Sydney, Australia, Jul 16, 2008 / 20:18 pm
World Youth Day pilgrims attended catechetical sessions on the theme: "The Holy Spirit, soul of the Church" throughout Sydney, Australia on Thursday morning. In one address to young people, Denver, Colorado's Archbishop Charles Chaput stressed that,“Without the Church, there’s no way we can have a lasting, personal relationship with the true Jesus Christ.”
As he opened his talk, Archbishop Chaput posed a question: “How many of you have heard people from your own generation or older say something like this: ‘I believe in Jesus, but I don't need the Church.’ Or: ‘I’m a spiritual person, but I’m not religious’.”