VATICAN CITY, AUG 10, 2000 (VIS) - The main events and religious ceremonies of World Youth Day, to be held in Rome from August 15 to 20, will be transmitted live by Italian Television and Radio (RAI), the official broadcaster of the Holy Year.
At 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday August 15, Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin, RAI's second channel will transmit the Pope's welcome to young people in St. Peter's Square and the square of St. John Lateran.
At 8:20 p.m. on Friday August 18, RAI's third channel will follow the 'Via Crucis' presided by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Holy Father's vicar general for the diocese of Rome, from the church of Ara Coeli, along the Via dei Fori Imperiali to the Colosseum.
Starting at midday on Saturday August 19, from the square in front of the Quirinale (the official residence of the Italian president), RAI's first channel will transmit Cardinal Ruini's angelus as well as the meeting between Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, president of Italy, and a delegation of young people.
At 6:10 p.m. on the same day, from Rome's Tor Vergata University, the first channel will cover preparations for the prayer vigil when songs, music, images and words will be used to narrate the most significant moments in recent history and in the lives of participants. At 8:30 p.m., live coverage will be given to the prayer vigil itself, presided by the Pope. During the vigil there will be reflections on central themes of the Jubilee 2000: "forgiveness and reconciliation"; "liberty"; "justice" and "saintliness." Furthermore, various singers and a number of choirs will offer musical interludes.
From 8:30 a.m on Sunday August 20, from Tor Vergata, the first channel will transmit the Holy Father's Mass, marking the end of 15th World Youth Day, and the recitation of the angelus.
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