By Roberta Barbi
Sep 7 2023
Pope Francis is set to take part in the third virtual meeting of the “Building Bridges” initiative, which will bring together university students from across South Asia.
The “Building Bridges” initiative is set to continue with a virtual meeting between Pope Francis and university students from across South Asia.
The third in the series of Pope Francis’ dialogues with young people across the continents will take place in the afternoon on 26 September 2023.
The meeting has been tagged “Building Bridges Across South Asia”, and is sponsored by the “Building Bridges” initiative of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and the Institute for Pastoral Studies and the Office for Global and Community Engagement at Loyola University, Chicago.
Building a synodal Church
The main goal of the meeting is meant to be a response to the Pope’s call to become a more synodal Church.
The event follows the earlier two meetings on 24 February and 1 November 2022, between the Pope and students from the Americas and sub-Saharan African countries, respectively.
This time, it is the turn of young students from different areas of South Asia. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube and accessible in three languages: English, Spanish and Hindi.
