During the Synod for Amazonia, we heard stories of young Indios who struggle against environmental exploitation, in recognition of their own identity, and they want to create an alliance with the young people of the West.  La The earth Continue reading →

A Clean-up campaign with origins in Mbare Township, a high-density, southern suburb of Harare in Zimbabwe has grown from being the story of a Catholic voluntary youth association into a fully-fledged Start-up business thanks to a local Clean City Franchise. Continue reading →

“This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet you all come to me for hope? How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my Continue reading →

Young Koreans want to be peacemakers and protagonists of reconciliation on the Korean peninsula: it is with this spirit and this desire that the World Youth Pilgrimage for Peace organized recently by the Archdiocese of Seoul.

A hundred young people Continue reading →

The Leadership Development and Mentorship program has an ambitious agenda for training tomorrow’s leaders across Africa.

Africa is by far the world’s youngest continent, with a median age of only 18. Such a large population of young people presents an Continue reading →

The students are on the streets, waving banners, banging drums, singing, chanting, and calling for an end to the causes driving climate change that is wrecking the planet. They see the global warming caused by huge amounts of CO2 and Continue reading →

It doesn’t take much to make young people missionaries. Even those who are most frail, limited and troubled can be missionaries in their own way, for goodness can always be shared, even if it exists alongside many limitations.

A young Continue reading →

Published April 2, Christus vivit (Christ lives) is Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Synod of Bishops on young people, faith, and vocational discernment, which took place Oct. 3-28, 2018. 

In the apostolic exhortation, Francis explained that “becoming an Continue reading →

The rural youth of the Amazon region would like to remain in their communities but they are aware that they must migrate to the cities. 

Their aspirations, including education, employment and health-care, cannot be met where they currently live. Continue reading →

Young people in Africa today face many different challenges and circumstances.  These engender both hope and hopelessness among them, depending on their particular context and on available support, resources and opportunities. Young people who are empowered easily find hope Continue reading →