(From our correspondents in Sydney) The Pope waving to the crowds on his motorcade through the streets of Sydney: that is the image splashed across the front pages of the major Australian dailies in the newsstands today. "It shines with a light of its own" is the headline on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald, which opens "in remembrance of this Super Thursday". The paper includes an important insert dedicated to WYD. It begins with the headline: "The Pope warns of the fascination of false idols" and continues by tracing the various stages of the day and citing sizeable excerpts of the Pope’s speech. "A grey day brightens up with the first appearance of the Pope" in Sydney, says The Australian, the main Australian daily, which speaks of a miracle and carries on its front page a photo of the Pope smiling on the boat that took him to Barangaroo together with youth. According to the paper, the event was "incredible" for the high participation and the spring-like weather. "A holy sea", comments the Daily Telegraph, which underlines the hundreds of thousands of faithful who greeted the pontiff yesterday. A special edition of the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire was printed and distributed in Sydney; it shows on its front page a photo of Benedict XVI greeting Australian youth. "Inviolable dignity of human life" is the headline carried by the Catholic daily, observing that the city was "invaded by half a million people for the first meeting with the Pope".
