Nuncio urges US bishops: introduce youth to Christ and the saints

November 11, 2014

Addressing the fall meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the apostolic nuncio called upon the bishops to introduce youth to Christ and the saints, especially American saints.

“The culture of death lures young minds away from understanding and distinguishing between true good and evil,” said Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. “Their hearts become hardened by evil. We must strive to bring clarity in their thinking between good and evil, and teach them compassion in the midst of suffering.”

He added:

Our young people today clearly are looking for a challenge, a goal, a purpose. They need to find meaning to their lives. They need to be attracted to Christ in positive ways by the example of so many declared and undiscovered saints living in the Church today in the United States. We have to let our young people know that their lives are worth living and that they were born for eternal glory, nor for glamour, or guns, or sensationalism.

They are crying out to us. They desperately need to be inspired, to have the life of Christ breathed back into them. It is up to us to set the example, not just by doctrinal teaching alone, but by the teaching of our whole lives. Perhaps, and I know this might be hard to accept, in time the youth of our age may well behold the ultimate radical witness in faith that some may be called to give.

 

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Further information:

• Address Of Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano (USCCB)