| Pope Asks Whole Church To Participate in Youth Day |
| Written by Edoardo Albert | |||
| Tuesday, 08 July 2008 14:18 | |||
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Since we have two representatives of the parish, Fr Damian and Elizabeth Coleman, going to the World Youth Day in Sydney in, now, a matter of a few days, we should pay particular attention to this story. CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, JULY 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The upcoming World Youth Day will be a new Pentecost, Benedict XVI says. And he is asking the whole Church to participate, at least spiritually, if not physically. The Pope made this invitation today before he prayed the midday Angelus with crowds gathered at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. He emphasized the importance of Catholics worldwide joining in prayer for the July 15-20 event, to be held in Sydney, Australia. "I invite the whole Church to share in this new stage of the great pilgrimage of young people across the world, begun in 1985 by the Servant of God John Paul II," he exhorted. "I am certain that from all the corners of the earth Catholics will be united with me and with all the young people gathered -- as in the Cenacle -- in Sydney, intensely invoking the Holy Spirit so that he will flood hearts with the inner light of love of God and of brothers, and of courageous initiative to introduce Jesus' eternal message in the diversity of languages and cultures." To read the rest of the story go to Zenit.
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