Fed: Aboriginal welcome for Pope Benedict

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2008
Fed: Aboriginal welcome for Pope Benedict

Aboriginal elders will be the first Australians to officially welcome the Pope .. when
he arrives in Sydney for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day in July.

Elders of the Gadigal people from the Sydney area's Eora nation will welcome Pope BENEDICT
the sixteenth .. at a location being kept secret for security reasons.

The Pope will then make his first public appearance in a boat parade on Sydney Harbour.

More than 200 thousand pilgrims from 177 countries are expected for the six-day event.

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KEYWORD: YOUTH WELCOME (SYDNEY)

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