World Youth Day 2005

XX World Youth Day 2005

Date	August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)- August 21, 2005 (2005-08-21)
Location	Cologne, Germany
Type	Youth festival
Theme	We have come to worship Him (Matthew 2:2)
Song	Venimus adorare eum

The 20th World Youth Day (German: XX. Weltjugendtag Köln) was a Catholic youth festival that started on August 16 and continued until August 21, 2005 in Cologne, Germany. It was the first World Youth Day and foreign trip of Pope Benedict XVI, who joined the festival on August 18. This meeting was decided by the previous pope, John Paul II, during the Toronto World Youth Day of 2002. The theme was "We have come to worship Him" (from Matthew 2:2).

About 400,000 young people from 200 countries attended during the week, and more than 1,000,000 came for the weekend. They were joined by about 600 bishops and cardinals, as well as by 6,600 reporters.

The Pope's Apostolic Journey to Germany 1
- August 18 1.1
- August 19 1.2
- August 20 1.3
- August 21 1.4
Attending groups 2
Photographic gallery 3
See also 4
References 5
External links 6

The Pope's Apostolic Journey to Germany

“

Do not be deterred from taking part in Sunday Mass, and help others to discover it too. This is because the Eucharist releases the joy that we need so much, and we must learn to grasp it ever more deeply, we must learn to love it.^[1]

”

— Pope Benedict XVI

Pilgrims in front of Cologne Cathedral

Pilgrims in Bonn

Pilgrims watch Pope Benedict XVI celebrating Mass on big screens

Originally, Pope John Paul II was to attend the World Youth Day in Cologne. After he died earlier in 2005, it was instead his successor Pope Benedict XVI's first apostolic journey. Most pilgrims to the World Youth Day made their plans to come while John Paul II was still Pope, and had hoped to see him. Before Pope Benedict XVI led the central mass, he met with several politicians and others.

August 18

12:00 The Pope arrived at Köln-Bonn Airport
16:45–18:00 Journey on the Rhine, the Pope spoke in Köln-Poll
18:15 The Pope visited Cologne Cathedral

August 19

10:30 The Pope met with German President Horst Köhler at Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn
12:00 The Pope visited Roonstrasse Synagogue in Cologne. The synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis in 1938 and was rebuilt in the 1950s.
5:00 The Pope met with and prayed vespers with seminarians from over 80 nations at St. Pantaleon.

August 20

10.00 The Pope met with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, president of the Federal Diet Wolfgang Thierse, Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union Angela Merkel and the minister-president of North Rhine-Westphalia Jürgen Rüttgers

The Pope issued a plenary indulgence for those attending World Youth Day, with a partial indulgence available to all who pray fervently, with a contrite heart, that Christian youth

be strengthened in the profession of the Faith;
be confirmed in love and reverence towards their parents; and
form a firm resolution to follow "the holy norms of the Gospel and Mother Church" in living out their present or future family life, or whatever vocation they are called to by God.

August 21

An estimated 1,000,000 people, after camping outdoors all night, joined Pope Benedict XVI for the concluding Mass in the vast Marienfeld near the village of Kerpen. Participants too far away to see the pope in the vast field watched the services on more than 15 large television screens.^[2]

Attending groups

Numerous interest groups attended World Youth Day: schools, universities, church groups, and new movements were all well represented by their attendance.

Photographic gallery

Pilgrims waiting for the Pope in the Rhin
Pilgrims
Meeting with the Pope
Pilgrims at the doors of the Cologne Cathedral
Arrival of the Pope to Cologne crossing the Rhin
Flag with the logo of the WYD 2005
Opening's party at Bonn
Map of Marienfeld
Reveller at Aachen
Opening festivities
Cheering pilgrims wade into the Rhine during the pope's ride on the Rhine in Cologne
Thousands of sleeping Pilgrims in the night of 20th/21st August 2005 at 3:00 in the morning

References

^ Closing Mass Homily
^ CNN

External links

Current information on World Youth Day
Documents of the Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Benedict XVI. from the Vatican
Official Website of the XX World Youth Day 2005
Better World Links on the World Youth Day 2005 (German)
World Youth Day News and Background from the Deutsche Welle

World Youth Day

International level celebrations

St John Paul II Rome 1984 Rome 1985 Buenos Aires 1987 Santiago de Compostela 1989 Częstochowa 1991 Denver 1993 Manila 1995 Paris 1997 Rome 2000 Toronto 2002 Benedict XVI Cologne 2005 Sydney 2008 Madrid 2011 Francis Rio de Janeiro 2013 Kraków 2016

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