“Dear young people,” Pope Leo said, “today Europe and the whole world are looking to you to be new saints. Dare to believe in the word of the Gospel.”
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Pope Leo XIV declared Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan venerable, recognizing his heroic virtue and moving him one step closer to sainthood.
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Pope Leo noted that conference attendees’ hearts may also be “restless, searching for meaning and fulfillment” as well as for “direction in your lives.”
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As the church marks the end of the Jubilee Year of Hope of two popes, Catholics are reflecting on how that theme took on new meaning.
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“We don’t want to be digital tourists. We don’t want to be caught up in echo chambers where we’re just getting fed information that reinforces our beliefs.”
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The youths’ pastor hope they return home with a desire “to strengthen the church” and “to keep going with the mission of growing the church as young adults.”
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Pope tells U.S. high school students their voice, ideas, faith matter
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenWith a livestream connection, Pope Leo spoke for close to an hour with participants at the National Catholic Youth Conference meeting at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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A majority of respondents indicated personal connections to their Catholic faith, agreeing with the statement, “I feel that God is present in my daily life.”
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The future Christians hope for and must build “is not one of walls and barbed wire, but one of mutual acceptance,” Pope Leo XIV told young adult Catholics from more …
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“No algorithm will ever replace a hug, a look, a real encounter — not with God, not with our friends, not with our family,” the pope wrote.
