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Crime down during WYD: NSW Minister
 New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says that Sydney's crime rate during the World Youth Day week was the lowest it has been in a long time. [More]
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China seeks Olympic priests
 China is recruiting overseas priests to help say Mass for visitors to next month's Beijing's Olympics while 100,000 bibles embossed with the Games logo have also been printed. [More]
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Filipino bishop told to pay Islamic taxes
 Southern Philippines Bishop Martin Jumoad says he has received a letter threatening him with harm if he does not convert to Islam or pay Islamic taxes. [More]
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"Anglican Use" provision expanding
 The US Catholic Church is set to expand its use of the so-called "Anglican Use" provision instituted by Pope John Paul II which allows communities of Anglicans to join the Catholic Church as a bloc while retaining some of their traditions. [More]
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Be prophets of a new age, Benedict says
 Pope Benedict yesterday urged a teeming World Youth Day final Mass crowd estimated at up to 400,000 to become prophets of a new age to bring faith to a "spiritually barren" world. [More]
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Feature - Being Catholic is the new cool
 Some baffled journalists described it as a Catholic Woodstock – the 1969 orgy of, drugs and sex and rock 'n roll which became an iconic moment for baby boomers. But 40 years later, the world has moved in an unexpected direction. WYD, the biggest youth event in history, is an anti-Woodstock, a repudiation of the materialism and secularism of the baby boomers. - Michael Cook, MercatorNet
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Opinion - Raising money for God
 According to the teaching of the Gospel, we are not owners but rather administrators of the goods we possess. These are not to be considered as our exclusive possession, but means through which the Lord calls each one of us to act as a steward of His providence for our neighbour. - Kerry A. Robinson, America
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