Kami ang ikatlong pinakamalaking Katolikong bansa sa mundo. Walong porsiyento ng mga Pilipino ang mga Katoliko. Kami ang pinaka-matao sa bansa na Katoliko sa Asya. Marami sa aming mga fiestas at ang aming mga araw-araw na buhay ay nakatanim na may Katolikong paniniwala at gawain. Marami sa atin ay ipinangalan sa mga santo at martir. Ang ating mga pagdiriwang ng pagbibinyag, pakikipag-isa, pagkumpirma, kasal, kahit kamatayan ay mga sakramento na Katoliko.
Nang dumalaw si Pope Francis sa bansa noong 2015, nahimok siya sa diwa ng mga taong sumasama bilang isang malakas na puwersa. Ipinakita namin sa mundo kung gaano kalakas ang ating pananampalataya sa Diyos. Alam natin kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng pananampalatayang Katoliko sa ating buhay, kung bakit nga, patuloy pa rin tayong gumagawa ng mga mortal na kasalanan ng pangangalunya, poligamya; Bakit mayroong maraming mga krimen sa mga kalye tulad ng pagnanakaw, pagdaraya, panggagahasa; Bakit may sobrang katiwalian, droga, at iba pa? Ano ang nangyari mali?
The county's hosting of the next world youth day (WYD) is seen as an opportunity to showcase to the world the progress happening nationwide under the my administration's "Golden Age of Infrastructure". The Philippines is the third largest Catholic country in the world and also bound to gain more in terms of tourism and, at the same time, prove to the world that the Philippines is a safe place to visit and secure country to hold international events. The Philippine edition of the biennial event for young people organized by the Catholic Church is expected to be held in Metro Manila and Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte.
It would be held on January 13 to 19, 2020 presided by Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. It is the third largest papal gathering after his first visit in January 2015, second world youth day held in Southeastern Asia, second WYD in Asia, second WYD in a country with a non-Indo-European language, third WYD outside Rome to be held outside the months of July/August and second WYD to be located inside the tropical zone. Five million people gathered at Luneta Park an event recognized as the largest crowd ever by the Guinness World Records. The participants crowded the 60-hectare park and adjacent areas-Roxas Boulevard, Taft Avenue, United Nations Avenue, T.M. Kalaw St., Port Area, and Jones Bridge.
Some of them came to the venue as early as three days before the event. They came not only from Metro Manila, but also from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Baguio City, Benguet, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, La Union, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao, Cagayan, Batanes, Santiago City, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Malolos City, City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Angeles City, Mabalacat City, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Tarlac City, Tarlac, Olongapo City, Zambales, Antipolo City, Rizal, Bacoor City, Imus City, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Biñan City, San Pablo City, Laguna, Batangas City, Lipa City, Batangas, Lucena City, Quezon, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Puerto Princessa, Palawan, Camarines Norte, Naga City Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Masbate, Antique, Aklan, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Guimaras, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Biliran, Tacloban City, Ormoc City, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Eastern Samar, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga City, Isabela City, Misamis Occidental, Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, Davao Oriental, General Santos City, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Cotabato City, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Also present were from Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Baker Island, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Howland Island, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jersey, Johnston Atoll, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Midway Atoll, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nagorno-Karabakh, Namibia, Nauru, Navassa Island, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Northern Cyprus, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Ossetia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, St. Pierre and Miquelon, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Transnistria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
According to the UNHCR Population Statistics Database, more than 65 million people worldwide (roughly 1% of the world’s population) are displaced from their homes due to war, persecution, extreme violence, man-made disasters and similar factors. Of these displaced persons, about 20 million are classified as refugees, roughly the same number of people who were displaced worldwide as a result of World War II. Twenty-two years ago, Saint John Paul II celebrated Mass marking the end of the 1995 World Youth Day at the same venue, the crowd was surpassed the two million people who turned out in June 1979 at the Pope’s hometown of Krakow for the first visit to his Polish homeland after his elevation to the papacy.
Nang dumalaw si Pope Francis sa bansa noong 2015, nahimok siya sa diwa ng mga taong sumasama bilang isang malakas na puwersa. Ipinakita namin sa mundo kung gaano kalakas ang ating pananampalataya sa Diyos. Alam natin kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng pananampalatayang Katoliko sa ating buhay, kung bakit nga, patuloy pa rin tayong gumagawa ng mga mortal na kasalanan ng pangangalunya, poligamya; Bakit mayroong maraming mga krimen sa mga kalye tulad ng pagnanakaw, pagdaraya, panggagahasa; Bakit may sobrang katiwalian, droga, at iba pa? Ano ang nangyari mali?
The county's hosting of the next world youth day (WYD) is seen as an opportunity to showcase to the world the progress happening nationwide under the my administration's "Golden Age of Infrastructure". The Philippines is the third largest Catholic country in the world and also bound to gain more in terms of tourism and, at the same time, prove to the world that the Philippines is a safe place to visit and secure country to hold international events. The Philippine edition of the biennial event for young people organized by the Catholic Church is expected to be held in Metro Manila and Tacloban City and Palo, Leyte.
It would be held on January 13 to 19, 2020 presided by Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. It is the third largest papal gathering after his first visit in January 2015, second world youth day held in Southeastern Asia, second WYD in Asia, second WYD in a country with a non-Indo-European language, third WYD outside Rome to be held outside the months of July/August and second WYD to be located inside the tropical zone. Five million people gathered at Luneta Park an event recognized as the largest crowd ever by the Guinness World Records. The participants crowded the 60-hectare park and adjacent areas-Roxas Boulevard, Taft Avenue, United Nations Avenue, T.M. Kalaw St., Port Area, and Jones Bridge.
Some of them came to the venue as early as three days before the event. They came not only from Metro Manila, but also from Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Baguio City, Benguet, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, La Union, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao, Cagayan, Batanes, Santiago City, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Malolos City, City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Angeles City, Mabalacat City, City of San Fernando, Pampanga, Tarlac City, Tarlac, Olongapo City, Zambales, Antipolo City, Rizal, Bacoor City, Imus City, Dasmariñas City, Cavite, Biñan City, San Pablo City, Laguna, Batangas City, Lipa City, Batangas, Lucena City, Quezon, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Puerto Princessa, Palawan, Camarines Norte, Naga City Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Masbate, Antique, Aklan, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Guimaras, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Biliran, Tacloban City, Ormoc City, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Eastern Samar, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga City, Isabela City, Misamis Occidental, Cagayan de Oro City, Iligan City, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Bukidnon, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, Davao Oriental, General Santos City, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Cotabato City, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.
Also present were from Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Baker Island, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Clipperton Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Howland Island, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jarvis Island, Jersey, Johnston Atoll, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Midway Atoll, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nagorno-Karabakh, Namibia, Nauru, Navassa Island, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Northern Cyprus, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Ossetia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, St. Pierre and Miquelon, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Transnistria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
According to the UNHCR Population Statistics Database, more than 65 million people worldwide (roughly 1% of the world’s population) are displaced from their homes due to war, persecution, extreme violence, man-made disasters and similar factors. Of these displaced persons, about 20 million are classified as refugees, roughly the same number of people who were displaced worldwide as a result of World War II. Twenty-two years ago, Saint John Paul II celebrated Mass marking the end of the 1995 World Youth Day at the same venue, the crowd was surpassed the two million people who turned out in June 1979 at the Pope’s hometown of Krakow for the first visit to his Polish homeland after his elevation to the papacy.
