YOUTH APOSTOLATE IN NIGERIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: EXAMINING THE CHALLENGES IN THE LIGHT OF CHRISTUS VIVIT OF POPE FRANCIS

Every society is composed of different groups of people in different age brackets – children, young people, and old people. Each group help are of great importance in the overall progress of the society. None can supplant the position of the other; rather each makes its own contribution in moving the wheel of the society. Children growth into young people and young people eventually become old people. That goes to say that there cannot be children without procreation through the union of man and woman; neither can there be young people without children, nor will there eventually be old people without the young people. Each group gives meaning to the other; and none can comfortably exist independent of the other. The human affair in any society in general and the Church in particular is carried out by these three categories of human beings; but the young people remain a formidable work force. Sequel to that, they need to be properly guided. It is on that note that the researcher aimed at considering how the challenges bedeviling the youth can be gainfully addressed and suitable remedy proffered.

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