Sure, it looks great to speak of an “experience of God,” but I fear the expression is just so many more soapsuds in the eyes of the faithful, offering a sop while advancing an agenda. And that God revealed Himself and spoke His Word, who is “Jesus Christ.” Why the allergy to the Name (cf Acts 5:40-41)? He certainly never meant to suggest that WYD shouldn’t bring youth-even non-Catholic youth-to “God.” No, the head of WYD 2023 and auxiliary bishop of Lisbon hopes all young people have a positive “experience of God” there.īut that “God” has a name. The usual defensive mechanisms sprang into place: whenever a hierarch today utters something utterly off-the-wall, there follows efforts to walk back those off-the-wall remarks. In the wake of the debacle over Cardinal-Designate Americo Aguiar’s remarks that World Youth Day (WYD) 2023 doesn’t intend to “convert” any youth because its goal was rather some kind of amorphous exercise in “fraternity,” somebody apparently sent out a “Lisbon, We Have a Problem” alert.
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