On the eve of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis officially launched preparation for next year's synod on youth.
Officially launching the youths' preparation for the 2018 Synod of Bishops and for World Youth Day 2019 in Panama, Pope Francis gathered with youths and young adults for an evening prayer vigil April 8 at Rome's Basilica of St Mary Major.
He gave young people several missions: to ask their grandparents what their dreams were; to work to make those dreams reality; and to let their bishops and the Pope himself know what they need from the church.
