Pope leaves Portugal after week marked by heat and church crisis // Firefighters injured as flames roar in hot weather

Portuguese news in English on Monday, August 7, 2023.

Pope leaves Portugal after week marked by heat and church crisis

Pope Francis and many of the estimated 1.5 million pilgrims who filled Lisbon on the hottest weekend of the year so far have bid farewell to the city. In his farewell speech, the pontiff compared the influx to the massive waves of up to 30 metres that break an hour and a half up the road at…