Catholic Archbishop of Sydney George Pell has launched an internet social networking site designed specifically for World Youth Day. The organisers say the media feeds and user-generated content on the site mean people who cannot get to Sydney next month will be able to share the World Youth Day experience.
Administrator James Van Schie says organisers wanted to help people get in touch before the event.
"Somebody in Mexico could log on, create a profile, find there's a group from the Sydney Archdiocese where they'll be coming, connect with that group, start introducing themselves, exchange ideas and talk about what the event's going to hold for them," he said.
But Mr Van Schie says organisers had to do a little work to convince some church elders to get onboard.
"Bishop Fisher and the Cardinal admit they're not tech-savvy people but once they learnt about the concept of online social networking and what it offers young people, they really liked the idea," he said.
He could not say whether Pope Benedict would be setting up an account.
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