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 ...

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. It is celebrated ...

The next World Youth Day will be held in Seoul ... In 2016, she moved to Rome, Italy, where in her spare time she enjoys reading and going on adventures with her husband and son.

«Today Rome was at the center of the earth ... steps because «the Jubilee goes on and then we work for the World Youth Day to be held this summer, when we expect a great influx of pilgrims.» ...

again in Rome. At the end of 1985, John Paul II institutionalized the event, naming it "World Youth Day." Finally, the first WYD was held in Buenos Aires in 1987. WYD is part of a broader strategy ...

It will mark only the second time Asia has played host to World Youth Day, the first being in the Philippines in 1995. Ahead of that, a special event for young people will be hosted in Rome ...

News that Seoul, South Korea would host World Youth Day in 2027 was a reflection of ... expected to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to Rome. Over the last few days, Francis has ditched speeches ...

Francis, who was returning to Rome on Sunday evening after an event to thank volunteers at the World Youth Day festival, met a delegation of 15 young people from Ukraine during his trip. 10,000 ...

(World Youth Day) will move to the Far East, and this is a beautiful sign of the universality of the church and the dream of unity of which you are witnesses," the pope said. Pope Francis prefaced his ...

Lisbon, Portugal — Pope Francis is in Portugal this week for what's been called the "Catholic Woodstock" — the church's "World Youth Day" festival. Hundreds of thousands of young people are ...