Querida Kianna: ¿Cuál es tu opinión sobre ser un adulto joven en la sociedad de hoy en día? ¿Cómo podemos seguir firmes en la fe sin caer en las tentaciones?

– Un estudiante que está luchando por mantener su fe.

Dear Kianna: What is your take on being a young adult in today’s society? How can we follow the faith without giving in to the temptations?    

– A Striving Student

Last month’s column covered some of the key teachings from St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body that can help form our students in a whole and holy approach to understanding the body and sexuality. Growing up in a culture where relativism and a radical sense of autonomy influence our moral thinking, children and teens can be easily persuaded by secular ideas about the body, such as:

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican September 24 to spend the day with members of an Italian lay community, the young people in recovery they assist and tenor Andrea Bocelli.

BELLEVUE – Each week at St. Louise de Marillac Parish, a group of young adults with diverse careers gather from around the Eastside to share their common faith and create community.

VATICAN CITY – Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them to walk.

VATICAN CITY – Catholic young adults felt the hierarchy started listening to them in preparation for the 2018 Synod of Bishops on young people, and they will do whatever they can to make sure their voices continue to be heard, said a youth minister from New Zealand.

VATICAN CITY – In back-to-back audiences with a group of French young people and an Italian association for deaf people, Pope Francis cited personal example and witness as a vital piece in the church’s evangelization mission.