Final Document from the Pre-Synodal Meeting

Final Document from the Pre-Synodal Meeting
SYNOD OF BISHOPS XV ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY   “YOUNG PEOPLE, THE FAITH AND VOCATIONAL DISCERNMENT” PRE-SYNODAL MEETING FINAL DOCUMENT   Rome, 19-24 march 2018   Introduction   The young person of today is met with a host of external and internal challenges and opportunities, many of which are specific to their individual contexts and some of which are shared across continents. In light of this, it is necessary for the Church to examine the way in which it thinks about and...

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Pope Francis Speaks to Young People

‘Do you read the Gospel every day?’: Pope to Argentine young people

‘Do you read the Gospel every day?’: Pope to Argentine young people

In a video message to the II National Youth Meeting taking place in Argentina, Pope Francis invites young people to read the Gospel for at least two minutes a day, and he reflects on presence,...

Address of his Holiness Pope Francis to young people at the begining of the pre-synodal meeting

Address of his Holiness Pope Francis to young people at the begining of the pre-synodal meeting

PRE-SYNODAL MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE  AT THE INTERNATIONAL PONTIFICAL COLLEGE "MARIA MATER ECCLESIAE" ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS Monday, 19 March 2018   Dear young...

Pope: I desire young people to be the protagonists of the Synod

Pope: I desire young people to be the protagonists of the Synod

Pope Francis called young people to take part in the pre-Synodal preparatory meeting by way of social media (Groups of Facebook) At the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis called on young people from...


News

Press Conference for the presentation of the Instrumentum laboris. Intervention by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri

Press Conference for the presentation of the Instrumentum laboris. Intervention by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri

  19.06.2018   I cordially greet all of you attending this Press Conference. I would like to help each and every one of you to “get in tune” with the Instrumentum laboris of the...

Presented the ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ of the Synod of Bishops on young people

Presented the ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ of the Synod of Bishops on young people

The ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ of the Synod of Bishops on young people scheduled for later this year, was released at a press conference in the Vatican on June 19.   The ‘Instrumentum...

#Synod2018 A special series of videos to binge-watch.

#Synod2018 A special series of videos to binge-watch.

Sponsored by the Synod of Bishops, Aleteia and TeleMATER partnered to make it happen! “What makes you happy?” “What is family for you?” “Who is God for you?”… These are some of the questions that the...


Young Witnesses

St. Stanislas Kostka

St. Stanislas Kostka

Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about 28 October, 1550; died at Rome during the night of 14-15 August, 1568. He entered the Society of Jesus at Rome, 28 October, 1567, and is said to have...

St. Rose of Lima

St. Rose of Lima

Rose of Lima has a special claim on our interest for she has the honor of being the first person born in the Western Hemisphere to be canonized by the Church. Only a little more than half a century...

The Story Of Anka Kolesárová

The Story Of Anka Kolesárová

  It may have happened in this way, maybe a little differently, but the sacrifice of love and purity present in this story is solid and indisputable as the stone that stands over her grave...