22,000 are attending the the 2009 National Catholic Youth Conference in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend.
My sister brought some students from southern Iowa to conference. Today thousands of young Catholics marched in downtown Kansas City. David Muenchrath sent this photo from the parade.
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