World Youth Day (WYD) is the largest youth event in the world and will be held in Sydney from Tuesday 15 to Sunday 20 July 2008.

Organised by the Catholic Church, WYD brings together young people from around the globe to celebrate and learn about their faith on a more regular basis.

WYD08 will be the largest event Australia has ever hosted. It will attract over 125,000 international visitors - more than the 2000 Olympics.

WYD08 will mark the first visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Australia.

Through the WYD08 experience, young people from throughout the world will make a pilgrimage in faith, meet, and experience the love of God.

World Youth Day is an invitation from the Pope to the youth of the world to celebrate their faith around a particular theme. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Bishop Vasa: Abortion-On-Demand Candidates are "Disqualified"

The
question of whether Catholics may remain in good standing with the
Church while voting for abortion-on-demand politicians like Barack
Obama has been raised.

Bishop Robert Vasa has said that an
abortion-on-demand stance disqualifies candidates from consideration by
faithful Catholics.

With regards to the notion of
proportionate reasons, Bishop Vasa states, "The conditions under which
an individual may be able to vote for a pro-abortion candidate would
apply only if all the candidates are equally pro-abortion."

He
also stated, "Abortion needs to be in our country a defining issue and
we ought not be afraid to make it a defining issue because when we do
that we will have an end of abortion in this country."

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