(02 Mar 08 - RV) There are only 135 days left to go to World Youth Day 2008.
Through
various initiatives the Australian Church is reaching out to young people across the
world, but in particular to its nearest neighbours in Oceania, to meet the financial
and logistical difficulties that many young Catholics are facing in their efforts
to make to trip to Sydney.
Bishop Anthony Fisher is coordinator of WYD 2008.
He told us why he thinks young people should not be discouraged by the challenge of
a pilgrimage to meet the Pope in Sydney this July: