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Pope ends Australia vacation, readies for pilgrims
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SYDNEY, Australia - Pope Benedict XVI praised the Australian government Thursday for its " courageous' apology to the country's indigenous Aborigines for past injustices, saying it offered hope to all the world's disadvantaged peoples. (article 2)
The remarks came in the pope's first public appearance on a 10-day visit to Australia to lead the Roman Catholic church's youth festival, which has drawn more than 200,000 pilgrims to Sydney from across the world. (article 2)
Benedict said Australia's original inhabitants were an essential part of the country's cultural landscape, and cited their plight since the first British convict settlers arrived 220 years ago. (article 2)
" Thanks to the Australian government's courageous decision to acknowledge the injustices committed against the indigenous peoples in the past, concrete steps are now being taken to achieve reconciliation based on mutual respect Benedict said. (article 2)
The 81-year-old pontiff spent three days in near-seclusion at a retreat on Sydney's outskirts after making the longest journey of his three-year-old papacy to lead World Youth Day events designed to inspire a new generation of Roman Catholics. (article 1)
Anti-papal activists in Australia have won permission to annoy Catholic pilgrims at the World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney after a court upheld their right to hand out condoms and coat hangers. (article 7)
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Source articles
- Pope ends Australia vacation, readies for pilgrims (Washington Post, 07/16/2008, 617 words)
- Pope lauds Australia's Aborigine apology (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/16/2008, 602 words)
- Pope praises Australia for saying sorry to Aborigines (Washington Post, 07/16/2008, 274 words)
- Pope lauds apology to Aborigines (BBC News, 07/17/2008, 365 words)
- A cat for the pope? Nobody's talking (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/16/2008, 448 words)
- 100,000 Catholics Gather for Youth Event in Sydney (Washington Post, 07/16/2008, 338 words)
- Anti-pope activists given legal right to 'annoy' Catholic pilgrims -Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 412 words)
- 100,000 Catholics Gather for Youth Event in Sydney (Washington Post, 07/16/2008, 290 words)
- World Youth Day 2008 -Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 233 words)
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