CÂTEVA CAUZE ALE RUPTURII DINTRE BISERICĂ ȘI TINERI. SOLUȚII PENTRU O MAI BUNĂ COLABORARE
SOME CAUSES OF THE BREAKING OFF BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE. SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER COLLABORATION

Summary/Abstract: In this study we emphasize the reality that the majority of practicing believers are elderly people, the young representing the minority in the perpetuation of the holy service. Considering this worrisome situation both for youth and the future of the Church, we identify in this study some of the causes that led to the alteration of the relationship between youth and Church, but in the same time we provide solutions for lifting the barrier between the analyzed parties. A cause for this rupture is the unawareness of God in a genuine way, namely what He wants from us, who Jesus Christ is, the reality that there is only one true God etc. As solutions to this unawareness we highlight the clear catecheses held in church, but also the religion classes. Another cause identified in our study for the distance between youth and the Church is the excessive materialism, the poverty of many young people, the desire of young people to became rich thus forgetting about God, but in the same time we also highlight the materialism of some clergy. As a minimal solution we consider the transparency in using the church’s money, more modesty from the clergy, and the assistance of poor young who want to study. Another cause for the rupture of the two parties is atheism but mostly the religious indifferentism, especially towards the Church as an institution and not towards God Himself. Further we highlight some behavioral distortions of some clergy who do nothing but to widen the precipice between church and youth, but also the role of society, of family, mass media, which often fuels a separation of youth from Church.

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