World Youth Day 1989

World Youth Day 1989
Date15 August 1989 (1989-08-15) – 20 August 1989 (1989-08-20)
LocationSantiago de Compostela, Spain
TypeYouth festival
Theme""I am the way, the truth and the life"." (Jn 14,6)
Organised byCatholic Church
ParticipantsPope John Paul II
Previous1987 Buenos Aires
Next1991 Częstochowa

World Youth Day 1989 (Spanish: Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 1989; Galician: Xornada Mundial da Xuventude 1989) was an event organized by the Catholic Church and took place on 15–20 August 1989 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.[1] It was the first European edition of this bi-tri-ennal event, excluding the two "zero editions" held in Rome in 1984 and 1985, and the first time the meeting did not take place on Palm Sunday, but in the middle of summer.