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| Date | 16 August 2011– 21 August 2011 |
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| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Type | Youth festival |
| Theme | Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the Faith" (cf. Colossians 2:7) |
| Organised by | Catholic Church |
| Participants | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Previous | 2008 Sydney |
| Next | 2013 Rio de Janeiro |
World Youth Day 2011 (Spanish: Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 2011) was the 2011 occurrence of World Youth Day, a Catholic event held from 16–21 August 2011 in Madrid, Spain focused on youth.[1] Media estimated the event's attendance as over a million[2] or 1.5 million.[3]
Pope Benedict XVI revealed the location of the event at the final Mass in Australia at Sydney's Royal Randwick Racecourse during World Youth Day 2008.[4]
It was the second time that Spain hosted the event. World Youth Day 1989 was held from 15–20 August 1989 at Santiago de Compostela.
Spanish bishops, including Madrid's Metropolitan Archbishop, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, and the coordinator of the World Youth Day 2011, Madrid Auxiliary Bishop César Franco Martínez, urged Pope Benedict XVI to name patrons for the event. Saint Rafael Arnáiz Barón, Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Isidore the Laborer, Saint Maria Torribia, Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint John of Avila, Saint Rose of Lima, Saint John of the Cross, and Blessed John Paul II were all designated as co-patrons of World Youth Day 2011.[5][6]
This was Pope Benedict XVI's last World Youth day.
- ^ "Chronicle of World Youth Days". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Pope's youth day draws a million – and controversies". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ Brown, Andrew (18 August 2011). "The pope draws 1.5 million young people to Madrid – but that's not news? – Andrew Brown". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Pope Calls for a ‘New Age’ in Final Australia Mass", The New York Times, July 20, 2008
- ^ "Spanish Bishops Propose Youth Day Patron". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Saints proclaimed during the Pontificate of John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 21 February 2018.