Bookings for World Youth Day in Rio are open-CathNews NZ/Pacific

Bookings for World Youth Day in Rio are open

Friday, August 31st, 2012

Registrations for World Youth Day in 2013 — in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 23 to 28 — have opened for prebookings through the official WYD website.

The theme for the 28th WYD is “Go and make disciples of all nations”. Discounted prices from $NZ60 to $NZ350 will be available until January 31, 2013.

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