Seeing Sydney

We have exciting news to announce.

Many readers were able to keep up with the Holy Father on his visit to America by visiting Pope2008.com, the Register’s blogsite covering Pope Benedict’s apostolic journey. Now, we have just learned that, thanks to the generosity of EWTN, we will be able to provide the same kind of coverage for World Youth Day ’08 in Sydney, Australia.

The Holy Father’s visit to America was a great blessing to our country. Parishes and diocesan vocation directors are already reporting positive results. Next, expect the Church to see the same kinds of results from World Youth Day.

I’ll be following along at Pope2008.com by reading Tim Drake’s reports.

Join me.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis