WYD2016 - A SS102fm Round up!

Trying to keep up with WYD2016 coverage would be a full time job so we are going to pull a few bits and pieces together for you in the post below and it will be updated throughout the next few days if we find other bits and pieces.




General articles

However, to get the best flavour of WYD2016 you need to see the photos - so check out the official WYD2016 facebook and also #wyd2016 on twitter.

Rather than link to every article, check out the Vatican Radio coverage at their tag here and
Crux coverage at their tag here

• Confessions of a World Youth Day convert
• “WYD bureaucracy is Kafka meets Enid Blyton – but I ended up being thankful for it
• Is WYD all about shouting and cheering? That depends on who you are with
• CNA - Syrian brothers reunite at WYD, and ask the world to pray
• CNA - He designed the World Youth Day banners. But he didn’t live to see the Pope.
• In Krakow, The Shadow of Memory... and "The Lord of Risk"

Friday

This is the way a priest should welcome someone to confession.
This is the way the church should welcome everyone. - Fr James Martin SJ
(CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

• Pope Francis at WYD Way of the Cross: Jesus Suffers With Those Who Suffer  
• Anger at BBC’s report of Pope’s visit to Auschwitz
• Pope In Poland: Address at Conclusion of the Way of the Cross



Saturday - The Great Vigil at Campus Misericordia

• Pope Francis holds vigil near Kraków amid tension over refugees
• Pope says fallen world prefers ‘couch potatoes’ to youth who are awake
• Francis delivers homage to John Paul II with morning of mercy
• CNA - Pope makes unexpected stop at Franciscan monastery
• At Franciscan Monastery, Pope Prays for Peace and End to Violence



 





Sunday - the Closing Mass and Announcement of location of WYD2019

• Do not be afraid to trust in mercy, pope tells millions at closing WYD Mass
• Pope Francis: WYD Krakow 2016 final Mass homily (full text)
• NCR - Francis asks world's youth to be vanguard of a 'new humanity'
• CNA - Panama to host next WYD in 2019, Pope announces

 

 

UPDATES

 

World Youth Day is over. Now the hard work of living its message begins

UPDATE 2

Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick gave three talks at WYD, you can read his talks No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.

UPDATE 3

[Video] Bishop Barron's World Youth Day Recap
 

For the cute factor at WYD: