Wednesday, July 10, 2019032Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them to walk.
Monday, August 1, 2016033By embracing the hunger, thirst and loneliness of others, young people can touch Jesus' cross and experience the light of the resurrection, Pope Francis said.
Thursday, July 28, 2016063God chose to manifest his power not by amazing feats of greatness but rather through small acts of humility, choosing to enter the world as a child born of a woman, Pope Francis said. The Lord's "humble love" is reflected throughout Poland's history, particularly through "meek and powerful heralds of mercy," such as St. John Paul II and...
Thursday, July 21, 2016088Offering praise for helping to keep faith alive, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell offered a blessing June 25 at Nuestra Señora Del Pilar Catholic Church to young adults traveling to Poland for World Youth Day. About 300 people from the Diocese of Dallas will make the pilgrimage to Krakow on July 25-31.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015036Pope Francis asked the world's young Catholics to perform spiritual and corporal works of mercy every month in the run-up to World Youth Day next July.
Thursday, August 1, 2013036Dozens of North Texas Catholics returned home this week after participating in World Youth Day with millions of other Catholics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013021If Blessed John Paul II had an actor's mastery of the dramatic gesture and Pope Benedict XVI engaged the faithful most effectively through his learned and lucid writing, Pope Francis showed the world on his first international trip that his forte as a communicator is the simple, seemingly artless action that resonates powerfully in...
Sunday, July 28, 2013032Pope Francis commissioned some 3 million young people to join forces and form what could be called Missionaries Without Borders.
Sunday, July 28, 2013045Pope Francis told young people God might have been trying to communicate something in forcing the World Youth Day vigil's change of venue from a huge field to a long narrow stretch of sand and sea.
Saturday, July 27, 2013050With his cross and resurrection, Christ promises to walk with and ease the burden of every suffering person, whether that suffering comes from violence, addiction, a broken family, hunger, persecution or the death of a loved one, Pope Francis said.
