(July 16, 2011) The Cross and Icon of the World Youth Day due to be held next month,
will be welcomed with great solemnity into the Almudena Cathedral of Holy Mary in
Madrid. on Monday,July 18th. At 8,30 p.m. the same day a prayer vigil will
be held in the presence of the Cross, presided over by Cardinal Antonio MÂȘ Rouco Varela,
archbishop of Madrid. This will conclude the pilgrimage of the WYD Cross through all
the different dioceses of Spain during the last years, in preparation for the World
Youth Day which will be held in Madrid from the 16th to the 21st
of August, with the participation of Pope Benedict XVIth . Each Vicariate will take
turns, from July 18th onwards, in prayer and adoration of the Cross till
the beginning of the Youth Day.