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Wood pallets are used as makeshift kneelers as youth pray after a morning Catechism session with U.S. Bishop Ed Burns Jan. 23, 2019.

Jean Ko Din in Panama: Technical difficulties

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong today.
  • January 23, 2019
World Youth Day pilgrims hold candles during a prayer vigil in 2016 with Pope Francis at the Field of Mercy in Krakow, Poland.

Jean Ko Din in Panama: World Youth Day is a vision of heaven

We are united in the name of the Lord.
  • January 21, 2019
Yassiel Barranco, 21, Ivan Lopez, 20, and Liz Marie, 17, pray during a vigil for young people at the Church of Christ the Redeemer April 22 outside Panama City. World Youth Day 2019 will be celebrated Jan. 22-27 in Panama City.

Jean Ko Din in Panama: Renewing my devotion to Mary at World Youth Day

As much as I want to travel light for this pilgrimage, I'm letting myself bring one book to World Youth Day – St. Louis de Montfort's True Devotion to Mary.
  • January 20, 2019