Bishop Reflects on Pope's Message to Youth
(05 March 09-RV)The Church in Italy is asking young people to turn off their mobile phones, ipod’s and computers for Lent, concerned with young Italians apparent obsession with the technological world. In his message for this 24th World Youth Day Pope Benedict cautions that technology alone cannot offer much hope, only God can. Bishop Kieran Conry of Brighton and Arundel England spoke to Emer McCarthy about Pope Benedict’s message to young people.
He says that the Pope’s consistent call on today’s youth to have hope is encouraging for them in a world where they are often given bad press:
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