Pope Says Mass Before 1 Million

at Youth Day August 21, 2005COLOGNE, Germany

They slept in a dew-soaked field, packed head-to-toe, and awoke Sunday under heavy gray skies to hear Pope Benedict XVI urge his youthful followers to live a life of faith and to work to spread it.

An estimated 1 million pilgrims from every corner of the planet

attended Benedict's open-air Mass, culminating a weeklong World Youth Day and the new pontiff's international debut.

Freedom granted by God

"is not simply about enjoying life in total autonomy,

but rather about living by the measure of truth and goodness, so that we ourselves can become true and good,"