{"id":2936,"date":"2008-07-05T16:59:24","date_gmt":"2008-07-05T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2008\/07\/05\/world-youth-day-a-waste-of-money\/"},"modified":"2008-07-05T16:59:24","modified_gmt":"2008-07-05T21:59:24","slug":"world-youth-day-a-waste-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/07\/world-youth-day-a-waste-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"World Youth Day a waste of money"},"content":{"rendered":"

A CATHOLIC priest has spoken out against the large amount of money being spent on World Youth Day, calling it an embarrassment and a scandal for the church.<\/p>\n

Father Peter Confeggi has told Fairfax newspapers the money could be better spend on struggling parishes like his in Mount Druitt, which is one of the most disadvantaged in Sydney.<\/p>\n

He says some of the money could also be directed to helping the 120,000 homeless people in Australia.<\/p>\n

Father Confeggi says there’s also large dissatisfaction with the kind of spirituality that will be taught during the event, with fears that it will be a right wing brand of Catholicism.<\/p>\n

It’s estimated that about $130 million is going to the five-day event in Sydney, which begins on July 15.<\/p>\n

The New South Wales Government is putting in $86 million and the Federal Government $20 million, with the rest coming from church coffers.<\/p>\n

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In other news Judas Iscariot said, “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” I am not trying to infer that Father Confeggi here is a thief, but this is such an old argument. I think the World Youth Days in general have been a smashing success and have brought people closer to the faith and has helped people to see their vocations. Quite a few priests and religious point at attending one of the WYD as a important part in their discernment of a vocations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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