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• "Come with me inside the Vatican" - Special invitation to our readers by Dr. Robert Moynihan (Newsflash Aug. 5/08)
  
  In October, Dr. Moynihan will be leading Inside the Vatican magazine’s first pilgrimage in Italy. Participants will visit Assisi, Rome, and Vatican City.
  
  Starting with Assisi on October 3 and 4, the feast day of St. Francis, the pilgrimage will include all the major pilgrim sites of Rome, and also visits into Vatican City itself, including special tours and meetings with a number of Vatican officials.

• Pope Meets Clerical Abuse Victims by Andrew Rabel - Unexpectedly this morning it was announced that on the day Pope Benedict was to fly out of Australia for Rome, he met with four anonymous victims of abuse by priests, in addition to the apology he had given all victims on Saturday. (Newsflash July 21/08)
  
  
• World Youth Day Concludes in Fine Fashion by Andrew Rabel - After week long celebrations, the final Mass of World Youth Day 2008 was celebrated by Pope Benedict in extraordinary fashion with the attendance a little over 400,000 persons at Randwick Racecourse and Centennial Park, which was a splash of color with the flags of people from over 100 countries represented. (Newsflash July 20/08)
  
  
• Pope Celebrates Mass for Priests and Seminarians by Andrew Rabel - This morning at St Mary’s Cathedral Pope Benedict celebrated a special Mass for the priests and seminarians of the archdiocese of Sydney. (Newsflash July 19/08)
  
  
• The Roots of Identity - by Dr. Robert Moynihan - A nation, a people, may be best known and judged by the things it values most -- the things it loves most. Does it value temporal or eternal things? Does it value its own children and their future, or present consumption and pleasure? (Newsflash July 17/08)
  
  
• Pope Arrives in the Harbour in Barangaroo - by Andrew Rabel - In scenes reminiscent of the last World Youth Day in Cologne, Pope Benedict arrived in Barangaroo on Sydney harbour on the cruiser Sydney 2000, part of the so called boat-a-cade. (Newsflash July 17/08)
  
  
• Requiem for the Romanovs - by Dr. Robert Moynihan - Russia today called to mind the events of July 17, 1918 -- 90 years ago -- when the last Russian czar, Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their children were executed. The country still remains deeply divided about the communist period. Will Lenin's tomb be moved? (Newsflash July 16/08)
  
  
• Cardinal Pell Opens World Youth Day - by Andrew Rabel - Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney opened the first of six days of World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney Tuesday with an open Mass celebrated at dusk on Barangaroo near Darling Harbour. (Newsflash July 16/08)
  
  
• Concert-Requiem - A historic concert in memory of the murder of the last Russian Czar will take place in Moscow on July 16th in Christ the Savior Cathedral. Below are the prayerful words commemorating the 90th anniversary of the tragic deaths of Nicholas and Alexandra, and their children. This text also recounts the many tragedies that occurred in the subsequent 73 years of the communist regime. The text, composed by Russian Orthodox Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, expresses the grief, repentance and hope of the Russian people. The concert was supported in part by a grant from Inside the Vatican magazine. The magazine's editor, Robert Moynihan, is in Moscow for the ceremony and will be reporting on it in coming days. (Newsflash July 15/08)
  
  
• Return to Traditions at World Youth Day - by Andrew Rabel- At a press conference this morning, Cardinal George Pell of Sydney in answer to a question from Andrew Rabel, an Inside the Vatican magazine journalist, indicated that at the final WYD Mass at Randwick Racecourse on Sunday, in line with older practices that have been used in the Vatican and inside Italy in recent months, communion will most likely be received by those kneeling, from the Pope. (Newsflash July 14/08)
  
  
• Pope Arrives in Sydney - by Andrew Rabel - Pope Benedict touched down according to schedule on Shepherd One (the papal Alitalia jet) in slightly overcast conditions at 3 pm on the afternoon of Sunday, 13 July at the Royal Australian Air force Base (RAAF) in Richmond New South Wales to be greeted by Australian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd, NSW Premier Morris Iemma and other government officials. (Newsflash July 13/08)
  

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