LISBON - The organisers of the World Youth Day (WYD) events are proud of the unparalleled internationality of their participants. However, though the initiative (supported inextricably by the underlying shared Catholic faith) boasts of its universality, the diversity on show has a visible and audible tendency to cheerily amplify idiosyncrasies and patriotism.
I spoke to a few people who were pleased to share both personal and national stories of their Catholic faiths; stories frequently untold and oft forgotten.
