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Pope Benedict XVI waves on board the Sydney 2000 ship on the way to the Bangaroo East Darling Harbour in Sydney on July 17 for a meeting with pilgrims. Benedict XVI on Thursday delivered a stinging attack on pop culture, consumerism and "false idols" to 150,000 mainly teenaged Catholic pilgrims gathered in Australia for World Youth Day. (AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)

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2 posted on 07/17/2008 1:24:08 PM PDT by NYer ("Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ." - St. Jerome)
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He looks great!


3 posted on 07/17/2008 1:26:33 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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“the concerns for non-violence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment… cannot however, be understood apart from a profound reflection upon the innate dignity of every human life from conception to natural death.”
4 posted on 07/17/2008 1:30:07 PM PDT by browardchad
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I really, really like this Pope. As a Catholic-in-training, I think this fellow is very special. He radiates Goodness, in much the same way Albino Luciani Pope John Paul I did.


14 posted on 07/18/2008 1:25:05 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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