World Youth Day in Denver was rooted in something that happened in 1989. That year, Pope St. John Paul II called a meeting of the archbishops of the United States with himself and heads of Roman ...

DENVER — Thirty years ago, Pope John Paul II came to Denver for World Youth Day. It was arguably the biggest event in Colorado's history. More than 250,000 young people from 100 nations around ...

Denver woman recalls meeting Pope Francis on her honeymoon, ... Brazil. A reported crowd of 3 million faithful jammed the beach for a prayer vigil on the final night of World Youth Day.

World Youth Day Fast Facts. By CNN Newsource. Published July 31, 2022 9:37 AM . CNN ... 1993 – Denver, Colorado. January 14-16, 1995 Manila, Philippines 450,000 attendees ...

After his wife, Suzie, experienced World Youth Day in Denver in 1993, she was determined that their children—eventually numbering six—would have the same experience, but that her husband ...

I reached out to a friend who has attended every World Youth Day since the 1993 event in Denver, Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who is in Lisbon with 500 pilgrims ...

Pope Francis has announced World Youth Day is returning to Asia for the first time in three decades. He made the announcement Sunday at the end of his five-day trip to Portugal. He's presiding ...

World Youth Day is an event for young people organized by the Catholic Church. It was initiated by Pope St. John Paul II in 1985. Its concept was influenced by the Light-Life Movement that has ...

For example, at the 1997 World Youth Day in Paris, John Paul II did not repeat the speech on sexual morality he had given in Denver, but instead emphasized the Church's social doctrine, which was ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — When Pope Francis arrives in Lisbon for World Youth Day 2023, there will be plenty of pilgrims from the U.S. ready to greet him — close to 29,000.