Dear brothers and sisters, on this World Mission Day my thoughts turn to all
the local Churches. Let us not be robbed of the joy of evangelisation! I
invite you to immerse yourself in the joy of the Gospel and nurture a love
that can light up your vocation and your mission. I urge each of you to
recall, as if you were making an interior pilgrimage, that 'first love' with
which the Lord Jesus Christ warmed your heart, not for the sake of nostalgia
but in order to persevere in joy. The Lord's disciples persevere in joy when
they sense his presence, do his will and share with others their faith, hope
and evangelical charity.
 Let us pray through the intercession of Mary, the model of humble and joyful
evangelisation, that the Church may become a welcoming home, a mother for all
peoples and the source of rebirth for our world".

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 LET US IMITATE JESUS IN FACING THE HUMAN TROUBLES WE ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - This morning in St. Peter's Square the
Holy Father met with the National Confederation for Mercy and the Fratres,
Italian groups of blood donors. "All your service takes its meaning and form
from this word: 'mercy', a Latin word whose etymological root is 'miseris cor
dare', 'to give one's heart to the poor'. This is what Jesus did: he opened
his heart wide to man's suffering". The Pope underlined that the Gospel shows
clearly "the gratuity of His love for the suffering and the weak", and "the
closeness, goodness, the tenderness with which Jesus drew alongside the
suffering and consoled them, brought them relief, and often healed them".
 He went on to emphasise that we too are called upon "to be close to and to
share the conditions of the people we encounter. Our words, gestures and
attitudes must express our solidarity, the desire not to remain removed from
the pain of others, and must do so with fraternal warmth and without
descending to any form of paternalism". He continued, "there is the risk of
being spectators, highly informed but detached from these realities, or of
making beautiful speeches that conclude with verbal solutions but a lack of
commitment with regard to real problems. Instead, we are required to let
ourselves get involved in the human hardships that call out to us every day.
Let us imitate Jesus: He went out on the streets and did not plan His
encounters with the poor, or the sick, or the incapacitated who crossed His
path; however, He stopped with the first He saw, offering succour, a sign of
God's closeness which is goodness, providence and love".
 Pope Francis commented that the activity of the Association is inspired by
the seven works of corporal mercy: to feed the hungry, to give drink to the
thirsty, to clothe the naked, to shelter the homeless, to visit the sick, to
visit the imprisoned, to bury the dead. "I encourage you to carry forth your
activity with joy and to model it on that of Christ, ensuring that those who
suffer may encounter you and depend upon you in their moment of need".

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 THE HOLY FATHER'S PROGRAMME FOR JULY AND AUGUST
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office published
further information on the Pope's engagements during the months of July and
August 2014.
 During the month of July, all Wednesday general audiences will be suspended.
They will resume on the first Wednesday of August in the Vatican, taking place
on 6, 20 and 27 August.
 On Wednesday, 13 August, there will be no general audience as the Pope will
travel to Korea (from 13 to 18 August).
 The Angelus prayer will continue to take place in the Vatican every Sunday in
July, except during the days of the Holy Father's absence during his trip to
Korea (Sundays 15 and 17 August).
 The morning mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae will be suspended during the
summer, from early July until the end of August, and will resume at the
beginning of September.

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 POPULORUM PROGRESSIO FOUNDATION: INCREASE PROJECTS IN EDUCATION AND
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - From 11 to 13 June, at the Pontifical
Council "Cor Unum", the managing board of the Populorum Progressio Foundation
held its annual meeting. This year it was held in Rome, primarily to ask Pope
Francis for guidance in planning the future of the Foundation after 22 years
of work, in the light of his pastoral experience in Latin America.
 Of the 135 projects presented in 2014 for the various ecclesiastical
jurisdictions in Latin America and the Caribbean, 125 were approved, in
conformity with the criteria of the Populorum Progressio, with a total value
of 1,800,000 dollars. The majority were initiatives connected to children and
young people. In this way, the Foundation will be able to support small
communities in their projects for development and human advancement. They are
primarily micro-projects in various fields: not only education, but also the
creation of wells for drinking water, the institution of revolving funds and
seed banks, the construction of community halls, the funding of healthcare
projects, and so on.
 On Friday Pope Francis received in audience the members of the managing
board. During 40 minutes the prelates spoke with him on matters linked to the
Latin American continent, taking into account the activity carried out by this
Foundation. The Holy Father affirmed, first of all, that Catholic institutions
are not NGOs and that they must put into action an anthropology that does not
see the person solely as "a mouth to feed", but must also take into
consideration the spiritual dimension, and the yearning for God that every
person holds in his heart.
 Secondly, the issue of indigenous populations was discussed, and the question
of evangelisation and its relationship to charitable works in the context of
the works of corporal mercy that cannot be separated from spiritual works. The
Holy Father also commented on the ideology centred on the "god of money",
leading to the rejection of two categories of person: children, the future of
society, and the elderly, who are its historical memory. He also underlined
the dramatic problem of youth unemployment, which leads generations of young
people without a future, easy prey to addiction and criminality. Francis asked
the Populorum Progressio to pay attention to this sector of the population
through projects for education and professional training. The dialogue was
frank, open and constructive.
 Holding the meeting in Rome made it possible for the managing board to
consult with entities such as the Pontifical Commission for Latin America,
whose secretary Guzamn Carriquiry Lecour spoke upon request by Cardinal Marc
Ouellet, P.S.S., president of the Commission, during the round table of the
first day of the meeting. A very fruitful exchange took place regarding the
theme of indigenism and the question of formation. It is also worth noting
that the Foundation has undertaken a collaborative project with the Catholic
University San Antonio de Murcia to establish training courses for agents of
pastoral care, often directly responsible to the Foundation's projects in the
same area.
 The Foundation must face the great challenge of enlarging the geographical
horizons of its donations, with the aim of ensuring that all the projects
presented may be accepted by the Pope's charity. In this regard, the members
of the Foundation were given the aim of increasing awareness among the
particular Churches and persons of good will so that the funds available will
allow this this work, so greatly appreciated by the Holy Father, to continue
with ever greater intensity.

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 CARDINAL CYPRIEN LACROIX TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TITULAR CHURCH
 Vatican City, 16 June 2014 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of
the Supreme Pontiff today announced that on Sunday, 22 June, at 10.30 a.m.,
Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, archbishop of Quebec, Canada, will take
possession of the title of San Giuseppe all'Aurelio (Via Boccea, 362).

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 AUDIENCES
 Vatican City, 16 June 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in
audience:
 - Monica Jimenez de la Jara, ambassador of Chile, presenting her letters of
credence.
 - Archbishop Luigi Bianco, apostolic nuncio in Honduras.
 On Saturday, 14 June, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Marc
Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:
 - appointed Archbishop George Panikulam, formerly apostolic nuncio in
Ethiopia and Djibouti and apostolic delegate in Somalia, as apostolic nuncio
in Uruguay.
 - appointed Bishop Gary Gordon of Whitehorse, Canada as Bishop of Victoria
(area 33,197, population 729,000, Catholics 98,400, priests 47, religious 80),
Canada.
 - appointed Msgr. John J. Jenik, Fr. Peter J. Byrne, and Fr. John J. O'Hara
as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of New York (area 12,212, population
5,854,721, Catholics 2,634,624, priests 1,515, permanent deacons 292,
religious 3,840), U.S.A.
 Bishop-elect Jenik was born in Manhattan, U.S.A. in 1944 and was ordained a
priest in 1970. He holds a bachelor's degree in theology from the St. Joseph's
seminary, Yonkers, and a master's degree in education from the Fordham
University, Yonkers. He has served as deputy priest of the "St. Jerome's
Parish" and the "St. Thomas Aquinas Parish" in the Bronx, New York, and is
currently priest of the "Our Lady of Refuge Parish", the Bronx, New York and
regional vicar for north-west Bronx. He was named Prelate of Honour of His
Holiness in 1995.
 Bishop-elect Byrne was born in Manhattan, U.S.A. in 1951 and was ordained a
priest in 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree in history and social sciences
from the Fordham University, Yonkers, and a bachelor's degree in theology from
the St. Joseph's seminary, Yonkers. He has served as deputy priest of the
"Holy Family Parish" in the Bronx, New York, and administrator and
subsequently priest of the "Immaculate Conception" and the "St. John the
Baptist" parishes in Staten Island. He is currently priest of the "St.
Elizabeth Parish" in Manhattan, New York.
 Bishop-elect O'Hara was born in Jersey City, U.S.A. in 1946 and was ordained
a priest in 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from the Seton Hall
University, South Orange, and carried out his ecclesiastical studies at the
St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. He has served as deputy priest of the "St.
Augustine Parish", New City, the "St. Charles Parish", Staten Island, and the
"St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus Parish", Staten Island, where he subsequently
became priest in 2000. He is also director for Strategic Parish Planning for
the archdiocese of New York.
 - appointed Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, archbishop emeritus of
Santiago de Chile, Chile, as his special envoy to the Third World Apostolic
Congress on Mercy (WACOM III), to be held in Bogota, Colombia from 15 to 19
August 2014.

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