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| Date | 15 July 2008- 20 July 2008 |
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| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°54′39″S 151°13′49″E / 33.91083°S 151.23028°E |
| Type | Youth festival |
| Theme | You will receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you (Acts 1:8) |
| Organised by | Catholic Church |
| Participants | Pope Benedict XVI |
| Previous | 2005 Cologne |
| Next | 2011 Madrid |
World Youth Day 2008 was a Catholic youth festival that started on 15 July and continued until 20 July 2008 in Sydney, Australia. It was the first World Youth Day held in Australia and the first World Youth Day in Oceania. This meeting was decided by Pope Benedict XVI, during the Cologne World Youth Day of 2005. The theme was "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you" (from Acts 1:8).
About 500,000 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.