“The church should provide opportunities for young people to live out their faith in the world, not just keep it in a building during class or Mass.”
Youth
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Rethinking what it means to be ‘college material’
Our October 17 guest is Cyrus Habib, the lieutenant governor of Washington State. We discuss his recent article Stop saying ‘college isn’t for everyone.’ We also discuss these stories: Pope Francis declares Pope Paul VI, Óscar Romero saints Tomie dePaola’s books help us find the sacred in stories of service and stillness Why can’t women vote at […]
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Moving forward from the sexual abuse crisis with eight lessons
Our October 10 guest is John Carr, America‘s Washington correspondent. We discuss his recent article “Eight lessons to help us move forward from the sex abuse crisis.” We also discuss these stories: Holy See issues first response in Archbishop McCarrick case Catholic comedian Jeremy McLellan on finding God by welcoming the disabled What—if anything—ensures a new college […]
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What you need to know about the 2018 Synod on Young People
America’s Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell and America’s National Correspondent Michael O’Loughlin will be in Rome covering the 2018 Synod on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.
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Four lessons from Mary for the Synod on Young Adults
Before we can accompany young Catholics, we must know where we are taking them. Mary shows the way.
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Brazil’s Catholics to Pope Francis: We’ve got your back
Several bishops in the biggest country in Latin America have stepped forward in recent weeks to demonstrate their full support of the pontiff.
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V Encuentro: Young Latinos and women are ready to lead. Will the church make room?
Young adults are ready and willing to take on responsibility for and within the church. And many already have.
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Pope Francis in Estonia: Church must convert to reach young people turned off by scandal
The pope said he knows that young people “are upset by sexual and economic scandals that do not meet with clear condemnation.”
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The synod of bishops must consider young Catholics’ desire for authenticity
The meeting of the Synod of Bishops on young people is an opportunity for an ongoing conversation between everyday lived experience and church teachings.
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St. John Paul II envisioned a big church. So why are millennials feeling excluded?
We have been told we are too gay or too female or too mentally ill or too divorced to serve in the church.