CARD. GLEMP, “WHENCE COMES THE LONELINESS OF THE YOUNG?”” “

“Faced by the phenomenon of the loneliness of the young and their tendency to participate in transgressive groups, the Church must ask herself whence comes this sense of loneliness”: said Cardinal Josef Glemp, during the Symposium of European bishops held in Rome from 24 to 28 April. “The young abandon their families, increasingly in crisis, […]

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CARD. DANNEELS, TEACHING THE YOUNG TO “SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE”” “

The young need to be taught to “swim against the tide”: that, according to Cardinal Godfried Danneels, archbishop of Malines-Bruxelles, is the fundamental objective for the evangelization of youth. The Christian – said Card. Danneels in his report to the 10th Symposium of European bishops, held in Rome from 24 to 28 April on the […]

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YOUNG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PREPARE FOR WYD IN TORONTO” “

A meeting of the European Committee of university chaplains at Madrid, from 27 to 29 September with the participation of the national delegates of the university apostolate; the meeting of the oldest universities in Europe in Rome from 8 to 10 December, with the participation of the universities of Bologna, Salamanca, Cambridge, Vienna, Besançon and […]

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“PASTORAL UNITS”, A NECESSITY AND A CHALLENGE” “

“Pastoral units are now a necessity in many European Churches due to the crisis of vocations to the priesthood. But they also represent a useful challenge to find new approaches to evangelization, catechesis, and the increased involvement of the laity in the ecclesial community”: that’s the opinion expressed by Father Christian Schaller, president of the […]

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CARD. MOUSSA I DAOUD (ORIENTAL CHURCHES),” “FROM EAST TO WEST THE YOUNG ARE AN “INESCAPABLE TASK”” “

An “inescapable task” for the oriental and western Churches: “On us is incumbent the grave responsibility to make the young the living and future members of the Church and of society in Europe”. This responsibility was reaffirmed by Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, during the eucharistic celebration […]

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GUDZIAK (UKRAINE), FROM POST-WALL “EUPHORIA” ” “TO THE “HOPES AND FEARS” OF TODAY” “

After a century of “terror and traumas”, as was the twentieth, characterized among other things by a “deliberate religious persecution” and by “forced deportations” of the population, Christianity in the Ukraine has passed from the ‘”euphoria” of the post-Wall period, with the consequent entry into the Western processes of “globalization” (and the imbalances due to […]

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ARE THE YOUNG “AFRAID” OF THE BISHOP?” “

Are a lot of young people “afraid” of the bishop because he embodies for them the hierarchy and power of the Church? So it would seem, according to the accounts of several young people who were able to express their own difficulties directly to the bishops, in the various language groups, at the 10th Symposium […]

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THE YOUNG TELL THE BISHOPS,” “”LET US FEEL YOUR PRESENCE”” “

“We have a need to feel your presence, your fatherhood. We understand that you have many commitments, but when we meet each other we understand each other better”. That’s the plea made to the bishops by Katerina Kubickovà, youth delegate of the Czech Republic at the 10th Symposium of European bishops recently held in Rome […]

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THE YOUNG SAY NO TO A “TECHNOLOGICAL” CHURCH,” “YES TO A CHURCH THAT “TAKES THE FIRST STEP”” “

“We don’t want a modern or technological Church, but a Church that knows how to speak a simple language, close to the life of ordinary people”. To puncture one of the most widespread stereotypes of the young, the one that paints them as “Internet dependent”, was Simonetta Saveri, youth delegate of the CEI, in speaking […]

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CARD. DANNEELS: “LET’S NOT FILTER THE GOSPEL TOO MUCH”” “

“Let’s not change the Gospel: it’s already a text so powerful as to touch everyone’s heart. Let’s not filter it too much”. That’s the appeal made by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, archbishop of Brussels, in the report he presented on the “itineraries of formation” of the young in the Church to the 10th Symposium of European […]

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