WYD 2016 Krakow Update: WYD will go to Panama on 2019

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As is with World Youth Days (WYD) of past, the end of the final eucharistic celebration is the time to announce who will next host the WYD.  It will be Panama's turn.

WYD 2016 Krakow Update: Stranded, Fallen and Silent But Still Joyful

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World Youth Day (WYD) 2016 in Krakow, Poland started a few day ago. This would be a special event since the WYD was started by Poland's own native son St. John Paul II and the attendees looked elated to be there.

The 85 strong contingent from the Archdiocese of Manila got stranded at the NAIA last week en route to Krakow.  Fortunately, they were able to arrive safely during the next 24 hours.

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Popes in recent history have taken the opportunity to deepen the faith during the Wednesday General audiences in the Vatican.  One striking example had been St. Pope John Paul the Great and the Theology of the Body.  It further delved into the body-spirit dynamic which we all humans share and how God meant all our activities including the things in the bed chamber are divinized under God's unconditional love and our acting out God's full and faithful love.  That phrase, Sa Tamang Panahon, kinda fits in with the TOB.