Youth need constancy from the Church, not change, says Irish archbishop

In a world of constant change, young people need the Church to be a source of stability and consistent teaching, a prominent Irish archbishop said Friday.

“Young people are yearning for some kind of stable reference points, some sort of moorings, things they can hold on to, that are not just constantly changing,” Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and the Primate of All Ireland, said Oct. 26.

“The Church has to present clearly and fearlessly a message that sometimes goes against the grain of what young people are experiencing and hearing elsewhere.”