Next year, World Youth Day will take place as part of the Jubilee Year celebrations in Rome, during the Jubilee of Youth from July 28–Aug. 3, 2025.

Facts World Youth Day was created by Pope John Paul II after large turnouts at the 1984 Jubilee of Young People and the 1985 gathering for the International Year of Youth in Rome.

For the record, I covered both the 2000 World Youth Day in Rome, which drew an estimated two million people, and also the World Pride Roma rally in 2000, which attracted somewhere between 500,000 ...

World Youth Day is about believing that the experience will make a difference in the lives of young people and on their relationship with God.

Pope Francis concluded World Youth Day in Portugal by emphasizing the importance of young people's role in the Catholic Church and announcing Seoul, South Korea, as the host city for the 2027 event.

As many as 2 million candle-waving Roman Catholic pilgrims lighted up the hills outside Rome on Saturday in a spirited World Youth Day with Pope John Paul II.

Nearly 300 delegates hailing from bishops’ conferences in 110 countries are meeting in Rome to participate in the International Youth Ministry Conference.

In his homily for the closing Mass at World Youth Day, Pope Francis preached on The Transfiguration and its lessons for young people. He also announced that there will be a Jubilee for young ...

World Youth Day was inaugurated by Pope John Paull II after large turnouts at the 1984 Jubilee of Young People and the 1985 gathering for the International Year of Youth in Rome.

Pope Francis has announced World Youth Day is returning to Asia for the first time in three decades.