Guests at the meeting include Cardinal James Francis Stafford, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, who is in charge of organizing the youth days, and Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic, archbishop of Toronto.
Also among the guests are boys and girls from China, Israel, Russia, Sweden, Nigeria, Sudan and Angola. The official WYD song was presented today.
The official World Youth Day page may be visited at http://www.wyd2002.org.