2026

WYD 2027
The opening Mass of the 2nd International Meeting in preparation for WYD Seoul 2027 was celebrated on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross

    This afternoon, 14 September, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, presided over the opening Mass of the 2nd International Meeting in preparation ...

WYD Seoul 2027
300 youth ministry delegates from around the world have gathered in Seoul/Incheon to prepare for WYD 2027

      Once again this year, as is customary ahead of an international World Youth Day, some 300 delegates from over 100 countries – representing episcopal conferences, movements and ...

Family - Associations and Movements

  How can we proclaim to young people today the beauty of a promise that lasts forever? At the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, Gabriella Gambino, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, ...

WYD Seoul 2027
With one year to go, the Local Organizing Committee has released the official song that will accompany the World Youth Day in Seoul

    The official Theme Song for the upcoming 41st World Youth Day, which will take place in Seoul from August 3 to 8 of next year, was unveiled on August 3—exactly one year before the event ...

WYD Seoul 2027
Bishops and youth ministry leaders are invited to prepare together with young people for the pilgrimage to Seoul in 2027

    With the publication of a press release from the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for World Youth Day Seoul 2027 yesterday, July 30th, the countdown has begun to the start of World Youth ...