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World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for young people organized by the
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that was initiated by
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in 1985, sometimes nicknamed in later years as the "Catholic Woodstock". Its concept has been influenced by the
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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". For the first celebration of WYD in 1986, bishops were invited to schedule an annual youth event to be held every
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in their dioceses. It is celebrated at the
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level annually—in most places on Palm Sunday from 1986 to 2020, and from 2021 on
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—and at the international level every two to three years at different locations. The 1995 World Youth Day closing
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in the
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set a world record for the largest number of people gathered for a single religious event with 5 million attendees— a record surpassed when 6 million attended a Mass celebrated by
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in the
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20 years later in 2015.


Traditional process

World Youth Day is commonly celebrated in a way similar to many events. The most emphasized and well known traditional theme is the unity and presence of numerous different cultures. Flags and other national declarations are displayed among mainly young people to show their attendance at the events and proclaim their own themes of
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. Such is usually done through chants and singing of other national songs involving a Catholic theme. Over the course of the major events taking place, national objects are traded between pilgrims. Flags, shirts, crosses, and other Catholic icons are carried amongst pilgrims which are later traded as souvenirs to other people from different countries of the world. A unity of acceptance among people is also common, with all different cultures coming together to appreciate one another. Other widely recognized traditions include the Pope's public appearance, commencing with his arrival around the city in the "
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" and then with his final Mass held at the event. A festival in Sydney (2008) recorded an estimated distance of a 10-kilometre walk as roads and other public transport systems were closed off.
Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
criticized the tendency to view WYD as a kind of
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; he stressed that the event should not be considered a "variant of modern youth culture" but as the fruition of a "long exterior and interior path".


History


1987 to 1993

1987 WYD was held in
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,
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. 1989 WYD took place in
Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St ...
,
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. 1991 WYD was held in
Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...
,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
. 1993 WYD was celebrated in
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, Colorado,
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.


1995 to 2005

At WYD 1995, 5 million youths gathered at
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in
Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
,
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, an event recognized as the largest crowd ever by the
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. In an initial comment immediately following the event,
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,
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of the
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, stated that over 4 million people had participated. 1997 WYD was held in
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,
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. 2000 WYD took place in
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,
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. 2002 WYD was held in
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, Ontario, Canada. 2005 WYD was celebrated in
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,
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. Thomas Gabriel composed for the final
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on 21 August 2005 the ''Missa mundi'' (Mass of the world), representing five continents in style and instrumentation, in a European ' influenced by the style of Bach, a South American ' with guitars and
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s, an Asian ' with
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, an African ' with drums, and an Australian ' with
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s.


2008

Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and List of cities in Oceania by population, Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metro ...
, was chosen as the host of the 2008 World Youth Day celebrations. At the time it was announced in 2005, WYD 2008 was commended by the then Prime Minister of Australia,
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, and the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal
George Pell George Pell (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the inaugural prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy between 2014 and 2019, and was a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers between 2013 ...
. World Youth Day 2008 was held in Sydney, with the
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held on the Sunday at
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. The week saw pilgrims from all continents participate in the Days in the Diocese program hosted by Catholic dioceses throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
arrived in Sydney on 13 July 2008 at
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. Cardinal Pell celebrated the Opening Mass at Barangaroo (East Darling Harbour) with other activities including the re-enactment of Christ's passion during the Stations of the Cross and the Pope's boat cruise through
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. Pilgrims participated in a variety of youth festivities including visits to St Mary's Cathedral, daily
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and Mass led by bishops from around the world, concerts, visits to the tomb of Saint
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, the Vocations Expo at Darling Harbour, reception of the
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, and praying before the
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during Adoration. The Mass and concert at
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saw an estimated crowd of 150,000. The event attracted 250,000 foreign visiting pilgrims to Sydney, with an estimated 400,000 pilgrims attending Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on 20 July. On 12 June 2008, Xt3.com, a Catholic social online network and news site, was launched as the Official Catholic Social Network of WYD. It was considered to be a direct fruit of WYD08, just as
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was a direct fruit of
World Youth Day 2002 The 17th World Youth Day 2002 (french: Journées mondiales de la jeunesse 2002) was a Catholic youth festival held July 23 to 28, 2002, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. World Youth Day is a celebration of faith begun by Pope Saint John Paul II held ...
in Toronto. The name was an abbreviation for "Christ in the Third Millennium" and is operated by the
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of
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, with the support of
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Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...
George Pell George Pell (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the inaugural prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy between 2014 and 2019, and was a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers between 2013 ...
. The site was closed in 2019. In December 2012, the xt3 team produced a 'Gangnam Style' Advent video. In May 2007, it was reported that
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's song " Receive the Power" had been chosen as official anthem for World Youth Day (WYD08) to be held in Sydney in 2008. The song was co-written by Guy Sebastian and Gary Pinto, with vocals by
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. "Receive the Power" was used extensively throughout the six days of World Youth Day in July 2008 and also in worldwide television coverage. In November 2008, a 200-page book, ''Receive the Power'', was launched to commemorate World Youth Day 2008.


2011

Following the celebration of Holy Mass at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on 20 July 2008, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the next International
World Youth Day 2011 World Youth Day 2011 ( es, 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. Media estimated the event's attendance as over a millio ...
would be held in
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. This event was held from 16 to 21 August 2011. There were nine official patron saints for World Youth Day 2011 in addition to Pope John Paul II:
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,
John of the Cross John of the Cross, OCD ( es, link=no, Juan de la Cruz; la, Ioannes a Cruce; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figu ...
, María de la Cabeza,
John of Ávila John of Ávila ( es, Juan de Ávila; 6 January 1499– 10 May 1569) was a Spanish priest, preacher, scholastic author, and religious mystic, who has been declared a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Catholic Church. He is called the "A ...
,
Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávila, OCD (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada; 28 March 15154 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during th ...
,
Rose of Lima Rose of Lima (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 24 August 1617) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city thro ...
,
Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius of Loyola, Society of Jesus, S.J. (born Íñigo López de Oñaz y Loyola; eu, Ignazio Loiolakoa; es, Ignacio de Loyola; la, Ignatius de Loyola; – 31 July 1556), venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spain, Spanish Catholic ...
, Rafael Arnáiz, and
Francis Xavier Francis Xavier (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; Latin: ''Franciscus Xaverius''; Basque: ''Frantzisko Xabierkoa''; French: ''François Xavier''; Spanish: ''Francisco Javier''; Portuguese: ''Francisco Xavier''; 7 April 15063 December 1 ...
patron of world missions. During his address to seminarians, Benedict announced that the Spanish mystic and patron of Spanish diocesan clerics St. John of Ávila would become a "Doctor of the Church", a designation granted to only 34 saints throughout the twenty centuries of church history. An estimated 2,000,000 people attended an all-night vigil to complete the week, more than expected.


2013

Since 2002, World Youth Day has been held every three years. After the 2011 event the next World Youth Day was scheduled a year earlier than usual, in
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in
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,
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, in order to avoid any conflict with the
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being held in 12 different host cities throughout Brazil and the
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being held in Rio de Janeiro. More than 3 Million catholic youth had gathered for the event from across the world.


2016

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announced at the end of closing Mass for World Youth Day 2013 that
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,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
, would be the venue for
World Youth Day 2016 World Youth Day 2016 (WYD 2016; pl, Światowe Dni Młodzieży 2016) was the 15th World Youth Day, an international event organised by the Catholic Church and focused on faith and youth that took place from 26 to 31 July 2016 in Kraków, Poland ...
. An estimated three million people attended. Young people from many different countries around the world took part in the week-long event which began on 25 July 2016, and ended on 31 July 2016 with an open-air mass led by Pope Francis at Campus Misericordiae where he announced that the next World Youth Day will take place in Panama, Central America in 2019. The theme for this year's World Youth Day was "Blessed Are The Merciful, For They Shall Obtain Mercy", tying in closely with the Year of Mercy, which was initiated by Pope Francis on 8 December 2015 and concluded 20 November 2016.


2019

At the Concluding Mass for World Youth Day 2016 in Kraków, Pope Francis announced that Panama City would host World Youth Day in 2019. The World Youth Day was held from Tuesday 22 January until Sunday 27 January.


2023

At the concluding mass in Panama City, Cardinal
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announced that the next World Youth Day will be in
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,
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. Originally scheduled to be held in August 2022, the
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announced on 20 April 2020, that it will be postponed until August 2023 due to the
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.


Chronology of celebrations

Note 02This lists languages used in the main international version of the anthem. Local versions of the anthem in other languages (and alternate versions) may have also been produced.


Diocesan


Typical schedule of events


International level


Diocesan level

At the diocesan level celebrations are decided by a local team usually appointed by the ordinary. From 1986 to 2020, these celebrations usually occurred during
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. They almost always included the Mass of Passion Sunday – when Jesus' entry to
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in his final days is commemorated. However, on 22 November 2020, Pope Francis has moved the Diocesan Celebration of World Youth Day from Palm Sunday to the Sunday of the
Solemnity of Christ the King The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, commonly referred to as the Feast of Christ the King, Christ the King Sunday or Reign of Christ Sunday, is a feast in the liturgical year which emphasises the true kingship of Christ ...
starting in 2021. Since then, they almost always includes the Mass of the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe - the day of the
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importance of Jesus. Music, prayer, reconciliation opportunities, as well as adoration of the
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may also be part of the celebrations.


See also

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Catholic spirituality Catholic spirituality includes the various ways in which Catholics live out their Baptismal promise through prayer and action. The primary prayer of all Catholics is the Eucharistic liturgy in which they celebrate and share their faith together, ...
* Catholic youth work * Eucharistic Congress * Fellowship of Catholic University Students *International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements (
Fimcap The FIMCAP, which is short for Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d’Action Paroissiale (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizati ...
) *
International Youth Day International Youth Day (IYD) is an awareness day designated by the United Nations. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. The first IYD was observed on 12 August, 2000. Back ...
*
International Youth Year The year 1985 was proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Youth Year (IYY). It was held to focus attention on issues of concern to and relating to youth. The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1985, by United Nations Secretary Gen ...
*
Juventutem Juventutem (Latin: ''Fœderatio Internationalis Juventutem'') is an international movement of young Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics of the ages 18 to 39 who are devoted to the Tridentine Mass. The aim of the society is to foster and stren ...
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Life Teen Life Teen is a Catholic youth ministry organization and movement in the United States. According to Life Teen, "Eucharist-based ministry has the power to transform teens, parishes, and culture". Life Teen is best known for its parish-based pr ...
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Universal call to holiness The universal call to holiness is a teaching of the Roman Catholic Church that all people are called to be holy, and is based on Matthew 5:48: "Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect" (). In the first book of the Bible, th ...
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Vocational Discernment in the Catholic Church Vocational discernment is the process in which men or women in the Catholic Church discern, or recognize, their vocation in the church. The vocations are the life as layman in the world, either married or single, the ordained life and the consecrat ...
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Further reading

* Yago de la Cierva, ''Communication on Church Events. The making of WYD Madrid 2011'', Edusc, 2014. * Juan Narbona, Daniel Arasa,
Mass religious events as opportunities for tourism promotion. An analysis of users’ visits to the website of World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow
', in ''Church, Communication and Culture'' 3 (2018), pp. 379–388.


External links


Official World Youth Day website

Vatican World Youth Day website

WYD Lisbon 2022

WYD Sydney 2008

WYD Kraków 2016

WYD Panama 2019

WYD page from United States Conference of Catholic Bishops


{{Authority control Youth events Catholic youth organizations Pope John Paul II Recurring events established in 1984 March observances April observances May observances Christian festivals and holy days Holidays and observances by scheduling (varies)