"A laboratory of vocations"

"(World Youth Day) is a laboratory of vocations, because in the course of these days the Lord will not have failed to make his call heard in the hearts of many young people.

"It is a call which naturally must be received and internalized, if it is to put forth deep roots and thus bear good and lasting fruit.

"So many of the testimonies of young people and couples show that the experience of these world meetings, when it unfolds within a journey of faith, discernment and ecclesial service, can lead to mature decisions for marriage, religious life, priestly and missionary service."

from Pope Benedict's address to German bishops yesterday