Monday, February 6, 2023073Bridget Hanafin, a second-year teacher at Christ the King Catholic School, will be responsible for about 100 young people and seminarians for 10 days when the contingent from the Diocese of Dallas attends the six-day World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal in early August. The most stressful portion of the assignment, Hanafin said,...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022043Much has changed in the world since the seminal World Youth Day 1993 event in Denver put the event firmly on the map among North American Catholics. Not the least of those transformations is a post-pandemic world still impacted by changed travel, public health and economic realities. Nevertheless, the 2023 edition of WYD -- set for the...
Thursday, October 14, 20210135Lisbon, 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 to...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020028Pope Francis' decision to move the local celebrations of World Youth Day from Palm Sunday to the feast of Christ the King addresses the pastoral needs of local churches, said Father Joao Chagas, head of the youth section of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019078Announcing 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, 2016091By 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, 20160141God 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, 20160224Offering 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, 2015061Pope 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, 2013090Dozens of North Texas Catholics returned home this week after participating in World Youth Day with millions of other Catholics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
