World Youth Day

Sea of faith: World Youth Day pilgrims hold candles during eucharistic adoration with Pope Francis at the July 30 prayer...

   Faith adventure: Bon Gerard Timaepatua never heard the word mercy until the World Youth Day in PolandINDIGENOUS Catholic Bon...

WYD joy: “You bring with you many experiences, you bring many desires, you speak numerous languages, but starting today we...

Joyful procession: Twenty pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Sydney were chosen to carry the WYD Cross and Icon in a...

Blessed: Capuchin Father John Spiteri welcomes the PNG pilgrims to Wynnum’s Guardian Angels’ Church.Photo: Carlo PilotoA GROUP of 20 Poland-bound...

In Poland: Some of the Brisbane archdiocese’s World Youth Day pilgrims in Cestochowa, Poland.CHURCH leaders are praying for peace as...

Commissioned for Krakow: Archbishop Mark Coleridge (centre) commissioned more than 70 Brisbane pilgrims at a Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral...

Daring to dream: Sarah Bunting with young people in Alotau, Papua New Guinea.TEN young people from a remote parish in...

Getting excited: Krakow city is ready to welcome pilgrims for World Youth DayTHROUGHOUT the planning and preparation that goes into...

Pilgrim visits: Zdzieszowice parish in Poland.FIFTY World Youth Day pilgrims across Brisbane gathered at Our Lady of Victories, Bowen Hills, for...

Making plans: Brisbane WYD pilgrims at a recent formation night when their Krakow WYD 2016 experience continued to unfold.TWO million...

PILGRIMS from a number of Brisbane groups who are travelling to World Youth Day this year gathered together recently for...

Challenge: Missionary teacher Sarah Bunting, left, with friends and locals in Papua New Guinea.BRISBANE teacher and missionary Sarah Bunting believes...

Youth destination: Shot of Krakow, PolandWHEN someone embarks on a World Youth Day pilgrimage, the availability of daily Mass, adoration, communal...

Pope Francis gives a thumbs-up as he greets the crowd at the 2013 World Youth Day welcoming ceremony in Rio...

Youth and young adults (18-35 years) throughout Brisbane are brimming with excitement towards the World Youth Day 2016 Pilgrimage to...

Sacred space: The icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, which is displayed in an altar in the Chapel of the...

Welcome: Young people of Opole are ready to welcome international pilgrims.WORLD Youth Day 2008 in Sydney saw thousands of international...

WE are now just under a year away from the start of World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland. Every...

Fount of mercy: Young people from Poland raise the World Youth Day Cross after accepting it from Brazilian youths at...

Living authentically: World Youth Day 2016 Brisbane liaison officer Zach Woodward is ready to make the pilgrimage to Krakow, Poland,...

Polish pilgrims: Dawid Struzik, Fr Andrzej Kolaczkowski and Zachary Mroczek are getting ready for the next World Youth Day in...

The Catholic Leader is pleased to provide an English translation of Błogosławieni Miłosierni ("Blessed are the Merciful"), the official hymn for World...

Faith leader: Pope John Paul II greets the World Youth Day crowd in Czestochowa, Poland, in 1992. Photo: CNS QUEENSLAND’S...

WYD logo: Here is the official logo and prayer for World Youth Day 2016, which were unveiled on July 3...