World Youth Day opening ceremonies

E877435

Catholic liturgical celebration cultural event religious ceremony

World Youth Day opening ceremonies are the inaugural liturgical and cultural events that formally begin the global Catholic youth gathering, highlighted by the procession of the World Youth Day cross and welcome of pilgrims.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
World Youth Day	1
World Youth Day opening ceremonies canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical celebration ⓘ cultural event ⓘ religious ceremony ⓘ
associatedSymbol	World Youth Day cross NERFINISHED ⓘ icon of Our Lady Salus Populi Romani NERFINISHED ⓘ
audience	international Catholic youth ⓘ local faithful ⓘ
frequency	once per World Youth Day edition ⓘ
hasMainTheme	celebration of faith ⓘ unity of the universal Church ⓘ welcome of young pilgrims ⓘ
hasParticipant	host country clergy ⓘ international pilgrims ⓘ lay volunteers ⓘ local organizing bishop ⓘ religious communities ⓘ youth groups ⓘ
includesActivity	cultural performances ⓘ music and hymns ⓘ prayer and adoration ⓘ testimonies from young people ⓘ welcome addresses by Church leaders ⓘ
includesRite	Eucharistic celebration ⓘ Liturgy of the Word NERFINISHED ⓘ blessing of pilgrims ⓘ procession of the World Youth Day cross ⓘ procession of the World Youth Day icon of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
language	multiple languages ⓘ
mediaCoverage	online streaming ⓘ radio ⓘ television ⓘ
occursDuring	first days of World Youth Day week ⓘ
organizedBy	local World Youth Day organizing committee ⓘ
organizedInCollaborationWith	Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	World Youth Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	formal opening of World Youth Day ⓘ introduction of the World Youth Day theme ⓘ liturgical inauguration of the youth gathering ⓘ welcome of pilgrims to the host city ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
significance	expression of communion with the Pope and the universal Church ⓘ symbolic beginning of the global youth pilgrimage ⓘ
typicallyAttendedBy	papal representative GENERATED ⓘ
typicallyLedBy	bishop of the host diocese GENERATED ⓘ
typicalVenue	city square ⓘ large open-air space ⓘ stadium ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Youth Day cross → carriedDuring → World Youth Day opening ceremonies ⓘ

World Youth Day cross → associatedWith → World Youth Day opening ceremonies ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Youth Day