15000 people wait to see the pope

The advanced age of Joseph Ratzinger, who has 83 years, and their already busy schedule in Barcelona have been forced to drop a visit to the Monastery of Montserrat, Catalonia important religious symbol, as explained by the Archbishop of Barcelona, Lluís Martínez Sistach and Abbot of Montserrat Josep Maria Soler, that for these reasons did not address an invitation.
More than 15,000 people will then waited around the Sagrada Familia, where in front of the facade of the Nativity, in which Benedict XVI will pray the Angelus, John Paul II was greeted by Mayor Narcis Serra and prayed the Marian devotion.
Unlike the current pope, John Paul II had lunch with a close entourage, represented by the then Archbishop of Barcelona, Narcis Jubany, and six other guests, while Benedict XVI will be joined by hundreds of bishops and cardinals and his entourage.
As in 1982, Benedict XVI also taste the crema catalana – Catalan typical dessert – and the novelty will be presented with a large chocolate figure of the Holy Family, details of the Guild of Bakers and Confectioners of Barcelona.
In the Camp Nou, Pope Wojtyla was greeted by over 100,000 people, who heard a message of Christian life, Benedict XVI is expected to make to the Sagrada Familia – to nearly 7,000 people – based on the life of Antoni Gaudí and its devotion to culture and architecture.