Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 28, 2013 / 09:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Following the closing Mass of World Youth Day, Pope Francis held Mary up as the model for the life of Christians, because of her desire to bring Jesus her son to the world. “On r... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 28, 2013 / 09:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “The next World Youth Day in the year 2016 will be in Krakow, in Poland!” the Pope said at the close of Sunday Mass in Rio July 28. The event is sure to attract millions. ... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 28, 2013 / 08:48 am (CNA).- A child born with anencephaly, lacking part of her skull and brain, was welcomed by Pope Francis during the offertory at Mass this morning as a gesture of welcome and offering a life to God. Pop... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 28, 2013 / 08:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians are called to be disciples of Jesus with a mission, going out from their small circles to make disciples of all nations, Pope Francis taught today during the closing Mass of W... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 27, 2013 / 07:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The young Brazilian Felipe Passos moved the hearts of three million World Youth Day participants, including Pope Francis himself, when he told the story of how he became bound to a wheel... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 27, 2013 / 07:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of World Youth Day volunteers hope the event's innumerable pilgrims will donate their sleeping bags to the homeless to start living the Pope’s call to charity. One vo... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 27, 2013 / 06:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told the crowd of pilgrims at World Youth Day's Saturday night prayer vigil that the “field of faith” is found in their own hearts, which Christ wishes to ti... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 27, 2013 / 04:43 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A teen who crossed South America in hopes of meeting Pope Francis walked by foot because he had no money – and now he wants to return by foot “to thank those who helped him.&... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 27, 2013 / 03:49 pm (CNA).- Participants at a World Youth Day training session received a crash course in defending the Catholic faith, both in the media – including social media – and around family members, frie... Read more

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 27, 2013 / 02:46 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- This evening during World Youth Day’s vigil prayer several young people from around the world will share their personal stories of suffering and faith, the event’s organizers... Read more