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5 things to know about World Youth Day 2019

by Q COSTARICA Tuesday 22 January 2019, 9:27 am 1.3k Views

(CNA) The 15th international World Youth Day is beings today, Tuesday, Jan. 22 in Ciudad de Panama, Panama.

The massive gathering of Catholic youth, which takes place every two or three years, this year will be held for the first time in Central America.
Pope St. John Paul II established World Youth Day in 1985. The first international gathering was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1987.
The purpose of World Youth Day is threefold: a celebration of and putting trust in the young; giving young people a chance to make pilgrimage; and to give young people a chance to encounter the worldwide Catholic community.
The theme for this year’s gathering is taken from Mary’s affirmation of God’s will in Luke 1:38: “I am the servant of the Lord.