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Two days of activities to pinpoint where the preparation stand and promote the active participation of all young people, as we wait for registration to open up
The International Preparatory Meeting for World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 concluded today in Fátima. From October 17-19, the event gathered all the teams of the Local Organizing Committee (COL) of ...
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Card. Farrell to the youth ministry delegates from around the world gathered in Fátima/Lisbon to prepare for WYD 2023
About 300 delegates from more than 100 countries, who belong to Episcopal Conferences, Movements, and Associations, gathered for the first time face-to-face since WYD Panama, due to the ...
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Message for the WYD 2022-2023 that will take place in November and in August
“Mary arose and went with haste” (Lk 1:39): this is the theme of the Holy Father's Message to young people on the occasion of the XXXVII World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in the ...
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The Local Organizing Committee presented the 13 Patron Saints of WYD Lisbon 2023
St. John Paul II, St. John Bosco, St. Vincent, St. Anthony, St. Bartholomew of the Martyrs, St. John de Brito, Blessed Joanna of Portugal, Blessed John Fernandes, Blessed Maria Clara of the ...
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Young people from around the world are invited to visit Portuguese dioceses from 26 to 31 July 2023
“Welcome, discovery, mission, culture, and sending” are the five "pillars" of the Days in the Dioceses program that will precede the celebration of World Youth Day Lisbon 2023. This ...
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Young people from Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, Cuba won the international competition Challenge JMJ 2021
Challenge JMJ 2021 was an international competition launched by the Cristonautas program of the Fundación Ramón Pané in August 2021. It aimed to translate in the language of dance and music the ...
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Holy Father encourages young people to creatively prepare for the next WYD
In the video released by the Local Organizing Committee 2023, the Holy Father Francis greets young people and invites them to creatively prepare for the next World Youth Day. "If you are ...
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The Local Organizing Committee of WYD 2023 announces the "implementation phase" - a further stage in the preparation of the World Youth Meeting to be held in Lisbon in August 2023
"It is great to see people united for the same goal: to get the message of Jesus everywhere," says Rita Xavier, one of the volunteers contributing to the preparation, also emphasizing ...
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European Youth Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela 2022. WYD Lisbon 2023. Two signs of hope for Europe and the world.
"During the recent ad limina visits of the Spanish Bishops, youth, popular piety and pilgrimages were often mentioned. There is a strong link between these themes, since young people are ...
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Exaudi News interview with the Secretary of the Dicastery in the run-up to the diocesan WYD on 21 November
“Young people are ‘God’s now’ and the strength of the Church,” says Father Alexandre Awi Mello, Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life, when talking about the ...