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YOUTH FORUM, WITNESSING TO CHRIST IN THE WORLD OF WORK

VATICAN CITY, MAR 20, 2007 (VIS) - In a communique published today, the
Pontifical Council for the Laity announced the forthcoming celebration of the
ninth International Youth Forum, due to be held at Rocca di Papa near Rome from
March 28 to April 1 on the theme: "Bearing witness to Christ in the world of
work."

The forum will be attended by around 300 people between the ages of 20 and 35,
all with a solid background of commitment in the Church and in the world of
work. They come from around 100 different countries and have various work and
ecclesiastical experiences. Also participating will be around 30 guests,
including speakers and participants in round table discussions.

The characteristics of young people entering the world of work in the various
countries ("young people and the world of work today") will be the theme of the
first day of the meeting. Particular attention will be given to the
sociological, economic and institutional transformations brought about by
globalization, and the sometimes dramatic consequences thereof (human mobility,
unemployment, frustration). Attention will also turn to creative and innovative
capacities and potential, and the emergence of new professions.

The second day will be dedicated to a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the
Apostles Peter and Paul, and to the discovery of the city of Rome which many of
the delegates will be visiting for the first time.

"The significance of work for human life," especially in the light of the
Church's social doctrine, is to be the theme of the third day. On the basis of
John Paul II's Encyclical "Laborem exercens," attention will be given to the
world of work in its entirety, considered as a world made up of human
relationships where individuals have the right to self-realization in the
exercise of their profession and where people learn to structure and unify
their lives, rather than a machine to generate profit, regulated by competition
and competitiveness and nourished by a consumer society."

"Announcing the 'Gospel of work' today" is to be the theme of the last day of
the forum. Attention will focus on the spirituality of work, the state of
pastoral care in the workplace, and the role of Catholic associations in
achieving what St. Benedict called 'ora et labora,' the unity of an
individual's professional and Christian life.
CON-L/YOUTH:WORK/...VIS 070320 (400)

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