This is the logo for the Aug. 1-6 World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. (CNS/Holy See Press Office) ...

Official logo of World Youth Day 2023 (photo: Promotional Art / WYD 2023) Jonathan Liedl World July 17, 2023. ... Non-Catholic involvement in World Youth Day is not unprecedented.

In 1985, Pope St. John Paul II initiated World Youth Day, an every-couple-of-years event meant to draw young Catholics together to celebrate, learn, and deepen their faith. Over the succeeding ...

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 ...

Pope Francis is wrapping up his five-day trip to Portugal. He's presiding over a massive open-air Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people who camped out overnight on a vast field.

World Youth Day, created in 1986 by John Paul II, is the largest Catholic gathering in the world and features a wide range of events, including concerts and prayer sessions.

Several members a part of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greensboro attended World Youth Day 2023 in Portugal. The group saw Pope Francis in his pope mobile. Skip Navigation ...

LISBON, Portugal — 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 ...

Pope Francis is wrapping up his five-day trip to Portugal. He's presiding over a massive open-air Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people who camped out overnight on a vast field.