{"id":23860,"date":"2026-01-23T21:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=23860"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:31:37","slug":"zambia-catholic-youth-in-zambia-urged-to-grow-in-faith-through-family-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/zambia-catholic-youth-in-zambia-urged-to-grow-in-faith-through-family-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAMBIA: Catholic Youth in Zambia Urged to Grow in Faith Through Family in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Sandra Kunda<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Youth Coordinator of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), Fr. Christopher Kunda, SDB, has called on young people to deepen their faith through strong family relationships as the Catholic Church begins 2026 under the theme \u201cYouth and Family: Growing Faith Together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his New Year\u2019s message to the youth, Fr. Kunda emphasized that faith formation must be rooted both in the Church and the family, describing the family as the foundation of society and the first school of faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He echoed Pope Francis\u2019 teaching in <em>Amoris Laetitia<\/em> that \u201cthe future of humanity passes through the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the 2025 National Catholic Forum, Fr. Kunda highlighted the call by ZCCB President Archbishop Ignatius Chama to strengthen families, noting that youth ministry must work hand in hand with parents and guardians to nurture spiritually mature young people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fr. Kunda has encouraged young people to see themselves as agents of change, promoting justice, peace, and the common good. Quoting the post-synodal exhortation Christus<em> Vivit<\/em>, he reminded the youth that they are \u201cthe now of God\u201d and urged them not to be afraid to live out their Christian mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He concluded by assuring young people of the Church\u2019s continued support and encouraged them to remain steadfast in prayer, sacramental life, and service, urging them to \u201cshine like stars in the universe\u201d as they journey through 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">END<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra Kunda The National Youth Coordinator of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), Fr&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-zambia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23862,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23860\/revisions\/23862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}