"In this way, Jesus offers every man and woman the fundamental criteria on
which to base their lives", concluded Francis. "But above all, He gives us the
Holy Spirit, which enables us to love God and our neighbour like Him, with a
free and generous heart. Through the intercession of Mary, our Mother, let us
open ourselves to receive this gift of love, always to follow the path of this
law, of the two faces that are one face, the law of love".
 Following the Marian prayer, the Holy Father commented that on Saturday in
Sao Paulo in Brazil, Mother Assunta Marchetti was proclaimed Blessed. Born in
Italy, she was the co-founder of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles
Borromeo (the "Scalabrini"). "She was a nun who was exemplary in the service
of orphans of Italian immigrants. She saw Jesus in the poor, in orphans, in
the sick, in migrants. Let us give thanks to the Lord for this woman, a model
of tireless missionary spirit and courageous dedication in the service of
charity".

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 Pope's message to participants in the congress "In precariousness, hope"
 Vatican City, 25 October 2014 (VIS) - Pope Francis has sent a message to the
participants in the national congress organised by the Italian Episcopal
Conference in Salerno, Italy, on the theme "In precariousness, hope". The aim
of the conference is to offer, especially to the younger generations,
prospects of hope at a time characterised by uncertainty, restlessness and
great change.
 "In my visits in Italy, and in my encounters with the people, I have been
able to encounter first-hand the situation of many young people who are
jobless, in receipt of unemployment insurance, or in precarious work", Francis
writes. "But this is not only an economic problem - it is a problem of
dignity. Where there is no work, there is no dignity - there lacks the
experience of the dignity of bringing bread home to the table. And
unfortunately, in Italy, there are very many young people without work".
 "Working means planning one's own future, deciding to establish a family.
There is truly a sensation that the current moment is the 'passion of the
young'. This throwaway culture is very strong: everything that does not bring
profit is discarded. The young are cast aside, because they are without work.
But this means discarding the future of the people, as the young represent the
future of the people. We must say 'no' to this 'throwaway culture'".
 While, however, there is precariousness, the Pope observed that there is also
hope, as the title of the congress affirms. "How can we make sure that we are
not robbed of hope by the 'shifting sands' of precariousness? With the
strength of the Gospel. The Gospel is a source of hope, because it comes from
God and because it comes from Jesus Christ, who sympathised with all our
precariousness".
 "You are young people who belong to the Church", concludes the Holy Father,
"and you therefore have the gift and the responsibility of bringing the
strength of the Gospel to this social and cultural situation", because "the
Gospel generates care for others, the culture of encounter and solidarity.
Thus, with the strength of the Gospel, you will be witnesses of hope in
precariousness".

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 Cardinal Parolin: the obstacles to development derive from a distorted vision
of the human being and economic activity
 Vatican City, 25 October 2014 (VIS) - Yesterday, 24 October, Cardinal
Secretary of State Pietro Parolin spoke at the conference organised by the
Kellogg Institute for International Studies dedicated to the theme of "Human
Dignity and Human Development", marking the inauguration of the University of
Notre Dame Global Gateway.
 The cardinal observed that "the topics which have been discussed show that,
in speaking of the relationship between development and human dignity, the
terms 'economy', 'economic systems' and the like, can all be employed as
synonyms for the term 'development'. This in itself helps us to appreciate
better the challenges we face in promoting human dignity. Development is in
fact closely linked to the proper management of resources in poorer countries,
and the economic decisions made by wealthy countries, which have positive or
negative repercussions on the economy of developing countries. But the more
fundamental reason for beginning with economics is that the Church's social
teaching has constantly emphasised that the greatest obstacles to universal
and integral human development are found in a distorted vision of man and
economic activity, one which threatens the dignity of the human person".
 The secretary of State remarked on the continuity between of Francis'
magisterium and that of his predecessors, especially Benedict XVI, who "using
very similar words, warn that the problems of development and the just
regulation of the economy remain insoluble without a holistic vision of the
human person and a commitment to constant and coherent moral standards firmly
grounded in the natural law and the pursuit of the common good". As Benedict
XVI writes in his encyclical "Caritas in Veritate", "development will never be
fully guaranteed through automatic or impersonal forces, whether they derive
from the market or from international politics. Development is impossible
without upright men and women, without financiers and politicians whose
consciences are finely attuned to the requirements of the common good".
 "Conversion of mind and heart is thus required if economic activity as a
whole is to be genuinely directed to integral human development", Cardinal
Parolin emphasised. "A 'Promethean faith' in the market, or in other
ideologies and forms of aprioristic thinking, will need to be replaced by
faith in God and a transcendent vision of men and women as God's children.
This in turn will lead to intellectual conversion in the sense of developing
an economic science and praxis which begins with an integral understanding of
the human person, that is placed at the service of human development, and is
capable of orienting production and consumption to authentic human fulfilment,
in our relationship with God and with our neighbour".

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 Audiences
 Vatican City, 27 October 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in
audience:
 - Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, apostolic nuncio in Senegal, Capo Verde
and Guinea-Bissau, and apostolic delegate in Mauritania;
 - A delegation from the Jewish Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
 On Saturday, 25 October, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;
 - Carlos Federico de la Riva Guerra, ambassador of the Plurinational State of
Bolivia, on his farewell visit;
 - Maron Curi, president of the "Consejo Nacional Union Cultural Argentino
Libanese.

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 Other Pontifical Acts
 Vatican City, 27 October 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop
Bernardino C. Cortez as bishop-prelate of the prelature of Infanta (area
7,189, population 516,000, Catholics 450,000, priests 41, religious 132),
Philippines. Bishop Cortez was previously auxiliary of Manila, Philippines.
 On Saturday, 25 October, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Quesnel Alphonse,
S.M.M., auxiliary of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as bishop of Fort-Liberte (area
1,600, population 498,000, Catholics 371,000, priests 48, religious 69), Haiti.

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