(From our correspondents in Sydney) – "Here I’ve met God": Emma van der Lee, 16-year-old Dutch pilgrim, is on the road to Randwick, Sydney’s racecourse where the prayer vigil with the Pope is to be held. "In my city, in the Netherlands says the girl it’s very difficult to believe, you need a lot of courage to do so, especially for a person of my age. Here in Sydney, on the other hand, in the midst of young Christians from all over the world, I finally feel no longer alone in my faith". The most emotional moment in Australia so far says Emma was "seeing the Pope: I worked for two years to be able to come here, but what I am experiencing at this moment repays me for everything". Cristian Gomez, from Spain, he too on his way to the racecourse at Randwick, hopes that "the next WYD will be held in my country. It would be an important sign, because Spain is going through a difficult period". "The present government he says wants to sideline religion and expel it from public life, but that’s not right, because ours is a Catholic country that cannot renounce its origins".
