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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis released on Tuesday a video message on his universal prayer intentions for August where he speaks of his desire that sports may build a culture of encounter among everyone for a world of peace.Listen to the Pope’s video message which was delivered in his native Spanish: (Please find below a translation into English of his words)Sports, a culture of encounterSports make it possible to build a culture of encounter among everyone for a world of peace. I dream of sports as the practice of human dignity, turned into a vehicle of fraternity. Do we exercise together this prayer intention? That sports may be an opportunity for friendly encounters between people and may contribute to peace in the world.Pope Francis’ prayer intention in August for evangelization was entitled: Living the Gospel – That Christians may live the Gospel, giving witness to faith, honesty, and love of neighbor.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis released on Tuesday a video message on his universal prayer intentions for August where he speaks of his desire that sports may build a culture of encounter among everyone for a world of peace.
Listen to the Pope’s video message which was delivered in his native Spanish:
(Please find below a translation into English of his words)
Sports, a culture of encounter
Sports make it possible to build a culture of encounter among everyone for a world of peace. I dream of sports as the practice of human dignity, turned into a vehicle of fraternity. Do we exercise together this prayer intention? That sports may be an opportunity for friendly encounters between people and may contribute to peace in the world.
Pope Francis’ prayer intention in August for evangelization was entitled: Living the Gospel – That Christians may live the Gospel, giving witness to faith, honesty, and love of neighbor.
Thousands of students formed a human chain on the streets of Bangladesh against terrorism on July 31. It was promoted by the State University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, which invited all schools in the country to come together and demonstrate for peace. The event took place exactly a month after the massacre of Dhaka, in which 20 people died, mostly foreigners.Students, teachers and employees of educational institutions created human chain throughout the country. They carried flags and banners onto the streets calling for solidarity and respect. The messages read: “Bangladesh stands against terrorism,” “We want peace, no place for terrorism.” “Bangladesh Against Terrorism”, “We will resist militancy by togetherness and firmness”, “Non-communalism is our pride”, and “We want peace, not terrorism: we want fearless life”.Fr. Walter William Rozario, principal of St. Louis High School, told AsiaNews tha...
Thousands of students formed a human chain on the streets of Bangladesh against terrorism on July 31. It was promoted by the State University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, which invited all schools in the country to come together and demonstrate for peace. The event took place exactly a month after the massacre of Dhaka, in which 20 people died, mostly foreigners.
Students, teachers and employees of educational institutions created human chain throughout the country. They carried flags and banners onto the streets calling for solidarity and respect. The messages read: “Bangladesh stands against terrorism,” “We want peace, no place for terrorism.” “Bangladesh Against Terrorism”, “We will resist militancy by togetherness and firmness”, “Non-communalism is our pride”, and “We want peace, not terrorism: we want fearless life”.
Fr. Walter William Rozario, principal of St. Louis High School, told AsiaNews that students of his high school turned out in numbers. "We were more than 1000 - he says - and we have demonstrated against militant Islam, murder and sectarianism. It is the duty of the nation to defeat all this, and I think we will succeed".
A college student adds: "Militancy and terrorism are the enemies of our country. We vowed to fight against all forms of violence. "
Nurul Islam Nahid, Minister of Education, spoke to the human chain in Dhaka created at the Central Shaheed Minar, noting “it is not enough to combat terrorism only by applying the law. We must create a movement of social resistance”. (AsiaNews)
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegramme expressing his sorrow for the death of Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski.In the telegramme addressed to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanislav Dziwisz, the Pope expresses his closeness to the Church and to the faithful in Poland and joins in their prayer of thanksgiving for the life and for the pastoral work of the deceased Minister of the Gospel. Recalling Cardinal Macharski’s motto: ‘Iesu, in te confido!’ – Jesus, in you I trust! – Pope Francis said his life and his ministry were indeed guided by this episcopal motto.The Pope recalled the zeal with which Macharski carried out his mission as pastor, as professor, as rector of the Seminary until the day he was asked to take on the responsibility of his predecessor, Karol Wojtyla – today Saint John Paul II – as Archbishop of Krakow. “With trust in Divine Mercy he conduct...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegramme expressing his sorrow for the death of Polish Cardinal Franciszek Macharski.
In the telegramme addressed to the Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow, Cardinal Stanislav Dziwisz, the Pope expresses his closeness to the Church and to the faithful in Poland and joins in their prayer of thanksgiving for the life and for the pastoral work of the deceased Minister of the Gospel.
Recalling Cardinal Macharski’s motto: ‘Iesu, in te confido!’ – Jesus, in you I trust! – Pope Francis said his life and his ministry were indeed guided by this episcopal motto.
The Pope recalled the zeal with which Macharski carried out his mission as pastor, as professor, as rector of the Seminary until the day he was asked to take on the responsibility of his predecessor, Karol Wojtyla – today Saint John Paul II – as Archbishop of Krakow.
“With trust in Divine Mercy he conducted this work as a father for his priests and for the faithful entrusted to him. He guided the Church in Krakow in the difficult time of political and social transformations, with wisdom, with a healthy detachment from reality, always concerned for the respect of every person, for the good of the Church community, and above all keeping the faith alive in the hearts of men”.
Pope Francis also writes he is grateful to Providence that it was possible for him to pay the Cardinal a personal visit during his recent journey to Krakow.
“During the last chapter of life he was exhausted by a suffering that he accepted with serenity of spirit. In this ordeal too, he remained a faithful witness of total trust in God’s mercy. This is how he will remain in my memory and in prayer. May the Lord receive him in His glory!”.
