“Let us not forget hospitality,” the Pope recalls his message for World Youth Day 2018 and encourages the young people of Taizé to never lose the desire to enjoy, “the taste of encounter, of friendship, of dreaming together and of walking with others.” This, he explains, is because “authentic Christians are not afraid to open themselves to others, to share their living spaces, transforming them into spaces of fraternity.”

Pope Francis to Some 15,000 young people are being host-ed by 170 parishes in Madrid, Spain, from December 28 to January 1, for the 41st Euro-pean Youth Meeting, organized by the Ecumenical Community of Taizé.