The 5 km march to the Marienfeld begins.
It was getting hard towards the end.
Finally, we put down our belongings...
...in the mids of a huge crowd.
More than 800,000 pilgrims spent the night at the Marienfeld.
Getting ready for the night.
The vigil is about to start, on the "Papst-hügel" under the white clowd.
Endless the crowd.
The pope during the vigil...
...listening attentively.
The festival of the lights.
Our light shines for all of Canada as well.
The Festival of the light on the3 papal hill (Papst-hügel).
It's morning. We survived the night without rain!
The concluding mass with the Pope.
Pope Benedict during his homily.
Finally, back in Essen.