World Youth Day 2019 was the 16th World Youth Day, an international event organized by the Catholic Church and focused on faith and youth. Taking place 22–27 January in Panama City, Panama, it was the first of its kind celebrated in Central America.
World Youth Day 2019
Participants gathering for the welcome ceremony along the Cinta Costera
Participants awaiting the arrival of Pope Francis at the Tocumen International Airport
World Youth Day 2016 was the 15th World Youth Day, an international event organised by the Catholic Church and focused on faith and youth that took place from 26 to 31 July 2016 in Kraków, Poland. It was the third World Youth Day held in Central Europe.
Polish pilgrims celebrate the announcement (2013) that the World Youth Day 2016 will take place in Kraków, Poland.
Badges with symbols of World Youth Day 1991 and 2016
Salus Populi Romani
Br Joseph Maria OSPPE at World Youth Day 2016 in Cracow, Poland