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The Book of the Gospels is carried at the opening Mass of World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, July 15. Sydney Cardinal George Pell celebrated the Mass before an estimated 140,000 people. ( Photo by: Paul Haring, Catholic News Servicehttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0DySLTT4PWo/SH1ipRgFYpI/AAAAAAAACnc/G_KZ-G7SDkM/s400/08hp0259.jpg