Synod on Youth preview: How will we keep young people in the church?

Next month, the Vatican will hold the Synod of bishops on young
people. Earlier this year, in preparation for the October
gathering, the Vatican hosted 300 delegates from around the world.
These delegates met in Rome and produced an 11-page document,
titled “Young People, The Faith and Vocational Discernment.” One of
the delegates selected by the U.S.C.C.B. was Katie Prejean McGrady.
She is a writer, podcaster, Catholic speaker and author
of Follow: Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus. We talk to
Katie about her work at the pre-synod gathering, how the sexual
abuse crisis shows we need the synod now more than ever and what
the church can do to keep young Catholics in the faith. In Signs of
the Times, thousands in India joined nuns of the Missionaries of
Jesus congregation last week to call for the arrest of Bishop
Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused of rape. We also discuss the
latest updates to the U.S. sexual abuse crisis, including the
launching of investigations into clerical sexual abuse in dioceses
across the country. Finally, some Catholic school news: the first
Catholic school to open up in Baltimore in decades will be named
after Mary Lange, who opened the first school in the United States
for black children; and Kolbe Academy in Pennsylvania will be the
first Catholic high school for students battling addiction. As
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nuns demand arrest of bishop accused of rape Vatican officials knew
of McCarrick allegations in 2000, letter confirms States Round up
of newly announced investigations into clerical sexual abuse 1st
Catholic high school for students battling addiction opening in
Bethlehem area Baltimore’s new Catholic school to be named after
African American nun What’s on tap? St. Germain spritzer Learn more
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