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Sydney Re-enacts Christ’s Passion

July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

More than 250,000 spectators looked on as Christ’s passion and death was re-enacted in the streets of Sydney as part of the World Youth Day celebrations.
The Stations of the Cross is a major highlight of each international World Youth Day, under way in Sydney through Sunday, and Friday’s re-enactment Down Under was no exception.
Organizers estimate [...]

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Lambeth Conference Begins Amid Struggles

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Cardinal Walter Kasper joined with some 650 Anglican leaders at the Lambeth conference, which began Wednesday evening with a three-day retreat.
Cardinal Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, was invited by the Anglican Communion’s spiritual leader, Archbishop Rowan Williams. The Lambeth conference is held once every 10 years. It is under way [...]

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Pope’s Address to Disadvantaged Youth

July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is Benedict XVI’s address on Friday in Sydney to a group of disadvantaged young people of the rehabilitation community of the university of Notre Dame. The meeting took place at the Church of the Sacred Heart.* * *
Dear Young Friends,
I am pleased to be with you at Darlinghurst today, and I warmly greet [...]

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Homily for Funeral Mass of Tony Snow

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Here is the homily preached Thursday by Father David O’Connell, president of Catholic University of America, at the funeral Mass for Tony Snow, held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.Snow, a Catholic journalist and former White House press secretary, died of colon cancer Saturday at age 53. [...]

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Who Is the Holy Spirit, Bishop Asks

July 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Holy Spirit might be a “great unknown,” but the third Person of the Trinity should be befriended and welcomed as the guide of life, affirmed an Italian bishop.Bishop Michele Pennisi of Piazza Armerina spoke with Italian youth about who the Holy Spirit is at the Wednesday catechesis session of World Youth Day.
“For this question [...]

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