VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign trip of 2023, a year that promises to be as busy as ever. The pope, who celebrated his 86th birthday Dec. 17, can move quickly – in a wheelchair – and keeps saying in interviews that a functioning head and […]
World Youth Day 2023 is now less than a year away. Lisbon, Portugal, not far from the site of the Fatima apparitions, will host the international Catholic event Aug. 1-6. World Youth Day is a worldwide encounter with the pope celebrated about every three years in a different country. Events include Mass with Pope Francis, […]
Pope Francis released his third message for the 37th World Youth Day on Monday. In this final message of a trilogy, the Holy Father recalls the theme of the last WYD, held in 2019 in Panama: “I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word” (Lk 1:38). […]
People in St. Peter’s Square hold a banner acknowledging Christ as King as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking the square at the Vatican Nov. 21, 2021, the feast of Christ the King. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) At the conclusion of the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis greeted young people around […]
WASHINGTON — Lisbon, Portugal will be the host of the next international World Youth Day, from Aug. 1 to 6, 2023. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, and Bishop Edward J. Burns of Dallas, the USCCB’s episcopal liaison […]
An American pilgrim meets and photographs new friends at World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland. Photo by Patrick J. Buechi VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The annual diocesan celebration of World Youth Day is an important event that emphasizes the role young people play in the Catholic Church, the Vatican said. In a document published by […]
