The biggest event of World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney was the Papal Mass held on July 20, local time, the last day of the six-day celebrations. The Papal Mass ... Read More

World Youth Day's Pilgrimage Walk, part of World Youth Day celebrations since 1986 — the year World Youth Day was begun — took place in Sydney on July 19, 2008, ... Read More

World Youth Day reenacted Christ's last days in the Stations of the Cross held at various venues in Sydney in the afternoon of July 18, 2008, local time. Presenting the passion ... Read More

Pope Benedict XVI's first public appearance at Sydney's World Youth Day took place on Thursday, July 17, 2008, local time, when he went by boat through Sydney Harbour before landing ... Read More

A variety of activities took place on July 15, 2008, local time, opening day of the six-day World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney. Highlight of the day and early evening ... Read More

More than 125,000 visitors — more than the number of those who came to Sydney for the Olympic Games in 2000 — were estimated to have arrived in Sydney for ... Read More

Pope Benedict XVI departed from Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport in Rome in the morning of July 12, 2008, and landed at the Darwin/Royal Australian Air Force air base in ... Read More

Australian actress Nicole Kidman has given birth to a baby girl with husband country singer Keith Urban by her side. The baby, Sunday Rose, is Kidman's first biological child. The baby ... Read More

Australian singer/entertainer Kylie Minogue was conferred her Order of the British Empire royal honor at a grand ceremony at London's Buckingham Palace on July 3. Kylie Minogue was to be made ... Read More