"The handing over of the icon of the Virgin Sedes Sapientiae from the Rumanian delegation to the Australian one reminds us that this great ‘network’ of young people all over the world is always up and running". It was said this afternoon by Benedict XVI, during his meeting with the university students in Saint Peter’s basilica. After the meeting, the icon of the Virgin Sedes Sapientiae, donated by John Paul II to the university students of the world, will be handed over by the Rumanian delegation, led by the archbishop of Bucharest, Ioan Robu, to the young Australians, led by cardinal George Pell. The presence of card. Pell, commented the Pope, "takes our minds and hearts back to the unforgettable experience of the World Youth Day of last July". A "special regard" to the Israeli and Palestinian students who study in Rome with the subsidies of the Region Lazio and Rome’s Universities, "as well as to the three University presidents who yesterday attended the meeting about: ‘From Jerusalem to Rome to build a new humanism’".
