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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