Aging Pontiff shows he is young of heart

AFTER wowing 400,000 adoring young people with extraordinary stamina for a man his age, Pope John Paul rested on Friday ahead of the main events this weekend at the Roman Catholic Church's global youth jamboree.

“This is a case of the soul dragging the body,” said papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.

Since he arrived in Toronto on Tuesday the 82-year-old Pope has shown unusual resilience despite his sometime frail health due to Parkinson’s disease and severe arthritis.