Christian hope "is the celebration of the love of the risen Christ, who is always at our side, even when he seems far from us," the pope said in his annual message for local celebrations of World Youth Day. Hope is nurtured
The Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life announced Sept. 26 that Pope Francis had chosen as the theme for the upcoming Nov. 26 celebration "Rejoicing in hope," from Romans 12:12.
And for World Youth Day Nov. 24, 2024, he chose: "Those who
With the approach of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops, a major event in the pontificate of Pope Francis, it was surprising that the pope did not use the word "synod" or "synodality" in any of his talks to the 1.5
Restarting the Wednesday appointments after a monthlong summer break, Pope Francis used his main audience talk to share some reflections on his trip Aug. 2-6 to Fátima and Lisbon for World Youth Day, an event that saw 1.5 million people gather for
World Youth Day is known as an event that can and does change lives, but when a teenager said she has regained her sight during the Portuguese youth fair, it electrified both Portugal and Spain on Aug. 6.
WYD in Lisbon was abundant with the signs of closeness of Pope Francis with Ukraine, where the full-scale Russian invasion started on Feb. 24, 2022. Roughly 500 Ukrainian youth emigrated to the Portuguese capital.
The pope began his first full day in Lisbon
After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be "very open" about how it is confronting
World Youth Day is returning to Asia in 2027 and will be hosted in Seoul, South Korea.
Pope Francis announced the location Aug. 6 to some 1.5 million pilgrims who attended the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon.
After many of the 1.5 million young people gathered in Lisbon's Tejo Park waited for hours in near 100-degree weather to participate in the World Youth Day vigil with Pope Francis Aug. 5, the pope asked them, "Have you ever been tired?"
Even
Before 200,000 pilgrims at Fátima, many of them with tears in their eyes, Pope Francis called for a new Marian devotional title -- "Our Lady in a Hurry" -- to describe how Mary hastens to care for all her children.
"There are many