The promoter of this decision is Pope Francis in person because "it will allow young people to express their expectations and desires, as well as their uncertainties and their concerns in the complex events of today's world," said the statement announcing the event.
The current situation represents a challenge for the organizers, since most young people will be chosen by the Episcopal Conferences, the Eastern Churches, the Institutes of Consecrated Life, seminaries, associations and ecclesial movements, together with spaces reserved for young people of other faiths or of none.
The first names of participants are starting to emerge. Four young people were nominated in Brazil: David Rodrigues da Silva, Julena Martins Barros, Ariany de Oliveira Leite and Matheus Vinicius de Oliveira Santos.
The path of Matheus, for example, is very significant because of the vocational journey he has carried out: after a fruitful activity in the parish, he heard the call to the priesthood and is part of this new wave of future priests formed under the papacy of Pope Francis.
The Swiss bishops will send three young people: Jonas Feldmann, 25, a non-practicing Catholic; Sandro Bucher, 25, journalist; and Medea Sarbach, 23, a student of Theology, a practicing Catholic.
In addition to the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life is also collaborating in this event to try to include representatives from the world of education, university, culture, work, sport, arts, voluntary service and the world of youth in general. Among the guests there will also be disabled young people, former drug addicts and immigrants.
