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Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and representatives of other Orthodox and Anglican churches accompanied Pope Benedict in lighting a candle to launch the Year of St Paul.
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Volunteers refuse WYD powers
Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service volunteers will not seek "authorised person" status while assisting with WYD in order to avoid "negative interactions with people".
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Vietnam up, US down on WYD numbers
A record number of Vietnamese pilgrims will attend World Youth Day this year but US numbers are down - and 50 Angola pilgrims are stranded in Sydney instead of Adelaide because tour organisers thought the SA capital was only an hour way.
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Celebrate the living spirit: Bishops urge
Australia's bishops have urged Catholics to "celebrate the Living Spirit" to mark Aboriginal and Torres Islander Sunday this weekend.
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Korean priests in Mass protest against US beef
Two hundred South Korean priests have celebrated a street Mass in Seoul to protest an unpopular government decision to resume beef imports from the US.
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Bees for Benedict
Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio has presented Pope Benedict with two new specially made three wheeled vehicles.
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Feature - Walking away from what they do not know
"People who leave the Church are not leaving because they are rejecting the teachings of John Paul II or Pope Benedict. Most do so because they go to Catholic schools and they think that the kind of warm secular humanism with Christian gloss that they get in Catholic schools is in fact the Catholic faith and it hasn't captured their imagination, their love or their intellect so they are walking away from something that they do not know." - The Catholic Herald
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Featured Website - First Things
First Things is a monthly ecumenical journal concerned with the creation of a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society." It is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life in the United States of America.
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Film Review - Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda is essentially a martial arts comedy and is a total action movie. It has striking effects and action sequences and a particularly impressive concluding fantasy sequence which brings DreamWorks to a new level of technological sophistication. There is a strong cultural feel about the movie and it heavily draws on Chinese culture to bring authenticity to its fantasy. - Peter Sheehan, Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting
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Opinion - God is without circumference
His challenge was to see the beauty in every face, even when the owner of that face had long given up on it. Surely, that is to love others as Jesus did—Jesus the One who never gives up on us. If we are to love as Jesus loved, we need to be forgiving people. Forgiving people are bridge-builders and reconcilers. - Fr Chris Gleeson, Madonna
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OPINION
Beyond knowledge to wisdomI believe this is one of the crisis points for contemporary Christianity. Put bluntly, its representatives do not seem wise. Yes, those representatives can give you any amount of information, some of them can even speak knowledgeably of Christian teachings. Wisdom is another thing altogether. - Fr Michael Whelan [More] - Aquinas Academy
FEATURE
Connected across bordersIt is time for leaders of nations to see their national interests as connected with the interests of people on the other side of the globe. We have reached the point where human existence is at stake and our destiny is inextricably linked. If we are to overcome this crisis of climate change we need to think beyond the confines of national states. - Just Comment [More] - Edmund Rice Centre
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WYD delegates ready to depart for Rome
Some 60 youth delegates from across Australia, representing every Catholic diocese, gathered this week in Sydney in preparation for the start of Sydney's role as host of World Youth Day 2008.
The delegates are preparing for their role in Rome, which will include participating in a Mass celebrated by Benedict XVI and officially receiving the World Youth Cross and Icon from representatives of last year's host city of Cologne, Germany, at the Palm Sunday Mass in St Peter's Square.
Before reaching Australia, the Cross will undertake a long journey through Africa, Oceania, and on to Australia. It will arrive in Sydney in July 2008.
Meanwhile the first international meeting of leaders and organisers of the World Youth Days will be held at Sassone Di Ciampino near Rome from 7-9 April.
The meeting, organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, will be attended by delegates from 85 countries and by representatives from 45 communities, associations and Catholic youth movements.
On the first day, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany, will consider last August's WYD in Cologne, analysing its results on his archdiocese and on youth pastoral care throughout Germany, as well as organisational and logistical challenges.
The next day, Sydney Archbishop Cardinal George Pell will speak on the challenges and expectations of the Australian Church with a view to WYD 2008.
World Youth Day is the world's largest youth event. Sydney organisers are expecting 500,000 people (including 135,000 international visitors) for the 2008 gathering.
The NSW Premier Morris Iemma announced this week he will join the Australian youth delegates at the invitation of Cardinal George Pell in Rome for the ceremonies.
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World Youth Day delegates from across Australia depart for Rome and Palm Sunday Mass with the Pope (World Youth Day 2008 5/4/06)
Meeting of World Youth Day leaders (Vatican Information Service 5/4/06 - temporary url)
LINKS (not necessarily endorsed by Church Resources)
WYD2008 Rome Delegates by State
World Youth Day 2008
ARCHIVE
NSW Premier to attend WYD handover in Rome (CathNews 3/4/06)
NSW Premier's invite to Rome for WYD event (CathNews 20/3/06)
Bishop outlines World Youth Day progress (CathNews 13/3/06)
Winning design for World Youth Day (CathNews 24/2/06)
Pope tells theologian he's coming to Australia (CathNews 22/12/05)
MORE STORIES
Local community to celebrate as Vatican hands World Youth Day cross to Sydney (World Youth Day 2008 5/4/06)
Past, future World Youth Day leaders gather for first international meeting (Catholic News Agency 5/4/06)
Pope to participate in Thursday-evening WYD session (Catholic World News 5/4/06)
World Youth Day in Sydney 2008 an injection of spiritual values (Fides 4/4/06)
Youth ministers gather to plan WYD observances (Catholic World News 4/4/06)
6 Apr 2006
