Special SLHour: Remembering WYDs from Buenos Aires to Lisbon

Saturday, July 29, 2023

Salt + Light Hour

On this special edition of the SLHOUR we remember the first 34 years of World Youth Days, and we hear theme songs from Buenos Aires to Panama.

WYD Krakow

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Alicia Ambrosio

I have never experienced World Youth Day as a pilgrim, and yet I’m a huge fan of the event. In 2008 I had just joined Salt + Light (filling in for a colleague who had decided to volunteer for WYD Sydney) and was part of the team in Toronto that helped get our Sydney team’s […]

Meet the Cardinals: Orani Joao Tempesta – Rio de Janeiro

Monday, February 10, 2014

Salt + Light Media

By Lise Alves Catholic News Service SAO PAULO (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Orani Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro said he was surprised that Pope Francis named him a cardinal, but friends and thousands of Brazilian Catholics saw it coming. At the end of World Youth Day in July in Rio de Janeiro, several Brazilian newspapers and […]

Six months with Pope Francis

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Deacon Pedro

Recently I looked at something I wrote six months ago when Pope Francis had just been elected. Someone had asked me if he was going to be a progressive pope. My response was that I thought Pope Francis would be taking the Church where she needs to go. What I have found most surprising of […]

Photo of the Day: WYD Rio Vigil

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Alicia Ambrosio

Pope Francis watches as young people dramatize building a church, during the WYD Rio 2013 vigil on Copacabana Beach. The performance was inspired by God’s call to St. Francis “rebuild my church” and symbolized the constructive role of young people in today’s church. — (CNS Photo/ Paul Haring)

Reliving WYD 2013 – Vigil on Copacabana Beach

Friday, August 16, 2013

Alicia Ambrosio

The final days of World Youth Day Rio were an exercise is letting God surprise us all. Days of rain made the field at Guaratiba unusable and the final events were moved to Copacabana Beach. Cariocas (residents of Rio) are used to having parties on the beach. They have two giant parties there every year: […]

WYD reflects on how to be a disciple

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Carlos Ferreira

World youth Day Rio has released a series of videos called “Discipulus.” These videos are reflections on discipleship and the many ways of being disciples. In today’s video the reflection is focused on the word intimacy.

“The youthful city that welcomes brothers in faith with generosity!”

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Carlos Ferreira

The local organizing committee of WYD Rio 2013 organized a visit of the historic image of Saint Sebastian, patron saint of the City of Rio, to various places in the diocese. In the photo above we see the Archbishop of Rio, João Orani Tempesta leading the processions to what was, until recently, one of the […]

Registration WYD Rio officially open

Friday, August 31, 2012

Carlos Ferreira

Registration for WYD Rio 2013 is officially open. Pilgrims must be registered in groups and the number of pilgrims in each group cannot be more than 50. Each pilgrim group needs to have a leader and a second-leader. If the groups are co-ed the team leaders should be a man and a woman. All Canadian […]

A symbol of Holiness?

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Carlos Ferreira

The longest serving cardinal in the Catholic Church was buried yesterday in Rio de Janeiro. Cardinal Eugenio Sales died last Monday and his requiem mass took place yesterday at Rio’s Cathedral of Saint Sebastian. During the ceremony a dove landed on the casket and stayed there for almost an hour. Cardinal Sales was made cardinal […]