River of pilgrims digital photograph by Ted Szukalski
River of pilgrims from all over the world is flowing along almost every Sydney street towards Barangaroo for Cardinal Pell’s opening Mass. Media is reporting the expected number of pilgrims at 140,000 accompanied by clergy:26 cardinals, 400 bishops and up to 4000 priests. With numbers like that the Mass will be the biggest Catholic Mass ever held in Australia.
Sydney has turned on a beautiful, summer like day for the attendees, so there should be no surprise most of the young people really enjoy their stay here. Lots of laughs, singing and flag waving no matter where you look.
The crowd behaviour is so far exemplary and there are no protesters in sight. Security was limited to a small numbers of police walking along with pilgrims. This however many change, as Federal Court has today removed the highly controversial “annoyance” clause form the World Youth Day Act. It “affects freedom of speech in a way that, in our opinion, is not supported by the statutory powers” in accordance to Federal Court judges.
Photo Properties
| Make | Canon | Model | Canon EOS-1D Mark III |
| Aperture Value | f/11.3 | Color Space | sRGB |
| Exposure Bias Value | 0 EV | Exposure Program | Aperture Priority |
| Flash | No Flash | Focal Length | 148 mm |
| ISO | 200 | Shutter Speed Value | 1/330 sec |
| Date/Time | Tue 15 Jul 2008 01:53:42 PM EDT |
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