Darlene: "I'm downtown today at Nathan Philips Square in celebration of that wonderful event that's taking place in 2002; the Papal visit to Toronto. There are hundreds if not thousands of youth that have assembled themselves in downtown Toronto, all of them coming from different parishes, different cities, and different towns. People have come as far as the United States! So we are really fortunate to have such an enthusiasm. We know that the message is clear; the youth want a voice, the youth want to deepen their faith and I'm really honored to be able to be downtown today and to be able to share this segment with our listeners this Sunday evening."

Darlene: "Polly, you are downtown Toronto today. What can you say about the celebration that's taking place for the WYD for 2002?"

Polly: "Well I think it is a preparation for WYD and I think it is going to be a good sign of what's going to be happening next year."

Polly: "I think it is a wonderful celebration for all youths, for all nationalities, even all types of religions and different backgrounds to come to together and celebrate our faith. There will be a lot of interaction, also as well with the concerts, with volunteer work and with meeting all other people, I think it will be a good celebration. It will be a much better next year when we all gather together and all youths from all over the world will be together. It will be very exciting."

Polly: "Well, hopefully this celebration and for next year will increase the faith of Catholics both in Canada and throughout the world and also showcase our city to the rest of the earth."

Darlene: "Being downtown, today I have to say there is a lot of excitement; there is a lot of hype, music is playing, youth are walking around, flags are being flown, and people are really sharing their faith, their love their enthusiasm."

"I'm really excited about WYD coming next year because I think it is so important for all the youth to unify together in their faith and for all of us to see how other people believe in God and how other people love God. I think it is so important to see that because it strengthens your own faith and it strengthens my own faith and that's why I'm here today."

"I'm really excited for the WYD because I think this is such an important event. I mean we feel bad that we didn't get the Olympics, but I think this is much more important to me. It speaks to me because I'm young and the Olympics are just very political anyways. Here, this is my faith reaching to other people, and I'm really excited about meeting the Pope because he is such a great man, he apologized about World War II, he tried to bridge the gap between the Jewish people and the Christians and Muslim people, and so I feel like I need to see the Pope and just give him my respect and be in awe of such a great man. I'm really excited to see the Pope especially."

"I'm really excited about the WYD coming to Toronto because I think it is about time that Toronto has a wake up call and find out that we have so much young Christians and Catholics. It is time to get involved with the Catholic movements, that's why I'm really excited about it."

"I'm really excited for this WYD because I went to the last one and it was really good; everybody was happy, you got your celebrating spirit and faith, and it just brings people together. That's why I like it."

"I'm so excited about WYD because not so often you get to say how much you love God and Jesus and how happy you are about everything. This is such like wonderful moment where you get to say: ‘I love Mary, I love Jesus', and that's why I love this."

"I'm very happy to be here today to be at the kickoff of WYD 2002. Believe me, being in my forties it is nice to see the young teenagers here bringing Christ and God into their lives. I hope next year, with the Pope being here, more teenagers from all over the world join together in prayer. It will bring all of them closer to God in everything they do, every day of the year, for the rest of their lives."

"I think it is great to see so many people my age coming together and celebrating our religion, and I think that's excellent that children are doing that around the world."