INTERVIEWS
(ANS - Tlaquepaque) - The biblicist Juan José Bartolomé, Salesian, wrote the book "Jóvenes: fe, vocación, discernimiento. Rezar el tema del Sínodo sobre los jóvenes, a la luz de la Palabra de Dios," i.e. 'Youth: faith, vocation, discernment. Praying the theme of the Synod on young people, in the light of the Word of God.' He explains that the "Synod on young people is not just analyzing the current reality in which they are moving, but seeks to make a real discernment on this present moment of the Church. Therefore it is necessary to go back to the sources, to the Word of God, so that this illuminates reality."
(ANS – Vientiane) – Mr. Kasanya is a young, energetic and determined man, 23 years old, sixth in a family of 8 siblings (four sisters and four brothers), born in a small village some 700 km from the Laos capital of Vientiane. He is one of the 143 Don Bosco students and 62 boarders living together with a small SDB community.
(ANS - Vatican City) – Sr Alessandra Smerilli, Daughter of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), professor of Economics at the "Auxilium" Faculty, is one of the two FMAs taking part in the Synod of Bishops currently under way in the Vatican. In this assembly, she observes with satisfaction "the great love" of the Church for the young, united with the desire to "listen to young people" and to "speak His Word to a confused world."