(ANS - Lisbon) - The decision to postpone World Youth Day (WYD) was made public on Monday, April 20, by the Holy Father and the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. The cardinal patriarch of Lisbon, Msgr. Manuel Clemente, said that this extra year of preparation will serve to prepare for this great youth event even better and, for now, to focus efforts on the battle against Covid-19.
1984, Italy: 300,000
1985, Italy: 300,000
1987, Argentina: 1,000,000
1989, Spain: 500,000
1991, Poland: 1,600,000
1993, USA: 700,000
1995, Philippines: 5,000,000
1997, France: 1,200,000
2000, Italy: 2,200,000
2002, Canada: 800,000
2005, Germany: 1,100,000
2008, Australia: 500,000
2011, Spain: 2,000,000
2013, Brazil: 3,700,000
2016, Poland: 3,500,000
2019, Panama: 700,000
110,584 people attending the event
85,884 pilgrims
450 bishops
2,250 priests
2,500 journalists
19,500 volunteers
(Data updated on January 23,2019)
300,000 young people expected at the final event
2,200 young Salesians already registered for the event
Approximately 3,500 Salesian pilgrims expected
190 countries of origin
500 bishops from all over the world
4,000 journalists
1,000 young indigenous participants in the WYD
40 indigenous peoples represented
San Jose, Costa Rica - August 2018 - Some signs of the World Youth Day, such as the Cross and the relics of St. John Bosco, St. Rose of Lima, St. Martin of Porres and the Blessed Monsignor Romero and Sister María Romero, were welcomed and celebrated the night of Sunday, August 5, at the María Help of Christians school.
(ANS - Tegucigalpa) – The World Youth Day (WYD) is a great youth gathering that attracts hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world at each edition. The next WYD is scheduled in Panama for 2019 and, while preparations in Panama are underway, the symbols accompanying this event are traveling across the globe: the Pilgrim Cross and the icon of Mary "Salus Populi Romani" have arrived in the Diaconate "Immaculate Conception" of the archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, in Honduras.