"Dear friend, u must be holy & u must be missionary: never separate holiness from mission " BXVI.

Tens of thousands of pilgrims made their way across the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the Pilgrimage Walk from North Sydney to the Southern Cross Precinct (Randwick Racecourse) for the Evening Vigil with the Holy Father.

Youth Festival performers including Bronx rapper Fr Stan Fortuna and popular Christian artist Matt Maher entertained pilgrims at Randwick from 12 noon until the Pope's arrival after 6.30pm.

The Evening Vigil began at 7pm with a Lighting of the Candles ceremony in front of an estimated 200,000 people. The event will focused on the lives of the 10 WYD08 patrons including Blessed Mary MacKillop, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Saint Maria Goretti.

As part of the Vigil, the Pope led Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction. Pilgrims then slept out under the stars.

Lady of the Southern Cross

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