The third annual World ... World Youth Day, which kicks off Aug. 1 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica led by Pope Francis gave special attention to the prayer of the elderly ...

At the beginning of this month, World Youth ... the other day, about 2 million young people from all over the world gathered. Blessed crisis. Jimena is a 16-year-old Spanish girl.

Gerry and Ricardo give a sense of what World Youth Day was like on the ground—a sea of young people, thrilled and excited, but in the same measure silent and reverent at moments of prayer.

When the Jesuits in Portugal were entrusted with planning the Way of the Cross—one of the key moments of prayer at any World Youth Day, where young people join in prayer with Pope Francis to ...

earlier this month at her first World Youth Day experience on Aug. 1-6; a vigil prayer service led by Pope Francis to conclude the worldwide gathering of Christians. “The power of Christ was ...

The prayer took place against the backdrop of an incident of intolerance against LGBTQ+ Catholics attending World Youth Day that took on greater weight Friday when the Socialist government issued ...