I read a very interesting article that puts forth a “catechises” that Pope Benedict XVI gave to more than 25,000 youth that gathered in the square of Santa Maria degli Angeli (St. Mary of the Angels), a basilica at the foot of the hill of Assisi, Italy. It is here that as a young man, Francis of Assisi understood his vocation and renounced the world in order to live in poverty among the poor that would eventually start the Franciscan movement.

Here is a link to the full article: http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=9578&size=A

Pope Benedict XVI closed with this exhortation…

“The time has come for young people, like Francis, to commit themselves and learn how to enter into a personal relationship with Christ. The time has come for us to look upon the history of this third millennium which has just begun, a history that needs more than ever to be lifted by the Good News of the Gospel……You, my dear young people, are my joy”.