"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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