2002

03 June 2002
Toronto, Canada (2002)
In his message, the pope used a comparison between salt and baptism. Just as salt seasons and gives flavour to food, “through Baptism, our whole being ...

03 June 2002
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013)
WYD 2013 provided an occasion for the world to get to know Pope Francis, the new head of the Catholic Church. He immediately emphasised the ...

03 June 2002
Krakow, Poland (2016)
“Dear young people, at last we are together!” These are the first words that Pope Francis addressed to the 700,000 young people of WYD, in the Blonia ...

03 June 2002
Panama City, Panama (2019)
“You, dear young people, are not just the future. … You young people are the present moment, the now of God.” This is what the pope told ...