Young Catholics

Here’s a tip of the hat to some of our favorite headgear and the groups that have added an extra touch of joy to the conference.

Organized annually for the past 10 years, the Mission Congress is intended to be a “laboratory of evangelization,” in all its forms.

Pope Leo XIV encouraged an international group of young adults to reach out to their peers and invite them to be active members of a parish community rather than trying …

Young people must take control of technology and “humanize” online spaces to be friendly, creative places — not isolated echo chambers, forms of addiction or ways to escape, Pope Leo …

Ignacio, at his young age, takes on the challenges of the disease with a mature confidence in God’s will. The teen’s treatment will last for two years.

“Saint Carlo Acutis inspires us all to do extraordinary things, even as ordinary people,” said a post from the shrine’s Instagram account.

“We must offer young people the ideal of evangelical life through the means of communication that are theirs,” Sister Albertine said.

At age 10, Blessed Frassati received his first holy Communion; two years later, he asked to be able to receive Communion daily.

“Sometimes it can feel like we’re the church of tomorrow, but this is a reminder that we’re the church of today, and the youth of the church are so alive …

“It’s a celebration. It’s seeing the unity of the church, the power of the Spirit that is still alive and continues to move and inspire. It’s beautiful.”