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World Youth Day 2013 Rio de Janeiro in numbers (Official)

Official figures for World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (WYD 2013)

3.7 million people attended the Closing Mass at Copacabana Beach
3.5 million people attended the Vigil with the Pope at Copacabana Beach
600, 000 people attended the opening Mass of the World Youth Day 2013 at Copacabana Beach
The total contribution by tourists and pilgrims during the event reached US$ 1.8 billion
1.2 million people attended the Welcoming Ceremony for the Pope at Copacabana Beach
2 million people attended the Via Crucis at Copacabana Beach (the Way of the Cross)
427,000 registered pilgrims
175 countries represented by the pilgrims from all over the world
356,400 pilgrims registered with accommodations
356 400 vacancies available for hosting family homes and institutions (vacant unregistered spaces)
72.7% of the visitors and pilgrims visited Brazil for the very first time
70,000 downloads on the official website of WYD Rio2013 (http://www.rio2013.com/en)
Over 200,000 hits on the site’s official WYD Rio2013 (http://www.rio2013.com/en)
More than 1.1 million Facebook likes on WYD Rio2013 site (http://www.rio2013.com/en)
10,000 downloads in the official WYD Rio2013 Flickr site
644 bishops registered (including 28 cardinals) for WYD 2013
7,814 priests registered for WYD 2013
632 deacons registered for WYD 2013
6400 journalists accredited to cover the WYD to 57 countries
264 places of catechesis, in 25 languages​​
60,000 volunteers helped out in WYD 2013 Rio de Janeiro
More than 800 participating artists from Central Acts
100 confessionals were exhibited at the Fair Vocational and Largo da Carioca
4 million Communion host produced for the whole WYD 2013 event – 800,000 for the Closing Mass alone (insufficient for the actual 3.7 million people attending)
345 tons of organic waste and 45 tons of recyclables during WYD Rio2013 (10% less than that recorded in the New Year celebration of Rio de Janeiro)
55% of the public enrolled at WYD are female
60% of the public enrolled at WYD are between 19 and 34 years (young adults and late teenagers)

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Website for World Youth Day 2016 Krakow has been launched

http://www.krakow2016.com/en/

The site above is the website for World Youth Day 2016, which has been launched today.

It may still be three years away, but let us prepare from now on, all the preparations to ensure that the World Youth Day at Krakow, the beloved city of Blessed Pope John Paul II will be as successful as the one held in Madrid (2011) and Rio de Janeiro (2013) and all the previous World Youth Day celebrations.

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World Youth Day 2016 will be in Krakow, Poland

We thank the Lord for His grace and kindness, in blessing the World Youth Day 2013 (28th World Youth Day) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that it was a huge success and indeed was a unique experience to the multitudes who attended the event directly and those who followed the events from home and through the social media.

As it had been announced by Pope Francis in the Closing Mass at Copacabana Beach, the next World Youth Day, due in 2016 will be held in Krakow, Poland, the birthplace of Blessed Pope John Paul II (soon to be Pope St. John Paul II) and the year 2016 also marked the 1050th anniversary since the conversion of Poland to Christianity. This will be the 29th World Youth Day since it’s beginning in 1980 by Blessed Pope John Paul II himself.

We pray that the Lord will bless the next World Youth Day in Krakow just as He had blessed the one which had just finished in Rio de Janeiro. We thank all those who had worked hard to make sure that the event is a great success. God bless all! God bless our Church!

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Official Booklet for the World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Click to access LIVRO_LITURGICO_ENG_APP_19072013140954.pdf

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Official booklet for the entire celebrations of World Youth Day 2013 (Mass, Vigil, prayers, etc.), currently ongoing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (23 – 28 July 2013) is available at the site above in PDF format. It is also downloadable as PDF file from the website above.

Pray for the success of the World Youth Day 2013. Go and make disciples of all the nations!

Yours in Christ

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(Reminder) Official Schedule of Pope Francis in World Youth Day 2013 (23-28 July 2013) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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http://www.romereports.com/palio/popes-brazil-schedule-released-as-rio-gets-ready-for-world-youth-day-english-9964.html#.UYjtL8rTc78

http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/05/07/news/30948.html

Pope Francis’ complete schedule for the World Youth Day 2013 celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil had been released by the Vatican. As the schedule above is in Italian, I will translate it as best as I can into English here.

The Schedule (The times depicted are local time, Rome time = UTC+2 and Rio de Janeiro time = UTC-3) :

 

Monday, 22 July 2013

08.45 am (Rome Time) : Departure from Rome’s Ciampino Airport to Rio de Janeiro

04.00 pm (Rio Time) : Arrival at the Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro

05.00 pm : Welcome ceremony for Pope Francis at the Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro

05.40 pm : Visit by Pope Francis to the President of Brazil at the same Guanabara Palace

 

Pope Francis will then stay at a private residence in the Sumare region of Rio de Janeiro. No event scheduled for Tuesday, 23 July 2013

 

Wednesday, 24 July 2013 

08.15 am (Rio Time) : Pope Francis will depart his residence at Sumare by helicopter to visit the famous Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida

09.30 am : Pope Francis arrives at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida
10.00 am : Pope Francis will venerate an image of the Virgin Mary at the Basilica located in the Hall of the Sanctuary of the Twelve Apostles

10.30 am : Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida

01.00 pm : Pope Francis will have lunch with the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Aparecida and the seminarians of the Seminary of Aparecida

04.10 pm : Pope Francis will return to Rio de Janeiro from Aparecida by helicopter

05.25 pm : Pope Francis is scheduled to return to Rio de Janeiro by helicopter

06.30 pm : Pope Francis will visit the St. Francis Assisi Hospital in Rio de Janeiro

 

Thursday, 25 July 2013
07.30 am : Private Mass led by Pope Francis in his official WYD 2013 residence in Sumare, Rio de Janeiro

09.45 am : Pope Francis will receive the keys of the city of Rio de Janeiro and he will also bless the Olympic Flags of Rio de Janeiro (will be host for 2016 Olympics) at the city square of Rio de Janeiro

11.00 am : Pope Francis will visit the slum community of Varginha (Manguinhos)

06.00 pm : Pope Francis will receive youths attending the WYD 2013 at the Copacabana waterfront area, Rio de Janeiro

 

Friday, 26 July 2013

07.30 am : Private Mass led by Pope Francis in his official WYD 2013 residence in Sumare, Rio de Janeiro

10.00 am : Pope Francis will conduct confession sessions with youths attending WYD 2013 in the Quinta da Boa Vista Park of Rio de Janeiro

11.30 am : Pope Francis will meet some young prisoners at the Archbishop’s Palace at Rio de Janeiro

12.00 pm : Pope Francis will lead Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Archbishop’s Palace

12.15 pm : Pope Francis will greet the organising committee and benefactors of WYD 2013 in the Archbishop’s Palace, Rio de Janeiro

01.00 pm : Pope Francis will have lunch with youths at the Archbishop’s Palace

06.00 pm : Way of the Cross led by Pope Francis at the Copacabana waterfront, Rio de Janeiro

 

Saturday, 27 July 2013

09.00 am : Holy Mass with the bishops, priests, seminarians, and religious at the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of San Sebastian Rio de Janeiro (Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro)

11.30 am : Pope Francis will meet with the leaders of Brazil in the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro

01.00 pm : Pope Francis will have lunch with the Cardinals of Brazil, the President of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil, bishops of the Rio de Janeiro region, and the Papal entourage of WYD 2013 in the Sumare residence, Rio de Janeiro

07.30 pm : Pope Francis will lead the prayer vigil with the youths at Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro

 

Sunday, 28 July 2013

10.00 am : Holy Mass of the Closing of WYD 2013 at Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro.

12.00 am : Pope Francis will lead the recitation of the Angelus prayer at Guaratiba

02.00 pm : Pope Francis will have lunch with the Papal entourage of WYD 2013 in the Sumare residence, Rio de Janeiro

04.00 pm : Pope Francis will meet with the leaders of CELAM, the Latin American Episcopal Conference at Sumare, Rio de Janeiro

04.40 pm : Pope Francis leaves the Sumare residence

05.30 pm : Pope Francis will meet with the volunteers of the WYD 2013 at Hall 5 of Rio Centre, Rio de Janeiro

06.30 pm : Farewell ceremony at the Galeao International Airport of Rio de Janeiro

07.00 pm : Departure from the Galeao International Airport to return to Rome

 

Monday, 29 July 2013

11.30 am (Rome Time) : Arrival at the Ciampino Airport of Rome

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On the Future Canonisation of Blessed Pope John XXIII and Blessed Pope John Paul II

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The two great Popes of the last century, both of whom had been recognised as Blessed, through the virtues of their life and miracles attributed to them, will be declared Saints, in a ceremony likely to be scheduled at the end of this year (2013).

Both Blessed Pope John XXIII and Blessed Pope John Paul II, who was made a Blessed just two years ago on 1 May 2011, had each left their incredible and remarkable footprint in the path of history, both in the history of the Church, and in the history of the world and mankind.

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Blessed Pope John XXIII was known to be a great man of peace, and above all things seek to embrace peace and cooperation, between mankind, and also begun the process of Ecumenism in order to reunite the divided fragments of God’s Church back into the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church that is our Church.

He was also known for his Encyclical Pacem in Terris (Peace on earth), which was released just months after the world was almost engulfed in an all-out nuclear war between the two superpowers, the United States of America (USA) and the Soviet Union (USSR) during the height of the Cold War in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Blessed Pope John XXIII worked hard ceaselessly to promote peace between the parties in conflict, for the good of all mankind, all of whom are the children of the same one God.

Blessed Pope John XXIII also convoked the Second Vatican Council, which brought the Church in line with the developments in the world, and also to make the Church more relevant in the increasingly rapid new developments in our world, and the rise of apathy towards religion in general. He would pass away before the Council was completed, but his legacy continued on until today.

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Blessed Pope John Paul II ‘the Great’ was a well-known Pope, a Pope of youths, and a hardworking Pope, who travelled around the world to visit all the flocks of the Lord that had been entrusted to him as the Successor of St. Peter the Apostle, as the Vicar of Christ. He was instrumental in the end of Communism in Eastern Europe, ending persecutions against the people of the faith, and also open boundaries and barriers that had been long in place since the beginning of the Cold War.

Blessed Pope John Paul II has also renewed the zeal for the faith amongst many around the world, and especially in youths, to whom he dedicated a special event, the World Youth Day, in order to commemorate the faith, particularly amongst the youths of the faith, around the globe. He inspired many through his works, his Encyclicals, and especially his perseverance despite being troubled with a worsening Parkinson’s disease condition, that made him to labour until his passing on 2 April 2005.

Both Popes had been very influential, hardworking, and very holy leaders of the One Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and they had done much to strengthen the faith and the Church, and bring God closer to many, bringing them closer to salvation.

I hope to soon be able to ask for the intercessions of Pope St. John XXIII and Pope St. John Paul II the Great, and I pray that they will intercede for us sinners around the world, and pray for us, till we are greeted by them at the doors of heaven when it is time for us to be with the Lord again. Now we wait for the official announcement on the date of the Canonisation.

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Blessed Pope John XXIII, pray for us!

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Blessed Pope John Paul II, pray for us!

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Installation, Inauguration, and Thanksgiving Mass for Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye, the new Archbishop of Singapore

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The new Archbishop of Singapore, Archbishop William Goh Seng Chye, having taken over officially on Saturday, 18 May 2013 after the Holy See accepted the resignation of the now Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo, will be installed at the cathedra of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, the mother church of the Church in Singapore.

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Archbishop William Goh was the Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore and being a coadjutor, in conjunction with the Code of the Canon Law, has the right to immediately succeed the Archbishop upon his resignation being accepted by the Holy See.

This Installation Mass will also be an Inauguration Mass for the ministry of the new Archbishop and also a thanksgiving for both the new Archbishop and for the service of the now Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Chia.

 

Details on the Mass :

Location : Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, ‘A’ Queen Street, Singapore

Time : Friday, 24 May 2013 at 10.30 am (on Vesak Day – Public Holiday)

 

As Archbishop William Goh has officially taken over the duty as the Ordinary of the Archdiocese, he immediately resides in the official residence of the Archbishop in the Archbishop’s House, located within the Cathedral grounds.

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Meanwhile, Archbishop Emeritus Nicholas Chia will transfer his residence to the Catholic Spirituality Centre in Hougang, Singapore, where Archbishop William Goh had resided during his term as the Coadjutor Archbishop.

 

God bless our new Archbishop and we also pray for our Archbishop Emeritus, that in his retirement he will continue to do great works for the sake of the Lord.

Ad multos annos, His Excellency Archbishop William Goh!

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Pope Francis’ Schedule of Celebrations and Events from May to July 2013 (After Pentecost to World Youth Day)

http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/05/17/news/31002.html

Pope Francis’ schedule for the months of May to July 2013 (After Pentecost Sunday to World Youth Day 2013)

 

May 2013

 

Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 6 pm in the Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican

Profession of faith with the bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI)

 

Sunday, 26 May 2013 at 9.30 am (Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity)

Visit to the Parish of St. Elizabeth and Zachary in the Diocese of Rome, followed by Holy Mass

 

Thursday, 30 May 2013 at 7 pm in the Lateran Square (in front of the Lateran Basilica)

Holy Mass of the Solemnity of the Most Precious Body and Blood of our Lord (Corpus Christi), followed by Eucharistic Adoration and Procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

 

June 2013

 

Sunday, 2 June 2013 (9th Ordinary Sunday) at 6 pm in the Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican

Eucharistic Adoration

 

Sunday, 16 June 2013 (11th Ordinary Sunday)at 10.30 am in the St. Peter’s Square, Vatican

Holy Mass to commemorate the Encyclical (by Blessed Pope John Paul II) Evangelium Vitae, on the Sanctity of Life (Literal : The Gospel of Life)

 

Saturday, 29 June 2013 at 9.30 am in the Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican

Holy Mass of the great Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, with the imposition of the pallium on the newly appointed Metropolitan Archbishops by the Pope

 

July 2013

 

Sunday, 7 July 2013 (14th Ordinary Sunday) at 9.30 am in the Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican

Holy Mass with seminarians and religious novices

 

Monday, 22 July 2013 – Monday, 29 July 2013

World Youth Day 2013 celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil