“When you become a slave to your phone, you lose your freedom,” Pope Francis said.
Youth
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Cardinal Nichols to young people: Abandon gangs and turn to Christ instead
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, has made an urgent appeal to the young people of his country to abandon gangs, gang violence and the use of knives. “Knife crime” is at its highest since records started being kept since 1946 and Catholic clergy in Britain are focusing on how to divert youth from such destructive social behavior.
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We’re sacrificing our kids’ mental health to the college admission industrial complex
For high school seniors, existential angst about what schools they will get into, how much aid they will receive and how much debt they will need to take on to get a degree has become a national rite of passage.
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Young Catholics aren’t the church of the future—they’re the church of now.
Pope Francis speaks to the ‘now’ of God with his new letter to youth.
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Pope Francis urges young people not to abandon the church
This dark moment, he writes, with the help of young people “can truly be an opportunity for a reform of epoch-making significance, opening us to a new Pentecost and inaugurating a new stage of purification and change capable of renewing the Church’s youth.
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Pope Francis to young people: Mary inspires and assists those seeking their vocation
“Young people who are seeking or questioning their future can find Mary to be the one who helps them discern God’s plan for them and find the strength to follow it.”
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Live from Australia: How young Catholics are changing the church
We look at the Synod’s final document and talk about what still needs to be done to have young people lead in the Catholic Church.
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Global encounter of W.Y.D. challenges nationalism, walls, pope says
“As long as there are new generations able to say, ‘Here I am’ to God, the world will have a future.”
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Panama shows solidarity with pilgrims along route to World Youth Day vigil
As thousands of pilgrims streamed through the neighborhood of Las Acacias en route to the World Day Youth vigil, those from Nicaragua and Venezuela received special cheers and applause as they carried the flags of their respective countries.
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Next World Youth Day to be held in Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal, will open its doors to the world’s young people in 2022 for the next World Youth Day.