Pope Benedict XVI urged more than 1.5 million young people in Madrid to become missionaries for the faith today (August 21, 2011), giving them words of encouragement as he concluded a church youth festival and announced that the next edition will be in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
Benedict told the pilgrims at a Madrid airfield hosting World Youth Day (WYD) that they should not keep their faith private, but participate fully in the life of their parishes and remain in communion with the church.
"So do not keep Christ to yourselves! Share with others the joy of your faith," he said.
World Youth Day -- the gathering of young Catholics from around the world once every three years -- was launched a quarter-century ago by Pope John Paul II, in an effort to reinvigorate and spread the faith among the young.
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