Pope Francis at Angelus: Panama to host WYD 2019
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
on Sunday announced that Panama is to host the 2019 edition of World Youth Day.
He made the announcement at the conclusion of the closing Mass for WYD Krakow
2016, just ahead of the Angelus prayer.
The full text of the
Holy Father's prepared remarks, including the announcement, can be found below
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At the conclusion of this
celebration, I join all of you in thanking God, the Father of infinite mercy,
for allowing us to experience this World Youth Day. I thank Cardinal
Dziwisz and Cardinal Ryłko for their kind words and especially for the work and
prayer with which they have prepared for this event. I also thank all
those who have contributed to its successful outcome. Also, a big word of
thanks goes to you, dear young people! You filled Krakow with the
contagious enthusiasm of your faith. Saint John Paul II has rejoiced from
heaven, and he will help you spread the joy of the Gospel everywhere.
In these days, we have
experienced the beauty of our universal fraternity in Christ, the centre and
hope of our lives. We have heard his voice, the voice of the Good
Shepherd who dwells in our midst. He has spoken to each of you in your
heart. He has renewed you by his love and he has shown you the light of
his forgiveness, the power of his grace. He has made you experience the
reality of prayer. These days have given you a spiritual “breath of fresh
air” that will help you live lives of mercy once you return to your own
countries and communities.
Here, beside the altar, is
the image of the Virgin Mary venerated by Saint John Paul II in the shrine of
Kalwaria. Mary, our Mother, teaches us how we can make our experience
here in Poland be productive. She tells us to do what she did: not to
squander the gift you have received, but to treasure it in your heart so it can
grow and bear fruit, with the help of the Holy Spirit. In this way, each
of you, for all your limitations and failings, can be a witness to Christ
wherever you live: at home, in your parishes, in your associations and groups,
and your places of study, work, service, entertainment… wherever God’s
providence will lead you.
God’s providence is
always one step ahead of us. Think: it has already determined the next
stop in this great pilgrimage begun in 1985 by Saint John Paul II! So now
I am happy to announce that the next World Youth Day – after the two that will
be held on the diocesan level – will take place in 2019 in Panama.
Trusting in the intercession
of Mary, let us ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten and sustain the journey of
young people in the Church and in the world, and make you disciples and
witnesses to God’s mercy.
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