World Youth Day watching

I have been watching a lot of the World Youth Day coverage from Germany through EWTN and I have been impressed both with Pope Benedict's role in WYD and with the number of young people that have come to WYD. I have loved the Pope's smile and his wave of recognition when the young have called out his name. He also has looked like the Head of the Catholic Church when he has given his speeches and homilies. I am amazed at how many people have been to the events of WYD. The Pope's arrival on the boat and with the thousand and thousands of people on the shore was wonderful to see. The crowd at Marienfeld has been unbelievable, so many people at one place to share their Catholic faith together. I loved the altar area that was created for the vigil and closing Mass (which I am watching on EWTN as I type this ) - I heard on EWTN that the hill was to represent the going to the mountain top scriptures like the transfiguration and Moses with the Ten Commandments and that the structure covering the altar was done to look like a cloud (It was very cool to see when it was all lit up last night for the vigil service) which also represented the transfiguration and Moses. I am so happy that the WYD was a great success, it is estimated that 1 million people are at the closing Mass. Amy Welborn's blog site has a list of all the bloggers that are at the WYD events, some are journalist and some are youth pilgrims. I have a link to Amy Welborn's web page in my links list.