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27 July 2003
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World Youth Day on web
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World Youth Day on web
The organisers of World Youth Day 2005 have opened a website with a preliminary schedule of events.
World Youth Day is scheduled to be held in Cologne, Germany, from August 16-21, 2005, according to the website - www.wyd2005.org - with the theme We have come to worship him.
The website is available in German and Italian. An English site will be developed soon, say the organisers.
Highlights of the event will include papal Masses on August 18 and 21, 2005, and a vigil led by the Pope on August 20.
The Days in the Diocese preceding World Youth Day will be held from August 11-15, 2005.
World Youth Day was instituted by Pope John Paul II in 1984 as a way for the Church to galvanise youth. It is held in dioceses annually, with the international celebration held every two or three years.
The website, registration will begin in summer 2004, by which time information concerning registration fees and accommodations will be available.
But the site recommends that potential pilgrims begin checking with their parishes and dioceses about organising a group trip.
A fund is being set up to assist those who otherwise could not afford the trip.
An effort will be made to billet young visitors with German families, but most will sleep in school halls and other temporary dormitories, organisers say.
The popularity of World Youth Day is such that the closing Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II in Toronto last year attracted 800,000 people.