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...

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...

Organizers for World Youth Day Rio 2013 have launched a new app allowing users to track the WYD Pilgrim Cross and Icon of the Virgin Mary as they make their way around Brazil.   Both the cross...

MANILA, April 12, 2012—The Episcopal Commission on Youth of CBCP headed by Fr. Conegundo Garganta, its executive secretary and Maria Victoria Tacderas, senior staff of NSYA was affirmed by fellow youth representatives around the world on their...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 10, 2012—World Youth Day Rio 2013 organizers have announced that the traditional ‘Days in the Dioceses’ celebration, a week before the WYD proper will be called the Missionary Week. “The country’s traditional...