These WYD co-ordinators just don’t get it, do they?
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Is Iraq over for the US? Barry Everingham writes with a word from his informant: Two of the USA’s largest news organisations — NBC and the White House press organ Fox News — have, it seems, been given the nod from Washington. Journos and commentators are not to take leave and camera crews are at the ready to leave for […]
WYD music: the headline acts
While his Holiness clearly steals the limelight, the plethora of religiously inspired performances by international Catholic musicians is set to amaze even unbelievers, writes Eleri Harris.
Bernard Keane’s confessional: it’s tricky being an atheist
It’s a bit tricky being an atheist sometimes, confesses Bernard Keane.
NSW spending too much on World Youth Day? Pope a Catholic?
The taxpayer forks out again in support of transubstantiation, virgin birth and zombie messiahs, writes Bernard Keane.
Cardinal Pell throws thank you bash for Howard
Cardinal George Pell, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, held a “thank you” dinner for former Prime Minister John Howard at his official residence at Cathedral House last night, reports Alex Mitchell.
World Youth Day: An unholy fiasco in the making
Attendee numbers for the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day are currently running well below forecast, which means the taxpayers could be left holding a huge bill for yet another event fiasco, writes Alex Mitchell.
