World Youth Day

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international Catholic event recurring religious event youth gathering

World Youth Day is a global Catholic event, initiated by Pope John Paul II, that gathers young people from around the world for prayer, catechesis, and celebration of faith.

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Surface form Occurrences
World Youth Day 1986 1
World Youth Day program 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international Catholic event ⓘ
recurring religious event ⓘ
youth gathering ⓘ
associatedWith Pope Benedict XVI NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pope Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ
estimatedAttendanceRecord over 4 million people in Manila 1995 ⓘ
firstEditionHeld 1986 ⓘ
firstEditionLocation Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequency every two to three years ⓘ
hasFeature Way of the Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
evening vigil with the Pope ⓘ
final Mass ⓘ
international host city ⓘ
opening ceremony ⓘ
papal welcome ceremony ⓘ
hasLanguage multiple languages ⓘ
hasSymbol World Youth Day cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Youth Day icon of Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme biblical motto chosen for each edition ⓘ
inception 1985 ⓘ
mediaCoverage global Catholic media ⓘ
notableEditionLocation Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Częstochowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denver NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madrid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panama City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rome and Tor Vergata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santiago de Compostela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ
participantType Catholic youth ⓘ
bishops ⓘ
lay volunteers ⓘ
priests ⓘ
religious sisters and brothers ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
purpose celebrate Catholic faith ⓘ
gather young people from around the world ⓘ
promote prayer among youth ⓘ
provide catechesis to young people ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
scope global ⓘ
targetAudience young Catholics aged 16–35 ⓘ
typicalActivities Eucharistic adoration ⓘ
Mass ⓘ
catechesis sessions ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ
pilgrimage walks ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Hope in Christ → associatedEvent → World Youth Day ⓘ
World Youth Day 1987 → partOf → World Youth Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Youth Day program
World Youth Day 1987 → precededBy → World Youth Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Youth Day 1986
Letter to the Youth of the World (1985) → relatedTo → World Youth Day ⓘ