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www.madrid11.com/en/press-office/downloads/346-himno-2011

The link above takes you to the downloads of the official hymn.

Not available in English yet, but worth downloading.
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World Youth Day 2011

And here is the home page of the website for World Youth Day 2011.

www.madrid11.com/en

It is in English and features a number of interesting articles, pics, and the hymn that Mary mentioned above.

I can't believe it is almost time for another World Youth Day. It seems like yesterday that Papa was in Australia for the last one and who can forget the one in Cologne, Papa's first as pope? Nuclear fission!!! [SM=x40794]







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Let's bring this thread forward now! We are almost there....

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Ah! It is World Youth Day again! I will never forget the legendary papal ride on a boat down the Rhine river to the Dome in Cologne during World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne where up to 1.5 million young ppl saw Papa. Masses where standing on the shore of the Rhine river to see papa, some even with their feet in the water! Unfortunately there are not much pics on the internet about it.

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Vatican announces indulgences for World Youth Day

By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Aug. 13, 2011

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- To help encourage prayers for a spiritually fruitful World Youth Day in Madrid, the Vatican announced Aug. 11 that Pope Benedict XVI had authorized a special indulgence for anyone who, "with a contrite spirit," raises a "prayer to God, the Holy Spirit, so that young people are drawn to charity and given the strength to proclaim the Gospel with their life," a Vatican decree said.

The decree included the offer of a plenary, or full, indulgence to all the young people who will gather with the pope in Madrid. World Youth Day runs Aug. 16-21 in the Spanish capital; the pope arrives Aug. 18.

An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment a person is due for sins that have been forgiven. The conditions necessary for receiving a plenary indulgence include having recently gone to confession, receiving the Eucharist and offering prayers for the intentions of the pope.

Pope Benedict decreed that World Youth Day participants can receive a plenary indulgence if they participate with prayerful devotion in any sacred event or "pious exercise" as well as attend the closing Mass, receive the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist and offer prayers for the pope's intentions.

The decree, signed by Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli, head of the Vatican office that deals with indulgences, said a partial indulgence also is available to all Catholics who are contrite for their sins and offer their prayers with the pope for young Catholics.

The cardinal also asked priests around the world to make themselves available to hear the confessions of those who want the indulgence and to encourage public prayers for the success of World Youth Day.

In central Madrid's Buen Retiro Park, 200 portable confessionals will be set up for confessions that begin Aug. 14. The pope will hear confessions at the park Aug. 20.




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Some may protest, but young will welcome pope in Spain, spokesman says

By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Aug. 13, 2011

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Protests planned against Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Madrid Aug. 18-21 are "not worrying or surprising" to the Vatican, particularly because "there are hundreds of thousands of young people who will be happy to welcome the pope," the Vatican spokesman said.

Groups opposed to government and church spending for the pope's visit have planned a protest Aug. 16, the opening day of World Youth Day.

Briefing reporters Aug. 12 about the papal trip, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi said, "It seems to me that before every papal trip there are demonstrations by people who have a different opinion and use the occasion to express their problems or concerns .... It's part of life in a democratic country."

Father Lombardi also acknowledged the failure of efforts to keep the location of the next World Youth Day secret until Pope Benedict announces it at the final Mass Aug. 21.

He told reporters that at the end of the Mass, young people from Spain will pass the World Youth Day cross to their peers from Brazil, who will host the gathering in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. The Vatican decided not to wait three years for the international gathering because in 2014 Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup soccer tournament and will have its hands full.

Father Lombardi also said that with 800 bishops registered, one-fifth of the world's active bishops will be in Madrid.

The spokesman said that among the meetings, Masses and prayer services the pope will have in Madrid, one of the most striking is likely to be the Way of the Cross prayer service Aug. 19.

A series of sculptures used in Holy Week processions in several Spanish cities will be set up along a major Madrid street. Young people representing nations or groups of people suffering, either because of natural disasters or human action, will carry a cross from station to station. Young people from the Holy Land, Rwanda and Haiti -- among others -- will be joined by those who are unemployed, are recovering from addiction or who volunteer to assist people living with HIV and AIDS, Father Lombardi said.

The meditations, written by Sisters of the Cross in Seville, will be read over a loudspeaker and include explicit acknowledgments of those who suffer. The introduction of the text said the idea is to let them know Jesus is with them, "he takes on their pain and walks at their side."

The meditations offer prayers for peace, for those who are discriminated against because of their faith, for immigrants and for those addicted to alcohol, drugs and other substances. They remember the unemployed and those who work to defend the life of the unborn.

The end of the ninth station -- Jesus Is Stripped of his Garments -- says, "Jesus suffers with all those who are victims of human genocide where brutal violence explodes, or victims of rape and sexual abuse, affecting children and adults. How many people are stripped of their dignity, of their innocence, of their trust in man?"


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PAPAL ENTOURAGE ANNOUNCED
Accompanying Papa on his visit to Madrid will be:

Monsignor Konrad Krajewski [Assistant Papal Master of Ceremonies and an official of the Office of Liturgical Ceremonies]

with Monsignor Marco Agostini, assistant MC, and the Papal Master of Ceremonies, Monsignor Guido Marini.

Also going are both of Papa's private secretaries: Monsignor Georg Gaenswein and Monsignor Alfred Xuareb.

Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone will naturally be there, along with several bishops, including Papa's former secretary, Bishop Josef Clemens.

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At opening Mass, WYD pilgrims begin 'days you will never forget'

By Gretchen R. Crowe
Catholic News Service
August 16, 2011

MADRID (CNS) -- A cloudless blue sky turned to inky night as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims participated in the opening Mass for World Youth Day, celebrated by Madrid Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela in the Plaza de Cibeles.

Protected from the heat by white umbrellas and streams of soft mists, dozens of bishops and priests gathered on and around the makeshift altar to celebrate the Mass for pilgrims representing their homeland with flags, special hats, T-shirts and banners.

In his homily, Cardinal Rouco said World Youth Day is inseparable from Blessed John Paul II, "the pope of the young," whose memory they celebrated with the Mass. The relationship Blessed John Paul had with the young was "unprecedented," he said "a hitherto unknown relationship between the church and her young: direct, immediate ... imbued with a faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, enthusiastic, hopeful, joyful, contagious."

This tradition has continued with Pope Benedict XVI, he said, who did not hesitate to highlight Blessed John Paul's love of the young in his homily for his predecessor's beatification in May.

World Youth Day inspires a new encounter with the Lord, the cardinal said: "He is the only one who can understand you and lead you to the truth giving life that never ends, to give you happiness, true love."

Young people are looking for Christ, he said.

"Letting oneself be found by him is the key to the success of any World Youth Day," he said. "It will be your success. Youths of the 21st century need, even more than previous generations, to find the Lord through the only path that has proven effective spiritually: the humble and simple pilgrim seeking his face."

In comments following the Mass, Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, welcomed the crowd by telling them the event for which they had been waiting and preparing had finally arrived.

"These will be days you will never forget," he said, "days of important discoveries and decisions that will be decisive for your future."

Reflecting on the words of St. Paul that form the theme of this year's World Youth Day: "Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith (Col 2:7)," the cardinal acknowledged the challenge of living out this call.

"This is very demanding because it contains a definite life plan for each one of us," he said.

"Faith is like a root that is nourished by the lifeblood of the word of God and the sacraments," he added. "It is the foundation, the rock on which life is built, the dependable compass that guides our choices and gives clear direction to our lives."

In a world where so many people reject God, Cardinal Rylko said, World Youth Day shows that the Catholic faith lives.

"You have come to say aloud to the whole world -- and in particular to Europe, which is showing signs of being very lost --- your unwavering 'Yes!'" he said. "Yes, faith is possible. It is, in fact, a wonderful adventure that allows us to discover the magnitude and beauty of our lives."

For hours before the Mass, pilgrims lined the street. Many played cards, read, wrote in their journals or even napped, waiting for the event to begin.

Oblate Father Richard Hall, pastor of San Juan de los Lagos Parish in San Antonio, said the opening Mass, which united all the pilgrims attending World Youth Day for the first time, was what he and his group of pilgrims had been waiting for.

"To be here, beginning the experience with Mass (is what is) so wonderful about our church," Father Hall said. "No matter where you're at, you're able to celebrate the liturgy in whatever language (you speak) or country you're from. To come here around the archbishop of Spain with all the bishops in communion with our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, is a great experience."

"It's nothing I've ever seen before," said Morgan Simon, 16, of Sydney. "The representations of all the countries around the world -- it's mind-blowing. Everyone's happy and cheerful. They all want to talk to each other and get to know you and where you're from and trade things. It's one of the most amazing things ever."

"We're all here for the same reason," said Leslie Comstock, 23, of St. Mary Parish in Holliston, Mass., who had just finished attaching an American flag to a nearby fence. "We may not be able to speak to each other very well, but the idea is the same. (Mass) is the only way to start."

Walking down the street arm-in-arm with fellow pilgrims from Bogota, Colombia, Catalina Bamargo said she could not believe that she was living this experience with 3,000 pilgrims from her country -- and with hundreds of thousands more from around the globe.

"This is wonderful, we're excited," she said. "The church lives."


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A most uplifting beginning yesterday evening!!!!! I loved the way young people from the five continents came forward with gifts representing each continent.

This morning Papa visited the most beautiful monastery outside Madrid, set in the heart of the countryside. He gave two inspiring talks, which I look forward to reading in English.

More events early this evening!!!!!!

We need to pray for him. It's a tiring programme.

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From the first evening event. A Polish girl hands Papa a gift of bread and salt.

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this morning on the way to almudena cathedral coming from retiro park after hearing the confessions of 4 people























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this is from the opening ceremony 18.8.2011

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN5ZRkU1WSs
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benedetto.fan:

are you in Madrid? If so, have a great time.

I hope you aren't at the vigil, I am just watching it on TV and unfortunately they are having an awful storm and rain.
Papa is almost covered by umbrellas but he's still smiling.
His glasses are wet and his sermon papers are too.
I feel so sorry for all the young people who are so very enthusiastic.
They are completely soaked but are trying to make the best of it.
They will have a night like in a swamp. Thank God it is still very warm there.
Everybody is in good mood and Papa is too. God bless him and all the people there.

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Wer glaubt, ist nie allein, im Leben nicht und auch im Sterben nicht.
(PREDIGT DES HEILIGEN VATERS BENEDIKT XVI. ZUR AMTSEINFÜHRUNG 24. April 2005)
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no simone, unfortunately and fortunately i'm not in madrid, although i would have had time, as i told you;-)!.

unfortunately not, because 2 friends of mine are there and the mood was/is just fine despite the storm and heat. fortunately not, because otherwise i would have missed the handshake with papa and alfred xuereb. and benevolens and a few other fans i wouldn't have met neither.
you can't have everything - let's try 2013 for rio and the copacabana, hahaha [SM=g27828] !


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CHRONOLOGY OF WORLD YOUTH DAYS
Chronology of celebrations
[edit] International
Year Date Host Attendance Theme Anthem Mass
1984 April 15 Rome,
Vatican City 300,000 Holy Year of the Redemption: A Festival of Hope Resta Qui Con Noi

[Italian]


Holy Mass held at Piazza San Pietro
Pope John Paul II entrusts the WYD Cross to the Youth

1985 March 31 Rome,
Vatican City 300,000 International Youth Year

Holy Mass held at Piazza San Pietro

1987 April 11–12 Buenos Aires,
Argentina 1,000,000 We ourselves have known and put our faith in God’s love towards ourselves (1 Jn 4:16) Un Nuevo Sol

[Spanish]


First WYD outside Europe

1989 August 15–20 Santiago de Compostela,
Spain 400,000 I am the Way, the Truth and the Life (Jn 14:6) Somos Los Jóvenes

[Spanish]


Final Mass held at Monte do Gozo

1991 August 10–15 Częstochowa,
Poland 1,600,000 You have received a spirit of sonship (Rom 8:15) Abba Ojcze

[Polish Italian Spanish]


Final Mass held at Jasna Góra Monastery

1993 August 10–15 Denver,
United States 500,000 I came that they might have life, and have it to the full (Jn 10:10) (We Are) One Body

[English]


Final Mass held at Cherry Creek State Park
First WYD in North America

1995 January 10–15 Manila,
Philippines 5,000,000 As the Father sent me, so am I sending you (Jn 20:21) Tell the World of His Love

[English]


Final Mass held at Luneta Park
Current world record for the largest Papal gathering
First WYD in Asia

1997 August 19–24 Paris,
France[15] 1,200,000 Teacher, where are you staying? Come and see (cf. Jn 1:38-39) Maître Et Seigneur

[French]


Final Mass held at Longchamp Racecourse

2000 August 15–20 Rome,
Vatican City 2,000,000 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (Jn 1:14) Emmanuel

[Italian English French Spanish]


Final Mass held at Tor Vergata
Held on the occasion of the Great Jubilee

2002 July 23–28 Toronto,
Canada 800,000 You are the salt of the earth ... you are the light of the world (Mt 5:13-14) Lumière Du Monde/Light Of The World

[French English Spanish Italian]


Final Mass held at Downsview Park
Last WYD attended by Pope John Paul II
First WYD in Canada

2005 August 16–21 Cologne,
Germany
1,200,000[16][17] We have come to worship Him (Mt 2:2) Venimus Adorare Eum

[German Latin French Spanish English Italian]


Final Mass held at Marienfeld
First WYD attended by Pope Benedict XVI

2008 July 15–20 Sydney,
Australia 400,000[18] You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses. (Ac 1:8) Receive The Power

[English Italian Spanish French]


Final Mass held at Randwick Racecourse
First WYD in Oceania and Second Time in Southern Hemisphere

2011 August 16–21 Madrid,
Spain[19] 2,500,000[citation needed] Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith (Col 2:7)[20] Firmes en la Fe

[Spanish English French Italian German Polish]


Final mass held at Cuatro Vientos Airport
Spain becomes the first country (outside the Vatican/Italy) to host WYD twice

2013 July 08–13 Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil[21]

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The Final Blessings of World Youth Day: Prayer Vigil and Closing Mass


Our Register staffer reflects on the last days of WYD 2011 Madrid.

BY RACHEL HOWELL
National Catholic Register
8/21/11

People, people and more people — that is all I have seen for 24 hours. Group Alabama just returned to our hotel after one of the most incredible experiences I have ever been through.

First, we walked and walked in streets filled with people, only to arrive at the field where the closing Mass took place around noon Madrid time yesterday.

As far as the eye could see, people were walking, and then settling down into the dust to wait for the Holy Father. We were very fortunate to get there as early as we did because we got a good spot up against a fence.

For the next eight hours, we fought the lines for water and wished it would rain. It was so hot!

Little did we know our prayers would be answered — but not until we no longer wanted it.

The ingenious guys in our group made us a little shelter to shade us from the sun out of our tarps, and there we camped.

Finally, Papa Benedict arrived — to an estimated crowd of 2 million cheering and dancing young people.

As the sun set and the prayers began, so did the rain. Under our tarps we all went, and the prayers were halted for a time.

Though I felt sorry for everyone (including myself) out in such miserable circumstances, I felt especially sorry for all the cardinals and bishops — and the Pope — up on the stage who just sat through it all.

The rain provided some off-script comments from the Holy Father to the joy of the crowd! There was a comradeship with him that deepened when you saw his wind-blown hair and his umbrella fighting the wind and rain.

Then he led all of us in Benediction, and the vast crowd knelt in the rain to adore Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

It was a night I will never forget.

It rained on and off. We all huddled under tarps to keep dry, sharing shelter with perfect strangers. The mood was pretty happy, despite the circumstances.

Life took on a different perspective when I awoke this morning. All of our material possessions had been ruined during the night. We were aware that faith is really the only thing we have that is a lasting happiness.

As the sun came up over the crowd, everyone tried to clean up and prepare for Mass.

My biggest disappointment, out of everything, was the fact that the tents that held the Blessed Sacrament were destroyed during the storm, taking away our chance for adoration, and making it impossible to distribute holy Communion during Mass in the morning.

Finally, Pope Benedict arrived again, but, due to the vast crowds, he was unable to drive around through all of us. Another huge disappointment, but it is all part of the WYD sacrifice.

A very dirty, tired crowd participated in the beautiful closing Mass.

There is nothing like the experience — youth of the whole world praying together. Even though we all speak different languages, we are all untied in the sacrifice of the Mass. We followed along in our pilgrim manuals and wished we could speak Spanish.

One of the songs was Here I Am, Lord, and it was in English! The familiar words to that song took on a deeper meaning after such physical difficulties: “I will break their hearts of stone. Give them hearts for Love alone.”

That is my prayer for WYD: After all that we have experienced, as all the youth return home to their countries, may our hearts be only for you, Lord.




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WYD: Looking back on the Pope's visit to Madrid

Vatican Radio
2011-08-24

Pope Benedict left Madrid on Sunday evening after a four day visit to the Spanish capital where some two million young men and women had gathered for World Youth Day 2011.
As he boarded the plane for Rome, the Pope reiterated his call to the young people of the world to be 'firm in the faith', and to live their lives as corageous witnesses to the Gospel of Christ.
Our correspondant Emer McCarthy has been following events in Madrid and reports on the concluding moments of this visit:

It was only a four day visit. But it made a world of difference. First and foremost to those millions who had answered Pope Benedict XVI’s call not to be ashamed of the Lord, to be the ‘apostles of the 21st century’. As they boarded buses, trains and planes for the long journey home, tired, dirty and sun burnt, they were still smiling, still chanting that call that had echoed through the storm across Madrid on Saturday night “We are the youth of the Pope!”.

“Young people readily respond when one proposes to them, in sincerity and truth, an encounter with Jesus Christ”, Pope Benedict XVI said as he prepared to board the papal plane at Barajas airport, on his journey to Rome. “Now those young people are returning home as missionaries of the Gospel…and – he added, speaking to the 800 bishops and thousands of priests and women religious who had accompanied the young people on this pilgrimage - they will need to be helped on their way”.

His last words of encouragement to that nation of youth: “There is no reason to lose heart in the face of the various obstacles we encounter in some countries. The yearning for God which the Creator has placed in the hearts of young people is more powerful than all of these”.

It was only a four day visit but it also made a world of difference to Spain, a country and a people, weary of the uncertainties born of the current economic and cultural crisis. This was visible not only in the press, which passed from front page reporting on the protests that had erupted on the eve of the Papal trip to the Pope’s call for ethics in political and social spheres to help overcome the crisis- but also among the people of Madrid, “I’ve never seen anything like this, and I probably never will again”, an elderly lady told me as we waited in line at a coffee shop.

The Pope’s parting words were of praise. “Spain is a great nation whose soundly open, pluralistic and respectful society is capable of moving forward without surrendering its profoundly religious and Catholic soul”.

And of thanks, in particular to the army of 30 thousand young volunteers: “To love means to serve, and service increases love. For me, this is one of the finest fruits of your contribution to World Youth Day”.

The 26th edition of the largest gathering of youth on the planet, for those of us who watched it unfold before our eyes, leaves indelible images in its wake. Cibeles Square, first transformed into an open air party, the sheer noise of the young people’s voices as they welcomed the Pope. And again when that street party paused for the Way of the Cross, and the only sound that moved the still evening air was the haunting notes of an ancient Spanish prayer.

The majestic El Escorial, and the smile upon the Holy Father’s face, the ‘Professor Pope’, speaking of the ideal of the University to the next generation of teachers. The Jardines del Beun Retiro and the image of hundreds of priests young and old, representing a Babylon of languages, standing beneath the shade of trees long after public security had closed down access to the confessionals in the Festival of Forgiveness, to make sure that every last pilgrim, who so desired, could reconcile themselves to the Lord, as the sun set on Madrid.

The image of the Pope, in a midsummer storm, serenaded by the BXVI generation during Saturday’s prayer Vigil, and that same congregation of nations in silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.

For me, one image sums it all up: in essence, it reveals why they came in their millions to Madrid, to hear Pope Benedict’s message: that of a WYD poster with graffiti sprayed over it that read: “We are atheists”, and under this a reply, “You don’t know what you’re missing, we’ll pray for you”. This is the BXVI generation, they came, they heard and they understood, the apostles of the 21st century.


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On a more worldly note, after all the complaining and protests about the cost of the Pope's trip to Spain, this information was released today:



World Youth Day nets $230 million for Madrid

Madrid, Spain, Aug 23, 2011 / 01:58 pm (CNA/Europa Press).- Arturo Fernandez, the president of Madrid’s House of Commerce said Aug. 22 that hotels, transportation services and businesses in the Spanish capital took in nearly $230 million during World Youth Day.

The director of the Hotel Industry Business Association in Madrid, Juan Jose Blardony, said three million meal tickets were distributed to young people throughout the week, valued at nearly $32 million.

Blardony told Europa Press that the discount meal tickets were the result of an agreement between the Federation of Fast Food Restaurants of Madrid and the bishops’ conference.

Some 2,479 establishments in Madrid accepted the meal tickets, including fast food chains such as McDonald’s, Burger King and many local restaurants.



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Vatican daily: Next World Youth Day to take place July 2013


Vatican City, Aug 24, 2011 / 06:06 pm (CNA).- L’Osservatore Romano has reported that the dates for the next World Youth Day have been set for July 23-28, 2013 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

In an article titled, “Next Stop, Rio de Janeiro,” published on Aug. 24, reporter Gianluca Biccini said, “From 23 to 28 July 2013 the Corcovado’s giant statue of the Christ the Redeemer will welcome in its symbolic embrace young people from all over the world for the next international installment of (World Youth Day).”

“The clock is ticking,” Archbishop Orani Joao Tempesta of Rio de Janiero said shortly after the closing Mass of World Youth Day Madrid 2011.

“We want to show that Rio is not only about sports and Carnival. Our WYD will be an opportunity for young people who are affected by problems such as poverty, violence and drugs.”

The Brazilian delegation at the Cuatro Vientos airfield in Madrid received the World Youth Day cross from the youth of Spain. It will soon begin its pilgrimage across Brazil. “The country is immense, and we want the pilgrimage to reach all 247 dioceses in Brazil before reaching Rio de Janeiro, two months before the event,” the archbishop said.

The last World Youth Day to take place in Latin America was in 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“To organize (World Youth Day) is a joy and an opportunity for the Catholics of our archdiocese, for Brazil and for the faithful of Latin America.

“It is not only about welcoming young people from all over the world, but about renewing our trust in the Holy Spirit to be disciples and missionaries and to confirm our commitment to the realities of social life and to build a civilization of love,” Archbishop Tempesta said.


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From today's ZENIT
WYD Pilgrims Convince Couple Not to Abort
Saved Life Seen as a 1st Fruit of Madrid Event


MADRID, Spain, AUG. 26, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Among the first fruits of World Youth Day is a human life saved from abortion.

The International Center for the Defense of Human Life (CIDEVIDA) told ZENIT about the baby who was saved Aug. 19.

That day, a group of Irish pilgrims were praying in front of the church of St. Martin of Tours, nearby an abortion clinic.

A couple arrived at the clinic with the intention of aborting their child, but the young people were able to speak to them about the decision.

A volunteer from CIDEVIDA, which had set up an exhibition in the cloister of the church, joined the group and put the couple in contact with the Red Madre (Mother Network) Foundation, which gives support, advice and help to pregnant women.

This network committed itself to support the birth of the couple's child, and the parents grew stronger in their decision not to abort.

CIDEVIDA's secretary, Juan José Panizo, spoke of the "gift" of this life as a joy for all.

"Thank you, Benedict, for having come," he said, also praising the volunteer and the Irish pilgrims.

CIDEVIDA was founded in 2009 to give information on the reality of abortion and to promote alternatives to help pregnant women with problems.

Among other activities, the organization has a permanent exhibition on abortion in the villa of Tordesillas, in the province of Valladolid; a center to help pregnant women and care for those suffering from post-abortion syndrome; and a documentary center

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a short interview with pater lombardi. isn't that a smooth voice???

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