News item (lede buried):
World Youth Day (WYD) 2023, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, is already shaping up to be a grand affair. Just one month from the popular Catholic gathering, the official website of WYD has announced that more than 313,000 pilgrims have registered to attend. While these post-pandemic numbers are lower than those of past WYDs, they demonstrate the desire of young people to return to normalcy and celebrate the Catholic faith....
We un-buried the lede with red pixels. Translation: this is the lowest registration EVER.
The superannuated among us remember the Viet Nam-era question:
What if they gave a war and no one came?
Seems apropos in the Era of Francis.
I hope the sentiment towards Francis spills over onto the 26 Jesuit universities in the United States
ReplyDeleteI hope the Jesuits get it good and hard that way
It is my sense that the Jesuit universities and colleges are over-ripe fruits about to fall from the tree.
ReplyDeleteNo, my use of "fruits" is NOT a pun, tempting as it may be.