WYD – All about the shower facilities
Madrid in August is hot, hot, hot. We’re talking two-showers-a-day hot. However, most pilgrims will be housed in group accommodation venues which means either a school gym, a community centre, or a...
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WYD – A palace, a bank, a plaza and a water fountain
Every city has it’s little secrets. Some are dark and sinister, some are just plain fabulous. After eight months in Madrid, I learned one of those neat little secrets that I put in the fabulous...
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WYD – Hollywood comes to Madrid
Film screenings, events with actors, a soundtracks concert, and a world premiere Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 17, Madrid’s “Calle Fuencarral” will be all decked out, red carpet included, to host a day...
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WYD – With a backpack on my back
If you’re watching any of our coverage of WYD, either on our digital cable network or at WYD Central, you will have undoubtedly seen WYD pilgrims with their WYD backpacks. All pilgrims receive a pack...
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WYD – Scenes of the Via Crucis in Madrid
A presentation was made of the scenes that will cover the Via Crucis (or Stations of the Cross) that will be held Friday on the Paseo de Recoletos. The WYD Via Crucis will feature pasos (statues used...
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WYD – Cuatro Vientos will be a giant celebration
World Youth Day in Madrid ends this weekend with a giant celebration. The setting for it all is Cuatro Vientos, an air base whose length is equivalent to 48 football fields–an area capable of hosting...
View ArticleWYD – Walking route to Cuatro Vientos
Alicia gives us the basics about today’s walking route that will take pilgrims from downtown Madrid to Cuatro Vientos Air Base for the prayer vigil and closing Mass with Pope Benedict XVI.
View ArticleCNS: Recap of Pope Benedict’s trip to World Youth Day
Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service’s Rome correspondent, gives us an overview of Pope Benedict’s recently-completed trip to Madrid, Spain for World Youth Day.
View Article2011 Year in Review – Perspectives Weekly
Tonight on Perspectives: The Weekly Edition, Pedro reviews the big moments of 2011. Who better to talk to than three of Salt + Light’s producers who have been there covering those events. Kris...
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Walking the talk: Spanish clergy funds diocesan food bank
The economic crisis weighing down on Europe has caused staggeringly high unemployment rates, resulting in some families losing part or all of their income. People who never had trouble making ends...
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St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Bread into roses
Yesterday the universal church celebrated Elizabeth of Portugal known in her home country as Saint Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth born in Zaragoza, Spain in 1271, she was the daughter of Peter III of...
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San Fermin: The saint behind the running of the bulls
One of the most famous feasts in Spain is that of San Fermin in the city of Pamplona. Everyone has seen the images of people dressed in white running in front of the bulls. Behind that feast is Saint...
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Madrid: One year later
A year ago Madrid was getting ready to receive the pope. The youth of the world arrived in Madrid to celebrate the faith. But one year after, were there fruits? I first thought about this when Salt...
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Where is God on the Camino?
S+L’s Kris Dmytrenko is walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain. He may write regular updates for the blog, or he may not until he reaches the end–as the spirit (and wifi availability)...
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Walk, pray, love
S+L’s Kris Dmytrenko has been walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Read his previous blog entries about the pilgrimage here. “All I have to do is walk”. This is what I told myself in the weeks...
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A pilgrim arrives
S+L’s Kris Dmytrenko has been walking the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Read his previous blog entries about the pilgrimage here. After walking 800 kilometres, I finally reached Santiago de Compostela,...
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Madrid, we’re on our way!
Trisha Villarante This week, for the little corner of the church, Opus Dei, all roads lead to Madrid! With the Beatification of Bishop Alvaro Del Portillo, the first successor of St. Josemaria,...
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Blessed Alvaro Del Portillo: Recounting the Beatification trip to Madrid and...
Trisha Villarante On September 27, 2014, as early as 7:00am, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from over 80 countries made their way to Madrid’s Parque de Valdebebas for the Beatification of Bishop...
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WYD – Mayor of Madrid invites locals to welcome youth and the Pope
The Mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruíz Gallardón, has issued his third proclamation in these eight years at the head of the Madrid City Council, this time it is addressed to all Madrilenians on the occasion...
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WYD – E-vite your friends to Madrid
Vatican and WYD launch an invitation system to get people to the event If the success of recent new social media networks is any indication, there is nothing more powerful than receiving an invitation...
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WYD – Social aid projects to focus on youth and families
Families and young people will be the beneficiaries of the two social aid projects that will emerge from World Youth Day in Madrid, which starts on Tuesday. Madrid has been the chosen site for building...
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WYD – Catechesis sessions in Madrid
You can now visit the Madrid11 website and look for all the locations for the catechesis sessions. The catechesis sessions traditionally take place from the Wednesday to Friday of WYD. In Madrid they...
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WYD 2.0
At a recent press conference, Antonio Gallo, Director of Social Networks for WYD, presented various web-based initiatives that have been underway over the past two years. In fact, the presence of the...
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WYD – Youth Festival renamed Cultural Program
Having been the Artistic Director for WYD2002 in Toronto, there is a very special place in my heart for the Youth Festival. This is the component of WYD, initiated in Paris in 1997, that allows the...
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Meet the Cardinals: Ricardo Blazquez Perez
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Spain’s newest cardinal-designate is known as an outspoken champion of peace and reconciliation — a common trait among some of the men chosen...
View ArticleOntario Doctors Fight for their Conscience Rights – Perspectives Daily
Today on Perspectives, Pope Francis’ weekly General Audience, condolences for flight crash victims in France, Ontario doctor’s take College of Physicians and Surgeons to court to fight for their...
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Ignatius of Loyola – A Conversion for the World
*Note: This post was originally published on July 31, 2012. One of the most spiritually touching moments I had in my life was last year during my work for the national committee of World Youth Day...
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Meet the Cardinals – Pope Francis Creates Five New Cardinals
CNS photo/Paul Haring From Pope Francis: I wish to announce that on Wednesday 28 June a Consistory will be held to appoint five new Cardinals. Their provenance from different parts of the world...
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Canonizations in Rome – October, 2017
In Rome, in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Francis will canonize the following: Blessed Angelo da Acri, Italian Capuchin priest (1669-1739); Blessed Faustino Miguez Gonzalez, Spanish Piarist priest,...
View ArticleSeptember 10, 2011
[singlepic id=130 w=150 h=152 float=right] Almost a month ago, 600,000 young people arrived in Madrid, Spain for the 26th World Youth Day – the largest Catholic gathering in the world. If you missed...
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