The 2nd World Children’s Day will be celebrated from September 25 to 27, 2026. Girls and boys from every corner of the earth will gather in Rome for a unique moment of celebration, joyfully open to encounter and sharing. An event of faith, filled with reflection, spirituality, and prayer, crossing continents to give voice to the children of the world, beyond all borders, without barriers or prejudice.
Pope Leo XIV’s first exhortation to the organizers is to do everything possible so that WCD may open its arms to all children, beginning with those who suffer from war, those who endure poverty and inequality, and those who are sick, neglected, or unprotected.
The Organizing Committee, under the guidance of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, is working together with numerous international organizations and partners so that the event may fully express its vocation for inclusiveness and be as open and participatory as possible; marked by the authentic fraternity that children know how to live and express, recognizing one another beyond all differences of origin, language, and history.
WCD was not created to be a major event held every two years, but rather a global movement that unites faith, education, culture, and civic engagement. It is a stage in a meaningful and valuable journey, a sign of hope, a bridge between cultures, generations, and peoples.
It is a pact among women and men of good will to affirm the right of every little child, wherever they are born, to grow up peacefully within the heart of their family, with the full range of opportunities that allow them to imagine tomorrow and to help build it.
The tomorrow of every little child is the piece that composes the future of all humanity.
