I suspect the driving motive for that statue was "relevance"-- they think they need an image that young people can relate to. What they forget is that young people don't want someone just like them. They want someone who can show them transcendence is real and a heroic life is possible.
Carlo Acutis, Bad Art, Eucharistic Processions, and the Silliness (and fear) of Heterodox Hierarchs
I suspect the driving motive for that statue was "relevance"-- they think they need an image that young people can relate to. What they forget is that young people don't want someone just like them. They want someone who can show them transcendence is real and a heroic life is possible.