Pope Francis to arrive in Portugal for World Youth Day amid ongoing sex abuse scandal

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Francis is widely expected to meet in private with abuse survivors this week and could well refer to the problem in his public remarks, as he has done during past foreign trips.

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00:00 Several tens of thousands of pilgrims attending the opening mass of World Youth Day in Lisbon,

00:07 Portugal. The Catholic Youth Festival kicked off on Tuesday evening, but the highlight

00:12 will be Pope Francis' visit which begins Wednesday.

00:17 The Argentinian Pope will then stay until the end of the event on Sunday, when a mass

00:21 will be celebrated by the pontiff himself.

00:25 With more than a million pilgrims expected in Portugal's capital, Lisbon is hoping for

00:30 an economic boost for everything from its hotels to restaurants and food outlets. Everyone

00:35 is cashing in, welcoming the visitors, especially if they are hungry.

00:42 I'm going to be very frank, it will depend on the number of people who are coming to Lisbon.

00:49 If the number is as it is projected, the expectation is that hundreds of millions will be generated.

00:56 The expectations are 300, 400, 500, it may even be a little more. But depending on the

01:03 number of people, the number of people will be a little more.

01:10 The number of people will be a little more.

01:18 But depending on the number of people, the number of people will be a little more.

01:26 But depending on the number of people, the number of people will be a little more.

01:33 Some of the faithful to abandon the church. But it's also a chance to mix and share beliefs

01:39 and have a holiday.

01:40 (crowd laughing)

01:43 (whooshing)

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