In these three days, the papal retinue led by the Secretary of State, Card. Tarcisio Bertone, will pay a series of tourist and cultural visits, including one to Paramatta and another one to a village of the Aborigines. After the period of rest, on Thursday, 17th July, the Pope is going to Sidney, to the "Cathedral House", which is the house of the diocese. In the morning, he is taking part in a ceremony of welcome at the Government House of Sydney, where he will greet (it will be his first formal speech in the Australian land) the federal authorities of the country. Immediately afterwards, he is going to the "MaryMacKillop Memorial” of Sydney, where he will pray in front of the "first Australian Blessed", beatified by John Paul II, whose canonization cause is currently going on. Still in the morning, the Pope is paying a visit of courtesy to the General Governor at the Admiralty House of Sydney, after which there will be a series of private talks with authorities. Then, in the afternoon, the Pope is meeting, for the first time, the young coming from all over the world on the occasion of the World Youth Day. According to estimates said Father Lombardi , there will be 125 thousand young people coming from outside Australia. He added that "the organizers were happy about that". (To be continued)
