Ah youth! Shame they were muzzled by church leaders
23/7/08
I fully support the aims of World Youth Day and I applaud the Catholic Church for undertaking it here. But would someone remind Pope Benedict and Cardinal George Pell that it was a youth event? Attending Sunday’s papal Mass at Randwick, I felt as though I had stepped back in time 40 or 50 years when I heard Gregorian chanting, the Lord’s Prayer in Latin and hymns that I remember from primary school (and they were old-fashioned then). It was not a Mass for young people, and nor was the opening Mass at Barangaroo. I found it a disappointing finish to an amazing week. As a mother of two teenagers, my fear is that the Catholic Church still has a long way to go towards engaging young people in its life. Annette Spooner; Forestville
See: http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/
Tags: Australia, Christianity, WYD