The absence of young people in Catholic churches in many parts of the world, especially in the more economically advanced countries, is a cause for great anxiety within Catholic communities. This is expressed in relevant research literature and the three recent synodal syntheses of England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland. This article explores the key concept of synodality, some of the research on the religious affiliation (and disaffiliation) of Catholic young people and the voices and views of Catholic young people in the synodal process in the three syntheses. The views of the young people in the three syntheses are clustered under six themes: (1) absence from Church; (2) accusations of hypocrisy; (3) concerns about teaching on sexuality; (4) Catholic Social Teaching; (5) the importance of parents and (6) the ways in which young people can engage in the Church. Many of the comments of the young people in these three syntheses confirm some of the research findings and, crucially, the young people provide suggestions on the ways ahead in which they can be more active in the Church—‘being’ Church, rather than ‘doing’ Church.

在世界许多地方，特别是在经济较发达的国家，天主教堂中缺乏年轻人，这引起了天主教社区的极大焦虑。这一点在相关研究文献以及最近英格兰和威尔士、爱尔兰和苏格兰的三个会议综合中得到了表达。本文在三篇综合中探讨了主教会议的关键概念、关于天主教青年的宗教归属（和脱离）的一些研究以及天主教青年在主教会议过程中的声音和观点。三个综合中年轻人的观点可归纳为六个主题：（1）缺席教会； (2) 虚伪的指控； (3) 对性教育的担忧； (4) 天主教社会教学； （5）父母的重要性以及（6）年轻人参与教会的方式。这三篇综述中年轻人的许多评论证实了一些研究结果，最重要的是，年轻人就未来如何在教会中更加活跃提出了建议——“成为”教会，而不是“成为”教会。做'教堂。