POPE BENEDICT RECEIVES OFFICIAL WORLD YOUTH DAY BACKPACK FROM SPANISH CARDINAL

Pope Benedict XVI receives the official World Youth Day 2011 backpack from Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela of Madrid during a private meeting at the Vatican in early February. The cardinal was the archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in 1989 when Pope John Paul II met young people there for World Youth Day. Spain is preparing to host World Youth Day in Madrid Aug. 16-21. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters) (July 20, 2011) See WYD-ROUCO July 19, 2011.

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