Hungary” “” “

Exploiting the freedom to evangelize among the young after decades of repression, and “eliminating religious ignorance”, taking into account both traditional religious practice and the new languages to communicate the faith: these are some of the main objectives of the Hungarian youth apostolate. Before the collapse of Communism in 1989, attention to the young was […]

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memory" "

"Pick-and-mix": and after?” “” “

“Pick-and-mix”, that’s the life-style of many young people in Europe today, in post-modern Europe, says Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor , archbishop of Westminster and vice-president of the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE), in his report to the plenary session of the 10th Symposium of European bishops. Theme of the report: “Evangelizing the young […]

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The future, a disturbing word” “

“Any generation may be evangelized”… That’s the starting point of the reflections of Cardinal Godfried Danneels , archbishop of Malines-Bruxelles, on European youth, stressing their “life-styles” and describing the role of the Church as their “travelling companion”. Individualism. Young people suffer from “generalized individualism” in our age and seem “not to give any thought” to […]

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Words are not enough” “” “

If she wants to be credible in the eyes of youth, the Church of our time must overcome the temptation of the “small flock” and open herself to an “apostolate of open arms”, that focuses attention on the quality of interpersonal relations. Convinced of this is Msgr. Sergio Lanza , professor at the Pontifical Lateran […]

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The breath of the East” “” “” “

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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The roots of our civilization ” “

Finding the “right way” to reach the hearts” of the young”, “discerning the signs of the time and the work of divine grace that acts in the heart of persons”: in the view of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, called to celebrate the opening Mass, this is the main aim […]

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Albania” “” “

“We are making efforts in all our dioceses. The most recent moment was the celebration of diocesan Youth Day on the vigil of Palm Sunday. At Scutari, my own diocese, over 2500 young people intervened for a very rewarding evening on the theme ‘You are the salt of the earth, you are the light of […]

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Austria” “” “

According to the Institute of Research on Youth (ÖIJ), the ecclesial context is, in the great majority of cases, not the sphere in which young people make their first experiences of the faith, even if 45% of the young describe themselves as religious; that’s why there’s a need for “new forms of liturgy” that young […]

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Belgium” “” “

Having to do with young people who “grow up without having contacts with the Christian faith” is a challenge for the Belgian Church, which is being urged to “live the Gospel in a more authentic way”. The fact that young people in Belgium have “no knowledge” of the Gospel does not mean – stress the […]

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Belarus” “” “

1.5 million Catholics out of a total population of approximately 9 million. These are the figures that emerge from a recent socio-religious survey which provided a statistical picture of Catholic Belarus today. A limited presence perhaps, but not an insignificant one if one bears in mind that in the recent past the structures of the […]

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