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World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for the youth organized by the Catholic Church that was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. Its concept has been influenced by the Light-Life Movement that has existed in Poland since the 1960s, where during summer camps Catholic young adults over 13 days of camp celebrated a "day of community".
World Youth Day 2027 will be a Catholic festival taking place in Seoul, South Korea. This was announced by Pope Francis at the end of the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. [1] It will also be the first WYD to take place in Asia since Manila in 1995 as well as the first to ever take place in a Christian-minority country. [2]
The 1993 World Youth Day was held on August 10–15, 1993 in Denver, Colorado. It was the first World Youth Day held in either North America or an English-speaking nation. The World Youth Day is an event for young people organized by the Roman Catholic Church. It is celebrated every two to three years at different locations.
The patrons of the World Youth Day 2023 are Catholic figures who, [12] [13] in their youth, [14] took decisive steps on the path to holiness: [15] [16] Saint John Paul II (pope) Saint John Bosco (priest and founder of the Salesian Congregation) Saint Vincent of Saragossa (deacon and martyr) Saint Anthony of Lisbon (Franciscan friar and Doctor ...
The first meeting of young people with the Pope took place in Paris on August 21. The Pope was welcomed by representatives of young people. In the welcome address, John Paul II pointed out that the first time officially at World Youth Day were young people from the countries of the former Soviet Union - Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Kazakhs and ...
World Youth Day 2011 (Spanish: Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 2011) was the 2011 occurrence of World Youth Day, a Catholic event held from 16–21 August 2011 in Madrid, Spain focused on youth. [1] Media estimated the event's attendance as over a million [ 2 ] or 1.5 million.
World Youth Day 2019 (Spanish: Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 2019) was the 16th World Youth Day, an international event organized by the Catholic Church and focused on faith and youth. Taking place 22–27 January in Panama City , Panama, it was the first of its kind celebrated in Central America .
Youth Day or National Youth Day is a commemorative holiday in honour of young people, celebrated in different parts of the world on various dates throughout the year. Many countries' observance of the day corresponds with International Youth Day on August 12, which has been officially recognized by the United Nations since 1999. [ 1 ]