The Pope of hope

An early start for a lot of Catholics in Sydney today – for us – it was 7am set off from Mount Street, North Sydney.The walk from Central to Randwick was peaceful and full of people. Sign posts along the way – counting down the kilometres.

The scene as we entered Randwick was different to any we had seen before at a racecourse or outdoor mass. The pilgrims had slept out during the night and kept vigil.Monica had her sign ready to welcome the Holy Father.
They tell us that 400,000 people were at Randwick – what an enormous crowd. And at the end, the majority tried to leave together – which meant very crammed streets – however the mood was very jovial – but somewhat crowded.