World Youth Day 2005
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| Date | August 16, 2005- August 21, 2005 |
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| Location | Cologne, Germany |
| Type | Youth festival |
| Theme | We have come to worship Him (Matthew 2:2) |
| Song | Venimus adorare eum |
The 20th World Youth Day (German: XX. Weltjugendtag Köln) was a Catholic youth festival that started on August 16 and continued until August 21, 2005 in Cologne, Germany. It was the first World Youth Day and foreign trip of Pope Benedict XVI, who joined the festival on August 18. 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.
Originally, Pope John Paul II was to attend the World Youth Day in Cologne. As he died earlier in 2005, it was instead his successor Pope Benedict XVI's first apostolic journey. Most pilgrims to the World Youth Day made their plans to come while John Paul II was still Pope, and had hoped to see him. Before Pope Benedict XVI led the central mass, he met with several politicians and others.
The Pope issued a plenary indulgence for those attending World Youth Day, with a partial indulgence available to all who pray fervently, with a contrite heart, that Christian youth
Numerous interest groups attended World Youth Day: schools, universities, church groups, and new movements were all well represented by their attendance.
Pilgrims waiting for the Pope in the Rhin
Pilgrims
Meeting with the Pope
Pilgrims at the doors of the Cologne Cathedral
Arrival of the Pope to Cologne crossing the Rhin
Flag with the logo of the WYD 2005
Opening's party at Bonn
Map of Marienfeld
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