Upon his arrival at the Lisbon Figo Maduro military airport, the Apostolic Nuncio and the Chief of Protocol board the plane to greet Pope Francis.
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, welcomes the Pope at the foot of the plane. Two children dressed in traditional attire offer him flowers.
One ancient legend holds that the birth of Portugal's capital city of Lisbon is tied to Ulysses, the famous protagonist of Homer's Odyssey.
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