Santiago, Chile, Nov 15, 2011 / 12:26 pm
Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati of Santiago opened the Chilean bishops' annual meeting by emphasizing the priority of Church leaders to help young people encounter Jesus and follow him.
“As bishops of the Catholic Church we want to fix our gaze upon the lives of young people, to discover in them the seeds of so much good and so much hope, in order to be mediators of the encounter with the Lord Jesus for them, so that they might have abundant life,” Archbishop Ezzati told reporters during the bishops' Nov.14-18 meeting in the city of Punta de Tralca.
Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, the apostolic nuncio to Chile, presided at the assembly's opening Mass.
In his homily, he underscored the need for communion among believers who live in a society that overlooks essential values such as life, the family, and the dignity of persons, particularly children.