Listening to young people around a beer.

Several years ago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, began an experience of listening to the voices of young people in a relaxed atmosphere and, so to speak, less tied to the formalisms that we usually have in the activities of the Church. This initiative, called "Theology on Tap," is a space to talk about the social, political, economic, cultural or religious issues that most concern young people in a believing perspective. Nothing better than talking around beer and tapas.   

What Cardinal Cupich could not imagine is that, in a small corner of Spain, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a group of young people (and some not so young) were going to support his initiative by attending to the invitation of the Jesuit Loyola Center.

The first of the meetings took place last November 7 with an interesting and current topic of debate: Does freedom of expression have limits? This theme responds to the polemics unleashed in Spain with a proposed law to decriminalize offenses against the crown, patriotic symbols and religious sensitivity. The talk was developed in a relaxed and informal atmosphere, but it was dealt deeply and left some important conclusions in the audience.

The next meeting will be on December 12nd to talk about climate change and the position we as believers must take.