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Vatican Asks Dioceses to Promote Local World Youth Day Celebrations

Daniel IbanezPilgrims await Pope Francis’ arrival in Panama City’s Campo San Juan Pablo II for the Vigil ceremony at World Youth Day on Jan. 26, 2019.

Pope Francis announced last November that these local youth celebrations should take place on the Solemnity of Christ the King starting in 2021. They had formerly been held on Palm Sunday.