VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will visit one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, or slums, during his weeklong visit to Brazil for World Youth Day, his first ...

After seeing the Pope and encountering over a million fellow young people who share their faith, many young people explicitly attest to feeling as if they have been in the presence of God.

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI lamented the "superficiality, consumerism and hedonism" of contempo...

World Youth Day is big. Really big. But amidst the crowds and the inconveniences, it also has been an opportunity for many little but oftentimes unforgettable moments.

Not all of the visitors in Madrid this week for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day are celebrating. Abortion and the Church's policy on contracepti...

Footage of Pope Benedict XVI arriving in Madrid for this week's World Youth Day festivities. Click over to our World Youth Day photo gallery for more ...

Catholic priests have been empowered to forgive the sin of abortion during this week's World Youth Day festivities in Madrid, Spain. Church officials ...

The energy of over a million pilgrims seeking Jesus is palpable here, as is the joyful encounter with Christ that is taking place at huge events like this outdoor liturgy.

This week hundreds of thousands of young Catholics from countries around the world are descending on Madrid, Spain to celebrate the Catholic Church's ...

By David Gibson c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) Sending a small band of young people to talk about condoms at World Youth Day, the triennial C...

Many expressed the significance of what it meant to be a part of something much larger than themselves, as was evident in sharing the same faith and holding the same convictions, whether praying to God, Dios, or Dieu.