How World Youth Day is changing the church
Youth
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Inmates at Panama youth prison anticipate visit from pope
On his trip to Panama for the World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis will visit the Las Garzas de Pacora detention center in Las Garzas, which is Panama’s main youth lockup. While there, the pope will pray with the inmates, offer a message of peace and reconciliation and will also hear their confessions. This will be the first time Pope Francis has done so on a pilgrimage.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis heads to Panama for World Youth Day
This year’s W.Y.D takes place less than three months after the conclusion of the Synod for Young People that was held in the Vatican last October.
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Study shows young adults leaving church start down that path at age 13
A 2018 study on young adults leaving the Catholic Church found people stopped identifying as Catholics at a median age of 13, long before they ceased attending a parish.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Infographic: The role of college campus ministries
The report examined two distinct approaches to campus ministry. Degree-educated staff tend to emphasize public service, but missionary-trained staff are more likely to focus on students’ personal relationships with God.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Seattle University plans fossil fuel divestment: Will other Jesuit schools follow its lead?
The fossil fuel divestment movement, which started in the 2000s, has become a mainstay of activism on college campuses.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How can we strengthen faith formation classes?
Children can flex their learning muscles and begin to talk more deeply about their faith with a more “conversational” catechesis.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Gracias: Synod document must be adapted to needs of Asian youth
The issues that concern young Asians are different from those of their counterparts in the West, the Indian cardinal said.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Australian bishop: respect for women is a top concern at Synod
“We have a picture of what the goal looks like—the dignity of women, women feeling appreciated, their gifts being used—but how do you get there?”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What baby boomers owe the next generation of Catholics
The church needs our young people. But we elders cannot nurture them in the faith if we repel them.