Cost of World Youth Day
Noting that the next Catholic World Youth Day is to be held in Sydney, locals are starting to ask about the cost and who will bear it.
According to the World Youth Day 2005 blog, German organizers recently estimated the costs for the 2005 production at roughly 100 million euro ($120.7 million). Even in prosperous Canada, the last World Youth Day in 2002 left behind a debt of $23.8 million.
One of the problems faced by the Toronto and Cologne organisers was that only about half the attenders registered and paid for the events.
The question here in Australia… is there room for an ecumenical approach to “World Youth Day”?
