La Iglesia tiene un compromiso ineludible con los jóvenes: ni adoctrinar ni imponer, sino satisfacer sus necesidades más hondas
The Church has an inescapable commitment to young people: neither to indoctrinate nor to impose, but to satisfy their deepest needs.
Theologians from the University of Navarra highlight the success of WYD and affirm that "the greatest interest lies in the thousands of personal stories of the young pilgrims".
workshop More than one and a half million people will participate in the next few days in the events of the World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid. According to the theologian Enrique Molina, director of the high school Superior of Religious Sciences of the University of Navarra, one of the keys to the success of the event is that "young people find in faith an answer to the fundamental questions of their lives. This is the unavoidable commitment that the Church feels towards young people: neither to indoctrinate, much less to impose, but to offer what can satisfy their deepest needs".
For Professor Molina, the "massive and growing attendance of people from the five continents" to the WYD is a sample of "the harmony that exists between Benedict XVI and the youth". Thus, he indicates that during the events of the coming week "the participants 'connect' with the Holy Father, and, in him, with the Church, to the point of facing the sacrifices that are necessary to share a few events for a few days".
Strength to improve the world
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| César Izquierdo. |
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For his part, César Izquierdo, Associate Dean of the School of Theology of the University of Navarra, indicates that "WYD is a brief period of strong experiences: the experience of being part of the exciting task entrusted by Christ to his Church. Each one of us matters, and we all matter in order to renew the hope and destiny of our world. The crowd matters, but at the same time the greatest interest lies in the history staff, in the thousands of personal stories of the young pilgrims. It is like a training, like exercising in the pilgrimage that is life itself".
He also emphasizes that, for each of the participants, meeting with Benedict XVI and with other young people like them "brings joy, renewal of Christian commitment, certainty that it is possible to make our world a better place, strength to do so and a deeper understanding of what Christian vocation and commitment mean. In this sense, the theologian of the University of Navarra insists that "although it may seem that the light of WYD is fleeting like that of a flash of lightning, the energy that sample is what can seriously transform things".