Times Online Pope warns Catholic youth of 'spiritual desert' AFP - 1 hour ago SYDNEY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged hundreds of thousands of young Catholics to beat back a "spiritual desert" spreading through the modern world as he closed Catholic World Youth Day in Australia. Video: Pope's visit challenged in Australia - 20 July 2008 AlJazeeraEnglish Pope says 'spiritual desert' is spreading Times Online Khaleej Times - BBC News - International Herald Tribune - ABC Online all 5,166 news articles ...