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Asian Catholic youth must be bearers of the Gospel of hope and holy living: Pope ANILA, Philippines (CNS) Asian mitment. "ready to change radically the "They have received the word of God," In his university speech. the pope M Catholic youth must be the bearers false values which have enslaved so many he told the delegates. encouraged Filipino young people to use of the Gospel message of hope and holy young people and adults." living to their peers. Pope John told the World Youth Day gathering. "Help to save your own generation from the futility, frustration and emptiness in which so many of your contemporaries find themselves," he said. "When I think of all the young men and women who should he the strength, the hope and even the conscience of society. but instead are caught in a web of uncertainty, or are desperately seeking happiness along paths that cannot lead to happiness. I pray even more that young Catholics will be true missionaries to their peers." The pope said the world needs young people capable of self-discipline and corn-
A true Christian lifestyle offers the only healthy and happy way of life, he told the delegates. He called on young people to join "the church's never-ending mission to proclaim the Gospel of salvation to the ends of the earth." At the St Thomas University meeting with the youth delegates. Pope John Paul walked very slowly to the altar, stopping frequently to bless the young people and point out teens dressed in traditional African or Arab garb. But the pope was in good humor, adding to his homily spontaneous remarks about the joy expressed by Filipinos.
"He who receives the Good News is joyous. He told the youths they are called in a special way to follow Christ. who wants each person to live their lives "with a sense of vocation." "He wants your lives to have a precise meaning and dignity," he said. "Most of you are called to marriage and family life; but some will receive a call to the priesthood or religious life." The pope individually greeted each of the nearly 300 young people at the Mass, listening to prayer requests and expressions of thanks from almost every one of them, and pulling to his chest several who were overcome with emotion at meeting him.
Just call me Karol, he says
ANILA, Philippines (CNS) "lust call me Karol" said a After an aide whispered in his ear, the pope said, -0h.I have M beaming Pope John Paul to the crowds of youth he had revealed a top secret." already entertained with his now familiar walking stick A playful Pope John Paul II. despite his halting steps, seemed to find new energy as well as new uses for his walking stick during a five-day stay in the Philippines. At the prayer vigil for World Youth Day, the pope waved it to the more than 1 million young people stretched far beyond his sight. He conducted a song with it, then began twirling it to the delight of the teens. When young people at the vigil started chanting "Lolek" his childhood Polish nickname, the pope told them, "Lolek was a child: John Paul II is an old man." The groans of the youths showed they did not agree, so the pope said. "just call me Karol," explaining his given name was what people called him once he became a young man. In another departure from his prepared text, the pope leaked what was to have been revealed the next day - that the 1997 world youth gathering would he in Paris.
At the vigil he told youth they must face "the challenge of having a purpose, a destiny and of striving for it." He urged them to reject the "false teachers" in science, culture and the media who try to convince them there is no definite truth and no sure path to happiness.
During his Sunday Mass homily, the pope asked young people to work to close the generation gap and help heal the "immense frustration and suffering" found in many families. "Build bridges of dialogue and communication with your parents." he said. "Be a healthy influence on society to help break down the barriers which have been raised between generations," the pope said. "Be a sign of hope for the church, for your countries and all humanity," he told them. "May your light spread out from Manila to the farthest corners of the world."
their education and talents for the good of the nation and the world. -A university, and especially a Catholic university, cannot but be sensitive to the widespread and growing demand in society for authentic values, for sure ethical guidelines and for a transcendent vision of life's meaning,- he said. True education, he said, cannot focus exclusively on gaining scientific and technological knowledge, but must include an education in values. "The cause of the human person will only be served if knowledge is linked to conscience, if men and women of science preserve the sense of the transcendence of the human person over the world, and of God over the human person," he said.
Time for prayer and meditation ILE the pope took the afternoon off, World Youth Day delegates fasted and collected money for the victims of the civil war in Rwanda. At six sites in Manila, they prayed and meditated on the Way of the Cross and watched a videotaped message from Pope John Paul. The pope told them the modern-day executioners of Jesus are all those "who do evil in the sight of God." "At times, it seems that evil is taking over, and that people are helpless to stop it," he said. "Young people ask what can be done in the face of so much suffering, so much injustice, so much violence and death." The answer, he said, is to be like Mary and the disciples, remaining with Jesus along the route of his persecution and at the foot of his cross.