A year before hundreds of thousands of young Catholics are expected to converge on Seoul, organizers of World Youth Day 2027 released an official hymn drawn from the Gospel of John — a song born from 434 global submissions and composed by Korean musician Francis Jiyoon Kim. The moment marks not merely a logistical milestone but a spiritual threshold: Seoul will become the first city in a Christian-minority nation to host this gathering, only the second in Asia, continuing a tradition of pilgrimage and papal presence that has shaped Catholic youth identity since 1985. In choosing this city and