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(Vatican Radio) On Sunday 5th of June Pope Francis is set to canonise the founder of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, Blessed Stanislaus Papczynski who died in 1701. In an effort to find out more about this Polish born Saint, Veronica Scarisbrick speaks to the Vicar General of this order, Fr. Joseph Roesch. Listen to Fr. Joseph Roesch and find out what we remember the founder of his order for, three hundred years on.Listen to the Vicar General of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception Fr. Joseph Roesch in an interview with Veronica Scarisbrick: Father Roesch explains how his experience as an army chaplain on battle fronts has been passed down to us. How we have his writings to fall back on and how he is remembered as a zealous priest who preached and practiced love of God and of neighbour. Also what he believes makes him a saint who can serve as a role model for young people today.
(Vatican Radio) On Sunday 5th of June Pope Francis is set to canonise the founder of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, Blessed Stanislaus Papczynski who died in 1701. In an effort to find out more about this Polish born Saint, Veronica Scarisbrick speaks to the Vicar General of this order, Fr. Joseph Roesch. Listen to Fr. Joseph Roesch and find out what we remember the founder of his order for, three hundred years on.
Listen to the Vicar General of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception Fr. Joseph Roesch in an interview with Veronica Scarisbrick:
Father Roesch explains how his experience as an army chaplain on battle fronts has been passed down to us. How we have his writings to fall back on and how he is remembered as a zealous priest who preached and practiced love of God and of neighbour. Also what he believes makes him a saint who can serve as a role model for young people today.
(Vatican Radio) Saturday morning Pope Francis, via the Papal Almoner Mgr Konrad Krajewski, sent a special gift to an elderly disabled couple: an electric scooter. The couple, which lives on the outskirts of Rome, is being helped by the Italian Association Medicina Solidale and will now, thanks to the gift, be able to move independently.The woman has recently had a leg amputated and together the couple has many health problems, including high blood pressure and diabetes. Medicina Solidale had been planning to raise funds for the electric scooter but Pope Francis anticipated the problem and has been able to fulfil the Roman couple’s need.Lucia Ercoli, Director of Medicina Solidale, says that "the Pope never ceases to amaze us, thanks also to the intervention of Mgr Konrad – after [we received] medicine, food, the ambulance – and now this special papal scooter has arrived.”Medicina Solidale was established in 2003 as a voluntary nonprofit association with...
(Vatican Radio) Saturday morning Pope Francis, via the Papal Almoner Mgr Konrad Krajewski, sent a special gift to an elderly disabled couple: an electric scooter. The couple, which lives on the outskirts of Rome, is being helped by the Italian Association Medicina Solidale and will now, thanks to the gift, be able to move independently.
The woman has recently had a leg amputated and together the couple has many health problems, including high blood pressure and diabetes. Medicina Solidale had been planning to raise funds for the electric scooter but Pope Francis anticipated the problem and has been able to fulfil the Roman couple’s need.
Lucia Ercoli, Director of Medicina Solidale, says that "the Pope never ceases to amaze us, thanks also to the intervention of Mgr Konrad – after [we received] medicine, food, the ambulance – and now this special papal scooter has arrived.”
Medicina Solidale was established in 2003 as a voluntary nonprofit association with a mission to work for the poor, the socially disadvantaged and those who may be excluded from usual health care services.
Ercoli is grateful for the gift from Pope Francis and the attention it gives to the mission of Medicina Solidale. "In this way,” she says, “we feel less alone in our daily work, less abandoned by institutions, but with the Pope we feel close and always present."
(Vatican Radio) On Saturday, 4 June the Holy See issued a press release announcing that Pope Francis has approved a new Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Family and Life. The full text of the release follows:Today, June 4, 2016, the Holy Father Pope Francis, as proposed by the Council of Cardinals, has approved ad experimentum the Statute of the new Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Family and Life which will combine, from 1 September 2016, the current Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. On that date both of these Dicasteries cease their duties and become suppressed, articles 131-134 and 139-141 of the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus of 28 June 1988 being repealed.
(Vatican Radio) On Saturday, 4 June the Holy See issued a press release announcing that Pope Francis has approved a new Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Family and Life. The full text of the release follows:
Today, June 4, 2016, the Holy Father Pope Francis, as proposed by the Council of Cardinals, has approved ad experimentum the Statute of the new Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Family and Life which will combine, from 1 September 2016, the current Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. On that date both of these Dicasteries cease their duties and become suppressed, articles 131-134 and 139-141 of the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus of 28 June 1988 being repealed.
(Vatican Radio) Today Pope Francis met with Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar. The Holy See Press Office provides the following details of the meeting:Today at 11 a.m., in the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Pope Francis received in a private audience Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, president of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.Her Highness Sheikha Moza provided information to the Holy Father on her many activities in the fields of educational and social development, at both national and international levels, and on the grave situation of schools in various areas of conflict, and received his encouragement.The encounter, was cordial in nature and lasted for around 30 minutes. The gift offered by Her Highness to the Holy Father was a valuable Arab manuscript of the Gospels, richly decorated and composed of 123 pages in Naskh calligraphy, produced in Ottoman Turkey in the 18th century.The Pope presented Her Highnes...
(Vatican Radio) Today Pope Francis met with Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar. The Holy See Press Office provides the following details of the meeting:
Today at 11 a.m., in the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Pope Francis received in a private audience Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, president of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.
Her Highness Sheikha Moza provided information to the Holy Father on her many activities in the fields of educational and social development, at both national and international levels, and on the grave situation of schools in various areas of conflict, and received his encouragement.
The encounter, was cordial in nature and lasted for around 30 minutes. The gift offered by Her Highness to the Holy Father was a valuable Arab manuscript of the Gospels, richly decorated and composed of 123 pages in Naskh calligraphy, produced in Ottoman Turkey in the 18th century.
The Pope presented Her Highness with a medallion depicting the olive tree of peace and the Arabic edition of his encyclical Laudato si’.
Subsequently, at the Secretariat of State, Her Highness met with Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, substitute of the Secretariat of State, accompanied by Msgr. Michael F. Crotty. Their discussions focused on the situation of the Catholic community in Qatar.
Finally, in the so-called “Raphael Wing” of the Apostolic Palace, Her Highness attended the signing of an Agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) between the Vatican Apostolic Library and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development on behalf of the Qatar National Library. The Agreement was signed for the Qatar Foundation by His Excellency Dr. Hamad Al Kuwari and for the Apostolic Library by the Prefect, Msgr. Cesare Pasini.
As part of the celebrations for the Jubilee of Mercy, Card Charles Bo of Myanmar led a special service on Wednesday in his cathedral of Yangon, for priests from various dioceses of the country, urging them to start the “revolution of mercy" brought by Christ. "Become the bread of mercy, broken and shared among all our brothers,” he told the priests during a Mass in St Mary's Cathedral. What the world needs today is a moral revolution, the country’s first cardinal said in his homily. “Yes, “he said, “the year of Mercy is a year of moral revolution and the leader of this revolution is Jesus Christ." The Archbishop of Yangon noted that the story of mankind is largely marked by blood and violence. Already in the first 5 pages of the Bible we find the trace of blood in the story of Cain and Able, and “out of 5,000 years of recorded human history, we have had only 120 without war,&rdquo...
As part of the celebrations for the Jubilee of Mercy, Card Charles Bo of Myanmar led a special service on Wednesday in his cathedral of Yangon, for priests from various dioceses of the country, urging them to start the “revolution of mercy" brought by Christ. "Become the bread of mercy, broken and shared among all our brothers,” he told the priests during a Mass in St Mary's Cathedral. What the world needs today is a moral revolution, the country’s first cardinal said in his homily. “Yes, “he said, “the year of Mercy is a year of moral revolution and the leader of this revolution is Jesus Christ."
The Archbishop of Yangon noted that the story of mankind is largely marked by blood and violence. Already in the first 5 pages of the Bible we find the trace of blood in the story of Cain and Able, and “out of 5,000 years of recorded human history, we have had only 120 without war,” he said. Against this background of heinous crimes, Card. Bo said, Christ’s message rings clear – “Be merciful as your heavenly Father is merciful to you. Pray for those you hate you and pray for those who persecute you. Forgive seventy times seven.”
Pointing to Pope Francis as a model, Cardinal Bo said, “His identification with the poor, disfigured people, his visit to prisons, his welcoming refugees, his fellowship with sinners and those are at the margin: he is really the prophet of mercy and the world has been attracted once again to the message of mercy.” “As priests we are called upon to forgive,” the cardinal said. “In this season, we need to use the confessional as the field hospital as the pope says, of people wounded by sin.”
Cardinal Bo expressed particular esteem for the religious who are engaged with the poor, the sick, HIV victims and the rural and urban poor. “You have seen poverty spread faster in democracy. You have seen our youth being trafficked. You have seen thousands of our children subjected to inhuman child labour,” the prelate said, urging them to present among them.
Cardinal Bo also called upon families to be the epicentre of mercy. “To have a family at this time is a great challenge. But families need mercy more than ever.” He urged husbands to be merciful to their wives, appreciating their hard work and not magnifying their minor mistakes. The cardinal particularly urged mercy for the poor, the slum dwellers, the sick the homeless, the trafficked and young people. (Source: AsiaNews)
