Sometimes while talking to young people who are Catholic I hear someone say, “I’m not sure what it means to be Catholic.”
A 17-year-old Catholic recently wrote in a national Catholic magazine about his education in a public school where he is “surrounded by atheists, agnostics and non-practicing Catholics.” He said: “The church needs to give young people good reasons to be Catholic: first, by encouraging young Catholics to find an answer to ‘What is the purpose of human life?’ second, by highlighting the faith of its devoted followers, which will perplex the staunchest atheist; and third, by discussing morality in religion classes to help people understand that morality is universal and objective. One of the main purposes of Catholicism is to make it easier to be a moral individual, so any person who wants to be moral should also want to be Catholic.”
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