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All attacks on human life, from abortion to acts of terrorism, are sins "which cry to heaven for divine justice" say the Filipino bishops. In a message published yesterday marking the celebration of Our Lady of Sorrows, they express their concern at the escalation of violence that exists in the Philippines. In the last 10 weeks 3,500 people have been killed in the country, 1,400 of whom were suspected drug traffickers gunned down by the police. On 2 September a bomb attack in the city of Davao killed 14 people and injured 60.Msgr. Socrates Villegas, president of the Episcopal Conference, said that "human dignity must always be protected, and the nobility of every human person continues to shine despite the scars of the crime and sin." In late August, the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan had launched an appeal for the end of the chain of extra-judicial killings of traffickers wanted by the new president Rodrigo Duterte. The bishops have asked the famil...
All attacks on human life, from abortion to acts of terrorism, are sins "which cry to heaven for divine justice" say the Filipino bishops. In a message published yesterday marking the celebration of Our Lady of Sorrows, they express their concern at the escalation of violence that exists in the Philippines. In the last 10 weeks 3,500 people have been killed in the country, 1,400 of whom were suspected drug traffickers gunned down by the police. On 2 September a bomb attack in the city of Davao killed 14 people and injured 60.
Msgr. Socrates Villegas, president of the Episcopal Conference, said that "human dignity must always be protected, and the nobility of every human person continues to shine despite the scars of the crime and sin." In late August, the Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan had launched an appeal for the end of the chain of extra-judicial killings of traffickers wanted by the new president Rodrigo Duterte. The bishops have asked the families of the victims not to seek revenge and not to confuse it with the justice system.
“Drug addicts”, says Archbishop Villegas, “are sick brethren in need of healing … deserving of new life not death. They are patients begging for recovery [...].They may have behaved as scum and rubbish, but the saving of love of Jesus Christ is first and foremost for them. No man or woman is ever so unworthy of God’s love. "
For this reason, the archbishop wrote, drug dependents should have a second chance: "Dead in their addictions, ‘living dead’ in the eyes of an unforgiving world, we bid our addicted brethren to rise up and live again".
Citing the saint who raised her voice against abortions, the statement says: Saint Teresa of Calcutta aptly puts it: “If we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?”
Concluding with a powerful note of hope, the statement says: “If peace begins in the heart, so does violence and sin. We are all responsible for the quagmire we are in. If we turn to the Lord, he will heal our land. May our grief be turned to repentance and our repentant sorrow be turned into joy. May darkness of confusion be overcome by His light and may our cold indifference be cured by a new fire of Pentecost. May our repentance turn our paths from death into life!”
(AsiaNews / CBCP)
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for September 17, 2016 features reports on Pope Francis' General Audience of September 14th and on the Pope's words, "Killing in the name of God is satanic" during a special Mass at Santa Marta for an elderly French priest slain by extremists. These are followed by a look at the Pope in Assisi marking the 30th anniversary of the first interfaith summit for prayers for peace: we talk to the Bishop of the Italian hill town and look back at how it all began. And, a convent responds to Pope Francis’ call to open doors to refugees in Germany...Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for September 17, 2016 features reports on Pope Francis' General Audience of September 14th and on the Pope's words, "Killing in the name of God is satanic" during a special Mass at Santa Marta for an elderly French priest slain by extremists. These are followed by a look at the Pope in Assisi marking the 30th anniversary of the first interfaith summit for prayers for peace: we talk to the Bishop of the Italian hill town and look back at how it all began. And, a convent responds to Pope Francis’ call to open doors to refugees in Germany...
Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for September 18, 2016 features our weekly reflection, “There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye,” in the next in Jill Bevilacqua’s series. And, as Pope Francis goes to Assisi for an interfaith summit for prayers for peace, we look to the Pope’s namesake from Assisi, St. Francis, who has inspired composers and artists throughout the ages.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for September 18, 2016 features our weekly reflection, “There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye,” in the next in Jill Bevilacqua’s series. And, as Pope Francis goes to Assisi for an interfaith summit for prayers for peace, we look to the Pope’s namesake from Assisi, St. Francis, who has inspired composers and artists throughout the ages.
Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Starting this Friday, September 16, each week it will be possible to watch and listen to some uplifting, encouraging, sometimes sad or dramatic – but never despairing stories of refugees from across the globe on Vatican Radio’s English-language Facebook page. The Jesuit Refugee Service's “Mercy in Motion” campaign has produced the series of videos, with the aim to contribute to a better understanding of who “refugees” are and why – as Pope Francis has said many times – it is important to build bridges and not walls. The article below contains more information and links to the video, which is the first in the series.*************************************************************As human beings, we are at the mercy of nature, at the mercy of governments, at the mercy of leaders, at the mercy of war. We are at the mercy of forces beyond our control. These forces have caused an unprecedented 65 million pe...
(Vatican Radio) Starting this Friday, September 16, each week it will be possible to watch and listen to some uplifting, encouraging, sometimes sad or dramatic – but never despairing stories of refugees from across the globe on Vatican Radio’s English-language Facebook page. The Jesuit Refugee Service's “Mercy in Motion” campaign has produced the series of videos, with the aim to contribute to a better understanding of who “refugees” are and why – as Pope Francis has said many times – it is important to build bridges and not walls. The article below contains more information and links to the video, which is the first in the series.
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As human beings, we are at the mercy of nature, at the mercy of governments, at the mercy of leaders, at the mercy of war. We are at the mercy of forces beyond our control. These forces have caused an unprecedented 65 million people – mothers, fathers, sisters and children – to flee their homes. Imagine 65 million people taking trucks, rafts, footpaths and trains to seek a new land in search of a safe place, peace and a decent, better future.
Building bridges and not walls, as Pope Francis said many times, means communicating, opening our hearts and minds to a two ways dialogue. It also means to be humble and ready to understand that we can always learn from one another, and that inclusion and integration are not a threat, a loss of identity or a potential impoverishment of our cultures, but instead they can be a true God’s send: an opportunity for growth and enrichment. It is a long and lengthy process, but it is also the only process we can put in place to avoid conflicts and inequalities.
Mercy in Motion - Open Minds, Unlock Potential is a new Jesuit Refugee Service series of videos, produced by the campaign Mercy in Motion , and it is an opportunity to trigger that process. By sharing the true stories of the refugees served by JRS, by having them telling their life, their past, what forced them to flee their homes, and what they aspire to, this series hopes to open the minds and the hearts of the viewers.
JRS International Director Fr Thomas Smolich SJ said, “We need to reinvent our way of being together. We must show mercy to and accept one another, and this act of mercy must be mutual and concrete. Opening doors is not enough; we must open our souls to unlock our potential as a society.”
Each video of Mercy in Motion, is a testimony of how access to quality education allows refugees better fulfil their own potential and fully contribute to the growth, strength and stability of communities, finding dignity and new hope. Knowledge is the one thing that no war or disaster can seize. Let’s educate ourselves and learn from one another. Let’s take the opportunity to mobilise our compassion and put our Mercy in Motion.
The JRS Mercy in Motion campaign aims to provide 120,000 additional refugee children and youth with access to education by the year 2020. The campaign was launched on 8 December 2015 with the Holy Year of Mercy. To know more please visit www.mercy-in-motion.org
Link to Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziz9a-2Zhvs
