” ” ” “At less than one year from its beginning, over 50 thousand young Australians have already registered for the World Youth Day of Sydney (15-20 July 2008). The statistics from the Organising Committee show that so far 184,800 young people have already registered. "The number of Australian pilgrims will certainly rise", say the organisers, who also hope many foreign young people will take part in the event as well. In this list, although temporary, the Australians are followed at a distance by the Americans with 36,171 registrations. As to Europe, the most striking statistics are those of Italians with 18,849 registrations, and Germans with 9,506. ” “
