One of today’s On the Square pieces features remarks by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput from a session on religious freedom at World Youth Day in Madrid. In her World Youth Day diary entry for today, Anna Halpine describes the young attendees’ enthusiastic response to the call to stand for religious liberty:
Pilgrims at this panel discussion were reminded that faced with these serious difficulties and worrying trends, they are the hope for the future. The responsibility to understand the great challenges of our time, and to engage these challenges with reason, clarity and conviction was the task being clearly presented to the pilgrims now in Madrid. They responded to this challenge with continual, enthusiastic applause. They are serious about the reason and purpose for coming to Madrid and this seriousness bodes well for the future of Spain and the world.
To get a taste of what prompted the applause, you can read Chaput’s address .
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