” “” “"Everyday we are receiving news and updates from our representatives at World Youth Day in Sydney. We thus have an opportunity to see what is being experienced on the other side of the world and are delighted to be able to say: We too have seen the Pope!". So write the Swiss youth meeting at St. Maurice (Canton Valais) on the "WYD" blog of the Swiss Church. The youngsters are meeting at St. Maurice for the "Teo Mania" festival, which is one of the initiatives of the Church for those Swiss youth who were unable to go to Australia. The festival began on Wednesday, 16 July, with a welcoming ceremony for the pilgrims. The youth, more numerous than anticipated, are also constructing a "path of peace" with stones on which they write their names, a sign of their commitment to peace in the world. "This path explain the organizers of the meeting wishes to be a response to John Paul II’s appeal to Swiss youth ("It’s time to act"), so that our yearning for peace does not remain mere words".” “
