| Description : World Youth Days are events of the Roman Catholic Church. The
worldwide gathering for all adolescents and young adults between the ages of 14 and 30 is organised by the Pontifical
Council for the Laity, part of the Curia, and the host country. The meetings have their origin in an initiative of Pope
John Paul II, who invited people to Rome in 1984 for the 'International Youth Jubilee'. Commemorative 2‐euro
coins were issued by the Vatican City for the World Youth Days in Cologne in 2005, in Madrid in 2011 and in Rio de Janeiro
in 2013. This year's World Youth Day will take place in Lisbon from the 1st to the 6th of August. Its motto is the
encounter between Mary and Elizabeth with the quotation from Luke 1:39: "Mary arose and departed in haste". The motif of
the Portuguese commemorative coin designed by João Duarte shows a cross and 23 stylised human figures
surrounding it ‐ depicted in different textures and sizes ‐ as well as two hands embracing the globe‐like
whole in an embracing gesture. This expresses the community of values of the WYD participants, who share the same universal
principles of peace, unity and brotherhood all over the world. Above, in a semi‐circle, it reads "JORNADA MUNDIAL DA
JUVENTUDE" (World Youth Day) and "LISBOA 2023" (Lisbon 2023), below "PORTUGAL". The shield from the coat of arms of
Portugal is depicted at the bottom left, with "CASA DA MOEDA ‐ JOÃO DUARTE" at the bottom right, the mint mark
of the Portuguese mint Imprensa Nacional‐ Casa da Moeda S.A. in Lisbon, and the name of the designer.
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