Some 3,200 young Britons flew to Madrid last week for World Youth Day, a festival begun in 1985 by John Paul II. Shaped like a pilgrimage as a journey with a spiritual purpose, and with a carnival feel, World Youth Day offers young Catholics the chance to meet with the Pope, and each other.

"There are people here from all over the world," said Ashishi da Fonseca, 18, one of a group of 300 from his parish in Mumbai. "It's amazing."

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