Strong among young adults an impact i find particularly strong among young adults, a demographic that is usually identified as having drifted away from or not particularly interested in faith issues. Yet, i am finding the largest who are showing an interest once again in the life of the church, precisely that demographic of young adults. I will give you a couple examples. When i look at our Campus Ministry program in campuses around the washington metropolitan area, part of the archdiocese, the number of young people at those meetings has increased dramatically. Hey have very good questions one of the things i find so particularly encouraging about all of this is this is a generation that really is thinking. They are looking and searching. They do not come with baggage. They do not come with a lot of negativity. They come simply looking, and they are saying to me, you know, this pope is for real. I think that is their way of saying what you and i would probably highlight as authenticit
Smiled. He hes able to touch people across all religious lines. He is not just foe focused on the members of the catholic faith. A while ago i was to visit the hospital, i went to visit one of our hospitals, as i was going in through the revolving door there was a woman who was coming out, she stopped and waited, when i went through the door she said she identified the church of which she was a member and she said to me, you know, i just love this pope. I think he is doing such a great job. We chatted for a few minutes. When i came back out after visiting the priest, the security man at the hospital entrance said to me, my priest secretary had the car, im glad we had a chance to talk because you need to know, he identified the church that he belonged which was not catholic and he said, this pope, our pope is doing a great job. I find this not unusual to hear this type of response from people. I have a very dear jewish rabbi friend that reminded me that i need to be careful that im taki
Smiled. He hes able to touch people across all religious lines. He is not just foe focused on the members of the catholic faith. A while ago i was to visit the hospital, i went to visit one of our hospitals, as i was going in through the revolving door there was a woman who was coming out, she stopped and waited, when i went through the door she said she identified the church of which she was a member and she said to me, you know, i just love this pope. I think he is doing such a great job. We chatted for a few minutes. When i came back out after visiting the priest, the security man at the hospital entrance said to me, my priest secretary had the car, im glad we had a chance to talk because you need to know, he identified the church that he belonged which was not catholic and he said, this pope, our pope is doing a great job. I find this not unusual to hear this type of response from people. I have a very dear jewish rabbi friend that reminded me that i need to be careful that im taki
Smiled. He hes able to touch people across all religious lines. He is not just foe focused on the members of the catholic faith. A while ago i was to visit the hospital, i went to visit one of our hospitals, as i was going in through the revolving door there was a woman who was coming out, she stopped and waited, when i went through the door she said she identified the church of which she was a member and she said to me, you know, i just love this pope. I think he is doing such a great job. We chatted for a few minutes. When i came back out after visiting the priest, the security man at the hospital entrance said to me, my priest secretary had the car, im glad we had a chance to talk because you need to know, he identified the church that he belonged which was not catholic and he said, this pope, our pope is doing a great job. I find this not unusual to hear this type of response from people. I have a very dear jewish rabbi friend that reminded me that i need to be careful that im taki
Smiled. He hes able to touch people across all religious lines. He is not just foe focused on the members of the catholic faith. A while ago i was to visit the hospital, i went to visit one of our hospitals, as i was going in through the revolving door there was a woman who was coming out, she stopped and waited, when i went through the door she said she identified the church of which she was a member and she said to me, you know, i just love this pope. I think he is doing such a great job. We chatted for a few minutes. When i came back out after visiting the priest, the security man at the hospital entrance said to me, my priest secretary had the car, im glad we had a chance to talk because you need to know, he identified the church that he belonged which was not catholic and he said, this pope, our pope is doing a great job. I find this not unusual to hear this type of response from people. I have a very dear jewish rabbi friend that reminded me that i need to be careful that im taki