Madrid, Spain, Jan 16, 2008 / 20:01 pm
The Diocese of Cartagena (Spain) is preparing more than 150 young Catholics to take to the streets to share the Gospel with their contemporaries.
Organized by the Diocesan Youth Ministry Office, the initiative is quite unusual for a region that is not used to the public expression of faith, and some media outlets have tagged the young evangelizers as “the Catholic brigades” or “Mormon-like groups.”
Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla came up with the idea as part of a campaign entitled “Mission Youth,” which aims to motivate young Catholics to embrace the task of every baptized person to proclaim the Gospel.
Contrary to some media reports that claimed the young people would be promoting “sexual abstinence and the rejection of condom use,” Diocesan youth director Manuel Roberto Burgos said, “Sexual morality is not the central aim of the initiative.”