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.
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In World Youth Day closing homily, Pope Francis calls young people “the now of God”
He told them, “Dear young people, you are not the future but the now of God and he invites you and calls you in your communities and cities to go out and find your grandparents and elders; to stand up and with them to speak out and realize the dream that the Lord has dreamed for you.”
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Like Mary, be ‘influencers’ for God, pope urges at World Youth Day vigil
“Are you willing to be an ‘influencer’ like Mary, who dared to say, ‘Let it be done’?” he asked. “Only love makes us more human and fulfilled; everything else is a pleasant but useless placebo.”
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At lunch in Panama, U.S. pilgrim questions pope on abuse crisis
While sharing a private lunch with pilgrims from around the world, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with victims of sexual abuse by members of the clergy and emphasized the need for unity and prayer, a U.S. pilgrim said.
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For World Youth Day pilgrims, the pope’s presence is a source of inspiration
The presence of the pope at W.Y.D. was something of the utmost importance, an invaluable gift, and a source of immense inspiration and affirmation of the pilgrims’ faith.
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Pope Francis joins World Youth Day Way of the Cross in Panama
The pope said the road to Calvary is “a way of suffering and solitude” that is “prolonged in a society that has lost the ability to weep and to be moved by suffering.”
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Jesus’ love does not use labels, pope tells young detainees in Panama
Speaking to young detainees at a penitential liturgy in Las Garzas de Pacora Juvenile Detention Center in Panama Jan. 25, the pope said society creates “an adjective culture” that prefers to immediately label people as good or bad rather than truly getting to know them.