(11 July 09 - RV) The Holy Father received a number of important guests this week
including US President Barak Obama, Austrlian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and Japan’s
Prime Minister Taro Aso, the first of that country’s one million Catholics to hold
that post. At the center of these meetings, the G8 summit, the world economic crisis
and Aid to Africa. Tracey McClure takes a closer look at the past week