According to Vatican Radio, a book addressed to young people was published in Italy, authored by Pope Francis and 33-year-old journalist Thomas Leoncini. Prophetic qualities are characteristic of youth - the Pontiff is convinced. Modern young men and women have not only the ability to blame, but also see the future further than representatives of the older generations. For the dialogue of generations to develop for mutual benefit, both young and mature and old need an effort to be “on the same wavelength”. In particular, those who are older need to learn to take young people seriously, give them more confidence, and maintain the enthusiasm of the young. One of the important topics to which the Pope returns more than once in the book is youth unemployment. Delays in wages, promises that are not fulfilled by employers are completely unacceptable things that breed mistrust and apathy. 'You cannot put up with the fact that employers expect unstable or even free work from young people.' Another hot topic is relationships with parents. There is a generation of immature adults on earth who, strange as it may sound, see adolescents as their competitors. Their thinking did not develop over the years and did not become the thinking of adults. Their interaction with adolescents is childish and far from a sense of responsibility; Pope Francis characterizes such a relationship between parents and children as 'the game of the devil.' Virtual reality, in which most of the lives of many modern boys and girls, takes place, is also not ignored in the book. For all its practical benefits, 'The Internet leaves young people in the air and makes them fly,' says Pope. To become more firmly rooted in real life, says the Pontiff, young people need more lively face-to-face communication, including with representatives of the older generation. Such a dialogue between people of different ages is called without exaggeration 'salutary' in the book. “The salvation of the elderly is to pass on memory to the youth, and this makes the elderly real dreamers of the future; and the salvation of young people is to assimilate these dreams and prophetically develop them ... Old dreamers and young prophets are the path of salvation for our society without roots. ' The entire creation is in a state of change, constant change. The Creator is always young, He constantly renews everything that exists, making it new, unusual. And this Christian idea, according to Pope Francis, is especially consonant with young people.
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