Jesuits' NEWS BRIEFS: Big turnout! :)

1,400,000 people showed up for World Youth Day Madrid's overnight vigil for the Papal Mass.

One quarter of a million pilgrims "were turned away."


From the Jesuits' magazine America. Monday, September 19, 2011.

"About 1.4 million people showed up for World Youth Day's overnight vigil and closing Mass on Aug. 20 - 21 at Cuatro Vientos Airport in Madrid; but organizers had planned for only about a million, and more than 250,000 pilgrims were turned away...."