The "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" video has gone viral with many of your high school youth and young adults. Mark Hart (Life Teen’s Bible Geek) gives an effective pastoral strategy to help those you serve to unpack the profound message of in this video from the mistakes it also makes about religion.

A response to the viral youtube video: "Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus." The teachings on God's grace in this video are actually pretty awesome, but his arguments against religion (Catholicism in particular) are seriously theologically flawed. Don't let the emotional sensationalism of this video sweep you away from religion. Christ himself said he came not to abolish religion, but to fulfill it. And he established the Catholic religion, from which came the Bible this man clings to so dearly.

Youth and Young Adults of the Des Moines region have the opportunity to gather, sing and pray at the Wednesday, January 18 concert, Canticle of Life. It will also be an opportunity to joyfully send our area pilgrims to the March for Life.

Inculturation is one of my favorite things about being Catholic. Incultur-what? Inculturation. It's the three-fold response that the Church has to secular culture and holidays like Halloween. If you want to be ready for Halloween, keep reading to understand what the Church has to say about the festivities you might participate in or encounter this time of year.

"Bye-bye church. We're busy." That's the message teens are giving churches today. by Cathy Lynn Grossman and Stephanie Steinberg- USA Today