Started in 2014, this year’s World Youth Skills Day emphasises the theme ‘Youth empowerment through AI and digital skills’.

In 2014, the UN General Assembly declared July 15 as World Youth Skills Day. This year marks the 10th anniversary of WYSD.

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) ...

Here’s a look at World Youth Day, a day when Catholic youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 35 gather to celebrate their faith. The next World Youth Day is scheduled to be held in ...

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.