WYD 2013, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro will host the next World Youth Day in 2013. Pope Benedict XVI announced at the Final Mass, before millions of young pilgrims at the military airbase of Cuatro Vientos in Madrid. “I am...
View ArticleEn Route to Rio
Most avid WYD fans who were watching carefully during the final mass at Cuatro Vientos in Madrid noticed a team of young people from Brazil receiving the WYD cross from a delegation of Spanish youth....
View ArticlePope announces theme for WYD Rio de Janeiro 2013
Pope Benedict XVI announces the theme for the next World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013: “Go and make disciples of all peoples” (Matthew 28:19).
View ArticleWYD Rio 2013 official logo
World Youth Day Rio celebrated its first big moment in February 2012 with the announcement of their logo. The logo attempts to capture the image of Jesus and the meaning of being a disciple. The...
View ArticleThe ‘Olympic Torch’ of World Youth Days
Many journalists and onlookers to World Youth Days have nicknamed the massive international gatherings “the Catholic Olympics.” And some have referred to the ‘World Youth Day Cross’ as the ‘Olympic...
View ArticlePapal arrival and Welcome Ceremony at Guanabara
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, beginning a week-long Apostolic visit to mark the twenty-eighth World Youth Day. After a brief formal greeting at Rio’s...
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