World Youth Day 2011 was in Madrid.
World Youth Day was on the 28th of March in 2010. It was one of the years where it was celebrated at local level, rather than having a large gathering in a designated venue.
The next World Youth Day will be held in July 2013 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
The Holy See arranges with different metropolitan sees to host World Youth Day, Spain was chosen in 2011.
World Youth Day (WYD) is being held in Rio from July 23 to 28, 2013. WYD is celebrated every 2 -3 years in different cities around the world. the last one was held in Madrid in 2011.
World Youth Day was created in 1984.
in 1999, Thailand
youth day is celbrated on the 15th of June
The concepts behind World Youth Day are evangelization and catechesis.
The Pope went to Australia for World Youth Day in 2008.
When Pope John Paul II first held a World Youth Day, I suppose he thought of it in Rome, here were the first ones that he held (from Wikipedia)1987 WYD was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1989 WYD took place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 1991 WYD was held in Czestochowa, Poland. WYD 1993 was celebrated in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Nope, World Youth Day 2008 is going to be in Sydney, Australia.