Pilgrims are spending the morning registering with organizers and collecting their
pilgrim kits, while throughout the day the parishes, oratories and institutes of the
diocese are hosting catecheses and devotional prayer ahead of Mass at 8 this evening
in Cibeles Square. Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to arrive on the 18th,
and preside over the climactic events of World Youth Day, including the solemn Mass
concluding WYD Madrid 2011 on Sunday the 21st. Listen