World Youth Day 1995 was a Catholic youth festival that took place from January 10 to 15, 1995, in Manila, Philippines. It was the first time for an Asian country to host the event. Pope John Paul II presided over the event, marking his second trip to the country as Pope after his visit in 1981, and also the last papal visit in the country of the 20th century and 2nd millennium.
Pope John Paul II (right) with Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin (left) addressing the crowd attending the closing mass of the 10th World Youth Day at Luneta Park
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
John Paul II in 1988
Painting of Saint John Paul II painted by Zbigniew Kotyłło, 2012
The wedding portrait of John Paul II's parents, Emilia and Karol Wojtyła Sr.
Wojtyła (second from right) in a Baudienst forced labour work crew during the occupation of Poland (1939–1945), circa 1941