MANILA–With three months to go before the World Youth Day in Brazil, the first agenda for WYD international volunteers from the Philippines is to prepare spiritually for a journey that will not only take them thousands of...

THE Diocese of Petrópolis will be the host of the official Philippine delegation to the World Youth Day (WYD) for the Missionary Week. The announcement was made by Fr. Conegundo Garganta to the leaders of various groups...

ON Friday, November 16, 2012, the Vatican published Pope Benedict XVI’s much anticipated message to young people as they begin the countdown to World Youth Day celebrations in Brazil, July 2013. Full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s...

SEVERAL dioceses are now preparing for the upcoming World Youth Day celebration that will be held July 23 to 28, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Novaliches, the official delegation of the diocese started its formation...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—If young Catholics chanted about being “Firm in the Faith” (Firmes en la Fe) during the World Youth Day (WYD) last year in Spain, they will be humming for the “Hope of the Morning”...

MANILA, September 2, 2012—Organizers of the 27th World Youth Day (WYD) in Rio de Janeiro have already opened the registration for pilgrims groups who want to participate in the once-in-two-years youth gathering with the Holy Father. Registration...

MANILA, August 30, 2012—Filipinos interested to participate in next year’s World Youth Day (WYD) in Brazil should seriously start saving and soliciting funds for their pilgrimage this early. This as the CBCP Episcopal Commission on Youth (ECY)...

MANILA, July 22, 2012—Exactly a year before the next World Youth Day (WYD) takes place in Brazil, organizers are yet to come up with the official registration guidelines for young people who want to fly to Rio...

ORGANIZERS of the 2013 World Youth Day in Rio de Janerio, Brazil announced that the official song for the event will be released on July 22. Father Leandro Lenin, a member of the organizing committee, said in...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 29, 2012–Organizers for World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, said that registration will be open starting this July and that young people who wish to attend must register exclusively...