Pope in Australia for World Youth Day

SelectPlusPope in Australia for World Youth DayPope in Australia for World Youth DayThe Associated PressPope Benedict XVI has raised expectations he will apologize directly to victims of clergy sexual abuse during a visit to Australia this week for a Roman Catholic gathering of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. (July 14)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:boat full of pilgrims pulling into dock]They are arriving by the boatload... [Notes:bus full of pilgrims] And the busload [Notes:groups of pilgrims]Pilgrims from around the world are pouring into Australia for the World Youth Day festivities with Pope Benedict. [Notes:nats up - guitar player] For many, the celebrations are already underway. [Notes:pope on plane]The Pope arrived Sunday after a 20 hour plane ride from Italy. [Notes:Rudd and Benedict] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd greeting him at the airport before Benedict headed for a retreat. His first public events aren't until Thursday.SOT: Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney: "He has a few days to recover from the longest flight that he has undertaken and I am sure that he will be in fine form for his official welcome on Thursday." [Notes:close of Pope's folded hands]One thing the Pope know he must address is the clergy sex-abuse scandal. SOT: Pope Benedict: "I will essentially say the same things as I said in America.There are things that always bad and pedophilia is always bad." [Notes:nats of protestors] A member of the group Broken Rites welcomes a Papal apology, but says words are not enough.SOT: Chris MacIsaac, Broken Rites: "Of-course its welcomed, but it must come with action. For too long the victims have been re-abused by church hierarchy."Activists in Australia say there could be thousands of victims of clergy abuse in that country.Pope Benedict will spend 10 days down under - including a Mass before an estimated crowd of 200-thousand during the World Youth Day festival. ___ ___, The Associated Press

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[RockyBalboa211]

God bless the catholic church!

[sydneybristow89]

The dalai lama doesn't have the same insane ideals the pope has, and buddhism has not started one war through the ages and as far as I know buddhist monks havent been in the news for molesting kids.

The dalai lama is all about peace and even though i am an atheist I respect him a great deal.

[RocketsOfDoomsday]

they party like monkeys. WTF

[meandbenny]

Lets get real the clergy like to fuck little boys and suck their cocks ...period...history has shown this to be true so dont try to deny it you perverted lot of cunts.

[meandbenny]

I agree and fuck george fucking pell...little boy fucker and suckhole cunt.

[Bunyipz]

the concept of god and black president is quite different you moron try to separate fact from fiction before opening your gob

[smh31]

Some of yall say "no fucking way in hell is there such an entity as God"...but 50 years ago some muhfucka would be saying "no fucking way in hell is there EVER gonna be a possiblity of a black president". In 1500 they prolly said "no way is there EVER gonna be large metal object that has humans inside and FLIES"..Guess what today we have planes..impossible is nothing..All am saying is dont be so convinced in ur own convictions...be open to the fact, or possibility, if u like, that God exists.

[Ktulu13]

Fuck the Pope!!!

[mf607]

Catholics who believe in "salvation by works" also grossly misunderstand their Church's teaching. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), "[o]ur justification comes from the grace of God. Grace is favor, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God" (CCC 1996). So it seems that your beef is with Catholics, and not with the official teaching of the Catholic Church.  Okay, fair enough.

[samsonor]

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