(ZENIT News / Lisbon, 02.08.2023).- In two press conferences in the World Youth Day Media Center, the organizing team and the police and security forces gave relevant data regarding the participation in the WYD’s first day:
- 7,120 priests concelebrated the Mass on Tuesday, August 1
- 500 Bishops concelebrated (30 from Portugal)
- 20 Cardinals concelebrated
- 1,800 Extraordinary Ministers helped to distribute communion
- 7,000 volunteers (young people) helped in some way on the first day of the WYD
And in terms of security:
- 4,764 flights that arrived in the first days at Lisbon’s Airport were controlled
- 950,081 people went through security controls in the first days of the WYD
- 14,495 cars went through security controls in the first days of the WYD
- 1,275 boats went through security controls in the first days of the WYD
- There were 239,640 pilgrims in the August 1 events
- 200,000 people participated in the opening Mass in Lisbon’s Edward VII Park
- For security reasons, 9 drones were intercepted in the first days of the WYD
- For security reasons, the police carried out 150,000 personal checks
- 403 people received some form of assistance by the police
