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World Youth Day 2021: Pope Francis asks young Catholics to be ‘critical conscience of society’

November 21, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the feast of Christ the King, Nov. 21, 2021. / EWTN News/Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican Pool.

Vatican City, Nov 21, 2021 / 05:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis urged young Catholics on Sunday to “be the cr… […]

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Dates for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon announced

October 5, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Young people wearing T-shirts with the official WYD Lisbon 2023 logo. / lisboa2023.org.

Rome Newsroom, Oct 5, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The dates of the next World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal, have been announced.The world’s largest gatheri… […]

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World Youth Day 2021: Pope Francis asks young people to ‘testify joyfully that Christ is alive’

September 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis addresses young people at Lokomotiva Stadium in Košice, Slovakia, Sept. 14, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Sep 27, 2021 / 06:40 am (CNA).
Pope Francis encouraged young Catholics on Monday to “testify joyfully that Christ is al… […]

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Could the International Eucharistic Congress spark a Catholic revival like Denver’s World Youth Day?

September 4, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary. / Shutterstock

Budapest, Hungary, Sep 4, 2021 / 21:04 pm (CNA).
The naysayers predicted the 1993 World Youth Day in Denver would be a colossal failure.Not only were those critics proven wrong, but WYD ’9… […]

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Vatican asks dioceses to promote local World Youth Day celebrations

May 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

World Youth Day in Krakow, July 2016. / Jeff Bruno.

Vatican City, May 18, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The Vatican released pastoral guidelines Tuesday for local World Youth Day celebrations with the aim of encouraging Church leaders to “give more imp… […]

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Catholic bishop: World Youth Day 2023 an ‘opportunity to renew hope’ after pandemic

February 9, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Feb 9, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- The Catholic bishop overseeing preparations for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, has said that the event will be an opportunity to renew hope in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bishop Am&ea… […]

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Theme song unveiled for next World Youth Day in Lisbon

January 27, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Jan 27, 2021 / 06:00 am (CNA).- The organizers of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon on Wednesday unveiled the event’s official theme song.

They said that the song, entitled “Há Pressa no Ar” in Portuguese (“There… […]

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World Youth Day 2023 organizers urge youth to join ‘great national movement’

November 13, 2020 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Nov 13, 2020 / 07:37 am (CNA).- The organizers of World Youth Day 2023 invited young Portuguese Catholics this week to prepare for the event by taking part in a two-day nationwide mission.

They urged youngsters to join a “a great nati… […]

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Southern Africa hosts Mini World Youth Day

December 19, 2017 Allen Ottaro 1

Thousands of Catholic youth from all over Africa came together earlier this month to celebrate their faith and their passion for the Gospel. […]

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One of the world’s least religious countries eyes hosting World Youth Day

August 22, 2017 Filip Mazurczak 10

World Youth Day has been credited with sparking Catholic revival in many places. Undoubtedly, the Czech Republic is a country that desperately needs such revival. […]

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