PILGRIMS ARRIVE NEAR ROME FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY CELEBRATIONS.
Pilgrims young and old walk on a road leading to Rome August 14, 2000. The XV World Youth Day celebrations start in Rome August 15 with a special ceremony presided by Pope John Paul II. More than a million young people are expected during the event which runs till August 20 culminating with an outdoor mass given by the Pope.
PH