Vatican City, Jan 11, 2018 / 10:17 am
In an interview published Thursday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that for the Vatican, the new year will be marked by its attention to the lives of young people ahead of the 2018 Synod of Bishops.
"This year – the year 2018 – will be characterized by a special concentration of the Church's attention at all levels on the young, then on their expectations, their aspirations, the challenges they face and also on the hopes that they bring with them, as on their weaknesses and fears."
This approach searches "for a new relationship between the Church and young people, based on a paradigm of responsibility exempt from any paternalism," said Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in a new interview with Vatican News (formerly called Vatican Radio).
Published Jan. 11, the interview covered the topic of the upcoming Synod of Bishops on Youth, Vocation and Discernment, which will take place in October 2018, as well as the World Meeting of Families in August, Amoris laetitia, reform of the Curia, and the Pope's imminent trip to Chile and Peru.