09/12/2022 - Dear young people, once more, I invite you to take part in the great pilgrimage of young people that will culminate in World Youth Day in Lisbon, August 2023. In preparation, on 20 November we will celebrate World Youth Day in local Churches throughout the world. #laityfamilylife
11/21/2021 - Dear young friends! Be free and authentic, be the critical conscience of society. Be passionate about truth, so that, with your dreams, you can say: “My life is not captive to the mindset of the world: I am free, because I reign with Jesus for justice, love and peace!” #WYD
11/19/2021 - Dear young people, if our world is to arise, it needs your strength, your enthusiasm, your passion! https://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/youth/documents/papa-francesco_20210914_messaggio-giovani_2021.html
10/02/2021 - To you, young people, I once again entrust the task of placing fraternity at the centre of the economy. Now as never before we feel the need for young people who, through study and practice, know how to demonstrate that a different economy exists. #EoF2021
09/29/2021 - Dear young people, I would like to thank you for your dreams and good projects, and for the fact that you are as concerned about human relations as you are about caring for the environment. Thank you. It is a concern that is good for everyone. #Youth4Climate
09/27/2021 - Dear young people, once again I would like to take you by the hand and walk with you on the spiritual pilgrimage that leads to the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon. #WYD2023 https://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/youth/documents/papa-francesco_20210914_messaggio-giovani_2021.html
11/22/2020 - Dear young people, let us not give up on great dreams. The Lord does not want us to narrow our horizons or to remain parked on the roadside of life. He wants us to race boldly and joyfully towards lofty goals. #takeupthecross
11/22/2020 - Today, #ChristTheKing Sunday, the Cross and the icon of Mary, Salus Populi Romani, symbols of World Youth Days, begins a new pilgrimage which will lead to Lisbon in 2023. #takeupthecross
11/21/2020 - Dear young people, the effects of our actions and decisions affect you personally. Therefore, you can’t remain outside the places that are shaping the present and future. You’re either part of them or history will pass you by. #FrancescoEconomy http://vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/pont-messages/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20201121_videomessaggio-economy-of-francesco.html
08/12/2019 - Education with horizons open to transcendence helps young people to dream and to build a more beautiful world. #IYD2019
06/20/2019 - Dear young people, I would like to tell each one of you: God loves you; never doubt it, whatever happens to you in life; under any circumstances, you are infinitely loved.
04/14/2019 - Today, World Youth Day, I would like to mention all those young saints, especially the saints “next door” to us, known only to God; sometimes he likes to surprise us with them. #DiocesanWYD
04/02/2019 - If you are young in years, but feel weak, weary or disillusioned, ask Jesus to renew you.  With him, hope never fails. #ChristusVivit
04/02/2019 - Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world. #ChristusVivit
01/27/2019 - I thank God for having given us the opportunity to share these days together and to experience once more this World Youth Day. My thanks go to all those who have supported us with their prayers, and who have helped by their efforts and hard work! #Panama2019
01/27/2019 - Go forth and bear witness to what you have seen and heard, not with lots of words but with simple, daily actions. I don’t know if I’ll be present at the next WYD, but Peter will certainly be there, and he will confirm you in the faith. #Panama2019
01/27/2019 - Here in Panama, I have thought a lot about the Venezuelan people, to whom I feel particularly united in these days. In the face of the serious ongoing situation, I ask you to pray that a just and peaceful solution may be reached.
01/27/2019 - To you, dear young people, a big “thank you” for #Panama2019. Keep walking. Keep living the faith and sharing it. See you in Lisbon in 2022!
01/27/2019 - Only what is loved can be saved. Only what is embraced can be transformed. #Panama2019
01/27/2019 - With her “yes”, Mary became the most influential woman in history. Without social networks, she became the first “influencer”: the “influencer” of God. #Panama2019
01/26/2019 - Let us not quench our thirst with just any water but with the “spring of water welling up to eternal life”. #Panama2019
01/25/2019 - Friends, Jesus teaches us to believe. Seek out and listen to the voices that encourage you to look ahead, not those that pull you down. #Panama2019
01/24/2019 - In this WYD #Panama2019 I invite you to pray all together the Holy Rosary for Peace through @clicktoprayapp
01/24/2019 - What prompts us to encounter each other in this WYD? The certainty of knowing that we have been loved with a profound love that we neither can nor want to keep quiet about a love that challenges us to respond in the same way: with love. #Panama2019
10/28/2018 - To all of you who have taken part in this “journey together”, I say “thank you”.  May the Lord bless our steps, so that we can listen to young people, be their neighbours, and bear witness before them to Jesus, the joy of our lives. #Synod2018 http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2018/documents/papa-francesco_20181028_omelia-chiusura-sinodo.html - @Pontifex: 10/28/2018
10/28/2018 - I would like to say to the young people: forgive us if often we have not listened to you, if, instead of opening our hearts, we have filled your ears. #Synod2018 http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2018/documents/papa-francesco_20181028_omelia-chiusura-sinodo.html
10/04/2018 - In a decisive moment of his youth, Saint Francis of Assisi read the Gospel. Still today the Gospel lets you know the living Jesus, it speaks to your heart and it changes your life.
06/21/2018 - Dear young people, help us adults whose hearts are often hardened. Help us to choose the path of dialogue and harmony.
03/25/2018 - Dear young people, never get tired of being instruments of peace and joy among your peers!
03/18/2018 - As we listen to the aspirations of young people, may we catch a glimpse of the world that lies ahead, and of the roads the Church is called to travel. #Synod2018
09/07/2017 - Dear young people, do not be afraid of the future! Dare to dream big! Keep joy alive, a sign of a young heart that has encountered the Lord.
08/12/2017 - Dear young people, you are the hope of the Church. Do you dream about your future? Then take part in #synod18! http://goo.gl/WghUvl
07/02/2017 - How beautiful it is to see when young people are “street preachers”, joyfully bringing Jesus to every street and every corner of the earth!
05/01/2017 - May Saint Joseph give young people the ability to dream, to take risks for big tasks, the things that God dreams for us.
04/08/2017 - Dear young friends, don’t be afraid to say “yes” to Jesus with all your heart, to respond generously and to follow him!
07/31/2016 - A huge “thank you”, dear young people! St John Paul II rejoiced in Heaven, and will help you bring the joy of the Gospel wherever you go.
07/31/2016 - Jesus speaks to you every day. Let His Gospel become yours and let Him be your “navigator” on life’s journey!
07/31/2016 - God counts on you for who you are, not for what you have. You are valuable in His eyes and your value is priceless.
07/31/2016 - God love us as we are: no sin, fault or mistake can make Him change His mind.
07/30/2016 - Jesus is calling you to leave your mark on life: one that transforms your own life and the lives of others.
07/30/2016 - God is inviting you to dream: He wants to show you that you can make the world a different place.
07/30/2016 - We have come into the world in order to leave a mark.
07/30/2016 - Jesus seeks hearts that are open and tender toward the weak; hearts that are not hard, but docile and transparent.
07/30/2016 - Jesus wants truly consecrated hearts that live by His forgiveness and share it compassionately with their brothers and sisters.
07/30/2016 - "I desire mercy, not sacrifice". Francis. Sanctuary of Divine Mercy.
07/29/2016 - Dear young people, this evening the Lord renews His invitation to take the lead in serving others.
07/29/2016 - Let us embrace the Cross. Jesus embraces the nakedness, hunger, thirst, loneliness, suffering and death of all men and women of all time.
07/29/2016 - Anyone who performs works of mercy is not afraid of death.
07/29/2016 - How I wish that we, as Christians, could be close to the sick the same way Jesus was: in silence, with a caress and in prayer.
07/28/2016 - Jesus Christ encourages us to lift up our eyes and to dream lofty dreams. During these days of the WYD, Jesus wants to enter our homes.
07/28/2016 - A merciful heart has the courage to leave comforts behind and to encounter others, embracing everyone.
07/28/2016 - The Lord loves to participate in the events of our daily lives and to walk with us.
07/28/2016 - The Lord is amongst us and takes care of us, without deciding for us.
07/27/2016 - Let's live WYD in Krakow together!
07/26/2016 - Dear young people, stay united in prayer so that this WYD may be rich with spiritual fruits. See you tomorrow!
07/25/2016 - Dear young people, let us offer the world a mosaic of many races, cultures and peoples united in the name of Jesus!
07/25/2016 - Dear young people, I bless your journey towards Krakow: may it be a pilgrimage of faith and fraternity.
04/24/2016 - Dear Young People, with the grace of God you can become authentic and courageous Christians, witnesses to love and peace.
04/23/2016 - Dear Young Friends, your names are written in heaven in the merciful heart of the Father. Be brave and go against the tide!
10/16/2015 - Dear young people, do not be afraid to give your all. Christ will never disappoint you.
10/08/2015 - Dear young people, ask the Lord for a free heart so as not to be ensnared by the false pleasures of the world.
07/28/2015 - Dear young people, do not be afraid of marriage: Christ accompanies with his grace all spouses who remain united to him.
10/10/2014 - Dear young people, Christ is counting on you to be his friends and witnesses to his infinite love.
09/18/2014 - Dear young people, listen within: Christ is knocking at the door of your heart.
08/15/2014 - Dear young people, Christ asks you to be wide awake and alert, to see the things in life that really matter.
08/15/2014 - 친애하는 젊은이들에게, 예수님은 저희에게 우리 삶에서 정말 중요한 것들을 놓치지 않고 볼 수 있도록 항상 각성하고 깨어 있으라고 하셨습니다
08/14/2014 - Saint John Paul II, pray for us and especially for our youth.
07/15/2014 - Dear young people, do not be mediocre; the Christian life challenges us with great ideals.
07/03/2014 - Dear young people, do not give up your dreams of a more just world!
02/14/2014 - Dear young people, don’t be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.
02/04/2014 - Dear young people, Jesus gives us life, life in abundance. If we are close to him we will have joy in our hearts and a smile on our face.
01/27/2014 - Dear young people, let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life. Be amazed by what is true and beautiful, what is of God!
01/04/2014 - Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.
12/07/2013 - Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.
11/15/2013 - Dear young people, always be missionaries of the Gospel, every day and in every place.
10/14/2013 - Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you!
10/05/2013 - Dear young people, you have many plans and dreams for the future. But, is Christ at the center of each of your plans and dreams?
09/06/2013 - Dear young people, pray with me for peace in the world.
07/31/2013 - Dear young friends, it is worth wagering one’s life on Christ and on the Gospel, risking everything for great ideals!
05/28/2013 - Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.
04/26/2013 - Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that God has given you!  Do not be afraid to dream of great things!