The Pope hasn’t arrived yet, but Brisbane Australia got the party started – WYD Exclusive Photos

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Posted by bluepanjeet on Sunday, July 13, 2008, 23:04

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Yesterday, July 12, 2008, the Diocese of Brisbane pumped up the WYD fever with its initial march of more than 6000 Pilgrims marching on the streets of the City. They marched from St Stephen’s Cathedral to the Roma Street Parklands, where up to 20,000 Catholics are expected for day-long celebrations. A spokesman for the Catholic church in Brisbane said that after years of planning it was wonderful that the big event had finally arrived. He said young Catholics from around the world now in Brisbane would be heading for Sydney where Pope Benedict XVI will lead week-long celebrations. The 81-year-old pontiff has touched down at Richmond RAAF base, northwest of Sydney, at 3pm (AEST) today (1 PM Manila time). Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Brisbane Archbishop John Bathersby addressed the Brisbane celebrations late yesterday. As usual, OTWOMD caught sight once again these exclusive photos of the March yesterday. Everyone was singing and dancing on the street, a true-blue WYD joyful atmosphere is already in the air, even before Benedict XIV arrives in Australia, Look at the exclusive inside photos.

(special thanks to ebenedict for the exclusive photos).

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Tomorrows Trust - A Review of Catholic Education » Blog Archive » A selection of quality Blogs tell WYD08 story better than public press

28 July, 2008, 20:52

[...] A selection of quality Blogs tell WYD08 story better than public press Written by John Borst on July 28, 2008 – 12:52 pm The following blogs have a number of characteristics in common. They attempt to cover the whole event. They have both stories and quality photos. Some are groups like The Dominicans or Passionists. Some were chosen because they add to Louis Kloster?s posts especially in picture format. In that regard the first one in the list OTWOMD or http://www.bluepanheet.net has a series of photos on the march in Brisbane where the Canadian contingent is front and centre. I have included the url for the Brisbane post. [...]