A few key themes emerged in early October as the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment entered its second week in Vatican City. Listening to young people, taking their concerns seriously and accompanying them on their journeys
At the beginning of June, Google announced that it had declined to renew a contract with a Pentagon drone program, which lapses next March. The contract allowed the Department of Defense to use Google’s artificial intelligence tools to study unmanned aerial drone
“An army of youth flying the standards of truth, / We’re fighting for Christ, the Lord. / Heads lifted high, Catholic Action our cry, / And the cross our only sword.” More than a few Catholics of a certain age will recognize
The online magazine Slate recently published a piece by a young woman considering seeking excommunication from the Catholic Church. It was an interesting read, well-written and personal. It was also, as you can imagine, oh, so very sad. Throughout the piece, the
Catholics in their 20s and 30s are recognizing the human and societal damage caused by widespread use of contraceptives, and they’re watching their peers begin to wake up to the health problems it causes, even if they don’t yet see the deeper
The Vatican’s pre-synodal gathering of young people was yet another event in preparation for this fall’s 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will discuss the theme “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.” But the March 19-25 meeting
A week ago, I thought I understood the state of youth and young adult ministry in the Church today. My experiences as a teacher and parish youth minister, as a speaker at events throughout North America, and with the thousands of people
For a long time, the words “secularized Europe” have been a too-comfortable couple. So it wasn’t altogether shocking to read a recent report in The Guardian that stated that, for the next generation at least, things continue to look bleak for Christianity
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Jan. 25 that three young adults would represent the United States at the pre-synod gathering to be held in Rome from March 19-25. This gathering is an opportunity for the Vatican to hear directly from
Young Catholics are leaving the Faith. Multiple national surveys indicate that only about two-thirds or fewer millennials (those born in 1982 or later) who were raised Catholic remain Catholic as adults. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) recently conducted