‘Young people thirst for horizons’
Pope Francis sends a video message to participants in World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, and urges young people to open their horizons and hearts to other pilgrims.
January 23, 2023
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Pope Francis sends a video message to participants in World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, and urges young people to open their horizons and hearts to other pilgrims.
In the lead-up to the Synod of Bishops on synodality in October, Catholic institutions prepare to hold their second Intercontinental Massive Online Course (MOOC) focused on the theme: “History, Theology and Ministerial Practice of Synodality”.
We pray that educators may be credible witnesses, teaching fraternity rather than confrontation and helping the youngest and most vulnerable above all.
In his traditional Christmas Day message, Pope Francis underscores how Jesus’ birth shows us the way to peace in our lives and our world, and encourages us to contemplate the face of the Child Jesus and be deeply moved by God’s love, so that peace may be born in our hearts and shared with all.
Let us pray that volunteer non-profit and human development organizations may find people willing to commit themselves to the common good and ceaselessly seek out new paths of international cooperation.
Pope Francis has named Brazilian Gleison de Paula Souza, a professor of Religious Education at the A. Vallone School in Galatina, in southern Italy, as the new Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
German Bishops gathered in Rome for their “ad Limina visit” meet with the heads of the Vatican’s dicasteries to discuss the ongoing German Synodal Path.
The Vatican has published this week the Document of the Continental Phase for the next Synod. As reported on the Vatican News website: It is the Document, with the consultation of the people of God, which will serve as the basis, for the work of the second stage of the synodal journey, launched by Pope Francis in October 2021.
We pray for children who are suffering, especially those who are homeless, orphans, and victims of war; may they be guaranteed access to education and the opportunity to experience family affection.
Assisted by young Portuguese university students presenting a tablet for him, Pope Francis at the Angleus on Sunday registers for the forthcoming World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugual, August 2023.
This morning, at the end of the Sunday Angelus, the Holy Father announced that the upcoming 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be held in two moments, that is, in two sessions, spaced one year apart: the first from October 4 to 29, 2023, the second in October 2024.
Cardinal Parolin, Sr. Smerilli, and environmental protagonists partake in the global premiere of ‘The Letter’ film, which features Pope Francis, on 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall. The documentary is devoted to protecting and saving our Common Home.
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