SA Youth Day Postponed Indefinitely
Southern Africa’s third Mini World Youth Day has been postponed indefinitely due to the implications of Covid19 and for the safety of the young people. The event...
Category: World Youth Day
Pope Postpones World Meeting of Families and World Youth Day
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis has agreed with a recommendation by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life to postpone by one year the next gatherings...
Mini World Youth Day 2020
The 2017 Mini World Youth Day saw the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) and the archdiocese of Durban end up with a shortfall of over...
SA Youth Day 2020 In Pretoria
Southern Africa’s third Mini World Youth Day will be held in Pretoria from December 9-13, with the formal approval of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC
World Youth Day 2022 Theme: Mary Arose and Went With Haste
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the...
SA Youth Tell About Fruits of World Youth Day!
Two World Youth Day pilgrims are taking to heart the appeal by national youth chaplain Fr Mthembeni Dlamini CMM to share their life-changing experiences in their parishes...
Meet Denzel Swarts – SA’s only World Youth Day Volunteer
By Günther Simmermacher – Among the 2245 foreign volunteers at World Youth Day was one South African — and he had to fill many different functions. Denzel Swarts...
WYD Was a Camino in Every Way
Having travelled to Panama City for World Youth Day, GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER shares his impressions of the event and the people who made it happen. See the video below for a set of his pictures, supplemented by more from Catholic News Service.
World Youth Day in South Africa?
The announcement that the next World Youth Day, in 2022, will be held in Lisbon, disappointed many Africans who are still waiting for the event to be...
Next World Youth Day to be Held in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal, will open its doors to the world’s young people in 2022 for the next World Youth Day. The announcement of Portugal was made by Cardinal...
Pope at World Youth Day: Keep God’s Love Alive
Young men and women in the church can bring the joy of the Gospel to the world by showing that God’s love extends to all people and...
Panamanian Prelate to World Youth Day Pilgrims: Make the World Nervous
If there was a common denominator, aside from the Christian faith, that united most pilgrims heading to the opening Mass for World Youth Day 2019 in Panama,...
