” “"During the World Youth Day youngsters from the most varied nations come close together. They get in touch. When they go back to their countries, a network which embraces the whole world is set up. It is a network which enables them to communicate. It is a network which strengthens the feeling of belonging […]

A minstrel’s hat from the local football team, a barrel of beer, coal, bread, vegetables, potatoes and a rose. Amidst faith, solidarity, folklore and sport, the inaugural Mass of the 20th World Youth Day, held in Düsseldorf, at the same time as in Cologne, the main centre, and Bonn, was filled with different and original […]

"The wish for a rewarding life has brought you to Cologne, where we go to learn from to the first seekers of God, who are the Magi, the Three Wise Kings". In his homily during the WYD opening Mass in the Cologne stadium, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of the German city, urged young people to […]

"Particularly in this Church which seems to be getting old in  Europe, God is continuously and endlessly calling": Bishop Franz-Joseph Bode, President of the Episcopal Commission for Youth reminded the young people about this, inviting them to become "listeners of God", in the Homily during the official opening Mass of the 20th World Youth Day […]

Obviously many German journalists are present . Michael Boite has arrived from Münster. He is taking care of the site of the diocese www.kirchensite.de.  "On the site – he says – we have dedicated a lot of space to the WYD and to the events organized in Münster and in the other towns . In […]

The Bonn Hofgarten is filled with flags from all over the world and banners in all languages, where Monsignor Franz Joseph Bode, President of the Episcopal Commission for Young People of the German Bishops’ Conference, is celebrating Mass for the official opening of the World Youth Day. Security officers spoke of 40 to 50 thousand […]

"The young participants in the 20th World Youth Day walk in the footsteps of the Magi, the Three Wise Kings, to meet Christ". This is how Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, began his greeting address to the pilgrims, who filled the stadium Rheine Energie Stadion in Cologne. Flows of young people were still on […]

"Durante le Giornate mondiali della gioventù ragazzi delle più diverse nazioni si avvicinano. Allacciano contatti. Quando fanno ritorno nelle loro patrie si crea una rete che abbraccia il mondo intero. Una rete tramite la quale dialogare. Una rete che rafforza il sentimento di appartenenza su scala mondiale". Il presidente federale della Repubblica Tedesca, Horst Koehler, […]

Un cappello da giullare della locale squadra di calcio, un barile di birra, del carbone, del pane, della verdura, delle patate e una rosa. Tra fede, solidarietà, folklore e sport, la messa inaugurale della XX Giornata mondiale della gioventù, svoltasi a Düsseldorf, in contemporanea con Colonia, sede principale, e Bonn, si è caricata di diversi […]

” “This is a strong invitation to discern one’s own call and to distinguish this among "inner instincts" and from "voices which attract". This was the message addressed by Cardinal Karl Lehmann, President of the German Bishops’ Conference, who presided in Düsseldorf over the inaugural Mass of the World Youth Day, contemporarily with Cologne, the […]