Youth Archives

In Thailand, Pope tells religions to work for peace; Catholic youth to hold firm to faith

Pope in Thailand and Japan
Nov 22, 2019

Speaking to people from 18 different religions on Friday, Pope Francis said that the complex challenges of the world today – including globalization, the rapid advances of technology and the persistence of civil conflicts resulting in migration, refugees, famine and war – makes the need for cooperation between religions all the more pressing.

Missionary nun says God hasn’t forgotten Haiti, but humanity has

Church in the Americas, Interviews
Oct 6, 2019

“We need to do something different to help children build a future, what we’ve done so far is not enough,” said Italian Sister Marcella Catozza, a Franciscan missionary who first began working in Haiti in 2004 after the fall of dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

A papal document comes alive in young migrants’ reality at the border

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 29, 2019

In an April document on youth and young adults, Pope Francis called for ministry to serve certain populations, including migrant youth. After all, in the United States alone, the population ages 15-39 is set at 104.9 million and, of those, 19.1 million, or 18 percent, are migrant youth.

Pope calls on Mauritius to welcome and protect migrants

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 9, 2019

During the eight hours Pope Francis spent in Mauritius, a multiethnic island nation in the Indian Ocean, he urged the inhabitants of the country to remember their immigrant roots and to integrate those who are arriving as they were welcomed by their ancestors.

On Sunday, Pope Francis saw the best and worst of Madagascar

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 8, 2019

An estimated 70 percent of the population of Madagascar suffers from extreme poverty, living on less than $2 a day. Life expectancy is 65, 12 years less than in the United States.

Stop labeling and call people by their names, Pope tells African youth

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 7, 2019

The devil, the pope said Saturday in Madagascar, “also knows our names,” but he prefers to remind people of their sins, to make “us feel that however much we do, nothing can ever change, everything will remain the same.”