On Thursday 17 July 2008, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major Gen...

On Thursday 17 July 2008, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Earlier, at Government House, Sydney, the Governor-General and Her Excellency Mrs Marlena Jeffery attended the ceremonial arrival of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. Afterwards, at Admiralty House, the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery received His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI accompanied by: the Secretary of State, His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone; the Archbishop of Sydney, His Eminence Cardinal George Pell AC; the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Monsignor Fernando Filoni; and the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, His Excellency Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto.