Cindy Wooden, August 1, 2016 | Catholic News Service
Aware of the risk of being called naïve or being accused of spouting platitudes, Pope Francis called on young people to model for adults the paths of mercy and respect, and then demonstrated what he meant.
“Today we adults — we adults — need you to teach us, like you are doing now, how to live with diversity, in dialogue, to experience multiculturalism not as a threat but an opportunity,” the pope told young people gathered for a prayer vigil July 30 in Krakow, Poland. “Have the courage to teach us that it is easier to build bridges than walls.”