World Youth Day 2023

World Youth Day 2023 will be a Catholic festival held in Lisbon, Portugal, and was originally scheduled to be celebrated in summer 2022. This was announced by Pope Francis and Cardinal Kevin Farrell at the end of the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2019 in Panama City, Panama.[2][3] Originally scheduled to be held in August 2022, the Holy See announced on April 20, 2020, that it will be postponed until August 2023 due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.[1]

World Youth Day 2023
DateTBD, August 2023[1]
LocationLisbon, Portugal
Coordinates38.791258°N 9.094121°W / 38.791258; -9.094121
TypeYouth festival
ThemeMary arose and left with haste (Lk 1:38)
Organised byCatholic Church
ParticipantsPope Francis
Previous2019 Panama City
Websitewww.lisboa2023.org/en/

Host city

In the celebration that marked the closing of the World Youth Day 2019 in Panama City, in the presence of thousands of young people from all over the world, including 300 Portuguese young people, were the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, João Paulo Rebelo, representing the Government of Portugal, and the Mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, as well as ambassadors, six bishops (from the dioceses of Lisbon, Guarda, Coimbra, Braga and Bragança-Miranda) and several priests.[4] In a press conference, the president of the Episcopal Conference of Portugal (CEP) said that he expects to receive between 1 and 2 million young people in the summer of 2022 and added that the "more than probable" place for the conclusive events of WYD 2022 will be the margin north of the Tagus river, next to the Sea of Palha, in Lisbon, and that evokes the Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked.[5]

Although the main event takes place next to the Parque do Tejo in Lisbon,[6] are also expected pilgrimages from the participating youth to the National Sanctuary of Cristo Rei, in Almada, to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, in Cova da Iria, and also to the birthplace of Saint Anthony of Lisbon.

Patrons and Intercessors

Patronage
The patrons of World Youth Day 2023: Blessed Sister Mary of the Divine Heart, Blessed Alexandrina of Balazar and Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto (called "Little Shepherds of Fatima")

The patrons of the World Youth Day 2023 are Catholic figures who, in their youth, have taken decisive steps in the path of holiness:

Intercessors
  • Saint Anthony of Lisbon (Franciscan friar and Doctor of the Church)
  • Saint Beatrice of Silva (conception nun and founder of the Order of the Immaculate Conception)
  • Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (Queen of Portugal and nun of the Order of Saint Claire)
  • Saint John de Britto (Jesuit missionary and Martyr of the Catholic Church)
  • Saint John of God (Founder of the Hospitaller Order)
  • The Holy Martyrs of Lisbon (Saints Verissimus, Máxima, and Julia)
  • Saint Nuno of Saint Mary (Constable of the Kingdom of Portugal and Carmelite friar)
  • Saint Theotonius of Coimbra (Co-founder of the Regular Canons of the Holy Cross)
  • Blessed Amadeus of Portugal (Franciscan friar and Reformer of the conventual life)
  • Blessed Gundisalvus of Amarante (Dominican Friar and Confessor)
  • Blessed Maria Clara of the Child Jesus (Foundress of the Congregation of the Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception)
  • Blessed Mafalda of Portugal (Queen consort of Castile and Cistercian nun)
  • Blessed Sancha of Portugal (Princess of Portugal and Cistercian nun)
  • Blessed Theresa of Portugal (Queen Consort of Léon and Cistercian nun)
  • Blessed Rita Amada de Jesus (Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Jesus Mary and Joseph)
  • Blessed Forty Martyrs of Brazil (Missionary martyrs of the Society of Jesus)
  • Servant of God Mother Virginia Brites of the Passion (Poor clare nun and Messenger of the Immaculate Heart of Mary)
  • Servant of God Sãozinha of Alenquer (Young catholic popularly devoted in Portugal)

Devotion

The sculpture number 1 of the Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima traveled, in the early hours of January 21, 2019, to Panama[7] to be present at the World Youth Day 2019, evoking the memory of the Marian imprint that Pope John Paul II wished to print at the creation of these great Catholic religious events. Continuing this spirit, at the World Youth Day 2023 the young people will be especially invited to pray and to deepen the main devotion recommended in the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cova da Iria, in Fatima, in particular the prayer of the Holy Rosary.

Theme

On 22 June 2019, Pope Francis announced that the theme of the event will be “Mary arose and went with haste” (Lk 1:39).[8] This Bible verse also takes into account the start of her visitation with her cousin Elizabeth.[9] The Pope also called on Catholics to prepare for the 2023 World Youth Day by meditating on two scriptural passages: Luke 7:14, “Young man, I say to you, Arise!”; and a re-working of Acts 26:16, “Stand up. I appoint you as a witness of what you have seen”.[8]

References
  1. "Declaration of the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni". Holy See Press Office. Holy See. April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  2. "World Youth Days of 2022 will take place in Portugal". Portugal News, luis felipe. December 2, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  3. "World Youth Day 2022 will be in Portugal". The Catholic Register (Catholic News Service). January 27, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  4. "Portugal to host World Youth Day 2022". Aleteia (English Edition). January 27, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  5. "Pope Francis: Lisbon hosting World Youth Day 2022 – Portugal". Portuguese American Journal. January 31, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  6. "Catholic Church confirms Lisbon to host next World Youth Day in 2022". The Portugal News. January 28, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  7. "Portugal to host next World Youth Day". Crux Catholic Media. January 27, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  8. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-audience-international-youth-forum.html
  9. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-announces-marian-theme-of-world-youth-day-2022-in-lisbon-79540
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