International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB): the group for the next three years has been appointed

The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life is delighted to announce the appointment of the new members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB), once again composed of 20 young people from different regions across the world and several international movements, associations and communities.

The appointed members for the next three years include:

Australia: Madeline FORDE, Brazil: Erika TELES DOS SANTOS, Canada: Sally YASMINE, Colombia: Miguel Francisco ROJAS NAVARRO, Cuba: Aniel Luis SANTIESTEBAN GARCIA, Denmark: Sara ANGELUCCI, France: Thibault PFEFFER, Guinea: Beatrice CAMARA, Hungary: Rita MATANYI, India: Freya FRANCIS, Indonesia: Nathaniel MARVEL ARIFIN, Korea: Jiun Anastasia LEE, Lebanon: Tracy ALCHALFOUN, Mexico: José Miguel GUTIÉRREZ CARREÒN, Nigeria: Gosife EZE, Peru: Ximena Alejandra VALDIVIA MURO, Philippines: Giancarlo FRANCISCO, Portugal: Rodrigo GONÇALVES FIGUEIREDO, United States: Wyatt OLIVAS, Zimbabwe: Selestino MUPFIGO.

As for the first group, responsible for 2019-2023, this is the response to a specific request of the Final Document of the Synod 2018, which urged the establishment of such Body to support the activity of the Dicastery’s Youth Office (cf. No. 123).

The group will play an important advisory and proactive role, collaborating in synodal style with the Dicastery, to further explore issues related to the pastoral care for youth and other topics of more general interest, including in cooperation with other Dicasteries of the Roman Curia.

The first meeting is expected to take place in Rome in December 2024.