Church must help youths escape U.S. moral ambiguity, bishop says

Published: 2006-06-14

NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) -- The church must help Hispanic youths "escape from the morally ambiguous environment" of U.S. society, said Auxiliary Bishop Jaime Soto of Orange, Calif. They want a solid religious education that allows them to live according to "human and Christian criteria," he said in Spanish June 10. Society's moral ambiguity is especially acute for young people who cross the border into the United States, he added. Bishop Soto, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Subcommittee on Youth and Young Adults, spoke during the June 8-11 National Encuentro for Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry at the University of Notre Dame. The "encuentro," Spanish for "gathering," was the first national meeting of its kind. Its theme was "Weaving Together the Future."

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