World Youth Day 2005

The 20th World Youth Day 2005 was a Catholic youth festival that started on August 16 and continued until August 21, 2005 in Cologne, Germany. It was the first World Youth Day and foreign trip of Pope Benedict XVI, who joined the festival on August 18. This meeting was decided by the previous pope, John Paul II, during the Toronto World Youth Day of 2002. The theme was "We have come to worship Him" (from ).

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Catholic - August 16 - August 21 - 2005 - Cologne - Germany - World Youth Day - Pope Benedict XVI - August 18 - John Paul II - Toronto World Youth Day of 2002

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About 400,000 young people from 200 countries attended during the week, and more than 1,000,000 came for the weekend. They were joined by about 600 bishops and cardinals, as well as by 6,600 reporters.

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Bishops - Cardinals

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The second day of the event (August 17) was for some dominated by news of the murder of Frère Roger in Taizé, France.

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August 17 - Frère Roger - Taizé - France

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