A Reflection for World Youth Day. Find today’s readings here. It’s early afternoon in Lisbon, Portugal, on the opening day of World Youth Day 2023, and my mother has just sent me a text message.

“World Youth Day means precisely this: to search for an encounter with God, who entered the history of Mankind through the Paschal mystery of Jesus Christ,” Pope St. John Paul II said in 1986.

World Youth Day wrapped up Sunday, Aug. 6, having gathered 1.5 million young people from around the world. On this special summer episode of “Inside the Vatican,” America editors Ricardo da ...

This World Youth Day also featured thousands of young people encountering Christ in the sacrament of confession.On Aug. 4, there was a Via Crucis with young people.Sunday Mass on Aug. 6 brought ...

“When I realized (World Youth Day 2023) would be in Lisbon, and that I could visit Fátima as well, it was a no-brainer to go,” she says, noting that her two youngest children, Kendra, 17, and ...

Pope Francis waves to the crowd during a mass celebrating the 37th World Youth Day at the Parque Tejo in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ...

YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – In a matter of days, one million pilgrims, mostly young people, will meet in Lisbon, Portugal for the 2023 World Youth Day under the theme “Mary arose and went with haste.” ...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — 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 with a massi… ...