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Young adult members of Toronto’s Ita Gaudium organized a raffle during a dinner dance to raise enough money to go to World Youth Day in Panama City.

Latin American young adults go home for World Youth Day

When 27-year-old David Figueroa found out this year’s World Youth Day was going to be hosted in Panama, so close to his home country of Colombia, he was more than excited to be a part of the event. 
  • January 18, 2019
Pope Francis thanks World Youth Day volunteers gathered at the Tauron Arena July 31 in Krakow, Poland.

Pope urges WYD volunteers to be 'hope of the future,' as Krakow 2016 wraps

KRAKOW, Poland – Pope Francis thanked World Youth Day organizers and volunteers and urged them to be "the hope of the future."
  • July 31, 2016
Pope Francis walks with World Youth Day pilgrims as he arrives for a July 30 prayer vigil at the Field of Mercy in Krakow, Poland. Nigerian pilgrims hope their experience at World Youth Day 2016 will help affect change with challenges back home.

Nigerians hope WYD experiences will help country overcome its challenges

KRAKOW Poland – Cosmos Nandi-Esom said he is a politician back home in Nigeria.
  • July 31, 2016
World Youth Day pilgrims cheer as Pope Francis leads the July 30 prayer vigil at the Field of Mercy in Krakow, Poland.

Palestinian, Israeli pilgrims share faith, locale in Field of Mercy

KRAKOW, Poland – At least for a few minutes at World Youth Day, the physical barriers between Palestinian and Israeli communities were nonexistent.
  • July 31, 2016
Pope Francis arrives with World Youth Day pilgrims for the July 30 prayer vigil at the Field of Mercy in Krakow, Poland.

Don’t tuck life away, take risks, Pope tells young people

KRAKOW, Poland – Take risks and do not let life's obstacles get in the way of encountering the true joy and life that Jesus can give, Pope Francis told more than 1 million young people.
  • July 31, 2016
Pope Francis enters the main gate of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, July 29.

Pope Francis: Cruelty did not end at Auschwitz; it continues today

KRAKOW, Poland – Humankind's cruelty did not end with the Holocaust, but rages on in the suffering of those living through war, homelessness and persecution, Pope Francis said.
  • July 30, 2016
Pope Francis celebrates Mass with priests, religious and consecrated persons at the St. John Paul II Shrine in Lagiewniki, a suburb of Krakow, Poland, July 30.

'Go out,' keep writing Gospel of mercy, Pope tells clergy, religious

KRAKOW, Poland – Catholic priests and nuns must renounce their personal interests and create a church that "goes into the world" with "living writers of the Gospel," Pope Francis said.
  • July 30, 2016
Felician Sister Marget Padilla, who is from the U.S. and ministering in Poland, talks with pilgrims at the World Youth Day evangelization center July 29 in Krakow, Poland.

'Evangelical moment': World Youth Day often fosters vocations

KRAKOW, Poland – In a giant circus tent on Piastowska Street, next to the Jagiellonian University's sports center, a rock band wound up its full-volume refrain against a dazzling background of lights and streamers.
  • July 29, 2016
Pope Francis stands next to Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, as he speaks to journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Krakow, Poland, July 27. The Pope sends a video message specifically to those who couldn't afford to attend World Youth Day back in Havana, Cuba, July 29.

'Make trouble' by creating culture of respect, Pope tells Cuban youths

VATICAN CITY – Fear nothing, break the chains that may bind you and bring hope to the world, Pope Francis told young people attending a special World Youth Day gathering in Cuba.
  • July 29, 2016
Pope pays tribute to Holocaust victims in silence, prayer

Pope pays tribute to Holocaust victims in silence, prayer

OSWIECIM, Poland – Sitting with head bowed and eyes closed, Pope Francis paid silent tribute to the victims of one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.
  • July 29, 2016
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    July 26, 2016: The shrine of the Black Madonna was opened to World Youth Day pilgrims so that they could venerate the miraculous image up close. (Photo by Jean Ko Din)

    Follow our reporter Jean Ko Din as she photographs her journey to Krakow, Poland for the 2016 World Youth Day.