Past Programs
Ecumenical - 2008
WYD 2008 excludes young gay and lesbian Catholics.
09/07/2008
MAGiS (Ignatian) group over-ruled on their inclusiveness policy, and told they may not sponsor the Catholic Acceptance group and the PFLAG group
A preview of World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
With just a few days to go before World Youth Day in Sydney, we ask whether the visiting pilgrims from around the world are going to be presented with a real church or a fantasy church. On the one hand there is a strong emphasis on Catholic identity as traditionally conceived, and and on the other hand a failure to engage with modern problems.
The relics of saints at World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
The strong emphasis on Catholic identity as traditionally conceived, and an attempt to revive a range of traditional Catholic pious practices including the veneration of saintly relics, individual confession, the Latin Mass, eucharistic adoration and the stations of the cross.
Eucharistic Adoration at World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
Another aspect of the revival of a range of traditional Catholic pious practices.
World Youth Day 2008
09/07/2008
With just a few days to go before World Youth Day in Sydney, we ask whether the visiting pilgrims from around the world are going to be presented with a real church or a fantasy church. On the one hand there is a strong emphasis on Catholic identity as traditionally conceived, and an attempt to revive a range of traditional Catholic pious practices including the veneration of saintly relics, individual confession, the Latin Mass, eucharistic adoration and the stations of the cross. On the other hand there is a failure to confront modern problems. We look at the attempt to exclude young gay Catholics, the never-ending saga of sexual abuse, and the reality of a diminishing Australian church now facing an acute priest shortage.
