(From our correspondents in Sydney) At 11:10 am, the Pope went onto the stage after some young people. After the greetings, Hail Mary was uttered in Italian, French and Spanish. At 11:20 the wake began. At first, a deacon lights a candle from the Paschal Candle and gives it to the Holy Father. It is the symbol of Christ’s light. And the Pope hands it to a young Australian Aboriginal woman. Another allegory: for centuries, the Aborigines were outcasts in Australia, but now they are the first ones to receive that light. The twenty-four representatives of the young lit a lamp through the one of the Aboriginal girl, and went to the centre of the hippodrome. A few minutes later, the accounts of the young and the prayers of the Pope started alternating. In chronological order, the accounts came from the Czech Republic, Thailand, Australia, Serbia, Chile, and Sri Lanka. At 12:00, after the last prayer, the Pope addressed the young. It was about 12:20 when the speech ended. After a prayer by the Pope and bishops, the 24 boys who are going to be confirmed tomorrow walked down. At 12:30, the Eucharist adoration started. Exactly at 13:00, the Pope left the stage. That was the end of "two hours of light". ” ” ” “
