World Youth Day Koln 2005

" Indeed, it was seen that the Church is not old and immobile.
No, she is young ."

"If we look at these young people who were gathered around the late Pope, and as a result, around Christ, whose cause the Pope espoused, something just as comforting could be seen: it is not true that young people think only of consumerism and pleasure. It is not true that they are materialistic and self-centered. Just the opposite is true: young people want great things. They want an end to injustice. They want inequalities to be overcome and all peoples to have their share in the earth's goods. They want freedom for the oppressed. They want great things, good things. This is why young people are - you are - once again fully open to Christ."

Pope Benedict XVI
April 25, 2005

Don Bosco made it clear that if you wanted children and young people to do what you wanted and expected of them,

then you must also be ready to do what they wanted and needed of you as well.