Youth

Pope calls on Mauritius to welcome and protect migrants
- 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.

By Inés San Martín
On Sunday, Pope Francis saw the best and worst of 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.

By Inés San Martín
Stop labeling and call people by their names, Pope tells African youth
- 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.”

By Inés San Martín

Slain Nigerian clerics are victims of a ‘hidden agenda’, priest says
- Sep 4, 2019
For one Nigerian priest, the killing of several of his peers over the past few months is not so much a sign that Christians are being targeted as it is indicative of a much deeper, and systemic problem rooted in corruption and a “hidden agenda” to make Nigeria a Muslim nation.

By Elise Harris
Five possibilities for a grand Catholic experiment in ‘open innovation’
- Aug 18, 2019
John Allen gives 5 possible uses for a former papal summer residence and invites you to submit some as well.

By John L. Allen Jr.
African bishops applaud youth, women at close of high-stakes meeting
- Aug 1, 2019
At the close of a high-stakes meeting last week, bishops from throughout Africa have said the event was not only a sign of hope, but they doubled down on their commitment to evangelization, specifically highlighting the role of laypeople, including youth and women.

By Elise Harris