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Vocations Expo Attracted 2,500 Pilgrims per Hour

July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

Benedict XVI told pilgrims at the Youth Day closing Mass not to fear a call to the priesthood or consecrated life. One statistic indicates his words fell on fertile soil: An average of 2,500 pilgrims an hour visited the Vocations Expo in Sydney.
This and other statistics reveal the most spiritual and the most simple aspects [...]

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Prelate: JPII Generation Proud to Follow Benedict XVI

July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

Benedict XVI has shown that World Youth Days are an ordinary part of the Church’s life, not just an invention of Pope John Paul II.
Cardinal George Pell, archbishop of Sydney, affirmed this before Benedict XVI gave his final blessing to some 400,000 gathered at Randwick Racecourse on Sunday for the closing of the 23rd World [...]

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Cardinal Rylko’s Address at Closing Mass

July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here is the text of the address Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, gave at the World Youth Day closing Mass on Sunday.* * *
Holy Father,
The twenty-third World Youth Day is drawing to a close. Here before you are the young pilgrims who have come from every corner of the [...]

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Cardinal Pell’s Address at Closing Mass

July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is the text of the address Cardinal George Pell of Sydney gave at the World Youth Day closing Mass on Sunday.* * *
Most Holy Father:
In the name of all the pilgrims here present, and those many more united to us by television, radio and internet, I give profound thanks to the Father, Son and [...]

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Papal Address to Youth Day Volunteers

July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here is the address Benedict XVI gave Monday morning local time at a meeting with the volunteers who worked at World Youth Day. The Pope left Australia for Rome at about 10:30 a.m., local time.* * *
Dear Friends in Christ,
I thank Cardinal Pell for his kind words and I am pleased to have this opportunity [...]

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