AUGUST 12 - 15: INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FORUM

VATICAN CITY, AUG 2, 2000 (VIS) - For the occasion of World Youth Day, the 7th International Youth Forum is to be held from August 12 to 15 in Rome's Casa Maria Mater Ecclesiae. The Forums are organized by the youth section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

The theme of the meeting has been taken from John Paul II's Letter concerning pilgrimage to the places linked to the history of salvation (June 29 1999): "I say it to everyone: Let us set out in the footsteps of Christ!"

Each episcopal conference will send two young people as representatives to the forum. Delegates from the most important Catholic youth groups, movements and associations have also been invited. The average age of participants is 23-24 years. Alongside them, around 30 people who work in the field of pastoral ministry to youth will also attend; they will follow the work as 'observers.'
During the course of the meeting, delegates will prepare a message addressed to young people all over the world. This will be read during World Youth Day, in the presence of the Holy Father.

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