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The Meme Generation

"The millennials are all punch, which is good, but are less adept at the longer, deeper reasoning process, which is a weakness"

Atchinson, Kansas, (Zenit.org) Dr. Edward Mulholland | 992 hits

It is college graduation season, and conflict over commencement speakers is the flavor of the month, with a side order of reflections about who these mortar-boarded (gee, that sounds like torture) young people really are. I have taught young people in college, seminary and even high school for 20-plus years. I a...

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Articles from section "Youth"

World Youth Day Gets Global Facebook Page

Communications Director Eager to Make Pope's Message Accessible

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (Zenit.org) | 1278 hits

Facebook users who access the World Youth Day Rio '13 page will now benefit from the global setting supplied by that social network. The page is available in 21 profiles, and users are …

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In Retrospect: Benedict XVI at International Youth Center

5 Years On, Centro San Lorenzo Directors, Volunteers Recall Pontiff's Visit

Rome, (Zenit.org) Ann Schneible | 1102 hits

As Pope Benedict XVI prepares for his forthcoming resignation, young volunteers of the Centro San Lorenzo remember the day the Holy Father visited the youth center five years ago. The …

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Teenage Venerable Proposed as Model for Lent

Blog Offers Daily Quote From Faustino Pérez-Manglano

Rome, (Zenit.org) | 1588 hits

In this Lent just now beginning, the Society of Mary (Marianists) are presenting the figure of the Venerable Faustino Pérez-Manglano Magro, a young Spaniard who died in 1963. He was a student …

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World Youth Day Preparations Continue Unchanged

Rio Archbishop Looks Forward to Hosting Youth, New Pontiff

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (Zenit.org) | 1161 hits

Archbishop Orani João Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro is welcoming the prayer with which the retired Benedict XVI will sustain July's World Youth Day, even as his Successor makes the trip to Rio. …

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Parents Are the Solution, Not the Problem

Father and Mother Really Do Know Best

Washington, D.C., (Zenit.org) Denise Hunnell, MD | 2411 hits

In days gone by, government policies and state institutions deferred to parents as the ultimate authority on what was best for their children. In recent years, however, parents' concerns are …

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