The Pope invited young people to pay attention to social media in a video message to participants of the Halleluya Festival currently underway in Fortaleza, Brazil. “Let us be inspired by the example of Saint Carlo Acutis: he shows us how to always keep Christ at the center, even in the use of technology. Taking him as a reference point, I advise you to use social media and artificial intelligence wisely, using these tools in a moderate and disciplined way, because they can project us into an unreal world – warned Leo XIV – in which the ephemeral, mere appearances and deception end up taking the place of true values and what really matters.”
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Transforming youth into an evangelizing force
“Dear young people, let the Holy Spirit rekindle in you a greater love, capable of transforming your youth into an evangelizing force, making each of you a living stone in the construction of the ‘city of peace’ that we so desire,” the Pontiff concluded in his greeting to the participants and organizers of the Halleluya Festival.
The other message to young people gathered in Lamego, Portugal
The Pope also sent a message to young people gathered in Lamego, Portugal, three years after World Youth Day was held in Lisbon. “It is always special to be with young people, because the enthusiasm of your faith is contagious! The love you show for Christ is comforting! It is wonderful, in our days, to see young people – like you! – full of faith and not afraid to express it. It is beautiful to see that you have a deep thirst for truth and that you seek it with a sincere heart. It is beautiful to note – Pope Leo also said – that you hunger for justice and charity and are not content with ephemeral values.”
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“Do not be afraid of the restlessness that dwells within you”
“One of the characteristics of young people is their restlessness. Do not be afraid – the Pontiff continued – of the restlessness that dwells within you! Take advantage of this impulse to draw even closer to Christ and to bear witness to the values of the Gospel. Well-rooted in the Word of Jesus, reading the Gospel every day, never stop dreaming of a land where peace and fraternity reign, nor stop looking at the world with wonder, nor stop facing the future with the light of hope. Dear young people, do not let anything or anyone steal your hope!”
The advice to dialogue with God
Finally, the Pope gives young people a piece of advice: “I also encourage you to take advantage of what troubles you to dialogue, in moments of prayer and silence, with God and ask him: Lord, what do you want me to do in the Church and in the world? What is my vocation? Do you call me to form a family in marriage? Or do you call me rather to the priesthood? Or to religious life? These are important questions to ask, without forgetting a certainty,” namely that “God always calls us to holiness, and saints are profoundly human.”
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