Pope Francis Calls for Action to Ease Youth Joblessness

Pope Francis in his year-end message urged leaders Saturday to do more to tackle youth unemployment, saying a generation was being lost to desperation, migration and joblessness. At his last public event of 2016, an evening vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica, the 80-year-old Francis said doors had to be opened for young people "so that they can be capable of dreaming and fighting for their dreams." "We have condemned our young people to have no place in society,...

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