Pope: WYD enthusiasm will last Admin Monday, August 5, 2013 Recalling his time in Rio, Francis urges the young who visited Brazil not to give in to the “daily vanities, the poison of the void that creeps into our society based on profit and possession . . .” © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.