BENEDICT XVI: ANGELUS; TO THE YOUNG, "SEE YOU IN SIDNEY"

During yesterday’s Angelus prayer celebrated by the Pope with the congregation in Saint Peter’s Square, the Pope gave a "special greeting to the young who have come from many countries of the world on the occasion of the Youth Day, which the beloved Servant of God John Paul II wanted to associate with Palm Sunday". " My thought – said Benedict XVI – now goes to Sydney, Australia, where preparations are in full swing for the great meeting I will have there with the young from all over the world from 15th to 20th July". "I would like to thank the Australian Bishops Conference, especially Cardinal Pell, archbishop of Sydney and his assistants – went on the Pontiff –, for all the hard work they are doing: I am equally grateful to the Australian federal and state authorities for the generous support they have given to this important initiative". "See you in Sydney!", said Benedict XVI in taking his leave from the young.