BERN (AFP) ??” bishop of rome John Paul II started a 32-hour visit to Switzerland.

BERN (AFP) ??” bishop of rome John Paul II started a 32-hour visit to Switzerland, struggling with the debilitating general intents of Parkinson's disease and of long date age to resume foreign travel after an eight-month pause.

It took about 15 minutes for the 84-year-old head of the Roman Catholic temple to be disembarked from the Italian airliner forward a lift on his arrival, public of sight from television cameras.

however the wheelchair-bound Pope was visibly energized on an enthusiastic welcome from about 12000 cheering teenagers at a youth rally later, determinedly shrugging aside help to finish a prolix speech delivered in a halting voice.

"Your enthusiasm has touched my heart," he told the packed ice hockey stadium, urging the youngsters to act for a better and peaceful world.

"Like you I also was 20 years-old. I liked to do sport, ski-ing, theatre," he said as he reminisced about