European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Pope 400,000 Bosnia Loreto Italy a with the Adriatic sea glittering behind him and an Ocean of youth stretching in front Pope. John Paul it paid homage Sunda to. Young people killed in the bosnian War. -.-. The fighting continues to devastate Homes arid schools and transform what were quiet places of work and Liv ing into cemeteries where Young peo ple above All Are buried the Pope said during a mass outside Loreto a City dedicated to a shrine to the Virgin Mary. We Kneel Down before the tombs of so Many Young people with their Moth ers and fathers in tears he said. Let the mute language of their deaths turn the War makers to reconciliation he said. On the second Day of the Pope s trip to Loreto to meet with Young people from across Europe the fighting in for Mer Yugoslavia continued to occupy his croatian coast lies just 80 mile across the sea. Police officials estimated the crowd of pilgrims at 400,000. They stood in a huge concave Field before the altar which was covered with a White plastic half dome. Many had spent the night after a saturday evening Vigil of music so Gand dance presided Over by the Pont Iff. / ". In one of the segments late saturday the Pope s eyes appeared to fill with tears As he heard the testimony from Young people about their suffering in Sarajevo. In an unusual criticism the newspaper of the italian Bishops l Avenire took Issue with the presentation saying it had the tone of a saturday eve Ning variety a Little sobriety would have helped the paper said sunday in an editorial. In his traditional message after mass on sunday the Pope said he saw great Hope for a More just world in the lines of action emerging from the . Conference on women in Bei Jing. ,",.".
