, and the degree of organisation, the scale of it. that is probably something that no city of lisbon s size, only 500,000 population, could deal with easily. the organisers say that 1.5 million pilgrims from around the world, many of last minute arrivals, will have been people came from across portugal, perhaps spain as well, a very large number of the pilgrims here are from spain, or indeed from other spanish speaking countries. the diversity of crowds, the enthusiasm, many of them have said very openly that this is a pope they feel particularly close to. he does seem to reciprocate praising the energy of youth. and clearly, seeing them as a vehicle for bringing change in an institution that he leads, but which he believes it still needs to change. that was alison roberts. a deadline for the militaryjunta in niger to step down is nowjust hours away.
on saturday night one and a half million pilgrimsjoined the pope at a vigil. many camped out overnight to ensure their place for sunday s events. well, alison roberts is in lisbon and has been following the pope s visit closely. i think the sheer number of pilgrims from around the world, and the way that they have really taken over the city of lisbon, quite a lot of locals fled the city in advance. 0thers stayed and were impressed by the numbers, and the degree of organisation, the scale of it. that is probably something that no city of lisbon s size, only 500,000 population, could deal with easily. the organisers say that 1.5 million pilgrims from around the world, many of those last minute arrivals, will have been people came from across portugal, perhaps spain as well, a very large number of the pilgrims here are from spain,
they still feel that their former colonial masters, france, has a lot of power in terms of political and economic power over them. they do not feel completely independent despite gaining independence since 1960. some of them also say that france has not helped in any way to change the situation in the region where it has been marred with islamist and jihadist movements, you know, in the sahel region. and so they really want a change and they believe that the the coup leaders would bring that change to them. pope francis is wrapping up the final day of his visit to portugal. earlier, he celebrated a huge open air mass at a lisbon riverside park known as the parque tejo, specially built for the event. the service brings world youth day, the largest event organised by the catholic church, to a close.
final day of his visit to portugal. earlier, he celebrated a huge open air mass at a lisbon riverside park known as the parque tejo, specially built for the event. the service brought world youth day, the largest event organised by the catholic church, to a close. on saturday night 1.5 million pilgrimsjoined the pope at a vigil. many camped out overnight to ensure their place for sunday s events. alison roberts is in lisbon and has been following the pope s visit closely. i think the sheer number of pilgrims from around the world, and the way that they have really taken over the city of lisbon, quite a lot of locals fled the city in advance. 0thers stayed and were impressed by the numbers, and the degree of organisation, the scale of it. that is probably something that no city of lisbon s size, only 500,000 population, could deal with easily. the organisers say that 1.5 million pilgrims from around the world,