Far from encouraging sexual activity, the right kind of sex education can teach children that they have the agency to say “no.” Parishes and faith-based groups are ideal for delivering this message.
Youth
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump was never popular with young voters. So how did Marine Le Pen win over France’s youth?
If Marine Le Pen pulls off an upset in France next weekend, it may be because young voters do not share their parents’ fears about the far right.
Posted inFaith, News
How Jesuitical is filling a gap in the podcasting (and parish) world for young Catholics
With over a million total downloads, “Jesuitical” has reached listeners globally, grown an online community, found financial supporters and is even hosting a pilgrimage to Italy in September.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Most young Catholics say they are spiritual or religious. That doesn’t mean you’ll find them at Mass.
The vast majority of young, self-identified Catholics describe themselves as at least slightly spiritual and religious—but they practice their faith in ways that might not be familiar to older believers.
Posted inFaith, Features
5 years ago we started a podcast for young Catholics. What we learned about politics, prayer and the church surprised us.
To mark Jesuitical’s five-year anniversary, we are looking back on what we have learned from our guests—Catholics and non-Catholics alike—about navigating the modern world as people of faith.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
The message of this year’s Oscar picks: It’s up to our kids to save the planet.
At a time when our world contends with so many difficult issues, to see Hollywood imagining young people as our saviors raises serious questions.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis goes to college: Vatican announces virtual meeting with university students across the Americas
The historic event will be hosted by Loyola University Chicago in collaboration with Emilce Cuda, the new head of the office of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, who convinced the pope to participate.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Lessons from Notre Dame on ministering to L.G.B.T. students
A campus minister at Notre Dame has a message for gay students: We can challenge one another without thinking that disagreement is moral failure, bigotry or hatred.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis tells young people: ‘Dream and live, be free and authentic, be the critical conscience of society.’
Pope Francis to young people: “You have been entrusted with an exciting but also challenging task: to stand tall while everything around us seems to be collapsing; to be sentinels prepared to see the light…to be builders amid the many ruins of today’s world; to be capable of dreaming.”
Posted inFaith, News
Survey: A third of young Catholics expect to attend Mass less often after the pandemic
Nearly three-quarters of young U.S. Catholics say they can be a good Catholic without going to Mass every Sunday, according to a new CARA survey.