Catholics celebrate World Youth Day
Hundreds of thousands of young people from 184 countries jammed into the western German city of Cologne for the Roman Catholic Church’s 20th World Youth Day, singing and praying together as they awaited the arrival today of Pope Benedict XVI.
About 325,000 flag-waving and hymn-singing pilgrims had arrived by yesterday, organisers said, with up to a million expected by the time Benedict celebrates a closing Mass on Sunday.
