Synod

Way of the cross
Conclusive meditation by prefect Kevin Farrell

Dear young people, This evening, we have retraced the painful journey towards the death on the cross that Jesus lived through in the last hours of his earthly life. And we reflected on the human pain ...

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Today the Via Crucis will be presided by Prefect Farrell for the young people gathered for the pre-Synodal meeting

Today, Prefect Kevin Farrell will preside over the Via Crucis that will set out from the cloister of the Basilica of St. John Lateran and go through the streets of Rome. This is one of the events ...

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Pope Francis: "There is no youth; there are young people with their stories that the Church wants to hear”

“What are you looking for in your life? Say it; it will do us good to listen to you.” Pope Francis addressed these words to the young people from around the world who are participating, at the ...

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The report on the situation from Togo, Benin, and Ivory Coast

In several African countries, as the French daily La Croix tells us, youth associations and chaplaincies are at work preparing for the Youth Synod to be held next October in Rome. In the dioceses of ...

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Dear friends, as Pope Francis has said, “Every young person has something to say to the Church, to the bishops and to the Pope!” That is why three hundred of your contemporaries from around the world ...

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The pre-synodal meeting that will bring together 300 young people from all over the world as protagonists, from 19 to 24 March, was presented. The call to contribute through social networks.

On the anniversary of the beginning of his Petrine ministry, on March 19th, Pope Francis will open the work of the pre-synodal meeting that will bring together 300 young people from all over the world ...

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The invitation to not be afraid, the importance of the name, the grace of God, and the courage in the present: these are the four cardinal points of Pope Francis’ Message for WYD 2018

“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God” (Lk 1:30) is the theme of Pope Francis’ Message to the young people preparing for the XXXIII World Youth Day 2018, which will be celebrated ...

Towards the Synod
An international congress in view of the Synod held at the Salesian Pontifical University

“Youth and Life Choices: Educational Perspectives” is the theme of the international congress that will be held in Rome in September just before the celebration of October’s Synod of Bishops on ...

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Ten prayer and formation meetings promoted by the Shalom Community to prepare young people for the Synod and the World Youth Day in Panama

Ten prayer meetings, with moments of adoration and formation, will be held in Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, in preparation for the Synod of Bishops 2018 and the World Youth Day in ...

Youth
Just one year until the WYD: Preparations are now lively, with a meeting in Stuttgart

Putting the spotlights on young people is also on the Dicastery’s agenda for 2018. With the aim of reflecting together on “how to plan youth ministry in the Movement, to bring young people closer to ...