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World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for the youth organized by the Catholic Church that was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. Its concept has been influenced by the Light-Life Movement that has existed in Poland since the 1960s, where during summer camps Catholic young adults over 13 days of camp celebrated a "day of community".
It was the first large youth gathering promoted by the Catholic Church. [1] From that experience came the idea of the World Youth Days which since then have been held, every two or three years, in different countries of the world. The meeting with the Pope took place in Rome on Saturday, April 14, 1984 before Palm Sunday.
The 1991 World Youth Day (Polish: Światowe Dni Młodzieży 1991) was held on 10–15 August 1991 in Jasna Góra in Częstochowa, Poland. The choice of another European city after Santiago de Compostela meant that, so far unique, two consecutive world days were held in the "old continent". It was celebrated in the Pope's native country.
0–9. World Youth Day 1984; World Youth Day 1985; World Youth Day 1987; World Youth Day 1989; World Youth Day 1991; World Youth Day 1993; World Youth Day 1995
The 17th World Youth Day 2002 (French: Journées mondiales de la jeunesse 2002) was a Catholic youth festival held July 23 to 28, 2002, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. World Youth Day is a celebration of faith begun by Pope John Paul II held on an international level every two to three years, and WYD2002 was the 10th such event.
World Youth Day 2013 (Portuguese: Jornada Mundial da Juventude de 2013), stylized WYDRio2013, was the 14th international World Youth Day, an international Catholic event focused on religious faith and youth. The host city of World Youth Day 2013 was Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as announced by Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the closing Mass of ...
The first meeting of young people with the Pope took place in Paris on August 21. The Pope was welcomed by representatives of young people. In the welcome address, John Paul II pointed out that the first time officially at World Youth Day were young people from the countries of the former Soviet Union - Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, Kazakhs and ...
The second World Youth Day 1987 (Spanish: Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 1987) took place on 6 and 12 April 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was presided by Pope John Paul II. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the first edition held in a city other than Rome .