WORLD YOUTH DAY 2013,Rio de Janeiro,BRAZIL. (WYDRio2013)

World Youth Day 2013, stylized WYDRio2013, will be the 14th international World Youth Day, a major international Roman Catholic event, focused on faith and youth. The host city of World Youth Day 2013 will be Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, as announced by Pope Benedict XVI at the end of the closing Mass of World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain at Cuatro Vientos Airport. The events are scheduled to be held from 23 July to 28 July 2013.
World Youth Day 2013 will be the second edition held in South America, the second in Latin America (after Buenos Aires, Argentina, in April 1987) and the second edition held in the southern hemisphere (the first of which outside of Australia).

Theme
On Wednesday, 24 August 2011 Pope Benedict XVI announced that the theme for World Youth Day 2013. Taken from the Gospel of Matthew, the theme will be "Go and make disciples of all peoples" - Matthew 28:19.

Bakanja, Blessed Frederick Ozanam, Saint George, Saint Andrew Kim & Companions.

Logo

Christ the Redeemer represents Christ, the disciple is represented by the heart, for the disciple is one who carries Jesus in his heart, and the nations are represented by the forms that recall Rio de Janeiro, the city which at that moment will be the heart of the world for the youth and which will welcome them, in reference to the mountain and the se ~ Gustavo Huguenin, Creator of WYDRio2013 Logo

The World Youth Day 2013 logo incorporates colors and famous symbols of Rio de Janeiro, including the Christ the Redeemer statue, the Sugarloaf Mountain, and coastline and water. The logo was designed by Gustavo Huguenin, a native of Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro. The logo design was based on the official World Youth Day 2013 theme of the Great Commission from the Gospel of Matthew, and includes the use of colours found in Brazilian flag.
The unveiling of the official logo was postponed by Orani João Tempesta out of respect to the January 2011 natural disasters.^[The logo was later revealed on 7 February 2012. The official logo was presented to President Dilma Rousseff by Rio de Janeiro governor, Sérgio Cabral Filho on DVD.



 
 Website
The Official Website for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro is www.rio2013.com and offers social networking through Google+, Twitter, Facebook and RSS Feed.