The 2019 Catholic Woodstock won’t just be for youth, but by youth. World Youth Day, a massive gathering of young people from around the world that’s become something like the Woodstock of the Catholic Church. Next year Panama will host the event, which is being organised by young people themselves. Read more
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Mary – heart of next three World Youth Days
Friday, November 25th, 2016
Mary will be at the heart of the next three World Youth Days, Pope Francis says. All three will take participants on a spiritual journey with Our Lady when she finds herself chosen by God. World Youth Day (WYD) sees young people from all over the world work to build and strengthen the bonds of Read more
Pope Announces Panama Will Host Next WYD in 2019
Friday, August 5th, 2016The venue for next World Youth Day (WYD) will be in Panama. So said Pope Francis on Sunday when he officially closed WYD in Krakow, thanking the thousands of youth who traveled across the world to participate. “I am happy to announce that the next World Youth Day — after the two that will be Read more
Young New Zealanders gather In Christchurch to celebrate WYD
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Students from St Bede’s College carried a four metre cross down Barbadoes St last Friday afternoon. They were taking part weekend-long event to mark World Youth Day 2016 (WYD). 170 students from across the South Island attended the event. Organiser Abina Pope said WYD was “an opportunity for students of the same age to come Read more
Things you need to know about World Youth Day
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
While the official opening of World Youth Day is still days away, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world are already heating up their engines to take part in this huge youth encounter often referred to as the “Catholic Woodstock.” During those seven days, it won’t really matter if they’re left, center or Read more
Listen to young people – the Pope and World Youth Day
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
When Pope Francis arrives in Poland today to meet with an expected 2 million young people from around the world, he’s going with a firm idea of the dreams, fears and challenges so many of them face. He knows what lies inside the hearts and minds of today’s youth. This is not because of any Read more
Are we missing the opportunity of Francis asks Aust prelate
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
An Australian archbishop hopes the Church will not miss the evanglisation opportunity afforded by the popularity of Pope Francis. In an interview on the Crux website, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher said Francis is “ . . . making lots of people quite distant from the Church suddenly listening and now interested”. The archbishop said many Read more
History of resilient Catholic faith in Poland
Friday, July 1st, 2016
This year is doubly important for the Catholic Church in Poland. In addition to hosting this year’s World Youth Day, Poland also celebrates the 1,050th anniversary of its Christian heritage in 2016. Since 966, Poland has often been Antemurale Christianitatis, the bulwark of Christianity against invasion, and has time and again defended our civilization. Now Read more
Auschwitz death camp visit will be profound for Francis
Friday, May 20th, 2016
Pope Francis is likely to question humanity and the depths to which it can fall during his visit to the Auschwitz death camp in July, a confidante says. Francis will visit the camp while he is in Poland for World Youth Day. He will follow in the footsteps of his predecessors, St John Paul II Read more