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Pope Francis greets pilgrims attending his weekly Angelus prayer service before departing on a five-day spiritual retreat. Gavino Garay reports.
Pope Francis departs from prepared script during visit from Church of Scotland, expressing deep sadness over beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A video purportedly made by Islamic State appears to show the shooting and beheading of about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Pavithra George reports.
Pilgrims gather in Lisbon for a huge open-air Mass with Pope Francis for World Youth Day. The service will take place at the Parque Tejo on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital, with many people having slept overnight in the park, which was built for the occasion on a former landfill site. The weather is a concern with temperatures expected to soar to 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit). IMAGES
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims cheer Pope Francis as the pontiff arrives at a Lisbon park for an homage to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at a global jamboree. It marks the pope's second mass event with participants at this year's World Youth Day, which is actually a six-day extravaganza and happens to be the largest Catholic gathering in the world. Local authorities estimate the crowd size at about 800,000 people. IMAGES
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