XVII World Youth Day 2002
"You are the salt of the earth ... you are the light of the world" (Mt 5:13-14) Image File history File links World Youth Day 2002 logo. ...
Location	Toronto, Canada
Date	July 23–28, 2002

The World Youth Day 2002 was a Catholic youth festival held in Toronto, Canada from July 23 to July 28, 2002. The closing mass, which was presided over by Pope John Paul II, was attended by a crowd of 800,000 people in Downsview, Ontario. }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death, making his the third-longest reign in the history of the Papacy according to the... Downsview is an area in Torontos north end. ...

The theme of the event was "You are the salt of the earth ... you are the light of the world" (Mt 5:13-14).

See also

• World Youth Day

World Youth Day Rome 2000 World Youth Day (WYD) was created by Pope John Paul II in 1984 to consolidate the ordinary youth ministry by offering new encouragement for commitment, objectives which foster ever greater involvement and participation (Letter from Pope John Paul II - Seminar on WYD 1996). ...