The XX World Youth Day in brief

The Pope is inviting young people of the world to come to Germany and attend the 20th World Youth Day from 11 to 21 August 2005. The motto of this World Youth Day is taken from the Gospel according to Matthew: “We have come to worship Him.” After spending several Days of Encounter in dioceses all over Germany (11 to 15 August 2005), our international guests will gather with their hosts for the central events in the Archdiocese of Cologne. The Pope will appear in person at this festival of faith and encounter. With him will be an expected 800,000 young people aged between 16 and 30, 600 bishops and 4,000 journalists from all over the world. The local organization and implementation of World Youth Day is the responsibility of Weltjugendtag gGmbH in Cologne.

The press spokesman of World Youth Day – Matthias Kopp – will be pleased to assist you with any questions and to arrange interviews. You can reach him at presse@wjt2005.de. 

Press releases
You can find our latest press releases in German here.

Way of the Pope
The way of Pope Benedikt XVI through the centre of Cologne on 18 August 2005.
Way of the Pope (pdf, 1400 KB)

Information material
Would you like to order information material such as flyers, logo stickers and so on? Find out what material in German is on offer here.

List of the catecheses and bishops   
Please note: The television station must initially announced themselves  to the bishop and obtain his permission to film.  You must make the procedures yourself; we cannot obtain this permission for you.
catecheses (pdf, 40 KB)