love which God has for us. A love so great that it enters into our sin and
forgives it, enters into our suffering and gives us the strength to bear it.
It is a love which enters into death to conquer it and to save us. The Cross
of Christ contains all
the love of God, it is His immeasurable mercy. This is a love in which we can
place all our trust, in which we can believe. Dear young people”, he
continued, “let us entrust ourselves to Jesus, let us give ourselves
over to Him, because He
never disappoints! … With Him, evil, suffering, and death do not have
the last word, because He gives us hope and life: He has transformed the Cross
from an instrument of hate, defeat and death into a sign of love, victory,
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triumph and life”.
Pope Francis continued, “How many people were with Jesus on the way
to Calvary: Pilate, Simon of Cyrene, Mary, the women… Today I ask you:
which of these people do you want to be like? Do you want to be like Pilate,
who did not have the
courage to go against the tide to save Jesus’ life, and instead washed
his hands. Tell me: are you one of those ewho wash their hands, who play dumb
and turn away? Or are you like Simon of Cyrene, who helped Jesus to carry that
heavy wood, like
Mary and the other women, who were not afraid to accompany Jesus all the way
to the end, with love and tenderness. And you? Which of these do you want to
be like? Like Pilate? Like Simon? Like Mary?” Jesus is watching you now
and He says: do you
want to help me carry the Cross? Brothers and sisters, with your youthful
strength, how will you answer Him?”
The Pope concluded by asking the young to bring their joys, their
sufferings and their failures to Christ's Cross, as “there we will find
a Heart that is open to us and understands us, forgives us, loves us and calls
us to bear this love in our
lives, to love each person, each brother and sister, with the same
love.”
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CARDINAL ERDO, PAPAL ENVOY TO 6TH CENTENARY OF BAPTISM OF SAMOGIZIA
Vatican City, 27 June 2013 (VIS) – A letter from the Pope was
published today, in Latin, in which he appoints Cardinal Peter Erdo,
archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, as his special envoy to the celebration of
the baptism of Samogizia (western
region of Lithuania), due to be held in concomitance with the Eucharistic
Congress of Telsiai, from 2 to 4 August 2013.
The mission accompanying the cardinal will be made up of Rev. Darius
Trijonis, assistant general secretary to the Lithuanian Bishops' Conference,
and Msgr. Viktoras Acas, rector of the diocesan seminary of Telsiai.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 27 June 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of
Saitama, Japan, presented by Bishop Marcellino Daiji Tani, in accordance with
canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. The Holy Father has appointed
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada
of Tokyo, Japan, as apostolic adminstrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae
Sedis" of the same diocese.
- accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese
of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, presented by Bishop Joseph Lafontant, upon having
reached the age limit.
- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Military
Ordinariate of Peru, presented by Bishop Guillermo Martin Abanto Guzman, in
accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
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