How will Sydneys World Youth Day be different from past editions?
We can pick and choose among with was best about Toronto, Rome, Cologne and so on. We will plagiarize unashamedly! For example, there’s a general consensus that the Stations of the Cross in downtown Toronto on Friday night were very effective, and we’re planning to do something like that. It allows the ordinary population to join in, straight after work on Friday. Is there any truth to the rumor that Mel Gibson has been asked to stage the Stations of the Cross on the model of his movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’? We’ve investigated it. As things stand at the moment, however, he won’t be involved. What was the attraction? At that time, the film was still very fresh, and it was a great hit with young people. It was a form of catechesis and evangelization that worked extremely well with a young audience. Mel is himself Australian, and we thought that given his capacity to blend his faith and his art, it would make sense to invite him to be part of the event. Have Gibson’s ambiguous state
