WYD: Madrid to host 2011 World Youth Day
By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Pope Benedict XVI announced today that the next World Youth Day will take place in Madrid, Spain, in 2011.
The pope made the announcement at the conclusion of his Sunday Angelus address, delivered after the closing Mass of World Youth Day in Australia, held at Sydney?s Randwick Racecourse.
The choice of Madrid as the setting for the next international gathering of Catholic youth was first reported by NCR earlier this week.