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Pope Francis leaves East Timor: ‘I’ll never forget your smiles’
Pope Francis’ event with young adults was his last stop in East Timor before flying four hours to Singapore for... Read more
Don Bosco’s successor: Young people need gentleness and love to fulfill their dreams
Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime encouraged fostering young people’s dreams but “not with blows,” just as Christ himself asked the Salesians’... Read more
Young people to make pilgrimage to Christ the King shrine for religious freedom in Mexico
With the theme “We ask for citizen participation, we demand religious freedom,” thousands of young Catholics are preparing to make... Read more
Pope Francis announces Catholic Church’s first World Day of Children
The event was inspired by a 9-year-old boy named Alessandro, who proposed the idea to the pope to have an... Read more
Boy walks 7 miles on muddy roads to receive confirmation, gets a blessing from the pope
The night before confirmation, the boy’s parents began to worry because the family vehicles were not going to make it... Read more
NET Ministries launches outreach to U.S. Hispanic youth
According to a Pew Research study, 60% of Catholics under the age of 18 in the United States are Hispanic. Read more
More than 40,000 young people make pilgrimage to Virgin of Rio Blanco shrine in Argentina
Last weekend more than 40,000 young people turned out for a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin of Río... Read more
World Youth Day: 96% of pilgrims think gatherings contribute to evangelization
Among the motivations for attending the international meeting with the pope is “encountering Jesus Christ” followed by “living new experiences.” Read more
1,000 Chilean college students go out on mission projects during their winter break
One thousand students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile set off July 14 for missions projects over their winter... Read more
Pope Francis meets with young cancer patients: ‘Jesus is always close to you’
Pope Francis welcomed pediatric cancer patients from Poland to the Vatican on Monday. Read more
How the Salesians are helping youth in Syria, a country in its 12th year of civil war
March 15 marked the 12th year of civil war in Syria, where bombs, poverty, and earthquakes have destroyed the country. Read more
Pope Francis: Look at each other, not cell phone screens
“Our eyes are meant to look into the eyes of others. They were not made to look down at a... Read more
300,000 youths make pilgrimage to Virgin of Itatí in Argentina
Under the theme “Together with Mary, we meet again as a synodal Church,” the young people made a pilgrimage to... Read more
Spanish bishop: We’re creating ‘monsters’ if youth don’t grow up to be loving and generous
Bishop Juan Carlos Elizalde of Vitoria, Spain, warned that some young people are “at risk” for self-centeredness because of the... Read more
Pope Francis to teens: Use the summer break well
"I encourage you to use well and responsibly the time that is available to you," Pope Francis said in a... Read more
Pope Francis: Jesus frees us from the ‘paralysis’ of laziness and selfishness
The pope met with young people participating in a missionary youth conference. Read more
Pope Francis tells 80,000 teens to ask Our Lady for courage to do God’s will
The youth pilgrimage was organized in an effort to reach out to young people whose lives were upended during the... Read more
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Follow St. Joseph's example, Pope Francis tells priests
Pope Francis has written a letter to the Congregation of Saint Joseph. Read more
Catholic Church in Poland plans to reach out to young people in 2022
Other priorities include helping people in need and synodal consultations. Read more
Pope Francis to youth in Greece: Don’t be ‘prisoners of the cell phone’
The pope’s address concluded his three-day visit to Greece. Read more
