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World Youth Day 2008
World Youth Day is the Catholic Church's week of events for youth and with youth. It gathers thousands of young people from around the world to celebrate and learn about the Catholic faith and to build bridges of friendship and hope between continents, peoples and cultures.
World Youth Day will be held in Sydney, Australia, from 15-20 July 2008. The event will mark the first visit to Australia of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Days in the Dioceses will take place in the leadup to WYD08, from approximately 10-14 July 2008.
Inspired by great gatherings of the world's young people for special youth events in Rome in 1983-84, Pope John Paul II established World Youth Day as an annual event and a way to reach out to the next generation of Catholics and spread the Church's teachings.
World Youth Day is an inclusive, international celebration of faith, friendship and hope between peoples and cultures.
For further information relating to World Youth Day Sydney 2008, please visit the official WYD08 website www.wyd2008.org
Refugee and Migrant Week
The Refugee and Migrant Sunday has changed to a weekly event. It will take place from 25 - 31 August 2008.
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