Sydney, Australia, will spend over $15 million protecting two of the world’s most famous Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI and Mel Gibson, when the city hosts World Youth Day in 2008. More than 350,000 young Catholics are expected to visit Sydney during the six-day event, which will be sponsored by the Vatican. A Gibson-directed recreation of the last days of Christ in the streets of Sydney was a major selling point in the city’s successful bid for the event, Australia’s Daily Telegraph reports. The recreation by Gibson – who directed "The Passion of the Christ” – could involve more than 100...
