They should be banished from WYD!

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From the article:

“To me the Pope’s strength is more political than spiritual,” said vocalist and band leader Ulises Eyherabide. “This Pope, who is so orthodox, so rigid and not very ecumenical in eyes of some, could turn out to be a surprise because of how he might be forced to change due to political situations from which he cannot escape.” “Replacing John Paul II obviously has more of a political than a spiritual significance,” he added."

Huh — are bands in such short supply that this one gets the nod – or did they just invite themselves, or what?
 
Hmmm…one of my students is going to WYD. Is there any way to petition to boot this band from the roster?

Scott
 
Scott Waddell:
Hmmm…one of my students is going to WYD. Is there any way to petition to boot this band from the roster?

Scott
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Who is in charge of booking the Artists for this event – who is the liaison officer for the Vatican? This piece ought to be sent to him.
 
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HagiaSophia:
Who is in charge of booking the Artists for this event – who is the liaison officer for the Vatican? This piece ought to be sent to him.
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I agree. Anyone know?

Scott
 
Here is the official website for WYD as far as I know: wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1 I clicked on “contact” and sent them an email asking to remove this band if the reporting is indeed accurate. If we get enough people writing perhaps we can avoid another Lauryn Hill (sp?) episode.

Scott
 
Scott Waddell:
If we get enough people writing perhaps we can avoid another Lauryn Hill (sp?) episode.

Scott
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What was that episode?
 
Scott Waddell:
Here is the official website for WYD as far as I know: wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1 I clicked on “contact” and sent them an email asking to remove this band if the reporting is indeed accurate. If we get enough people writing perhaps we can avoid another Lauryn Hill (sp?) episode.

Scott
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Can’t thank you enough for that – I sent a “hotmail” (pardon the pun). It’s ludicrous – when I think of our diocese and all the fine Hispanic musicians who can do everything, salsa, Hispanic standards, and those wonderful trumpets and soloists, not to mention marichi’s wowee!!! – and these guys get the nod. Good grief.
 
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Genesis315:
What was that episode?
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Back a year or so ago, Lauryn Hill performed for the at some Vatican event I can’t recall and she went off on a little mini-tirade about the Church in the traditions-of-men vein. The press of course lapped it up.

Let’s see if we can’t get some action on this. It may seem trivial, but I don’t think a band like this should have a forum for spouting off to so many impressionable Catholic youth. It only takes a few minutes to fill out the email section.

Scott
 
I sent an email - what these people have to say is despicable.

How could they possibly have been given a platform for spreading their anti-Catholicism at WYD?? :eek:
 
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ElizabethJoy:
I sent an email - what these people have to say is despicable.

How could they possibly have been given a platform for spreading their anti-Catholicism at WYD?? :eek:
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I don’t think we can necessarily label them anti-Catholic based on the few quotes from the article. It certainly is possible. From this quote:
“We are followers of Christ beyond any specific identity. You can define yourself as a Catholic and be…I don’t know… Today we have a Pope who in theory represents the entire Church. Nevertheless, there are those who say this is not the case. Therefore, why divide Jesus even more when in reality He came for all of mankind? Religion is responsible for creating these differences.”
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If they had said Catholics were definately not Christians, they would be anti-Catholic. Still, they have no place at WYD.

Scott
 
“We are followers of Christ beyond any specific identity. You can define yourself as a Catholic and be…I don’t know… Today we have a Pope who in theory represents the entire Church. Nevertheless, there are those who say this is not the case. Therefore, why divide Jesus even more when in reality He came for all of mankind? Religion is responsible for creating these differences.”
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Ack! They’re those “I have no religion” type guys! Yes, let’s hide the parts of the Truth other people don’t like so we can get along . Why not hide it all so we can all get along. Kumbaya!:rolleyes:
 
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Genesis315:
Ack! They’re those “I have no religion” type guys! Yes, let’s hide the parts of the Truth other people don’t like so we can get along . Why not hide it all so we can all get along. Kumbaya!:rolleyes:
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Hehe. To us, the non-denom thing sounds like the biggest dodge in the world, but people really think there is such a thing–as if a bible falls from the sky, they read it and the Trinity and Sola Scriptura spontaneously forms in their head. :rolleyes:

I passed this article on to J Akin’s blog, btw.

Scott
 
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I don’t think we can necessarily label them anti-Catholic based on the few quotes from the article. It certainly is possible.
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I’m mostly going by the negative tone in H_S’s post about the Pope - rigidity, political more than spiritual, etc. - in my mind, if you’re anti-Pope, you’re anti-Catholic.

And how the heck did they make it onto the lineup with views like that, in the first place? :confused:
 
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ElizabethJoy:
I’m mostly going by the negative tone in H_S’s post about the Pope - rigidity, political more than spiritual, etc. - in my mind, if you’re anti-Pope, you’re anti-Catholic.

And how the heck did they make it onto the lineup with views like that, in the first place? :confused:
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Point taken. I use Dave Armstrong’s (well, at least the guy I got it from) definition of anti-Catholic which is either:
  1. denying Catholics are Christians
or
  1. Catholics might be saved Christians, but only if they reject certain (or most of) Church teachings.
So it sounds like they are close to #2, but I would need to hear more from them to determine if they merely disagree or if they actually think salvation hinges on rejecting the pope’s authority. I do this because I am wary of tossing out ‘anti-Catholic’ too casually because friendly non-Catholics can get in a real wad about it. 🙂

Scott
 
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