{"id":23599,"date":"2025-08-05T14:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=23599"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:03:23","slug":"youth-jubilee-in-rome-many-young-ukrainians-among-the-participants-with-the-salesians-always-at-their-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/08\/05\/youth-jubilee-in-rome-many-young-ukrainians-among-the-participants-with-the-salesians-always-at-their-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Jubilee in Rome: Many Young Ukrainians Among the Participants, With the Salesians Always at Their Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Rome)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Among the million boys and girls who participated in the Youth Jubilee, there were about 2,000 Ukrainian pilgrims who travelled to Rome. They were from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Latin Catholic Church and followed the Jubilee program together with young people from all over the world. Accompanying some of these young people were Salesian bishops Maksym Ryabukha, Bishop of the Greek Catholic Exarchate of Donetsk, and Vitaliy Kryvytskyj, Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr of the Latins, who commented on the Jubilee experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The breath of life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop Ryabukha recounts the experience of the young Ukrainians in Rome: \u2018The Youth Jubilee,\u2019 explained Monsignor Ryabukha, \u2018is a time when young people from all over the world come together as a community, as the Church. But for these young Ukrainian people, it was also a time to meet those who say to them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe support you, and with you we wait and hope for peace.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018During this Jubilee,\u2018 he adds, \u2019they discovered that they are not alone. Walking through the streets, visiting churches, or even standing in line for lunch or dinner, they felt, in a concrete way, the affection of those around them: \u201cAre you from Ukraine? We are with you. We love you.\u201d These words brought light to their hearts, serenity to their thoughts, and the certainty that they are not forgotten or abandoned. Being recognized, seen and welcomed is a great sign of tenderness: the tenderness of Christ, of the Church and of the Christian world. Knowing that you are part of a family is a source of strength and hope.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The days of the Jubilee were a time to \u2018breathe the breath of life\u2019, the bishop continues. \u2018Where we live, where bombs explode every day, we are crushed by the injustice perpetrated against human life. That is why it is important for them to meet someone who can show them the reasons for living. By finding God, we can also share this encounter with others. Many of the young people here come from war zones, where it is impossible to sleep in their own homes because there are drones that kill and blow up houses and cars. So, when the sun goes down, many of them, together with their families, move to the countryside, to the meadows, along the rivers. It is a difficult life that makes you feel powerless.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pope Leo’s words, a balm for wounds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the Sunday Angelus recited at Tor Vergata, Pope Leo addressed a special thought to the young people of Gaza, Ukraine, and the lands bathed in blood caused by conflicts. These words warmed the hearts of the Salesian bishop and the young people accompanying him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Pope Leo’s words,\u2019 observes the Bishop of Donetsk, \u2018are an invitation not to lose hope, to look ahead and to have Christ as the goal of our lives, our journey and our commitment. They also express confidence in young people, calling them \u201cthe salt of the earth and the light of the world.\u201d Young people also feel this charge of hope and this possibility of being able to live fully, with the desire to build their lives on a sure rock: God, who is the God of love and peace. Together with the many friendships that have been formed in recent days, all this becomes an additional incentive to look forward with hope.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commitment to a just peace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also accompanying the Ukrainian young people to Rome was Bishop Kryvytskyi, who said that some bishops from other countries found it difficult to believe that such a large number of young Ukrainians had managed to get to Rome. \u2018People think that because we are at war, we live as if we were frozen, that because we have other problems, it is not a priority for us today to join the whole Church. The fact that we are here, however, shows that it is essential for us to be in union with the whole Church, to talk about what we are experiencing today in Ukraine and the challenges we face. And that it is therefore important for us to urge the Church to speak about what is really happening in Ukraine. We are also here to tell the whole truth and to urge people, young people, not to remain silent, but to commit themselves to a just peace in Ukraine and in other parts of the world.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope to resist the war<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the war, the Church in Ukraine has stood by the people, especially young people, providing support in the form of humanitarian aid. Among the challenges of pastoral care in times of war is also the search for a way to cultivate hope. \u2018The fact that this year is dedicated to hope,\u2019 Bishop Kryvytskyj continues, \u2018seems to me to be a sign of Divine Providence. And this is what Ukraine needs, because after three and a half years of conflict, many people, even those who have always called themselves Christians, are losing hope. Often, after praying repeatedly without receiving an answer from the Lord, they give up, saying, \u201cPerhaps God does not hear our prayers, or perhaps God does not exist at all?\u201d So this year, reflecting on the word \u201chope,\u201d we have the opportunity to truly persevere in these difficult times.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unity of the Church<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope is what keeps faith alive, which, according to Bishop Kryvytskyi, \u2018has reached completely new levels during the war, because it is not just the assumption that someone is out there somewhere, but it is a special relationship in this critical situation.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I am helped by the sense of unity of the Church,\u2019 the prelate concludes, ‘which is experienced when, even here, someone assures us that they are always praying for us. People call us, write to us, and tell us that, despite everything, they continue to be close to us. This spirit of unity in the Church enriches me too, and it is what saves our young people, saving them from the despair and fatigue that we all feel.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources: Vatican News, AgenSir<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(ANS \u2013 Rome)\u00a0\u2013 Among the million boys and girls who participated in the Youth Jubilee, there were about 2,000 Ukrainian pilgrims who travelled to Rome. They were from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Latin Catholic Church and followed the Jubilee program together with young people from all over the world. Accompanying some of these young people were Salesian bishops Maksym Ryabukha, Bishop of … Continuar leyendo Youth Jubilee in Rome: Many Young Ukrainians Among the Participants, With the Salesians Always at Their Side<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":23602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[516714022,15462108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesian-world-news","category-salesian-youth-movement"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-68D","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jubilee-ukraine-2025-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23603,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23599\/revisions\/23603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}