Finally, in reference to mission, the Pope comments that it is "inseparable   
   from prayer, as prayer opens you to the Spirit, and the Spirit guides you in   
   mission", and encourages them to prioritise, in their encounters with others,   
   the most marginalised. He also urges them to entrust themselves to Mary and to   
   allow themselves to be guided by her: "Mary accompanied Jesus in His mission.   
   She was present at the Pentecost when the disciples received the Holy Spirit,   
   and she maternally accompanied the first steps of the Church".   
      
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    Witness the Salesian charism of encounter, says Francis to the Daughters of   
   Mary Help of Christians   
    Vatican City, 8 November 2014 (VIS) - This morning in the Clementine Hall the   
   Holy Father received in audience the participants in the General Chapter of   
   the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, the theme of which is "With the   
   young today: being a house that evangelises". This theme, remarked Francis,   
   fits well in today's social and ecclesial context, characterised by many forms   
   of spiritual and material misery. "Indeed, today many suffer not only from   
   poverty but also from a lack of love or relationships". In this context, he   
   added, "you are able to perceive above all the fragility of the young people   
   to whom you dedicate yourselves with admirable commitment, in the style of Don   
   Bosco and following in the footsteps of Mother Mazzarello".   
    In the general chapter, various basic directions emerged for the life of each   
   religious person and every community. First, there is "the commitment to being   
   guided by the prospect of outreach, of setting out for the many geographically   
   and existentially peripheral zones, with preferential attention to the poor   
   and the different forms of exclusion. Then, there is the awareness of the need   
   to put into effect appropriate itineraries of change and pastoral conversion,   
   thus transforming your houses into places of evangelisation, where above all   
   the young are involved in the same mission".   
    "I can only encourage you to pursue with enthusiasm in this line of action   
   that the Holy Spirit is suggesting to you. Open your hearts to welcome the ...   
   grace of God; broaden your outlook to recognise the truest needs and the   
   urgency of a society and a generation in flux. Everywhere be prophetic   
   witnesses and an educative presence, through an unconditional welcome to the   
   young, facing intercultural challenges and identifying approaches to make your   
   apostolic interventions effective in a context - that of youth - permeated by   
   the virtual world and by new technologies, especially those of a digital   
   nature".   
    In order to do this, "it is necessary always to place Christ at the centre of   
   your existence: it is necessary to allow yourselves to be formed by the Word   
   of God, that enlightens, orientates and supports; it is necessary to nurture   
   the missionary spirit with assiduous prayer". At the same time, he added, the   
   Daughters are called upon to "bear witness to an ideal of sisterly communion   
   between you, with sentiments of mutual acceptance", that must be accompanied   
   by attentive formation, including timely studies of the human sciences that   
   may help them in their mission. "Indeed, you are called upon to be able to   
   listen with openness and understanding to those who turn to you for moral and   
   human support, in order to inculturate the message of the Gospel. In this   
   respect, the missio ad gentes offers you a vast field in which to give   
   yourselves with love".   
    Finally, the Pope urged the Daughters, who during the Chapter have also   
   reflected extensively on their daily apostolic life, that places them in   
   contract with the joys, expectations and sufferings of the people, to be   
   "missionaries of joy, bearing witness to the values of your Salesian identity,   
   especially in the category of encounter, a fundamental aspect of your charism.   
   It is an ever fresh and vital source from which to draw the love that   
   revitalises passion for God and for the young. May the inevitable difficulties   
   you encounter along the way never dampen the enthusiasm of your apostolic   
   action. May the example of St. John Bosco and St. Domenica Mazzarello   
   encourage you to contribute even more enthusiastically to new evangelisation   
   with your activities in the fields of education and school, catechesis and the   
   formation of young people in the apostolate".   
      
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    The Pope to the Adult Scouts Movement: respecting nature and eliminating   
   wastefulness   
    Vatican City, 8 November 2014 (VIS) - "Make way in the family, in creation,   
   and in the city", exhorted the Pope this morning as he received in audience   
   seven thousand members of the adult Italian scouts, gathered in the Vatican's   
   Paul VI Hall to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the foundation of this   
   branch of the movement.   
    With regard to the first path to take, within the family, Francis remarked   
   that this community of life and love is where every person learns how to   
   relate to others and to the world and, "thanks to the foundations acquired in   
   the family, is able to project him- or herself in society, and to frequent   
   other formative environments, such as school, the parish or associations, in a   
   positive way. Thus, in this integration of the bases assimilated in the family   
   and 'external' experiences, we learn to find our way in the world. ... For a   
   movement such as yours, based on continuing education and on the choice to   
   educate, it is important to reaffirm that education in the family constitutes   
   a priority decision. ... Dialogue between spouses, along with mutual listening   
   and comparison, are elements essential for a family to be serene and fruitful".   
    Turning to the second point, opening up a path in creation, the Holy Father   
   reiterated that in our time "we cannot ignore the ecological question, which   
   is vital for the survival of mankind, nor can we reduce it to a merely   
   political issue: indeed, it has a moral dimension that affects all of us, and   
   so no-one may choose to ignore it. As Christ's disciples, we have a further   
   reason to unite with people of good will for the protection and defence of   
   nature and the environment. Indeed, creation is a gift entrusted to us from   
   the hands of the Creator. ... This doctrine of our faith offers us an even   
   stronger impetus towards a responsible and respectful relationship with   
   creation: in inanimate nature, in plants and in animals we recognise the   
   imprint of the Creator, and in our peers we see His likeness. Living in close   
   contact with nature ... does not only imply respect for it, but also   
   commitment to contributing in a concrete way towards eliminating the   
   wastefulness of a society that tends increasingly to discard goods that are   
   still usable and could be donated to those in need".   
    Finally, to lead the way in cities, it is important to bring the joy of   
   Gospel values to the streets and quarters and to make a contribution to the   
   common good, in a just and open dialogue on different social and cultural   
   themes. "In a complex and multicultural society, we are able to offer witness,   
   with simplicity and humility, to Jesus' love for every person, also   
   experimenting with new paths of evangelisation, faithful to Christ and   
   faithful to humanity. People often live in wearisome situations in cities, and   
   at times risk becoming disorientated and losing the capacity to see the   
   horizon, to feel God's presence. The true compass to offer to these brothers   
   and sisters is a heart close by, a heart that is 'oriented', as it were,   
   towards God".   
      
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    Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints   
    Vatican City, 10 November 2014 (VIS) - On Friday, 7 November, the Holy Father   
   Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect   
   of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the   
   Congregation to promulgate decrees on the heroic virtues of the following   
   Servants of God:   
    - Francisco Maximiano Valdes Subercaseaux, Chilean bishop of the Order of   
   Friars Minor Capuchin (1908-1982);   
    - Ildebrando Gregori (ne Alfredo Antonio), Italian abbot general of the   
   Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order and founder of the   
   Congregation of the Reparatrix Sisters of the Holy Face (1894-1985);   
    - Raimondo Calcagno, Italian priest of the Congregation of the Oratory of St.   
   Philip Neri (1888-1964);   
    - John Sullivan, Irish professed priest of the Society of Jesus (1861-1933);   
    - Pelagio Sauter, German professed priest of the Congregation of the Most   
   Holy Redeemer (1878-1961);   
    - Jeanne Mance, French laywoman and foundress of the Hotel-Dieu in Montreal   
   (1606-1673);   
    - Marthe Robin, French laywoman and foundress of the Association Foyers de   
   Charite (1902-1981);   
    - Silvio Dissegna, Italian child of the diocese of Turin (1967-1979).   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 10 November 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in   
   audience:   
    - John Dramani Mahama, president of the Republic of Ghana, with his wife and   
   entourage;   
    - Thirteen prelates of the Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape   
   Verde and Guinea-Bissau, on their "ad Limina" visit:   
    - Archbishop Theodore-Adrien Sarr of Dakar, Senegal;   
    - Bishop Benjamin Ndiaye of Kaolack, Senegal;   
    - Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassene of Kolda, Senegal;   
    - Bishop Ernest Sambou of Saint-Louis du Senegal, Senegal;   
    - Bishop Jean-Noel Diouf of Tambacounda, Senegal;   
    - Bishop Andre Gueye of Thies, Senegal;   
    - Bishop Paul Abel Mamba of Ziguinchor, Senegal;   
    - Bishop Ildo Augusto dos Santos Lopes Fortes of Mindelo, Cape Verde;   
    - Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado of Santiago de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde;   
    - Bishop Martin Albert Happe of Nouakchott, Mauritania;   
    - Bishop Carlos Pedro Zilli of Bafata, Guinea-Bissau;   
    - Bishop Jose Camnate na Bissign of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, with his   
   auxiliary, Bishop Jose Lampra Ca.   
    - Malu Dreyer, minister-president of the Land Rhineland-Palatinate, with her   
   husband and entourage.   
    On Saturday, 8 November, the Holy Father received in audience:   
    - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.   
    On the afternoon of Friday, 7 November, the Holy Father received in audience:   
    - Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints;   
    - Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta, coadjutor of Merida-Badajoz, Spain.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 10 November 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:   
    - accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of San   
   Carlos de Venezuela, Venezuela, presented by Bishop Tomas Jesus Zarraga   
   Colmenares, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.   
    - appointed the following members of the Administration of the Patrimony of   
   the Apostolic See (APSA): Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of   
   Washington, U.S.A.; Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota,   
   Colombia; Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Pontifical Commission   
   for Vatican City State and president of the Governorate of Vatican City State.   
    On Saturday, 8 November, the Holy Father appointed:   
    - Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, U.S.A., as patron of the Order of Malta.   
   Cardinal Burke is currently prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic   
   Signatura;   
    - Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, France, as prefect of the Supreme Tribunal   
   of the Apostolic Signatura. Archbishop Mamberti is currently secretary for   
   Relations with States;   
    - Rev. Chad Zielinski as bishop of Fairbanks (area 1,061,508, population   
   164,355, Catholics 13,939, priests 20, permanent deacons 25, religious 17),   
   U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. in 1964 and was   
   ordained a priest in 1996. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1983 to 1986   
   and subsequently obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master of   
   divinity from the Sacred Heart major seminary in Detroit. He has served in a   
   number of pastoral roles, including parish priest of St. Philip Neri, Empire   
   and of St. Rita and St. Joseph, Maple City. He is currently Air Force chaplain   
   at the military based of Eielson, Fairbanks.   
      
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