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Youth Ministry, As Traditionally Organized, Has Also Suffered The Impact Of Social Changes. Young People Often Fail To Find Responses To Their Concerns, Needs, Problems And Hurts In The Usual Structures. As Adults, We Find It Hard To Listen Patiently To Them, To Appreciate Their Concerns, Demands, And To Speak To Them In A Language They Can Understand.

How Marvellous It Would Be If, At The End Of The Day, Each Of Us Could Say: Today I Have Performed An Act Of Charity Towards Others!

Young People Are Just As Attracted To The Truth As They Are Convenience And Expediency.

It Is Neither A Culture Of Confrontation Nor A Culture Of Conflict Which Builds Harmony Within And Between Peoples, But Rather A Culture Of Encounter And A Culture Of Dialogue; This Is The Only Way To Peace.

While New Rights Are Attributed To Or Indeed Almost Presumed By The Individual, Life Is Not Always Protected As The Primary Value And The Primordial Right Of Every Human Being. The Ultimate Aim Of Medicine Remains The Defence And Promotion Of Life.