200,000 pilgrims brave deluge to celebrate opening Mass of World Youth Day

The Tablet

More than 200,000 pilgrims from 187 countries were told to communicate in the language of the Gospel this week as World Youth Day began with an opening mass celebrated by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow yesterday who urged young Catholics to share their faith, experiences and hopes and spread a 'message of divine mercy' worldwide during World Youth Day...