(Vatican Radio) It is no accident that the 31st World Youth Day, currently underway in Krakow, Poland, falls within the Jubilee Year of Mercy.Fr Eugene Sylva, an official for the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, told Vatican Radio it was important for Pope Francis that the international youth gathering fall within the context of this Holy Year.Listen to Lydia O’Kane’s full interview with Fr. Eugene Sylva: “What the Holy Father tries to do with every group of people he meets, and now especially the young, is to help each of them have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ,” and “allow themselves to feel forgiven,” he told Vatican Radio’s Lydia O’Kane.“Let’s face it: Most 16 year-old young people think of themselves as a mess,” said Fr. Sylva, who worked many years ministering to the youth. “One of the great problems our young people face is they no longer can be impelled by beauty...
(Vatican Radio) It is no accident that the 31st World Youth Day, currently underway in Krakow, Poland, falls within the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
Fr Eugene Sylva, an official for the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, told Vatican Radio it was important for Pope Francis that the international youth gathering fall within the context of this Holy Year.
Listen to Lydia O’Kane’s full interview with Fr. Eugene Sylva:
“What the Holy Father tries to do with every group of people he meets, and now especially the young, is to help each of them have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ,” and “allow themselves to feel forgiven,” he told Vatican Radio’s Lydia O’Kane.
“Let’s face it: Most 16 year-old young people think of themselves as a mess,” said Fr. Sylva, who worked many years ministering to the youth. “One of the great problems our young people face is they no longer can be impelled by beauty, and truth, and goodness.”
“The young people are craving a sense of belonging,” he said. “They want to belong to the Church, and yet we can only offer them this authentic sense of belonging if we help them have an identity as what it means to be Catholic.”
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