Details announced for 2024 World Youth Day in Rome
November 21, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: The Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life has announced the details of the Roman celebration of the 39th World Youth Day (WYD), held on November 24, the feast of Christ the King. Pope Francis will preside a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, and youth from Portugal (where the last international WYD was held) will hand over the WYD cross and Marian icon to youth from South Korea (where the next international WYD will be held).
In 1985, Pope St. John Paul II announced the annual celebration of World Youth Day in the dioceses of the world. In addition, World Youth Days have been celebrated internationally every few years—most recently, in Lisbon (2023).
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