‘Dear young people, make the most of these years of youth. Don’t observe life from a balcony. Don’t confuse happiness with an armchair, or live your life behind a screen … Give yourselves over to the best of life! Open the door of the cage, go out and fly.’ Pope Francis

In his recently published document Christus Vivit (Christ is Alive), Pope Francis shared an important message with young people the world over: ‘Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive! He is in you, he is with you and he never abandons you.’
This booklet contains the text of ‘A Great Message for All Young People’, one of the most important chapters from Christus Vivit, alongside a selection of extracts from the remainder of that special document in which Pope Francis specifically addresses young people with words of consolation, hope and a heartfelt plea to embrace the example of Christ.