Pope Benedict: "Youth...Prophets of a New Era"

Build on a solid foundation: This is the Holy Father's final words to the thousands of young people heard in the closing homily of World Youth Day. The peaceful invasion of faith in Sydney ended with the announcement of the next WYD in Madrid in 2011.
And Benedict XVI has challenged the youth. Build "a new era in which love is not greedy and selfish," said the Holy Father, "but rather is pure, faithful and sincerely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, a love that promotes their good and shines with joy and beauty. A new era of that hope which frees us from superficiality, from apathy and from that isolation that brings death to our souls and poisons human relations. Dear young friends, the Lord is asking to be prophets of this new era, messengers of His love, able to attract people to the Father and to build a future of hope for all humanity."