She goes on to describe many moving experiences, but one moment that “impressed me a lot” was World Youth Day in Rome in the year 2000—a blisteringly hot summer event that attracted almost 1 ...

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.

ROME — 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. A helicopter ferried in the ...

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 ...

Nearly 40 years ago, an event was held in Rome that laid the foundations for what today is World Youth Day (WYD). 16 priests, 25 deacons ordained in Seoul, site of World Youth Day 2027 Feb 6, 2024 ...

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 ...

Vatican City, Sep 24, 2024 / 12:25 pm. The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled the theme of the next international World Youth Day — which will be in Seoul, South Korea, in 2027 — and the theme of the ...

Xavière Missionary Sr. Nathalie Becquart, an undersecretary of the Vatican's Synod of Bishops office, said at World Youth Day that she has learned how to be synodal "from and with young people." ...

Young pilgrims from South Korea celebrate with their national flag and with Pope Francis after he announced that the next World Youth Day, will be in Seoul, South Korea in 2027, at the end of a ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell also announced that in Rome on Nov. 24, the solemnity of Christ the King, participants in World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, will hand over the symbols of the ...