By Clarke, Kevin SYDNEY-Members of a New Zealand Maori cultural group prepare to perform a traditional "Haka" war dance for pilgrims during World Youth Day activities in July.

By Sweas, Megan This year's World Youth Day didn't end in July. The Australian bishops hosting the event hope that WYD pilgrims continue to connect with each other through new social networking sites.

By Sarah Pulliam, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Jul. 19--It wasn't exactly the six-figure throng of young people camped in Sydney, Australia, but Catholic teenagers from Ohio and Michigan still made it to World Youth Day today.

Pope Benedict XVI finished his Australian pilgrimage Monday by saying a private mass with victims of clergy sexual abuse, officials said.

By Victor L. Simpson, The Modesto Bee, Calif. Jul. 21--SYDNEY, Australia -- Pope Benedict XVI saw the future of Catholicism when he looked out over a sea of more than 350,000 young people at the church's World Youth Day on Sunday.