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| The Last Day of Lent |
| International Family Day |
| A Day of Repentance |
| World Youth Day |
Your answer was: World Youth Day. |
Answer: The Catholic Church celebrates World Youth Day (WYD) every year on Palm Sunday at the diocesan and local levels across the world. It was the initiative of Pope John Paul II who had invited the faithful to Rome to celebrate the Holy Year of the Redemption in 1983/84, marking the 1,950th anniversary of the death of Christ. In 1984, more than 300,000 young people from all over the world took up the Pope’s invitation and came to Rome for an International Jubilee of Youth on Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Square. The following year, 1985, had been proclaimed by the UN as the “International Year of Youth”, and organizers in the Vatican called for another such youth rally for the occasion. More than 250,000 young people responded to the Pope’s invitation and came to Rome on Palm Sunday that year. Later, the Pope announced the institution of World Youth Day on December 20, 1985, and the first official WYD was held in 1986. 'World Youth Day' on LaityFamilyLife.va THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF YOUTH POSTCARDS 
 The Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, by Lello Scorzelli Jesus Christ and the Youth, by Trento Longaretti Pope John Paul II With Children, by Dina Bellotti 
A Crowd of Youth Advancing in the Form of a Cross, by Stefania Siragusa P73-P76 (1985) |
