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US pilgrims already gearing up for World Youth Day 2027

All across the United States, pilgrims are preparing to travel to Seoul, South Korea, for Pope Leo XIV's first World Youth Day -- as the successor of Peter -- Aug. 3...

Catholic schools alum wins silver at synchronized skating event

Synchronized skater Jennifer Menikotz is a graduate of Canandaigua’s St. Mary School and Brighton’s Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women.

This is an official image of the five patron saints chosen for the 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul, South Korea, from left: Sts. Carlo Acutis, Frances Xavier Cabrini, St. Andrew Kim Taegon, Josephine Bakhita and John Paul II. The process of choosing the event's patron saints began in late 2024 and included a survey of young people, youth ministers and pastoral workers, followed by deliberations by the WYD organizing committee.

Patron saints named for World Youth Day 2027

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, archbishop of Newark, N.J., visited the University of Rochester April 15. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Cardinal Tobin speaks to UR students about conclave

Young adults needed for Living Stations of the Cross presentation

Perpetual pilgrim MacKenzie Warrens with the Juan Diego Route processes in with other members of the group during the opening revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis July 17, 2024.

Young Catholics invited to join 2026 eucharistic pilgrimage

Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati are pictured in a combination photo. The Vatican announced June 13, 2025, that the canonization ceremony for Blessed Acutis and Blessed Frassati will take place Sept. 7. (OSV News photo/courtesy Sainthood Cause of Carlo Acutis and CNS files)

Rochester young adults to celebrate canonizations

Men and women walk along the Erie Canal.

Rochester-area young adults seek connection, ‘deeper truths’

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