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Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: The Joy of Youth

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by on Mar 23, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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In raising children, we rediscover the wealth in youth. On the most basic level, we re-learn the nursery rhymes, we re-memorize Dr. Seuss, and we are fascinated by door-knobs and blue skies and dandelion seeds. There is more to it than this, however. As Pope Francis notes, children are a gift because they witness to […]

We Must Live the Faith with a Young Heart
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We Must Live the Faith with a Young Heart

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by on Mar 24, 2013 in Featured, Live in Christ, The Shepherd's Voice
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Following is the whole text of Pope Francis’ homily during the Palm Sunday Mass that begins the Holy Week celebrations. The Holy Father commented on the World Youth Day that the entire Church celebrates today, asking that we live the faith “with a young heart”. The pontiff urged the youth to “tell the world that […]

Avoiding a Boring Summer
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Avoiding a Boring Summer

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by on Jun 25, 2012 in Dating & Singles, Featured, Live in Christ
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Saint Josemaria Escriva relentlessly telling it like it is: If you say that you want to imitate Christ… and yet have time on your hands, then you are on the road to lukewarmness. (The Forge, 701) The first time I read that it really stung.  It stung so bad that I printed it out and […]

Sexual Rights, Overpopulation and the World's Youth
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Sexual Rights, Overpopulation and the World’s Youth

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by on Apr 26, 2012 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Tuesday marked day two of a week long conference on “Adolescents and Youth” held by the UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD). While the conference is supposed to address a wide range of topics related to population, development and youth, it has focused almost exclusively on promoting the sexual and reproductive rights of youth, […]

A New Kind of Rebel
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A New Kind of Rebel

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by on Aug 27, 2011 in Columnists, Featured, On Media
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Another World Youth Day has come and gone, and with it, all the usual speculation about what it means. Ever since the late Pope John Paul II launched the international faith festival in 1984 by welcoming 300,000 young Catholics to Rome, the chattering classes have struggled to account for its appeal. That struggle continued last […]

Flash Mobbing King’s Dream
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Flash Mobbing King’s Dream

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by on Aug 25, 2011 in Featured, On Media
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Every black person apprehended for robbing stores in a flash mob should have their court hearing not in front of a judge but facing the 30-foot statute of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at his Washington memorial site. Each thief should be asked, “What do you think Dr. King would say to you right now?” […]

College Students Need Help to Keep their Faith
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College Students Need Help to Keep their Faith

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by on Aug 09, 2011 in Columnists, Education, Featured
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When my daughter was researching prospective colleges and universities a few years ago, she claimed for a time that her No. 1 choice was a world-famous Jesuit university in the East. A friend, revealing a touch of cradle Catholic cynicism, joked, “I thought you were looking at Catholic schools.” Ba dum ching. Or maybe you […]

Europe's Not-So-Revolutionary Youth
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Europe’s Not-So-Revolutionary Youth

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by on Jun 29, 2011 in Featured, The Economy
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As the European Union’s financial crisis continues to unfold across the old continent, many young Europeans are belatedly realizing their economic future looks rather bleak. Unfortunately, the tens of thousands of young Europeans who have taken to the streets of cities such as Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, and Paris in recent months to express their […]

Encouraging Youth to Commit to Life and to Hope
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Encouraging Youth to Commit to Life and to Hope

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by on Jun 08, 2011 in Featured, Government & Politics
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It is rare to hear a UN discussion on youth that include a message of hope for their future. Often, UN agencies view youth as a problem or liability, whose large numbers in the developing world are a destabilizing force for society and the economy, and whose futures will be full of hardships. Last week, […]

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Let the Youth Teach Us about Pro-life

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by on Apr 04, 2011 in Columnists, Life Issues & Bioethics
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I often point out that our youth are not simply the “future leaders” of the pro-life movement. They are leaders here and now, in more ways than one. Often I am asked to speak about the role of youth in the pro-life movement, and to encourage parishes and pro-life organizations to focus more on recruiting […]

Pro-life Youth Create Cautious Hope for the Future
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Pro-life Youth Create Cautious Hope for the Future

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by on Jan 31, 2011 in Contraception & Abortion
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At the 38th March for Life, we saw thousands of high school and college students, young seminarians, young religious sisters and families with young children.