| Date | March 30, 1985 – March 31, 1985 |
|---|---|
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Type | Youth festival |
| Theme | Christus pax nostra |
| Organised by | Catholic Church |
| Participants | Pope John Paul II |
| Previous | 1984 Youth Jubilee |
| Next | 1987 Buenos Aires |
World Youth Day 1985 (Italian: Giornata mondiale della gioventù 1985) was a meeting on the occasion of the International Youth Year held in Rome on March 30 and 31 1985[1] and it was the second great international meeting promoted by the Catholic Church and later named World Youth Day. This was considered the birth of these events, which would begin to be called of this way on the next year.[2]
After the Youth Jubilee celebrated in Rome the year before on the occasion of the Holy Year, Pope John Paul II organized a youth gathering for Palm Sunday in 1985[3] coinciding with the International Youth Year proclaimed by the UN.[4][5]