The international World Youth Day will be held from Aug. 1 to 6, and the presence of Pope Francis is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of young Catholic faithful to Lisbon. (photo: Armando ...

While the primary aim of World Youth Day is to energize a new generation of young Catholics for the future, Pope Francis will likely be unable to do so without a serious reckoning with the church ...

Even so, when Pope Francis arrives in Lisbon on Aug. 2 for the 42nd international trip of his papacy and his fourth World Youth Day — a major gathering of Catholic youth that takes place in ...

Pope Francis is in Portugal for a weeklong celebration of World Youth Day 02:41. Lisbon, Portugal — Pope Francis is in Portugal this week for what's been called the "Catholic Woodstock" — the ...

The year was 1984. A jubilee year. Pope John Paul II invited young Catholic faithful from all over the world to join him at St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday. The celebration: God’s merciful ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — World Youth Day, which takes place next week in Lisbon in the presence of Pope Francis and an expected one million pilgrims, is the largest Catholic event in the world.

Several tens of thousands of pilgrims attending the opening mass of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. The Catholic Youth Festival kicked off on Tuesday evening, but the highlight will be Pope ...

Pope Francis told young people on Sunday the Catholic Church needs them and urged them to follow their dreams as he wrapped up World Youth Day in Portugal on Sunday with a massive open-air Mass ...

Over 2,000 Catholic youths are set to gather in the Northeastern states for a four-day convention at the Mary Help of ...

Pope Francis told young people on Sunday the Catholic Church needs them and urged them to follow their dreams as he wrapped up World Youth Day in Portugal on Sunday with a massive open-air Mass ...

Pope Francis told young people on Sunday the Catholic Church needs them and urged them to follow their dreams as he wrapped up World Youth Day in Portugal on Sunday with a massive open-air Mass ...