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WYD FEATURE: Cardinal Dolan on ‘Great Plagiarists,’ ‘Not 4th of July Fireworks’ and Seismographs by Deborah Castellano Lubov
Want to know what links in common great plagiarists, 4th of July fireworks, seismographs, and soul saving? WYD Krakow2016.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, explained this as he underscored how, as he marks his eighth World Youth Day, he believes this is one of the best.
Speaking to press in Krakow on Friday at the WYD Mercy Center for English-speaking pilgrims, organized and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, New York’s archbishop recalled how it is full of pride and hospitality.
Warm Welcomes
Cardinal Dolan recalled that the day before, he was in a village outside of Krakow where there were 300 young pilgrims gathered for adoration, who had been hosted by the village.
“It was so beautiful,” he recalled, saying that when he arrived, “All 300 were eating breakfast that people of the parish had cooked for them. The pastor was so proud. The young people were so thrilled.”
“And that’s what we are seeing all over the place, these stories…” he continued.
Trams
When thinking to what he has heard or seen as far as complaints, the Cardinal noted that he has heard that the trams stop running too early.
However, he noted how his young people from New York told him how there were times when the trams were technically finished for the day but saw that they wished to take them and said, ‘Get on in. We’ll take you home.’
“So they’ve really went above and beyond their call of duty. Allejuhah! Thank you, Krakow!”
Great Plagiarists
Speaking about how the young people express their concern about living in a time of terrorism, religious persecution, and violence, he applauded that despite their awareness, they seem to trust in prayer to protect them.
These concerns, he said, become “rocket launchers for prayer.” He remembered how many cried for the elderly French priest killed while celebrating Mass, despite not having known him.
“They remember JP II,” said Cardinal Dolan, “and his words: ‘Do not fear. Do not be afraid.'”
“John Paul II was a great plagiarist,” Cardinal Dolan joked, “for he was copying Jesus, who also was also a great plagiarist, for He was copying His Father.”
Not 4th of July Fireworks
Speaking about the hoped for impact of this worldwide event, he noted, “World Youth Day is not the 4th of July fireworks, in which we blow them off, and then the next day, we forget about them.”
“However,” he said, “the WYDs are about real substance and the changing of lives.”
Cardinal Dolan spoke to ZENIT about how these days’ impact will last far beyond this week. During his remarks, he explained, how many participating are second generation, whose parents may have participated. He also noted it is like a family reunion for those who may have met in Cologne or Rio.
“Some say: Remember when I met you in Rio or Madrid. You said you would pray for me and since then I have entered the seminary or I have found the person to marry me,” he said. “Amazing things.”
Solidarity ‘Trip’
Someone recalled how the media has been discussing how the Holy Father had a little trip during the Mass at Częstochowa. Speaking on this, Cardinal Dolan said that carrying the heavy thurible with incense, “Who wouldn’t have tripped?”
“I almost tripped today just to be in solidarity,” he said, joking, “but if I tripped, the seismograph would go off.”
Baptize Me
Cardinal Dolan also shared a special memory that occurred following his first catechesis in which a priest approached him after having celebrating Mass, telling the cardinal about a young women who has been very attentive and interested during all the sessions, but then didn’t receive Communion at Mass.
“I noticed, but didn’t want to pry by asking why,” the priest shared, telling Cardinal Dolan how afterward she approached him saying: ‘You know, Father. I don’t have faith. I wasn’t looking for it, but just came here out of curiosity… Will you baptize me?”
“Now this is what makes World Youth Day worthwhile,” the Cardinal said, “to think one soul –and I think many more — is being saved.”
“So this is what happens here,” Cardinal Dolan said, stressing, “and we can’t play that down, and we shouldn’t either.”
-Written by Deborah Castellano Lubov, ZENIT Vatican correspondent on the ground in Krakow during World Youth Day 2016
Pope Institutes Commission to Study Diaconate of Women by ZENIT Staff
Pope Francis has now officially instituted a commission to study the issue of a diaconate of women.
According to Vatican Radio, after mature reflection and intense prayer, the Pontiff decided to create the commission, appointing as its president Jesuit Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer.
In addition to Archbishop Ladaria, the commission is composed of six women and six men from academic institutions around the world.
During a dialogue with participants in the Plenary Assembly of Superiors General in a May meeting in the Vatican, Pope Francis expressed his intention to “establish an official commission that could study the question” of the diaconate of women, “especially with regard to the first ages of the Church.”
Cardinal Dziwisz: John Paul II Would Have Been Very Happy With This WYD by Salvatore Cernuzio
Did Krakow’s World Youth Day go well? “But of course!” Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz has no doubts about the successful outcome of the global event that, from July 26-31 brought almost two million young people from all over the world to John Paul II’s land.
In fact, thinking of Pope Wojtyla, whom he served for more than 20 years as private secretary, the Archbishop of Krakow confided to ZENIT: “John Paul II would certainly have been pleased with this WYD,” which some have also described as the “WYD of two Popes,” given the strong recall of the Polish Pontiff.
“The most beautiful pastoral initiative of Saint John Paul II was in fact the World Youth Day,” said Cardinal Dziwisz. “Young people of every country spend these days pilgrimaging in the faith, preaching and listening to the Gospel and enjoying themselves together.”
“An event like the WYD is a fantastic type of pastoral <care> for the young people of the world. And, at the same time, it is also a sort of New Evangelization that young people carry out for all the others,” he explained. “They give a sign; they gave a sign in these days at Krakow and, as the Holy Father Francis said, they are an example to the Church and to the world,” he added.
In particular, the Cardinal said he was struck by the “multitude of people” that took part in the different events with the Pope, adding that he was “enchanted by the attention with which the young people listened to the Holy Father’s words. It’s not taken for granted …”
Then prayer: “the young people never tired of praying, as seen in the Adoration,” he said.
Positive also, according to the Cardinal, was “the organization and security” guaranteed by Poland, despite the fact that there were difficulties in transport and some controls of the police were somewhat excessive. All together, “What to say? It went truly well,” affirmed Cardinal Dziwisz, who with this 31st World Youth Day saw a dream of his and of the Holy Polish Pope realized.
“Let’s hope it continues forever,” is his wish. And we hope that “for Poland such an event will be able to generate fruits such as deepening of faith, of spirituality and of union in face of the temptation to be divided, which always exists. Instead, the WYD showed the beauty of being united.”
[From our envoy to Krakow]
Elderly Cardinal Visited by Pope in Krakow Passes Away by Kathleen Naab
Just two days after his return from Krakow, Pope Francis today sent a message of condolences to the archbishop of the city, expressing his sorrow at the death this morning of Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, who succeeded Karol Wojtyla as the archbishop of the city in 1978 when Wojtyla was elected Pope.
Macharski retired in 2005 and was succeeded by John Paul II’s secretary, the current archbishop, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz.
During Francis’ trip to Krakow last week for World Youth Day, he visited the ailing cardinal at hospital. The 89-year-old has been in the hospital since June 12.
Pope Francis recalls the visit in his message today to Cardinal Dziwisz: “I am grateful to Providence, that it was possible for me to visit him during <my> recent visit to Krakow. In the last stage of life, he was greatly tried by suffering, which he accepted with serenity of spirit. Also in this trial, he remained a faithful witness of trust in the goodness and mercy of God. So will he remain in my memory and prayer. May the Lord receive him in His glory!”
Franciszek Macharski was born in Krakow on May 20, 1927. He was ordained a priest on April 2, 1950. He was appointed the archbishop of Krakow on Dec. 29 in the year that Pope John Paul II was elected (1978) and made a cardinal the following year, on June 30.
With the death of Cardinal Macharski, there are now 112 cardinals eligible to vote in a conclave, and 99 cardinals over 80, and thus unable to vote.
Here is the full translation of the Pope’s message:
__
To the Venerable Brother
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz,
Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow
I learned with grief the news of the death of Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, Archbishop Emeritus of Krakow. I join you, dear Brother, the Presbytery and the faithful of the Church in Poland in the prayer of gratitude for the life and pastoral commitment of this meritorious Minister of the Gospel.
Iesu, in te confido! – Jesus, I trust in you! This episcopal motto guided his life and his ministry. Today, in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, it has become an eloquent invocation that proclaims the fulfilment of the work that the Lord entrusted to him in the act of Baptism, introducing him in the array of those sealed with His Redeeming Blood, and following later with the gift of the priesthood, when He sent him with the task to sanctify the People with the word and the grace of the Sacraments. He carried out this mission with zeal as Pastor, Professor, and Rector of the Seminary, up to the day in which the Lord asked him to take on the inheritance of Saint Stanislaw and of his immediate Predecessor, Karol Wojtyla, today Saint John Paul II, on the Bishop’s Chair at Krakow. With trust in Divine Mercy, he conducted this work as father for the priests and the faithful entrusted to his care, He guided the Church in Krakow in the uneasy period of political and social transformations, with wisdom, with a healthy detachment of the reality, being concerned with respect for every person, for the good of the community of the Church and, especially, to keep alive the faith in men’s hearts.
I am grateful to Providence, that it was possible for me to visit him during <my> recent visit to Krakow. In the last stage of life, he was greatly tried by suffering, which he accepted with serenity of spirit. Also in this trial, he remained a faithful witness of trust in the goodness and mercy of God. So will he remain in my memory and prayer. May the Lord receive him in His glory!
To you, Venerable Brother, to the Polish Cardinals and Bishops, to the Family of the deceased, to all the Polish faithful I impart my heartfelt blessing: in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
From the Vatican, August 2, 2016
[Original text: Italian] [Translation by ZENIT]
Fr. Lombardi’s Good-bye to Press by ZENIT Staff
The former Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, has sent a farewell letter to the Holy See press corps.
Fr. Lombardi’s term as Director of the Press Office ended with the month of July. In the letter, Fr. Lombardi thanks the journalists for their assistance and professional support during his time in the post, saying, “[You] helped me and encouraged me in the job, day in and day out – in the days of trial and the days of joy.”
Fr. Lombardi also looked back on his decade of service.
“Together, we followed the ministry of two great Popes, we lived through very significant moments in the history of the Church – and, let us say it, of the human family, as well – trying to make sense of those moments and to help others understand their significance.”
Here is a ZENIT translation of his note:
—
Holy See Press Office
THE DIRECTOR
Vatican city, 24.7.2016
Dearly Beloved,
On finishing the service in the Holy See Press Office, my heartfelt thanks go to those who have kindly expressed to me sentiments of appreciation and affection. I am very grateful to them.
At the same time, I wish to greet all the women and men colleagues, the women and men collaborators, who accompanied us in these ten years of journey.
We followed together the ministry of two great Popes; we lived very significant moments of the history of the Church – and we also say of the human family – seeking to have them read and understand the meaning.
I thank the Popes that called me to serve them closely — Benedict and Francis — but also all those who helped and encouraged me in the daily work, in days of toil and those of joy, and among these I am convinced I can practically count all of you. Fortunately for me, I never had the impression of not being received or respected by anyone.
It has been a beautiful and demanding call. Now I try to listen to the well-known words of Jesus to His disciples: “When you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘we are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty’” (Luke 17:10). And I will again be listening for the new indications of the one who represents the Lord to me.
I express once again, if I may, my esteem for the work in the field of communication, for its great possibility of service to others and, therefore, for the great responsibility it entails. I hope you all can dedicate yourselves to it with commitment and enthusiasm, and that the Lord may accompany us on our ways.
And, of course, particular best wishes go to Greg Burke and to Paloma Garcia Ovejero, who will certainly do very well the task to which they are called.
Federico Lombardi, S.J.
Video for Pope’s August Intentions Shows Sports Breaking Down Walls by Kathleen Naab
With the Olympics starting in just a few days, Pope Francis will be praying this month that sports will help to bring about world peace.
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has been releasing video messages to illustrate his monthly prayer intentions, announced by the Apostleship of Prayer.
Today, the August video was released and is available here.
Videos for January-July can be viewed here: http://apostleshipofprayer.org/the-pope-video
The Apostleship of Prayer has announced the prayer intentions chosen by the Pope for August.
The Holy Father’s universal prayer intention is: “That sports may be an opportunity for friendly encounters between peoples and may contribute to peace in the world.”
His intention for evangelisation is: “That Christians may live the Gospel, giving witness to faith, honesty, and love of neighbor.”
Here is an English translation of the text of the video, courtesy of Vatican Radio:
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.
South Sudan in Clashes Again by ZENIT Staff
Vatican Radio reports:
At least nine people were killed in South Sudan over the weekend in renewed clashes between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those of his longtime rival Riek Machar, a spokesman for Machar said on Monday. Machar returned to the capital Juba in April after a shaky peace deal but left again last month when new clashes broke out.
Kiir replaced Machar as vice president last week with Taban Deng Gai, after Machar ignored Kiir’s request to return to Juba, further deepening a split in Machar’s SPLM-IO party.
Nyarji Jermlili Roman, the deputy spokesman for Machar, said the nine died on Sunday when they ambushed a vehicle carrying government troops in Lainya county in Central Equatorial state. Nothing has been heard from Machar since and Kiir replaced him as vice president.
The United States said over the weekend it had received “disturbing reports” of renewed violence in the south of the country and the United Nations is considering imposing an arms embargo.
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Want to know what links in common great plagiarists, 4th of July fireworks, seismographs, and soul saving? WYD Krakow2016.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, explained this as he underscored how, as he marks his eighth World Youth Day, he believes this is one of the best.
Speaking to press in Krakow on Friday at the WYD Mercy Center for English-speaking pilgrims, organized and sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, New York’s archbishop recalled how it is full of pride and hospitality.
Warm Welcomes
Cardinal Dolan recalled that the day before, he was in a village outside of Krakow where there were 300 young pilgrims gathered for adoration, who had been hosted by the village.
“It was so beautiful,” he recalled, saying that when he arrived, “All 300 were eating breakfast that people of the parish had cooked for them. The pastor was so proud. The young people were so thrilled.”
“And that’s what we are seeing all over the place, these stories…” he continued.
Trams
When thinking to what he has heard or seen as far as complaints, the Cardinal noted that he has heard that the trams stop running too early.
However, he noted how his young people from New York told him how there were times when the trams were technically finished for the day but saw that they wished to take them and said, ‘Get on in. We’ll take you home.’
“So they’ve really went above and beyond their call of duty. Allejuhah! Thank you, Krakow!”
Great Plagiarists
Speaking about how the young people express their concern about living in a time of terrorism, religious persecution, and violence, he applauded that despite their awareness, they seem to trust in prayer to protect them.
These concerns, he said, become “rocket launchers for prayer.” He remembered how many cried for the elderly French priest killed while celebrating Mass, despite not having known him.
“They remember JP II,” said Cardinal Dolan, “and his words: ‘Do not fear. Do not be afraid.'”
“John Paul II was a great plagiarist,” Cardinal Dolan joked, “for he was copying Jesus, who also was also a great plagiarist, for He was copying His Father.”
Not 4th of July Fireworks
Speaking about the hoped for impact of this worldwide event, he noted, “World Youth Day is not the 4th of July fireworks, in which we blow them off, and then the next day, we forget about them.”
“However,” he said, “the WYDs are about real substance and the changing of lives.”
Cardinal Dolan spoke to ZENIT about how these days’ impact will last far beyond this week. During his remarks, he explained, how many participating are second generation, whose parents may have participated. He also noted it is like a family reunion for those who may have met in Cologne or Rio.
“Some say: Remember when I met you in Rio or Madrid. You said you would pray for me and since then I have entered the seminary or I have found the person to marry me,” he said. “Amazing things.”
Solidarity ‘Trip’
Someone recalled how the media has been discussing how the Holy Father had a little trip during the Mass at Częstochowa. Speaking on this, Cardinal Dolan said that carrying the heavy thurible with incense, “Who wouldn’t have tripped?”
“I almost tripped today just to be in solidarity,” he said, joking, “but if I tripped, the seismograph would go off.”
Baptize Me
Cardinal Dolan also shared a special memory that occurred following his first catechesis in which a priest approached him after having celebrating Mass, telling the cardinal about a young women who has been very attentive and interested during all the sessions, but then didn’t receive Communion at Mass.
“I noticed, but didn’t want to pry by asking why,” the priest shared, telling Cardinal Dolan how afterward she approached him saying: ‘You know, Father. I don’t have faith. I wasn’t looking for it, but just came here out of curiosity… Will you baptize me?”
“Now this is what makes World Youth Day worthwhile,” the Cardinal said, “to think one soul –and I think many more — is being saved.”
“So this is what happens here,” Cardinal Dolan said, stressing, “and we can’t play that down, and we shouldn’t either.”
-Written by Deborah Castellano Lubov, ZENIT Vatican correspondent on the ground in Krakow during World Youth Day 2016
Pope Institutes Commission to Study Diaconate of Women by ZENIT Staff
Pope Francis has now officially instituted a commission to study the issue of a diaconate of women.
According to Vatican Radio, after mature reflection and intense prayer, the Pontiff decided to create the commission, appointing as its president Jesuit Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer.
In addition to Archbishop Ladaria, the commission is composed of six women and six men from academic institutions around the world.
During a dialogue with participants in the Plenary Assembly of Superiors General in a May meeting in the Vatican, Pope Francis expressed his intention to “establish an official commission that could study the question” of the diaconate of women, “especially with regard to the first ages of the Church.”
Cardinal Dziwisz: John Paul II Would Have Been Very Happy With This WYD by Salvatore Cernuzio
Did Krakow’s World Youth Day go well? “But of course!” Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz has no doubts about the successful outcome of the global event that, from July 26-31 brought almost two million young people from all over the world to John Paul II’s land.
In fact, thinking of Pope Wojtyla, whom he served for more than 20 years as private secretary, the Archbishop of Krakow confided to ZENIT: “John Paul II would certainly have been pleased with this WYD,” which some have also described as the “WYD of two Popes,” given the strong recall of the Polish Pontiff.
“The most beautiful pastoral initiative of Saint John Paul II was in fact the World Youth Day,” said Cardinal Dziwisz. “Young people of every country spend these days pilgrimaging in the faith, preaching and listening to the Gospel and enjoying themselves together.”
“An event like the WYD is a fantastic type of pastoral <care> for the young people of the world. And, at the same time, it is also a sort of New Evangelization that young people carry out for all the others,” he explained. “They give a sign; they gave a sign in these days at Krakow and, as the Holy Father Francis said, they are an example to the Church and to the world,” he added.
In particular, the Cardinal said he was struck by the “multitude of people” that took part in the different events with the Pope, adding that he was “enchanted by the attention with which the young people listened to the Holy Father’s words. It’s not taken for granted …”
Then prayer: “the young people never tired of praying, as seen in the Adoration,” he said.
Positive also, according to the Cardinal, was “the organization and security” guaranteed by Poland, despite the fact that there were difficulties in transport and some controls of the police were somewhat excessive. All together, “What to say? It went truly well,” affirmed Cardinal Dziwisz, who with this 31st World Youth Day saw a dream of his and of the Holy Polish Pope realized.
“Let’s hope it continues forever,” is his wish. And we hope that “for Poland such an event will be able to generate fruits such as deepening of faith, of spirituality and of union in face of the temptation to be divided, which always exists. Instead, the WYD showed the beauty of being united.”
[From our envoy to Krakow]
Elderly Cardinal Visited by Pope in Krakow Passes Away by Kathleen Naab
Macharski retired in 2005 and was succeeded by John Paul II’s secretary, the current archbishop, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz.
During Francis’ trip to Krakow last week for World Youth Day, he visited the ailing cardinal at hospital. The 89-year-old has been in the hospital since June 12.
Pope Francis recalls the visit in his message today to Cardinal Dziwisz: “I am grateful to Providence, that it was possible for me to visit him during <my> recent visit to Krakow. In the last stage of life, he was greatly tried by suffering, which he accepted with serenity of spirit. Also in this trial, he remained a faithful witness of trust in the goodness and mercy of God. So will he remain in my memory and prayer. May the Lord receive him in His glory!”
Franciszek Macharski was born in Krakow on May 20, 1927. He was ordained a priest on April 2, 1950. He was appointed the archbishop of Krakow on Dec. 29 in the year that Pope John Paul II was elected (1978) and made a cardinal the following year, on June 30.
With the death of Cardinal Macharski, there are now 112 cardinals eligible to vote in a conclave, and 99 cardinals over 80, and thus unable to vote.
Here is the full translation of the Pope’s message:
__
To the Venerable Brother
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz,
Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow
I learned with grief the news of the death of Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, Archbishop Emeritus of Krakow. I join you, dear Brother, the Presbytery and the faithful of the Church in Poland in the prayer of gratitude for the life and pastoral commitment of this meritorious Minister of the Gospel.
Iesu, in te confido! – Jesus, I trust in you! This episcopal motto guided his life and his ministry. Today, in the Jubilee Year of Mercy, it has become an eloquent invocation that proclaims the fulfilment of the work that the Lord entrusted to him in the act of Baptism, introducing him in the array of those sealed with His Redeeming Blood, and following later with the gift of the priesthood, when He sent him with the task to sanctify the People with the word and the grace of the Sacraments. He carried out this mission with zeal as Pastor, Professor, and Rector of the Seminary, up to the day in which the Lord asked him to take on the inheritance of Saint Stanislaw and of his immediate Predecessor, Karol Wojtyla, today Saint John Paul II, on the Bishop’s Chair at Krakow. With trust in Divine Mercy, he conducted this work as father for the priests and the faithful entrusted to his care, He guided the Church in Krakow in the uneasy period of political and social transformations, with wisdom, with a healthy detachment of the reality, being concerned with respect for every person, for the good of the community of the Church and, especially, to keep alive the faith in men’s hearts.
I am grateful to Providence, that it was possible for me to visit him during <my> recent visit to Krakow. In the last stage of life, he was greatly tried by suffering, which he accepted with serenity of spirit. Also in this trial, he remained a faithful witness of trust in the goodness and mercy of God. So will he remain in my memory and prayer. May the Lord receive him in His glory!
To you, Venerable Brother, to the Polish Cardinals and Bishops, to the Family of the deceased, to all the Polish faithful I impart my heartfelt blessing: in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
From the Vatican, August 2, 2016
[Original text: Italian] [Translation by ZENIT]
Fr. Lombardi’s Good-bye to Press by ZENIT Staff
The former Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, has sent a farewell letter to the Holy See press corps.
Fr. Lombardi’s term as Director of the Press Office ended with the month of July. In the letter, Fr. Lombardi thanks the journalists for their assistance and professional support during his time in the post, saying, “[You] helped me and encouraged me in the job, day in and day out – in the days of trial and the days of joy.”
Fr. Lombardi also looked back on his decade of service.
“Together, we followed the ministry of two great Popes, we lived through very significant moments in the history of the Church – and, let us say it, of the human family, as well – trying to make sense of those moments and to help others understand their significance.”
Here is a ZENIT translation of his note:
—
Holy See Press Office
THE DIRECTOR
Vatican city, 24.7.2016
Dearly Beloved,
On finishing the service in the Holy See Press Office, my heartfelt thanks go to those who have kindly expressed to me sentiments of appreciation and affection. I am very grateful to them.
At the same time, I wish to greet all the women and men colleagues, the women and men collaborators, who accompanied us in these ten years of journey.
We followed together the ministry of two great Popes; we lived very significant moments of the history of the Church – and we also say of the human family – seeking to have them read and understand the meaning.
I thank the Popes that called me to serve them closely — Benedict and Francis — but also all those who helped and encouraged me in the daily work, in days of toil and those of joy, and among these I am convinced I can practically count all of you. Fortunately for me, I never had the impression of not being received or respected by anyone.
It has been a beautiful and demanding call. Now I try to listen to the well-known words of Jesus to His disciples: “When you have done all that is commanded you, say, ‘we are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty’” (Luke 17:10). And I will again be listening for the new indications of the one who represents the Lord to me.
I express once again, if I may, my esteem for the work in the field of communication, for its great possibility of service to others and, therefore, for the great responsibility it entails. I hope you all can dedicate yourselves to it with commitment and enthusiasm, and that the Lord may accompany us on our ways.
And, of course, particular best wishes go to Greg Burke and to Paloma Garcia Ovejero, who will certainly do very well the task to which they are called.
Federico Lombardi, S.J.
Video for Pope’s August Intentions Shows Sports Breaking Down Walls by Kathleen Naab
With the Olympics starting in just a few days, Pope Francis will be praying this month that sports will help to bring about world peace.
In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has been releasing video messages to illustrate his monthly prayer intentions, announced by the Apostleship of Prayer.
Today, the August video was released and is available here.
Videos for January-July can be viewed here: http://apostleshipofprayer.org/the-pope-video
The Apostleship of Prayer has announced the prayer intentions chosen by the Pope for August.
The Holy Father’s universal prayer intention is: “That sports may be an opportunity for friendly encounters between peoples and may contribute to peace in the world.”
His intention for evangelisation is: “That Christians may live the Gospel, giving witness to faith, honesty, and love of neighbor.”
Here is an English translation of the text of the video, courtesy of Vatican Radio:
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.
South Sudan in Clashes Again by ZENIT Staff
Vatican Radio reports:
At least nine people were killed in South Sudan over the weekend in renewed clashes between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those of his longtime rival Riek Machar, a spokesman for Machar said on Monday. Machar returned to the capital Juba in April after a shaky peace deal but left again last month when new clashes broke out.
Kiir replaced Machar as vice president last week with Taban Deng Gai, after Machar ignored Kiir’s request to return to Juba, further deepening a split in Machar’s SPLM-IO party.
Nyarji Jermlili Roman, the deputy spokesman for Machar, said the nine died on Sunday when they ambushed a vehicle carrying government troops in Lainya county in Central Equatorial state. Nothing has been heard from Machar since and Kiir replaced him as vice president.
The United States said over the weekend it had received “disturbing reports” of renewed violence in the south of the country and the United Nations is considering imposing an arms embargo.
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