Cardinal Souraphiel highlighted the role globalization plays in connecting young people in unjust ways.

“We live in a world of competition, where you have to be the best. This pressure comes even from the families, from society,” said Brother Alois Löser.

Just because some young people disagree with Catholic moral teaching, including in the area of sexuality, does not mean the church's teachings are unclear or should change, Cardinal Robert Sarah told the Synod of Bishops.

Though the current synod appears to lack the sort of drama and high-stakes debates of the previous two, the role of conscience appears to be a common thread.

Arturo Sosa, S.J., the superior general of the Jesuits, identified three “signs of the times”: secularization, the digital world and multiculturalism.