Poor Pope Francis is preaching to an empty choir loft. How many young people of all socioeconomic backgrounds are aware of the Pope and Vatican activity? I would guess only the trad millennials and they are of a rarified order and exclusive in many ways. My many young adult children are aware of the Pope but have no connection to  the RC church except an occasional liturgy for a holiday or funeral or wedding.They are not alone.In order to truly reach out and touch the many young people what in  a different reality would have been regular church goers, the RC, and the Pope ( more likely the Pope with his past  job history) need to go the the running clubs, young professional volunteering events, the "Y" and other clubs, and the priests if they so desire can replicate the "home visits" of long ago. Sponsoring dances in the fashion of the old CYO gatherings would be another idea. As my father said, "the church lost much a long time ago."