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World Youth Day 2013 ( pt, Jornada Mundial da Juventude de 2013), stylized WYDRio2013, was the 14th international

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, an international

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event focused on religious faith and youth. The host city of World Youth Day 2013 was

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, as announced by

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at the end of the closing

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of World Youth Day 2011 in

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. The events were scheduled to be held from 23 July to 28 July 2013. World Youth Day 2013 was the second World Youth Day to be held in

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; the second to be held in

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with the first being held in

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, in April 1987; and the third to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. Additionally, World Youth Day 2013 was the first World Youth Day to be held in a country whose primary language is

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, and the first for

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. The event was attended by over 3 million people.

Theme

On 24 August 2011, Pope Benedict XVI announced the theme for World Youth Day 2013. Taken from the

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, the theme will be "Go and make disciples of all peoples" ( Matthew 28:19).

Patron saints

On Pentecost Sunday, 27 May 2012, the World Youth Day Office released the names of the official patron saints for WYD2013. The saints and blesseds chosen include: Patrons: Our Lady of Aparecida, Saint Sebastian, Saint Anthony of St. Ann Galvão, Saint Therese of Lisieux,

Blessed John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

. Intercessors: Saint Rose de Lima, Saint Teresa of Los Andes, Blessed Laura Vicuña, Saint José de Anchieta, Blessed Albertina Berkenbrock, Blessed Chiara Luce Badano, Blessed Sister Dulce, Blessed Adílio Daronch, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Blessed Isidore Bakanja, Blessed Frederick Ozanam, Saint George, Saint Andrew Kim and Companions.

Logo

Day 2013 logo incorporates colors and famous symbols of Rio de Janeiro, including the Christ the Redeemer statue, the

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, and

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and water. The logo was designed by Gustavo Huguenin, a native of Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro. The logo design was based on the official World Youth Day 2013 theme of the

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from the

, and includes the use of colours found in Brazilian flag. The unveiling of the official logo was postponed by

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out of respect to the January 2011 natural disasters. The logo was later revealed on 7 February 2012. The official logo was presented to President Dilma Rousseff by Rio de Janeiro governor, Sérgio Cabral Filho on DVD.

Official song

The official song for World Youth Day 2013 was released on 14 September 2012, titled "Esperança do Amanhecer".

Media

The official website for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro was www.rio2013.com and offered social networking through

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and

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. From 22–29 July 2013, the youth website Xt3.com webcast all the major events live from Rio de Janeiro, allowing pilgrims from all over the world to participate in World Youth Day online. Inés San Martín was the head of international communication.

Pre-World Youth Day incidents

In July 2013 it was reported that 320,000 young people had registered for this World Youth Day, although one million had been predicted by the organizers. A Brazilian newspaper reported that Rio organizers had unsuccessfully sought additional funding from government leaders. A bus-truck crash in western

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( Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni) on 17 July killed 21-year-old Sophie Moriniere, a member of a

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WYD group, and wounded six others of the 23 young WYD pilgrims from France on the bus. Moriniere had been serving as a special correspondent for Notre Dame Radio. The bus was reportedly on its way to Kourou, French Guiana.

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Emmanuel Lafont Emmanuel Marie Philippe Louis Lafont (born 26 October 1945) is a French prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Cayenne in French Guiana from 2004 to 2020. Lafont was born in Paris and studied in France and Rome; the Pontifical Gregor ...

of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cayenne (Latin: ''Dioecesis Caiennensis''; French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dia ...

in Cayenne celebrated a Mass for the crash victims, while Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, asked members of his Archdiocese to pray for the victims.

's Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B., sent a formal message of condolence. A travel firm's bankruptcy affected pilgrims in 20 US dioceses. Cardinal Barbarin canceled his participation after suffering a heart incident in Guyane, where 700 French WYD pilgrims were stranded due to airliner failure.

References

External links

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Catholic Pilgrim Office - World Youth Day headquartersWYD RIO 2013
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Live Webcast for World Youth Day 2013
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