Youth embrace Pope Leo’s message of hope following unique digital meeting November 21, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Pope Leo XIV encouraged American youth in a unique digital discussion Nov. 21, telling them that they were not only the “future of the church,” but “the present,” saying “your voices, your ideas, your faith matter right now.”
Pope tells U.S. high school students their voice, ideas, faith matter November 21, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Pope Leo XIV urged U.S. high school students to be “intentional” with their screen time, their prayer time and their involvement in a local parish.
Funny hats show the joy of NCYC while T-shirt messages feature the heart of youths’ faith November 21, 2025By John Shaughnessy The Criterion Filed Under: News, World News, Youth Ministry When it comes to creative, attention-getting fashion that always makes people smile, participants at the National Catholic Youth Conference have a tradition of wearing a wide variety of headgear that adds another flavor of fun to the faith-filled event.
New Barna data shows Gen Z leads in weekly in-person church attendance November 15, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, social media, World News, Youth Ministry They were the first generation to have technology at their fingertips from birth — “digital natives” who grew up with the Internet, iPhones, iPads, and computers. They’re Generation Z, better known as “Gen Z” — born between 1997-2012 — and they’re estimated to be nearly a quarter of the world’s population.
Survey: Young adults are the most engaged, most at risk of leaving church November 12, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, Youth Ministry A new survey shows young adult Catholics are the most engaged in the Latin Church in the U.S. – but the “strong” dynamic is also “fragile,” and questions of leaving the church persist.
CR for Kids is valuable resource for parishes, schools and families November 10, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs CR for Kids offers a fun, faith-filled way to engage youngsters in the Gospel. Each month, a two-sided activity page invites children to explore Scripture through word searches, puzzles and other activities.
It’s Holywins: European Catholics offer a joyful alternative to Halloween October 31, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, World News, Youth Ministry Across Europe, Catholic families are turning Halloween into a celebration of light, life and holiness. Known as “Holywins” — a play on “Holy” and “Halloween” — the movement began in Paris in 2002 and has since spread to Poland, Belgium, Italy, Spain and beyond.
Faith thrives in community, not isolation, pope tells young adults October 31, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Pope Leo XIV encouraged an international group of young adults to reach out to their peers and invite them to be active members of a parish community rather than trying to live their faith alone.
Gen-Z should be known as Gen+ for what they can add to the world, pope says October 30, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Young people must take control of technology and “humanize” online spaces to be friendly, creative places — not isolated echo chambers, forms of addiction or ways to escape, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope to young people: Friendship with Jesus leads to love, not propaganda October 7, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry True disciples of Christ listen to and understand others, and they always speak the truth, even in the presence of those who are powerful, Pope Leo XIV said.
Rosary can change the world, pontifical charity urges before a million children pray September 30, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, World News, Youth Ministry This October, over a million children around the world will lift their voices in prayer as pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need marks the 20th anniversary of its One Million Children Praying the Rosary campaign. What began in 2005 as a small gathering in Venezuela has grown into a global movement reaching across every continent.
Essay contest open for entries for Respect Life Month September 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Youth Ministry As part of October’s Respect Life Month, the American Life League’s Culture of Life Studies Program, based in Fredericksburg, Va., plans to hold its 2025 Pro-Life Essay Contest.
