Document final — Les jeunes

In many regions, young people see the Church as a force that is vital and engaging, meaningful too for their contemporaries who are not believers or are followers of other religions. The Church’s educational institutions seek to welcome all young people, regardless of their religious choices, cultural origins, and personal, family or social situations. In this way the Church makes a fundamental contribution to the integral education of the young in various parts of the world. This takes place also through the education provided in schools of all kinds and levels, in centres of professional training, in colleges and in universities, but also in youth centres and oratories. It is also seen in the welcome given to refugees and in the wide gamut of forms of social engagement. In all these ways the Church joins her witness and her proclamation of the Gospel to her work of education and human promotion. When inspired by intercultural and interreligious dialogue, the Church’s educational activity is also appreciated by non-Christians as a form of authentic human promotion.