Students from regional Catholic universities will meet virtually with the pontiff in an event promoted by The Building Bridges Initiative. The focus will be on topics concerning spirituality and social issues. For Card de Mendonça, young people have the task of bringing together realities that are apparently distant and different from one another.
The uneven distribution of the Christian population and the religion professed in such a varied regional framework contribute to making the faith experiences of young people incredibly diverse. Five students from five different Jesuit-run universities – in Manila, Naga, Davao, Zamboanga, and Cagayan de Oro - discussed topics and issues concerning spirituality and social issues ahead of tomorrow’s virtual tête-à-tête with the pope.
In view of tomorrow's event and looking at the philosophy that inspires it, young people must increasingly be an element of dialogue, of mutual knowledge, bringing together realities that are apparently distant and different from each other.