Vatican City, Jan 21: Pope Francis launched an app called “Click to Pray,” which connects Catholics to a global network to share prayer intentions via their smartphones. The pope opened the new app using an iPad during his Angelus address on Jan. 20 and encouraged young Catholics, in particular, toContinue Reading
The pontiff told the traditional Palm Sunday Mass on Saint Peter’s Square, which this year coincides with World Youth DayContinue Reading
Vatican City: After the Angelus Sunday, with the help of a tablet and two young people, Pope Francis signed up for World Youth Day 2019 in Panama, announcing that registration for the international event has opened. “I too, now, with two young people, sign up by means of the internet,”Continue Reading
Vatican City: On Tuesday Pope Francis released a video message to youth in advance of the next World Youth Day, to be held in Panama in 2019. He said that like the Virgin Mary, they are needed, and they should not be afraid to leave their mark on the world.Continue Reading
Pope Francis used social media and technology terms in his sermonContinue Reading
‘Unless you offer the best of yourselves, the world will never be different,’ says Holy Father Pope Francis has told young people they are not called to be couch potatoes, living boring lives, but should leave their mark in history and not let others determine their future. Like a football match,Continue Reading
Our Asian pilgrims not only bring the grandeur, the vitality and beauty of Asia, but also the multi-cultural diversity, pluralism as well as Asian values of hospitality and family and, of course, the Church of the young.” Asia youth come to discover Krakow and the charisma of John Paul II, founder of the WYDContinue Reading
About 600,000 people have already registeredContinue Reading
Warsaw – Young people attending World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow, Poland, will have to walk 18 miles to and from one of its key sites, event organizers said. “They’ll have to be ready for a long foot journey of several hours, but this has always been a feature ofContinue Reading
Washington: Ahead of next year’s World Youth Day in Krakow, the long-time secretary for Pope John Paul II explained how the saint inspired a generation even though many never saw him in person. “The thing that was attractive, that attracted young people to John Paul II, was not even whatContinue Reading
