<P> Other widely recognized traditions include the Pope's public appearance, commencing with his arrival around the city in the "Popemobile" and then with his final Mass held at the event . A festival in Sydney (2008) recorded an estimated distance of a 10 - kilometre walk as roads and other public transport systems were closed off . </P> <P> Pope Benedict XVI criticized the tendency to view WYD as a kind of rock festival; he stressed that the event should not be considered a "variant of modern youth culture" but as the fruition of a "long exterior and interior path". </P> <P> 1987 WYD was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina . 1989 WYD took place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain . 1991 WYD was held in Częstochowa, Poland . 1993 WYD was celebrated in Denver, Colorado, United States . </P> <P> At WYD 1995, 5 million youths gathered at Luneta Park in Manila, Philippines, an event recognized as the largest crowd ever by the Guinness World Records . In an initial comment immediately following the event, Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, stated that over 4 million people had participated . </P>

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