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Keeping the Youth-Day Spirit Alive

July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

As all eyes are turned toward World Youth Day in Sydney this month, the Australian episcopal conference’s National Office for Evangelization is thinking of life after the vigil and closing Mass.
The office has developed resource packet called Rewired that aims to build on the excitement of World Youth Day, to be celebrated June 15-20 in [...]

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Youth More Religious Than One Might Think

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A German research foundation reports that, contrary to popular belief, teenagers and young adults are interested in religion.
The German Bertelsmann Foundation announced Wednesday that a study on religion and religious practices worldwide found that 85% of young adults between 18 and 29 are religious, and 44% are deeply religious.
Only 13% have no appreciation for God [...]

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Debate Sparked Over “Italy’s Schiavo”

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Milan’s appeals court authorized Eulana Englaro’s father to remove his daughter’s feeding tube, who has been in a state of coma since 1992.The decision, in what has become known as the “Italian Terry Schiavo” case, has been strongly criticized by several bioethical and medical associations, which agree that it is a case of active euthanasia, [...]

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Pope Bound for a Secularized Sydney

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Will Address Need for New Evangelization
By Jesús Colina
On Benedict XVI’s ninth international trip he will address the need for evangelization in the country he once named as one of the most secularized of all nations.
The Pope leaves Saturday for Sydney, Australia, the highlight of which will be the weeklong celebration of World Youth Day. The [...]

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Benedict XVI to Depart for Australia Tomorrow

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At 10 a.m. tomorrow, Benedict XVI is due to depart from Rome’s Fiumicino airport bound for Sydney, Australia, thus beginning his ninth apostolic trip outside Italy.Following a flight of 13,269 kilometres lasting 15 hours and 45 minutes, the Pope’s plane is due to land at Darwin in northern Australia. After a brief stopover, the flight [...]

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