Ediciones Encuentro has just published the Spanish translation of the book Youcat. Love forever. Singles, boyfriends, husbands. With a pleasant and modern format and layout, attractive and attractive, the text is placed in the timely and successful wake of the previous ones: Young Catechism of the Catholic Church, Social Doctrine of the Church, For Children, Confession Update, Manual for Confirmation Catechists, Bible. It was published by the Austrian Bishops' Conference, with Vatican confirmation from the Dicastery for Evangelization.
This manual approaches the understanding of the richness of erotic love, gender issues, experimentation with sex, the management of wounds suffered, the beauty and problems of married life, the meaning of conjugal commitment, the value of the sacrament of marriage and its various crises, the new possibilities around human procreation, etc.
Necessary questions and answers
We find ourselves with a guide that gathers more than a hundred questions that young people of the new generations ask themselves today, on issues of sexuality, affectivity and love. For example: Why does sex have two faces, one beautiful and one ugly, how should I deal with my curiosity about sex, how do I detect that a relationship is toxic, can't we simply love each other as a couple without getting married, how is it possible to be faithful to a person and love him or her for life, is love closed to me forever if my marriage fails, what happens if (over time) I start to loathe my partner's body, and what happens if I start to hate my partner's body?
The answers seek to combine a colloquial and accessible language, far from academic technicalities, with the presentation of the Church's teaching on these profound and decisive issues, which are often lived in a wrong and distressing way.
A «swampy terrain»
In fact, at every moment we find Catholic doctrine converted into argumentation and informative expressions. As is logical, one misses on occasion the precision of the language of the magisterium and the detailed explanations of theologians. On the other hand, the answers contain great freshness and connect with the colloquial forms of the new generations.
In short, this new volume courageously tackles what many consider to be “swampy terrain” and offers adequate clues and guides so as not to get lost in the confusing labyrinth of our culture, so influenced by the sexual revolution. A book that many children and educators will be able to consult with interest and profit.
