AUGUST 01-06 LISBON 2023

World Youth Day

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WHAT IS WORLD YOUTH DAY (WYD)?

World Youth Day (WYD) is the gathering of young people from all over the world with the Pope. It is also a pilgrimage, a celebration of youth, an expression of the universal Church and an intense moment of evangelization for the youth world. Although its Catholic identity is clearly evident, WYD opens its doors to everyone, no matter how close to or distant from the Church they are.  

It is celebrated every two, three or four years as an international gathering in a city chosen by the Pope, with the presence of the Holy Father.  

Since its first edition in Rome in 1986, World Youth Day has proven to be a laboratory of faith, a place of birth for vocations to marriage and consecrated life, and an instrument for the evangelization and transformation of the Church.  With young people as its protagonists, World Youth Day also seeks to promote peace, unity and fraternity among peoples and nations around the world.