Posted on 08/09/2011 11:38:45 AM PDT by NYer
.- The head of Madrid’s Housing and Economy Office, Percival Manglano, confirmed Aug. 2 that World Youth Day is expected to bring $143 million into the Spanish economy.
During a debate on the event at the Madrid regional government, Manglano said the arrival of thousands of young Catholics would bring a breath of fresh air to the Spanish economy. He rebuffed critics who claim the event will cost the Spanish government millions of dollars.
“(World Youth Day) is a meeting between the Pope and the young people of the world,” he said.
The event's financial director, Fernando Gimenez Barriocanal, said World Youth Day is being financed in large measure by private funds. He added that the government will not be directly contributing financially.
Expenses for the use of public areas will be covered by World Youth Day.
In addition to donations from hundreds of sponsors, the event is also being financed by the registration fees paid by those who attend, he added.
One doesn’t know whom to believe? The secularists, pro-abortionists, GLBTs, and socialists have a way of joining with clergy dissenters.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/09/spain-priest-oppose-pope-visit
“Man Doth Not Live By Bread Alone”
Spain and the rest of Europe need a spiritual awakening if they are to survive.
Well, for starters I wouldn’t believe anything published in the Grauniad . . . especially anything to do with the Church.
It seems to me Spain was at the height of its influence when its fealty to God in Christ was at its apex there too. Not that they necessarily knew - or cared - how to handle it. But it seems to have definitely spurred the human spirit therein. Even Spain´s expulsion of Jews yet opened the way for the Jewish people toward the greatest Liberty they had ever known in 3,000 years of prior history.
But alas, now we´re all weathering on the vine.
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