{"id":3898,"date":"2005-08-14T09:19:28","date_gmt":"2005-08-14T09:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/wyd-1.html"},"modified":"2005-08-14T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2005-08-14T09:19:28","slug":"wyd-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/wyd-1.html","title":{"rendered":"WYD!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve still not gathered all of my links, but will work on that today, and have it up by late this afternoon. But you can get started by checking out Tim Drake, who’s on the ground, after a rocky start. One of his initial observations:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The anti-Catholic groups are present as well. There seem to be far more anti-Catholic activities here in Cologne in comparison to the other WYD venues. Could it be because we are in the country that birthed the Reformation? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fr. Dowd of Canada is also there, and has audioblog posts<\/a><\/p>\n

The first leg of Father Todd’s journey was rough as well, but he hopes things will get better<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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