World Youth Day organizers said July 25 that the independent catechesis sessions offered by U.S.-based media producer Michael Voris during World Youth Day 2011 are not approved by the event. Voris responded with puzzlement that the announcement was made, stating that his organization has never represented itself as linked to the event.
"Participants in the World Youth Day 2011 Cultural Program must be recognized and endorsed by the bishops and episcopal conferences of their respective countries," read a July 25 statement from the event's organizers.
There had been "some confusion" about Voris' affiliation with World Youth Day, organizers said, further noting that "Real Catholic TV" and Michael Voris' catechetical session "No Bull in Madrid" have not received endorsements from the group's local bishop-Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit-or the U.S. bishops' conference.
They are "not in any way recognized or approved" by the official event. The Pontifical Council for the Laity selects and invites only bishops from around the world to conduct catechesis sessions at World Youth Day, the statement explained.
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