In a video message to the 400,000 participants registered for World Youth Day 2023, the pope encouraged young people not to “put up walls” that close them in but to “thirst for the horizon” that makes them grow.
‘Open your hearts to other cultures,’ pope tells young people
Catholic high school students help tell Buffalo Soldiers’ story in memorial
The Friends of Freedom statue, dedicated Nov. 12, memorializes soldiers of the 9th and 10th Calvary, known as “Buffalo Soldiers,” who fought alongside Cubans fighting for freedom from Spain during the Spanish American War.
Centers run by Knights have been home for generations of Rome soccer players
The soccer fields have served a loftier goal than simply being arenas of competition. They function under a mission entrusted to the Knights by Pope Benedict XV: to keep the children of Rome Catholic.
Photos of the Week: Nov. 7. 2022
In the spotlight: Papal trip to Bahrain, Dorothy Day ferry, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, Day of the Dead
Photos: Students gather in Alexandria for Senior High Youth Rally
Youth from across the diocese gathered Oct. 30 at Lake Geneva Christian Center in Alexandria for the Senior High Youth Rally, a gathering for students to celebrate their faith together through prayer and activities.
Pope tells young people: Skip Google, search God first for advice
Everyone needs help to mature and to grow as a person of faith, Pope Francis told young people in Bahrain, so reach out to someone a bit older and wiser and don’t forget to pray.
Pope’s November prayer intention: ‘For children who suffer’
Pope Francis noted that there are millions of boys and girls around the world living “in conditions very similar to slavery.”
Pope encourages young people to be peacemakers
Continuing to talk about the “grave danger” humanity is facing because of the war in Ukraine and Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons, Pope Francis urged a group of young people from Belgium to be peacemakers.