Canadians urged to share World Youth Day joy
The message to Canadian pilgrims at World Youth Day was clear: Get on social media and share the Good News.
Canadian volunteers avoid sticky situation in Panama
PANAMA CITY – Unexpected challenges are part of the job description when you’re working as a volunteer at World Youth Day Panama, but what Ana Sanchez didn’t expect was that it could also be dangerous.
Pilgrim’s diary: The adventure begins
'The Pope's youth': Pilgrims get warm welcome in Panama
Jean Ko Din in Panama: World Youth Day is a vision of heaven
Latin American young adults go home for World Youth Day
When 27-year-old David Figueroa found out this year’s World Youth Day was going to be hosted in Panama, so close to his home country of Colombia, he was more than excited to be a part of the event.
A whole other world outside World Youth Day
PANAMA CITY
Panama City will be packed during World Youth Day, especially along the “Cinta Costera,” where most events will be held.
Panama pilgrims packing plenty of anticipation
EDMONTON – A much smaller group of pilgrims than usual is heading off to World Youth Day from Edmonton this week. But the anticipation is huge.
Myriam Guevara Mann still remembers looking out to a crowd of 800,000 people before she danced the biggest show of her life.
Canadian pilgrims ready to absorb ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience of World Youth Day
José Murillo is the only one in his family who hasn’t been back to Panama City since they immigrated to Canada about 12 years ago.
2018: Year of Youth
Youth issues took centre stage in the Catholic Church this year, and it’s very likely they will stay there in the new year.
Toronto parish steps up for Panama World Youth Day pilgrims
Alicia Escobar was 10 years old when Pope St. John Paul II came to Toronto in 2002 for World Youth Day. She was too young to participate but remembers the excitement, and now she’s looking forward to experiencing that for herself.
Despite declining health, Pope John Paul II made good on his promise on July 23, 1984 by stepping off a plane in Toronto to attend World Youth Day celebrations. The Register covered every angle of the massive event, including the Pope’s arrival at Pearson airport, as Christl Dabu reported in the paper’s special World Youth Day 2002 edition: