Saturday 18 November 2023

Pope to meet relatives of Israeli hostages and Palestinians suffering in Gaza

 

Pope to meet relatives of Israeli hostages and Palestinians suffering in Gaza



Next Wednesday, Pope Francis will meet separately with several relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and with family members of Palestinians suffering from the Israel-Hamas war.

By Vatican News

The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, announced on Friday that Pope Francis will hold a pair of separate encounters on Wednesday, 22 November, on the sidelines of the General Audience.

Responding to journalists' questions, Mr. Bruni said: "Pope Francis will meet separately with a group of relatives of Israelis held hostage in Gaza and a group of family members of Palestinians suffering from the conflict in Gaza."

He added that the meetings are "of an exclusively humanitarian nature" and aim to express Pope Francis' "spiritual closeness to the suffering of each individual".

"As he stated at the end of last Sunday's Angelus, 'Every human being, whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, of any people and religion, every human being is sacred, precious in the eyes of God, and has the right to live in peace," said Mr. Bruni.

Archbishop Mourad: Two-state solution only way to end 'hell' in Holy Land

 

Archbishop Mourad: Two-state solution only way to end 'hell' in Holy Land



The newly-appointed Archbishop of Homs, Syria, Archbishop Julian Yacoub Mourad, reiterates that the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine is the only way toward a just and sustainable peace in the entire region, decrying the political agendas of international powers.

By Lisa Zengarini

“The evil spirit, at this time, is pushing the world into hell and we really live in hell,” said Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs, Syria, in an impassioned plea for a just peace in the Holy Land and all the Middle East.

“If you want to see Hell, you have to come to Lebanon, Syria and now especially to the Holy Land.”

The Syrian-Catholic monk, who was appointed by Pope Francis at the helm of the Archdiocese and was ordained a bishop on 3 March 2023, became internationally known in 2015 when terrorists of the so-called Islamic State kidnapped him from his Mar Elian monastery in Syria and held him hostage for several months.

In a comment sent to Fides agency on the current dramatic events in the region, Archbishop Mourad didn’t mince his words.

Innocent people living hell

“We witness the atrocious death of thousands of innocent people in a few days, the bombing of places of care and suffering, those very places which should be the last strongholds of humanity,” he said. “We see hostages violently abducted from their homes, humanitarian organizations struck in their action to bring relief to bodies and souls hurt by war, and international institutions which can only show their helplessness because no decision really seems to be in their hands.”

In his testimony, the Archbishop of Homs recalled that the humanitarian situation continues to be dire in war- and earthquake-stricken Syria.

“When I travel around my diocese, every day I see elderly people and children, men and women, looking for something to eat in the garbage. When the cold weather begins, none of them will have the means and resources to heat their homes. This is hell,” he said, pointing to the responsibilities of “insatiable powers” pursuing “insatiable interests” in the region.

Evil cannot be eradicated by evil

Regarding the war ravaging the Holy Land, Archbishop Mourad decried the “inhumane” violence perpetrated by both sides.

“It is not humane for Palestinians to kill Israelis in kibbutzim. And it is not humane for Israelis to bomb churches and hospitals,” he lamented. “Evil cannot be eradicated by evil.”

“We were shocked and distressed to see bombs dropped on hospitals in Homs and Aleppo. Today, this is happening again in Gaza.”

“He who wants to eliminate the evil that destroys bodies and souls must first eliminate the evil of hearts, and the purification of hearts always comes after justice, not by force”, the Syrian prelate stressed.

Two-state solution only way toward peace

He insisted on the two-state solution advocated worldwide, including Pope Francis, as both Israelis and Palestinians, he said, have a right to have a State of their own.

“Palestinians have the right to live in freedom in their own land. This land is also theirs. Since 1948, they have lived as refugees in camps scattered across the Middle East, and today, the same is true for millions of Syrians.”

Archbishop Mourad further noted that Palestinians, whose suffering has been ignored “for decades”, are victims of violence “not only from the Israeli army but also from other countries”, including Arab countries, that have their own agendas and reject “the very idea of seeing two peoples living together in two States.”

“If the world tolerates and justifies this, it confirms injustice and takes away hope,” he said, warning that this unresolved question concerns the future of the entire world.

Long-term, worldwide effects of the war

“We are not only responsible for what is happening today in war zones; we will be asked to account for the future at a global level, with all the consequences of war in terms of mass migration, the creation of new refugee camps, and the depletion of vital resources such as water,” he said.

In this regard, Archbishop Mourad welcomed Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Dubai (UAE) for COP-28. "This," he noted, "also shows the Church's concern for the climate and environmental emergency and the life and wellbeing of people and the world."

Archbishop Soueif: risk of mass migration

Archbishop Youssef Soueif of Tripoli, Lebanon, made similar remarks recently to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

Speaking during a visit to the international headquarters of the Pontifical Foundation, Archbishop Soueif emphasized the need for a just and lasting solution for both Israel and Palestine, warning that the conflict could drag on and trigger an open war in the region.

Pointing to the fact that Lebanon has more refugees than natives, including 2.5 million Syrians and half a million Palestinians, the Lebanese prelate highlighted the risk of mass emigration, which “could also affect Europe if the crisis is not resolved.”

Pope Francis: War is "mother of all poverty" 

And on Friday, Pope Francis again turned his thoughts to the many wars ravaging several parts of the world.

“War is the ‘mother of all poverty,’ especially affecting civilians and families”, the Pope recalled in a post on X (formerly Twitter), calling for ongoing efforts “so that #Peace may prevail as a gift of God and the result of our commitment to justice and dialogue.” 

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Thursday 16 November 2023

Pope: Asia Bibi, modern-day martyr

 

Pope: Asia Bibi, modern-day martyr



Speaking to participants in a conference on sainthood, Pope Francis says that “no period has been devoid of martyrs, including our own day.”

By Joseph Tulloch

“When God calls an individual, it is always for the good of all.”

That’s how Pope Francis started an address on Thursday morning to participants in a Vatican-run conference on ‘The Communal Dimension of Sanctity.’

In his speech, the Pope discussed three important aspects of holiness – its power to unify, its place in the family, and martyrdom.

Asia Bibi, modern-day martyr

Martyrdom, Pope Francis said, is a “powerful model” of saintliness, of which "we have many examples throughout the history of the Church.”

“There is no period which has been devoid of martyrs,” he stressed, “including our own day.”

“We think that these martyrs do not exist, but let us think about a case of Christian life lived in continuous martyrdom, the case of Asia Bibi.”

Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic sentenced to death for blasphemy, was imprisoned for many years, eventually being released and moving to Canada.  

“Nearly nine years of Christian witness!” Pope Francis underlined. "There are many, many like her, who testify to faith and charity.”

A unifying force

Holiness, Pope Francis stressed, is a vocation “which is fulfilled first and foremost in charity.” It thus “unites us with our brothers and sisters, and so is not merely a personal event, but a community one.”

“When God calls an individual,” the Pope noted, “it is always for the good of all, as in the case of Abraham and Moses, Peter and Paul.”

The only legitimate response to Jesus’ love, he said, is to immediately desire to share it with others, “like Matthew, who, as soon as Jesus calls him, invites his friends to meet the Messiah”, or Paul, who, “having met the Risen One, becomes the apostle to the nations.”

Familial sanctity

The final subject of Pope Francis’s address was holiness as it occurs in families.

Although this sort of saintliness is “evident above all in the Holy Family of Nazareth”, the Pope said, “the Church offers us many other examples”, in particular “holy couples, in which each of the spouses was an instrument of salvation of the other.”

The holiness of a married couple, Pope Francis stressed, is not simply the sum total of the sanctity of each individual; rather, each one’s holiness contributes to multiplying that of their partner.

As an example of this sort of holiness, Pope Francis presented the Polish couple Josef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children. They attempted to save Jewish families from the Nazis by hiding them in their home, but were eventually all murdered by the Nazis.

This Polish family, Pope Francis said, “reminds us that sanctification is a community journey, to be made in pairs, not alone. Always in community.”

Vatican launches sustainable mobility programme 'Ecological Conversion 2023'

 

Vatican launches sustainable mobility programme 'Ecological Conversion 2023'



The Governorate of Vatican City State announces the launch of a series of energy-saving initiatives and strategies to safeguard the environment in the framework of the Pope's Laudato si' and Laudate Deum, including introducing a state car fleet to reduce CO2 emissions through a partnership with the Volkswagen Group.

By Vatican News

The Vatican City State has been committed for many years to promoting sustainable development through ecological policies to safeguard the environment and provide energy-saving strategies.

Applying the principles of the Encyclical Letter Laudato si' and the Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum, it is among the first States in the world to pursue sustainability projects by seeking innovative solutions that will help change the way of working while taking care of the protection of the 'Common Home' by adopting projects that, also through the use of reliable and eco-friendly technologies, will concretely reduce the impact of human activity on the environment.

The ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreements are the bridge between environmental policies and the Holy Father's indications and recommendations.

The Governorate is committed to achieving climate neutrality through the responsible use of natural resources, the implementation of energy efficiency projects, the upgrading of its technological assets, sustainable mobility, diversification and sourcing of cleaner or alternative energy products for transport, waste disposal and the development of concrete future reforestation projects.

Electric vehicles in the Vatican car fleet

Achieving neutrality will require investments in technological facilities using renewable energies, offsetting emissions produced in one area and reducing them in another, and above all, promoting electric and hybrid mobility. For this reason, the Governorate has launched a sustainable mobility development programme called 'Ecological Conversion 2030', also designed to reduce the CO2 impact of its vehicle fleet.

To this end, it intends to: gradually replace State-owned cars with electric vehicles; make its car fleet carbon-neutral by 2030; implement its recharging network in the State and extra-territorial areas and extend its use to its employees; and, ensure that its energy needs come exclusively from renewable energy sources.

A strategic partner for sustainable mobility

The Volkswagen Group, which aims to become a carbon-neutral company by 2050 and reduce the carbon footprint of its vehicles by 30% by 2030, is the first strategic partner for the project to renew the State's car fleet with Volkswagen and Škoda brand vehicles through the medium- and long-term rental formula.

Today, a partnership agreement is signed with the Volkswagen Group, as part of the sustainable mobility development programme, which is one of the steps the Governorate has taken to concretely reduce the impact of human activity on the environment.


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Saturday 4 November 2023

புதிய யூபிலி செயலி, பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யப்பட தாயார் நிலையில் உள்ளது

 

புதிய யூபிலி செயலி, பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யப்பட தாயார் நிலையில் உள்ளது



இந்தப் புதிய செயலி, யூபிலி பற்றிய அனைத்து செய்திகளையும் வழங்கும், மேலும் பயனாளிகள் புனித ஆண்டிற்கான திருப்பயணி எனப் பதிவு செய்து இலவச திருப்பயணி அட்டையைப் பெற அனுமதிக்கும் : திருப்பீட நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்புத் துறை

செல்வராஜ் சூசைமாணிக்கம் - வத்திக்கான்

புனித யூபிலி ஆண்டின் நிகழ்வுகள் பற்றிய செய்திகள் மற்றும் பதிவுசெய்தல்களுக்காக ஆறு மொழிகளில் புதிய செயலி ஒன்றை அறிமுகப்படுத்தியுள்ளது திருப்பீட நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்புத் துறை.

2025-ஆம புனித யூபிலி ஆண்டிற்கான "Iubilaeum25" எனப்படும் அதிகாரப்பூர்வ அலைபேசி பயன்பாடு, பதிவிறக்கம் செய்யப்பட தயார் நிலையில் இருப்பதாகக் கூறியுள்ள திருப்பீட நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்புத் துறை, யூபிலி நிகழ்வுகளுக்குப் பதிவு செய்வதை எளிதாக்கும் செயலி, iOSக்கான App Store-லிருந்தும் Android க்கான Play Store-லிருந்தும் பதிவிறக்கம் செய்துகொள்ளலாம் என்றும் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

இந்தப் புதிய செயலி, யூபிலி பற்றிய அனைத்து செய்திகளையும் வழங்கும் என்றும், மேலும் பயனாளிகள் புனித ஆண்டிற்கான திருப்பயணி எனப்  பதிவு செய்து இலவச திருப்பயணி அட்டையைப் பெற அனுமதிக்கும் என்றும் மேலும் தெரிவித்துள்ளது நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்புத் துறை.

portal-லில் ஒருமுறை பதிவு செய்துவிட்டால், பின்னர் பயனாளிகள் யூபிலி நிகழ்வுகள் மற்றும் புனித கதவுகளுக்கான திருப்பயணத்திற்கும் பதிவு செய்துகொள்ள முடியும் என்றும், மேலும் இது எளிமையான வழியில் திருப்பயணிகள் தாங்கள் விரும்பும் நிகழ்வுகளை பதிவு செய்துகொள்ளவும், அவர்களின் தனிப்பட்ட பகுதியை விரைவாக அணுகவும், புனித கதவிற்குள் நுழைவதற்கான தனித்துவமான QR குறியீட்டைப் பெறவும் அனுமதிக்கிறது என்றும் கூறியுள்ளது அத்துறை.

2025-ஆம் ஆண்டு திருஅவையில் சிறப்பிக்கப்படவிருக்கும் யூபிலி ஆண்டுக்குத் தயாரிக்கும் பொறுப்புக்களை, புதியவழி நற்செய்தி அறிவிப்புப்பணியை ஊக்குவிக்கும் திருப்பீடத் துறையிடம் திருத்தந்தை பிரான்சிஸ் அவர்கள் ஒப்படைத்துள்ளார் என்பது நினைவுகூரத்தக்கது.

டிசம்பர் மாதத் துவக்கத்தில் ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகத்தில் திருத்தந்தை

 

டிசம்பர் மாதத் துவக்கத்தில் ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகத்தில் திருத்தந்தை



கால நிலை மாற்றம் குறித்த ஐ.நா. கருத்தரங்கில் பங்குகொள்ள திருத்தந்தை பிரான்சிஸ் அவர்கள் செல்வது, ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகத்திற்கு அவர் மேற்கொள்ளும் இரண்டாவது திருப்பயணம்.

கிறிஸ்டோபர் பிரான்சிஸ் – வத்திக்கான்

 

COP28, அதாவது காலநிலை மாற்றம் குறித்த ஐ.நா. கருத்தரங்கில் பங்கேற்கும் நோக்கத்தில் டிசம்பர் மாதம் முதல் தேதி முதல் 3ஆம் தேதி வரை ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகத்திற்குச் செல்ல உள்ளார் திருத்தந்தை பிரான்சிஸ்.

நவம்பர் மாதம் முதல் தேதி இத்தாலிய தொலைக்காட்சி RAI என்பதற்கு வழங்கிய நேர்முகத்தில் இதனை திருத்தந்தை பிரான்சிஸ் அவர்கள் அறிவித்திருக்க, அது குறித்து விளக்கிய திருப்பீடத்தின் தகவல் தொடர்பாளர் மத்தேயோ புரூனி அவர்கள், டிசம்பர் மாதம் 1 முதல் 3 வரை திருத்தந்தையின் திருத்தூதுப் பயணம் இடம்பெறும் என அறிவித்தார்.

ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகத்தின் தலைவர் Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan அவர்களின் அழைப்பின்பேரில் திருத்தந்நையின் திருப்பயணம் துபாய் நகருக்கென இடம்பெறுவதாகவும், இது ஐ.நா.வின் காலநிலை மாற்றம் குறித்த கட்டமைப்பை உருவாக்க உள்ள கருத்தரங்கோடு தொடர்புடையதாக இருக்கும் எனவும் கூறினார் புரூனி.

கால நிலை மாற்றம் குறித்த ஐ.நா. கருத்தரங்கில் பங்குகொள்ள திருத்தந்தை பிரான்சிஸ் அவர்கள் செல்ல உள்ளது, ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகத்திற்கு அவர் மேற்கொள்ளும் இரண்டாவது திருப்பயணமாகும்.

ஏற்கனவே 2019ஆம் ஆண்டு ஐக்கிய அரபு அமீரகத்தின் அபுதாபி நகருக்குப் பயணம் மேற்கொண்டதுடன், அரபு வளைகுடாப் பகுதியில் திருப்பலி நிறைவேற்றிய முதல் திருத்தந்தையுமானார்.

காலநிலை குறித்த ஐ.நா.வின் COP28 கருத்தரங்கு துபாயில் நவம்பர் 30 முதல் டிசம்பர் 12ஆம் தேதி வரை இடம்பெறுகிறது.

 

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