Guess who this is?

This is no other than the choreographer of the World Youth Day in Rio.

Who did this...

He posed naked in several gay magazines in the past.

Just saying.

The questions here is this:

Is he the only capable choreographer available to be brought in for World Youth Day?

Just asking...

You read more here.

Judging on the English of the post, it is based on Google Translate, not Orthodox Patriarch English Murderer Translate.

Touching scene during the Papal Visit at Rio

Hope the kid grows up always cherishing this moment and having a HUGE POSITIVE impact in his life.

Duh!

Confessions at WYD.

It is a good thing to know that the Sacrament of Reconciliation is still regularly being offered at WYD.  And better yet that confessional grills are installed instead of the usual "come sit beside me and look me in the eye or Can I give you a hug while you confess" kind of set-ups like this one in Madrid.

But notice how some priests "dressed" up for Confession.

We have to take into consideration that some priests here did not pack much for the travel for World Youth Day since most came from other parts of the globe.

I was just wondering...

If some priests can pack their cassock and alb into their luggage, why not the others?

Excuses...excuses...excuses...

But notice the difference in how they dressed up.

The priest in the foreground unbuttoned his clerical shirt and placed the purple/violet stole on top of his street clothes while he hears confession.

The most troubling of all if you look closely to the left of the photo is the priest wearing jeans, t-shirt and sneakers while the rest are in their cassock and alb.  And he wears sunglasses!

Hooha!  Vacation mode!

My take on this?

Tip of the iceberg.

This is what happens in all parts of the world in our Liturgy.  Not just confession, but in the Mass as well.

I remember seeing a "world renowned theological expert" talking all this supposed teachings of Vatican II which you certainly could not find anywhere, wearing nothing but this for Mass.

That liturgical abuser is theologian Daniel Pilario, CM.

Take note of that name.

GULP Alert: Liturgical abuse is...common?...in WYD

I have been a witness to a lot when the World Youth Day was in Manila...

And now the first sighting in Rio.

Just plain...STUPID for the priest to do this.

Look at that young man on the right.

He too is bewildered why he had to do that!

Hurrah for ACTIVE PARTICIPATION!!!

Continue doing this and you trivialize the role of the ordained ministry with the laity...

Continue doing this and you confuse the youth of what is REALLY RIGHT from what is DOWNRIGHT WRONG.

Way to go in the YEAR OF FAITH.

Yes...Fr. Chupungco when he was still alive, NEVER EVER wrote or spoke against any liturgical abuses...He did speak up against Summorum Pontificum though.

Makes you think...

Why do Chupungcan liturgists like Fr. Geny Diwa and Fr. Reggie Malicdem fear the Traditional Latin Mass so much?

Simple.

The TLM has no room for liturgical circus like this.

NO ROOM.

PS:  Anyone out there want to ask me WHY this is a liturgical abuse?  ;)

Fr. Diwa?

A stowaway joins WYD in Rio!

LOL!

Our fave pal, Pedrito, checking in!

Uhm...is he in first class or economy?  :D

More mythological quotes supposedly from Pope Francis

This has been going around my Facebook feed and I did a little Googling and found out all about it.

This was allegedly said by Pope Francis before he left for WYD in Rio.

We need saints without veil or cassock.
We need saints who wear jeans and sneakers.
We need saints who go to the movies, listen to music and hang out with friends.
We need saints who put God in first place, but who let go of their power.
We need saints who have time everyday to pray and who know how to date in purity and chastity, or who consecrate their chastity.
We need modern saints, Saints of the 21st century with a spirituality that is part of our time.
We need saints committed to the poor and the necessary social changes.
We need saints who live in the world and who are sanctified in the world, who are not afraid to live in the world.
We need saints who drink Coke and eat hot dogs, who wear jeans, who are Internet-savvy, who listen to CDs.
We need saints who passionately love the Eucharist and who are not ashamed to drink a soda or eat pizza on weekends with friends.
We need saints who like movies, the theater, music, dance, sports.
We need saints who are social, open, normal, friendly, happy and who are good companions.
We need saints who are in the world and know how to taste the pure and nice things of the world but who aren’t of the world.

Allegedly, Pope Francis said that.  But a quick Google, and you see that there are claims that Blessed John Paul said that.  And then a little more digging and you find that it actually was written in 2010 originally in Brazilian!

The Catholic News Agency has covered this and much much more.

And it also has the REAL quotes made by Pope Francis about WYD like this one:

“I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ!” (Pope Francis, WYD 2013)

I remember the original guy who said that...

In the meantime, before you click and start sharing, try Google first ok?

We have "liturgists" and "canon lawyers" who use it a lot.

Hello from Davao!  :D

The story of World Youth Day: From John Paul to Francis

SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE!!!

MADRID — Pope Benedict XVI closed the religious ceremonies of World Youth Day on Sunday with a giant Mass in which he told young people to “swim against the tide” and abide by the principles of the Catholic Church despite broader changes in society.  [The Pope is mindful of the worldwide hate towards Catholicism, the conservative and traditional values She professes and lived by is what these secular and Modernist world hates.  It does not mean that the whole world has gone ga-ga for abortion, contraception, divorce and same-sex marriage that we just jump into the bandwagon.]

The culmination of World Youth Day — a six-day event that drew more than one million pilgrims to Madrid — took place at an air base on the outskirts of the city.

Though the event was marred last week by clashes between the police and protesters condemning its cost, the huge and ebullient welcome for the pope provided a powerful demonstration of his influence, even at a time when church attendance has been dwindling in Roman Catholic countries like Spain.[The rabid and noisy anti-Catholics are just few but they are rabid and noisy and we have to make a bolder stand against them by witnessing through our lives.]

At the end of Sunday’s Mass, the pope announced that the next such event would be in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. Until then, he told those at the service, in Portuguese, that they “will be swimming against the tide in a society with a relativistic culture, which wishes neither to seek nor hold on to the truth.”

While about 70 percent of Spain’s residents consider themselves to be Catholics, the percentage attending church has fallen sharply, and the number of civil weddings overtook religious ones in 2009.

Still, the economic downturn has shown the importance of religious charities, at a time when the government has imposed severe austerity cuts to help resolve its debt problems. About 800,000 people in Spain fell into poverty from 2007 to 2010, according to a report published last month by Cáritas, a Catholic charity.

Besides being an opportunity for the Catholic Church to strengthen its support, the event should be seen as a call for “greater social engagement,” said Cristóbal Fones, a priest and musician visiting from Chile.

Still, most of the teenagers, dressed in the event’s official yellow T-shirt and waving their national flags, said the highlight had been seeing the pope. “I can’t think of a happier day in my life,” said Roberto Avalos, a 17-year-old who was among a large contingent from Ecuador.

Last week, the downtown square Puerta del Sol was the scene of small but violent clashes between the police and protesters who objected to the cost of the visit, as well as the blurring of lines between a Catholic celebration and the secularism that is enshrined in the Spanish Constitution. On Friday, the Spanish Interior Ministry ordered an investigation into whether the police had used excessive force against the protesters.

Organizers have insisted that the event’s budget of about $72 million was covered by registration fees and corporate sponsors. The government and the regional authorities of Madrid also forecast that the event would help a Spanish economy that has been severely hit by the global financial crisis.

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The Holy Father is fulfilling what he said on his message for the World Youth Day. "As the Successor of the Apostle Peter, I too want to confirm you in the faith (cf. Lk 22:32)"

You can read the Pope's homily here.

Remember folks...Christ reminded us that we are like sheep among wolves.

Anti-Catholic bigots harass WYD pilgrims

From the Philippine Star

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MANILA, Philippines - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines today reported that several Filipino delegates were harassed by anti-Catholic protesters in separate incidents during the World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid.

Fr. Ransom Rapirap, a cluster head handling eight sub-groups under the official Philippine delegation, narrated how a Spanish man, who obviously recognized them to be WYD delegates, shouted profanities at him and Jan Dell Posion, another Pinoy delegate, while they were asking directions from a pharmacist yesterday morning in a neighborhood in Alcorcón.  [Spanish hospitality?  I don't think so.  The "WYD pilgrim" thing gave them away.]

"Suddenly he wanted to cross the street but he was already shouting towards us… The tone of his voice and the expression of his body. Parang (He looked as if) he wanted to crush you," Rapirap added.

Posion, a member of the media team covering the Philippine delegation, shared that though the incident was shocking in itself, it may point to a more startling reality.  [True right you are!]

“Di ko lang lubos maisip na sila ‘yung nagdala ng Christianity sa’tin, pero bakit ngayon andami ng anti-Catholics? Ano kaya ang nangyari? (I just cannot fathom that they brought Christianity to us, but why are there so many anti-Catholic Spanish people now? What happened?”)  [It's called secularism, no thanks to Catholic theologians who thought Modernism.  Oh, yes folks, it all began there!]

JC Perez, a Jesuit novice who came to Madrid under the Archdiocese of Manila, had a more direct confrontation with the anti-Catholic, anti-Pope protesters.  [Mah favorite society!]

Perez was chanting together with other delegates, as they are known to do in public places in Madrid, particularly in train stations, when the protesters met them with derogatory chants, seemingly in an effort to provoke them.

In another incident, two more Filpinos who came as delegates of Dubai, Chris Asero, 28, and Rome Jarlego, 27, were walking along Sol, Madrid on August 17 when they encountered protesters harassing some Italian, German and French delegates who were chanting in unison.

"May mga nagmumura na. ‘Yung mga placards nila talagang derogatory (Some were already cursing. Their placards were really derogatory)," Asero added.  [I think the Filipino Freethinkers organized this, no?  Ha!]

In an interview, Jarlego and Asero estimated that around 3,000 protesters were present at that time, answering the WYD delegates’ with anti-Catholic chants of their own.

According to Jarlego, the protesters were against government spending for the WYD. [Was it for WYD or for the Pope's visit?  Remember that the Pope is a Head of State and Head of Government!]

They advocated, instead that countries like Somalia be given aid or even Spain itself which is in the middle of an economic slow-down like the rest of Europe.  [Why don't we tell the Hollywood and sports celebrities to stop spending as if others are not wanting?  Let's start with that.  Or maybe ask these demonstrators what they had given to the poor of Madrid!  Now, that is something I would like to blog.]

Asero said that the protesters are unaware that the Spanish government did not fund the WYD, but that each delegate had to shell out a US$500-registration fee for the week-long event.  [Idjit.]

He also added that the WYD would actually benefit Spain, "Sa pag-buhos ng mga turista sa bansa nito..Malaking bagay na ‘to sa economy nila, sa tourism. (With the arrival of tourists in their country…It will be a big boost to their economy, to tourism.)

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Because they call themselves FREETHINKERS, right Red Tani?

And because they are free to think, like any atheist I talked with, they devote only their energy and time against Catholicism ONLY.  Not against Protestanism....not against Evangelicals....not against Hindus....not against Buddhists...JUST AGAINST CATHOLICS.

Why don't you try this group?

Are you really thinking?

Guess they are.  Because these chickens and ball-less jokes know that they'll lose another part of their body if they do so.

Pope to hear confessions at WYD 2011

"NEXT!"

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 27, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI will hear the confessions of several young people when he is in Madrid this August for World Youth Day.  [Those who will confess have been chosen.]

The Vatican announced Saturday the official program for the Pope's activities during the Aug. 19-21 trip, including his plan to hear confessions the Saturday morning of Youth Day.

The Holy Father will arrive in Madrid at midday on Thursday, Aug. 19.

At 7:15 p.m., he will join a group of young people to go to Plaza de Cibeles where youth from all over the world will be gathered to greet him.

The next day, the Holy Father will celebrate Mass privately in the chapel of the apostolic nunciature. [TLM?  :)] At 10 a.m., he will pay a courtesy visit to the Spanish king and queen. [Ah, that queen.] At 11:30 that morning, he will gather with young religious and later with university professors at the Basilica of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

The Pontiff will lunch with youth at the apostolic nunciature. That afternoon, he will have an official meeting with Spain's prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. [Oh, that guy.] At 7:30 p.m., the Pope will return to Plaza de Cibeles where he will preside over the Way of the Cross.

The next morning, the Holy Father will hear confessions in the Jardines del Buen Retiro and then celebrate a 10 a.m. Mass for seminarians in the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena. At 5 p.m. he will meet with the WYD organizing committees and then visit the Fundación Instituto San José.

At 8:30 p.m. he will preside over a prayer vigil with young people at the airport of Cuatro Vientos.

The World Youth Day Mass will be at 9:30 on Sunday morning. After Mass, the Pope will pray the Angelus.

He will lunch with Spanish cardinals and the papal entourage back at the apostolic nunciature.

Before leaving Spain, the Pope will meet with WYD volunteers. There will be a departure ceremony at the Barajas airport before the papal plane takes off at 7 p.m.

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I guess the pilgrims will be not the only ones who will hear a lot from the pope.

The royal couple and the prime minister will surely get a tongue lashing. hehehe.

If you are following what is going on in Spain and Europe.

Pinay's song chosen to represent the UK in global Catholic song contest

Emailed to me by Cherrie Anderson herself.

Thanks for the trust Cherrie and Mabuhay!

God bless you for your work!

I know I once blogged about this but I cannot find the link

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London, UK - Cherrie Anderson’s submission to the World Youth Day (WYD) 2011 global song contest has been given the thumbs up by a jury of 10 young people. It is now in the race to be one of the top five songs to be sung to an audience of millions at the Madrid WYD later this year!

Cherrie, from the electro-pop band ooberfuse, says ‘I am thrilled that Faith in You has been approved by the jury responsible for selecting the songs. It is now up on the official website alongside 19 other entries... it is so exciting!!! It’s a bit like being in the Euro-vision song contest only entries come from all over the world. So far there are songs from the United States, France, Venezuela, Argentina, Italy and of course Spain. I really hope people like the track enough to give it their vote. It is a song that reflects upon my experience of the faith and my personal encounter with Jesus.’

The lyrics, inspired by the WYD theme ‘Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the Faith,’ explore what being rooted in the life of the spirit means for one young person. Taking a lead from Pope Benedict XVI’s message for WYD Madrid 2011, the song borrows Jeremiah’s image of a tree planted by a stream whose roots reach out to be nourished and sustained by the flowing water.

‘The video,’ Cherrie continues, ‘was shot in Walsingham. There is a fast flowing stream there that rushes through the Shrine with many trees extending their roots into the flowing water. Images of the Slipper Chapel are used to represent the house built on solid rock. The Slipper Chapel is of special significance for English Catholics as it survived the ravages of the Reformation being firmly grounded on the rock of faith that, as the song says ‘no river flood can shake.’

Milestone of John Paul II's pontificate

The concluding Mass of the 10th World Youth Day held in Manila in 1995 where I was a delegate was mentioned in the video.

The story of the World Youth Day theme songs

Courtesy of Rome Reports

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World Youth Day brings together youths from all over the world. It takes place annually in each diocese and every two years there is an international meeting. Each World Youth Day has as its motto a phrase from the Bible, and the international gatherings also have an official song.

The song for World Youth Day Madrid in 2011 has already been approved. It is based on the phrase from Saint Paul “Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in the faith” which is the theme of the Day. But it won't be presented until November.

World Youth Day songs invite youths to reflect upon the Gospel's key points which the pope focuses on at the gathering.

In 1987 in Buenos Aires a million people were called by the pope to actively contribute to the creation of a better society. The song of that World Youth Day was called “A new sun” and its words highlighted love as the only way to build a new civilization.


The theme of World Youth Day in 1991 was celebrated in Czestochowa, Poland, it was Saint Paul's message to the Romans: “You have received the spirit of sons.” The song of the Day was “Abba Father” and reflected on each person's relationship with God as Father.

Another famous song is from World Youth Day in Denver, in the United States, in 1993: “We are one body.” Singer Dana Scallon interpreted the song in front of John Paul II and 120,000 youths.

In Manila, Philippines, in 1995 the song was “Tell the world of His love”. At that World Youth Day more than 5 million people attended, which was the event with the most number of participants in history. [I was part of that history!] The song won several awards including the “Awit” for Best Inspirational Song.

The 15th World Youth Day was celebrated in Rome and coincided with the Jubilee of the year 2000. The song “Emmanuel” is perhaps the most famous of all.

The song of the upcoming World Youth Day in Madrid will premiere at the festival of the Virgin of Almudena, next November 9th. With that song youths can come together as one voice at World Youth Day in 2011.