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Pope Benedict XVI has raised expectations he will apologize directly to victims of past clergy sexual abuse while he is in Australia this week for a Roman Catholic gathering of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Pope Benedict XVI, right, is welcomed to Australia by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, left, as he arrives at Richmond Air Base on the outskirts of Sydney, Sunday July 13, 2008. Benedict is in Australia for the July 15-20 World Youth Day festival. Pope Benedict XVI waves before embarking on a flight to Australia for a 10-day pilgrimage, in Rome's Fiumicino airport, Saturday July 12, 2008. A special Alitalia flight with Benedict, Vatican officials and journalists aboard has departed Saturday for a pilgrimage to Sydney. Pope Benedict XVI answers to a journalist's questions during a press conference on the flight from Rome to Sydney, Australia, Saturday, July 12, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI, center, listens to a journalist's questions during a press conference on the flight from Rome to Sydney, Saturday, July 12, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, left, greets journalists at the end of a press conference on the flight from Rome to Sydney, Saturday, July 12, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI looks on as he meets journalists during a press conference on the flight from Rome to Sydney, Australia, Saturday, July 12, 2008.