Young Percival’s offer to
bishops: a direction rather than a challenge
25 year-old Percival from India is one of the young people
addressing the Synod of Bishops which he says is being helped by young people
to see things from a different perspective.
By Francesca Merlo
Percival Holt from India is a little younger than most of
the other auditors addressing the Synod of Bishops, and he “will remain so for
years to come”, he says, laughing.
The best part about being young
For 25 year-old Percival, being young means taking
everything not as a challenge, but as “experience and exploration”. “That’s the
best part about being young" he says, "you don’t feel the burden or
the struggle of doing anything”.
When asked whether he had been challenging the bishops,
Percival says, “I think of it more as a difference in perspective. Maybe they
have not seen from that perspective”. He would rather “give a direction” to the
bishops, he says, than “challenge” them.
Understand in order to feel
Percival says he’s happy with how the bishops have been
listening during the small group meetings. He says he thinks they see it as “an
opportunity to understand what we feel, what we have to say”.
According to him, young people in India have “high hopes”
for this Synod. They can be “very much” helped by the Church because it is
where “young people seek guidance and accompaniment”, especially with the
“changing paradigms of the world today”.
Adapting to the techy gadgets
The globalisation culture, which arrived in India “around
10-15 years ago” with “techy gadgets” makes Percival’s generation one “which is
adapting to that transition and change”, whereas he says “older generations are
not at all acquainted with these realities”.
For a country which has always been “deep-rooted in
culture”, in family, and in tradition, the advancements have been too fast and
“the Church can help young people with this".
Percival says they need help understanding “where to
stop".
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