World Youth Day [Sydney,
Australia 2008]
Contacts:
Sydney is chosen - The Holy Father's
announcement
"And now, as
the living presence of the Risen Christ in
our midst nourishes our faith and hope, I
am pleased to announce that the next World
Youth Day will take place in Sydney, Australia,
in 2008. We entrust to the maternal guidance
of Mary most holy, the future course of the
young people of the whole world."
- His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, 21 August
2005
WYD08 will be the occasion
of the first visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict
XVI to Australia and we very much look forward
to welcoming him to the "Southern Land
of the Holy Spirit". (Apostolic Exhortation
Ecclesia in Oceania, John Paul II 22 November
2001).
Through the WYD08 experience,
young people from throughout the world will
make a pilgrimage in faith, meet, and experience
hospitality and the love of God. The young
people will have an opportunity to rediscover
their baptismal calling and the centrality
of the sacraments of the Eucharist and reconciliation,
and so discover a new apostolic zeal to witness
more fully the Gospel in the modern world.
For more information,
click HERE
to visit the official WYD08 website.
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