 | |
| Date | 16 August 2005 – 21 August 2005 |
|---|---|
| Location | Cologne, Germany |
| Type | Youth festival |
| Theme | We have come to worship Him (Matthew 2:2) |
| Organised by | Catholic Church |
| Participants | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Song | Venimus adorare eum |
| Previous | 2002 Toronto |
| Next | 2008 Sydney |
XX World Youth Day (German: XX. Weltjugendtag) was a Catholic youth festival that started on 16 August and continued until 21 August 2005 in Cologne, Germany, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the first World Youth Day held in 1985. It was the first World Youth Day and foreign trip of Pope Benedict XVI, who joined the festival on 18 August. 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 Matthew 2:2).
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.