More Than 6,200 Canadian Youth register for WYD

Ottawa August 3, 2005 (CNA)
With only two weeks to go Canadian Catholics are geared up for World Youth Day 2005.

To date, more than 6,200 Canadian youth have registered for World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne, Germany, up 50 percent form WYD 2000 in Rome, reports the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The largest Canadian delegation is from the Archdiocese of Montreal with more than 900 pilgrims, reports Sr. Francine Guilmette, FMA, co-ordinator of the Archdiocesan WYD office.
Almost 30 Canadian Bishops- including the countries three Cardinals -are expected to attend the international youth event, August 16-21.
The Canadian Catholics press will also have a strong presence. Fr. Tomas Rosica, who was national director of WYD 2002 in Toronto and is now CEO of Salt + Light Television, was in Cologne recently to finalize television coverage arrangement for the Canadian Catholic Network, EWTN and the French-language arm of the CBC, called Radio-Canada. The three broadcasters will share in platform in Cologne. Several diocesan papers have also made arrangements to have reporters on the site.