Posted on 03/16/2018 1:45:44 PM PDT by ebb tide
How are personalities of young people formed in today's world? How do new technologies influence them? How do they view God and the Church?
These are some of the questions that young people will study during the pre-synod meeting to take place in Rome from March 19 to 24.
Three hundred youth will address them physically from the Eternal City, while thousands of others will join in through social networks.
The objective is to encourage believers and non-believers to participate. From the answers a working document will be written by bishops who will participate in the Synod on "Youth, faith and vocational discernment," convened by the pope in October 2018.
FR. ALEXANDRE AWI MELLO
Secretary, Dicastery Laity, Family and Life
"The Synod will held by the bishops for young people, but the pope has insisted that the Synod must be from the youth and for youth. Therefore we have to listen to young people."
POPE FRANCIS
April 8, 2017
"Young people are the topic. Even those who are agnostic? Yes. Those with a lukewarm faith? Yes. And young people who have left the Church? Yes. Each young person has something to say to others, has something to say to adults, has something to say to the priests, nuns, bishops and the pope. We all need to listen to you!"
The Vatican has already published online the questions that young people will have to answer next week. Those who do not attend physically have until Friday, March 15 to register on social networks. It is not necessary to be a Catholic or a believer to register.
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