A Message to the Young People He Loved

Last night, they said that they had told him that most of those outside below him gathered for prayer for him were young people. JPII loved the young, and an entire generation has grown up knowing ONLY him as our Holy Father. They said he had a message for them:

During the night, Navarro-Valls said, the Pope had said several times, "I have looked for you. Now you have come to me. And I thank you." The papal spokesman interpreted those words as a message to the young people who were gathered in a prayer vigil in St. Peter's Square.