Secular Citizen Vol.22 No.25 dated 24 June 2013

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Po pe T hr o ws A nO pen C hal lenge hro An Open Chal hallenge

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n a rare and blistering moment vert to God. The Holy Father said between speeches and blessing these words a day after the beatification on Thursday, Saturday and Sun- of Fr. Giuseppe Pino Puglisi , who day last the people were was killed by the mob 20 surprised when Pope years ago, when he was 56 years old. Fr. Giuseppe had Francis threw the gauntlet become a martyr , he had at three Catholic groups in spoken against the Mafia in his weekly address. the Sicilian capital The pontiff spoke On Saturday morning calmly and with moving passion in a voice con- - Melvyn Brown the pope was strongly critical of Church administrators trolled with critical and stern appeal. He was deeply driven to , who often showed no charity towards speak of the mafiosi and mafiose (men the helpless. Pope Francis said , the and women) who terrorized and ex- doors (of the church) should open and ploited people through suffering and not find people who want to control the pain, in prostitution and slavery. The faith. Furthermore , he felt compelled pope said , the pain suffered by men, to add : We are many times controllers women and even children ..through of faith, instead of becoming facilitators of the faith of the people. The pope many social pressures . Pope Francis appealed to the mentioned of a single mother who went mobsters to change and to help build to the church to baptize her child and a stronger link to God. Let us pray the parish secretary says No, you canthat these Mafiosi and mafiose con- not because you re not married . She

met with a closed door. This is not zeal ! It is far from the Lord! It does not open doors. He went on to say Jesus created the seven sacraments, and we are establishing the eighth : the sacrament of pastoral customs. The pope added, Jesus is indignant when he sees these things. The pontiff spoke as strongly and firmly to the bishops of Italy on Thursday at St. Peter s Basilica on their 65th general assembly. He asked the bishops to put aside any form of arrogance . And told them to take greater responsibility for their flocks. Pope Francis ended by asking Mary to remove us from the torpor of laziness , of pettiness, and defeatism. Help us burn away the sadness, impatience, and rigidity of those who have not known what it means to belong. - Courtesy The Catholic Herald, London and David V. Barrett).

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