World Youth Day at Darling Harbour
Group of happy Pacific Islander guys seen on Prymont Bridge were enjoying WYD.
Tens of thousands of buoyant Roman Catholic pilgrims filled Sydney’s Darling Harbour this afternoon to celebrate World Youth Day 2008 and the Pope Benedict’s visit to Sydney Australia.
The pilgrims took part in a Stations of the Cross religious service which re-enacted the last day of Jesus Christ’s life, when he was whipped and nailed to a wooden cross.
The First Station of the Cross began at St Mary’s Cathedral near Hyde Park, Sydney. There the actors portrayed The Last Supper, and the Pope said prayers.
Right through different points in Sydney, the actors portrayed different scenes of Christ’s last hours for the crowds. And the proceedings were broadcast on TV screens for an estimated billions of more Catholics from around the world to watch on TV from their homes.
Those watching locally and remotely responded with prayers.
The crowd was remarkably well-behaved.