reflected in others, to overcome indifference and selfishness, which corrode
Christian communities and corrode our hearts, and she teaches us to embrace
everyone without prejudice, without discrimination, and without
reticence, but with sincere love, giving them the best of ourselves and above
all sharing with them what we have that is most precious—not our deeds
or our institutions. No! What we have that is most precious is Christ and his
Gospel.”
Saint Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, “renouncing a life of ease—and
how damaging the easy life, well-being, can be; the “embou
geoisement” of our hearts
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that paralyses us—...to follow Jesus' call, who taught her to love
poverty so that she could love the poor and the sick more. … The poor,
the abandoned, the ill, the marginalized are the flesh of Christ. Mother
Lupita touched Christ's flesh and taught us this way of acting: of not being
embarrassed, not being
afraid, not being disgusted to 'touch the flesh of Christ'! … This new
Mexican saint invites us to love as Jesus has loved us and this entails not
being locked up in oneself, in our own problems, our own ideas, our own
interests, in this little
world that causes us so much harm, but to go out and go in search of who needs
attention, understanding, and help, in order to bring them the warm nearness
of God's love through tactful gestures of sincere affection
and love.”
At the end of his homily, the Pope emphasized that the new saints teach us
“faithfulness to Jesus and his Gospel, to proclaim him in word and with
our lives, witnessing to God's love with our love and with our charity towards
all.”
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REGINA COELI: BANISH VIOLENCE AND DEFEND LIFE'S SACREDNESS
Vatican City, 12 May 2013 (VIS) – At the end of the Mass for the
canonization of the new saints, the Pope greeted the official delegations from
Italy, Colombia, and Mexico, led respectively by Italian Minister of Justice
Anna Maria Cancellieri;
the President of the Republic of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderon; and
the Adjunct General Director for Religious Affairs of the Presidency of the
Republic of Mexico, Roberto Herrera Mena.
“May the Martyrs of Otranto,” he exclaimed, “help the
dear Italian people to look hopefully to the future, entrusting in the
nearness of God who never abandons us, even in difficult times.”
The he asked for the intercession of Mother Laura Montoya that the Lord may
“grant new missionary and evangelizing impetus to the Church and that,
inspired by this new saint's example of harmony and reconciliation, the
beloved children of
Colombia might continue working for the progress of peace and justice in their
country.”
“In the hands of St. Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, we place all the poor,
the sick, and those who assist them, and we entrust to her intercession the
noble Mexican nation so that, all violence and insecurity banished, it may
advance ever more along
the path of solidarity and fraternal coexistence.”
The Holy Father also noted that yesterday, Saturday 11 May, Fr. Luigi
Novarese, founder of the volunteer Centre of the Suffering and the Silent
Works of the Cross, was beatified in Rome. Fr. Novarese was “an
exemplary priest who renewed the
pastoral outreach to the sick, making them active subjects in the
Church.”
Finally, the Bishop of Rome greeted those participating in the “March
for Life” that took place today in Rome, inviting them all to
“keep everyone's attention alive to the very important topic of respect
for human life from the
moment of its conception. In this regards I would also like to note the
signatures being gathered today in many Italian parishes for the purpose of
sustaining the European citizens' initiative 'One of Us', to guarantee legal
protection to embryos,
protecting every human being from the first instant of their existence. A
special moment for those who have the defence of the sacredness of human life
at heart will be the 'Evangelium Vitae Day', which will take place here in the
Vatican within the
context of the Year of Faith, this 15-16 June.”
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 13 May 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received
twelve prelates from the Puglia region of the Italian Episcopal Conference on
their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Francesco Cacucci of Bari-Bitonto,
- Archbishop Giovanni Battista Pichierri of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie,
- Archbishop Donato Negro of Otranto,
- Archbishop Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B., of Foggia-Bovino,
- Archbishop Michele Castoro of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni
Rotondo,
- Bishop Raffaele Calabro of Andria,
- Bishop Mario Paciello of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti,
- Bishop Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm., of San Severo,
- Bishop Felice di Molfetta of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano,
- Bishop Luigi Martella of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi,
- Bishop Pietro Maria Fragnelli of Castellaneta, and
- Bishop Domenico Cornacchia of Lucera-Troia.
On Saturday, 11 May, the Holy Father received:
- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for
Bishops, and
- Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio, president of the Pontifical Council for
Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 13 May 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father elevated Fr.
Victor Manuel Fernandez to the dignity of archbishop, assigning him the
Titular Archiepiscopal See of Tiburnia. The archbishop-elect was born in
Alcira Gigena, Cordoba,
Argentina in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1986. Since ordination he has
served in several pastoral, academic, and administrative roles including,
since 2011, as rector of The Catholic University of Argentina.
On Saturday, 11 May, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the the
office of auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamien, Poland, presented
by Bishop Marian Blazej Kruszylowicz, O.F.M. Conv., upon having reached the
age limit.
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