2013-07-28   John W      John W's previous articles

Weather and World Youth Day

Spain - August 2011 - 40 degree heat - wild storm

Brazil - July 2013:
Saturday night's Vigil Service and Sunday's final Mass, originally scheduled for a field 30 miles outside Rio, have been moved to Copacabana beach. Because of the rain, the originally planned area has been turned into a sea of mud.  Sea  this article about the Field of Faith, which will probably be renamed the Field of Mud. What a disappointment. What crazy planning in the first place

Earth and Sky to Vatican: maybe not such a good idea to hold World Youth Day in places/at times of wild weather?

c.f.r. 1995 World Youth Day in Manila - was held in January to avoid possible bad weather of July-August

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