and begin to give them a sermon, going on about the same thing, well then, he   
   or   
   she will be worse off than before. Am I clear? [They reply: 'Yes']. Never let   
   go   
   of Jesus' hand, never leave him; and if you do move away from him, get up and   
   keep moving forwards, He understands what you are going through. Hand in hand   
   with Jesus it is possible to live fully, by holding his hand it is possible to   
   believe that life is worth the effort, it is worth giving of your best, to be   
   leaven, salt and light among friends, in neighbourhoods, communities, and   
   families".   
    "For this reason, dear friends, holding the hand of Jesus I ask you to not let   
   yourselves be excluded, do not allow yourselves to be devalued, do not let them   
   treat you like a commodity. For this Jesus have us good advice, so that we   
   would   
   not be left excluded, left without value, treated as a commodity: 'Be astute as   
   serpents but humble as doves'. These two virtues go together. Young people do   
   not lack a lively mind but they do sometimes lack that astuteness which would   
   prevent them from being naive. The two things: astuteness but with simplicity   
   and goodness. Of course, on this journey you may perhaps not be able to have   
   the   
   latest car model at the door, you will not have pockets filled with money, but   
   you will have something that no one can take away from you, which is the   
   experience of being loved, embraced and accompanied. It is the delight of   
   enjoying an encounter, the delight of dreaming and desiring encounter among   
   everyone. It is the experience of being family, of feeling oneself as part of a   
   community. It is the experience of being able to look at the world in the face,   
   with your head held up high, without the car, without the money, but with your   
   head held high: this is dignity. Three words we want to repeat: value, because   
   you have been made valuable; hope, because we want to be open to hope; and   
   dignity. Let us repeat these three words: value, hope and dignity. It is the   
   value, the worth that God has given you. You are the wealth of Mexico. The hope   
   and dignity which Jesus Christ gives you means not allowing 'your backs to be   
   massaged' and not allowing yourselves to be used as commodities to fill the   
   pockets of other people".   
    "Today the Lord continues to call you, he continues to draw you to him, just   
   as   
   he did with the Indian, Juan Diego. He invites you to build a shrine. A shrine   
   that is not a physical place but rather a community, a shrine called 'Parish',   
   a   
   shrine called, 'Nation'. Being a community, a family, and knowing that we are   
   citizens is one of the best antidotes to all that threatens us, because it   
   makes   
   us feel that we are a part of the great family of God. This is not an   
   invitation   
   to flee and enclose ourselves, to escape from the threats that exist in life or   
   to escape from challenges, but, on the contrary, it is an invitation to go out   
   and to invite others, to go out and proclaim to others that being young in   
   Mexico is the greatest wealth, and consequently, it cannot be sacrificed. For   
   this great value of ours is capable of hope and it gives us dignity. Again   
   these   
   three words: value, hope and dignity. But it is a value, a richness, which God   
   has given us and which we have to make grow".   
    "Jesus, who gives us hope, would never ask us to be assassins; rather, he   
   calls   
   us disciples, he calls us friends. Jesus would never send us out to death, but   
   rather everything in him speaks of life. A life in a family, life in a   
   community; families and communities for the good of society. And here, Rosario,   
   I refer to what you said, something really beautiful: 'In the family we learn   
   closeness'. In the family we learn solidarity, how to share, to discern, to   
   walk   
   ahead with each other's problems, to fight and to make up, to argue and to   
   embrace and to kiss. The family is the first school of the nation, and in the   
   family you will find that richness and value that you have. The family is like   
   the custodian of that great value, in the family you will find hope, for Jesus   
   is there, and in the family you will have dignity. Never, never put the family   
   to one side; the family is the founding stone upon which a great nation is   
   built. You are so valuable, you have hope and you dream - Rosario also spoke of   
   dreaming - 'Do you dream of having a family?' They reply: 'Yes']".   
    "Dear brothers and sisters, you are the wealth of this country, and when you   
   doubt this, look to Jesus Christ, who is the hope, he who destroys all efforts   
   to make you useless or mere instruments of other people's ambitions. I thank   
   you   
   for this meeting and I ask you to pray for me. Thank you".   
    The Pope then proceeded to Morelia heliport to transfer to the airport for his   
   return flight to Mexico City. He travelled directly from the airport to the   
   apostolic nunciature, where he arrived at 7.40 p.m. local time (2.40 a.m. in   
   Rome).   
    Today at 7.30 local time (2.30 p.m. in Rome) the Holy Father travelled by air   
   to Ciudad Juarez, the final leg of his apostolic trip in Mexico. There he will   
   first visit the "Centro de Readaptacion Social Estatal No.3" penitentiary where   
   he will meet with detainees and their families. He will then meet with   
   representatives of the world of work at the Colegio de Bachilleres of the State   
   of Chihuahua. Three hours after lunch in the Ciudad Juarez archdiocesan   
   seminary   
   at 1.15 p.m. local time (9.15 p.m. in Rome), he will celebrate Mass close to   
   the   
   border between Mexico and the United States. Finally, he will transfer directly   
   to the airport where at 7.15 p.m. local time (3.15 a.m. in Rome) he will depart   
   for Italy. The aircraft carrying the Pope is expected to land in Rome at 3.15   
   p.m. tomorrow.   
      
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    Pope's telegram for the death of the UN ex-Secretary General Boutros   
   Boutros-Ghali   
    Vatican City, 17 February 2016 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro   
   Parolin has sent a telegram of condolences on behalf of the Holy Father to Ban   
   Ki-Moon, secretary general of the United Nations, following the death of former   
   secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali.   
    In the text, the Holy Father extends heartfelt condolences to the family of   
   the   
   deceased and his colleagues at the United Nations Organisation. Recalling Mr   
   Boutros-Ghali's generous service to his country and to the international   
   community, His Holiness offers the assurance of his prayers for the late   
   Secretary-General's eternal rest, and invokes divine blessings of peace and   
   strength upon the members of his family and all who mourn his loss.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 17 February 2016 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:   
    - appointed Bishop John D. Deshotel, auxiliary of Dallas, U.S.A., as bishop of   
   Lafayette (area 14,962, population 634,000, Catholics 332,000, priests 213,   
   permanent deacons 94, religious 217), U.S.A. He succeeds Bishop Charles M.   
   Jarrell, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon   
   reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Fr. Ricardo Hoepers as bishop of Rio Grande (area 12,270,   
   population 300,000, Catholics 211,000, priests 29, permanent deacons 29,   
   religious 72), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Curitiba, Brazil in 1970   
   and   
   ordained a priest in 1999. He holds a doctorate in theology and has served as   
   lecturer in the faculty of philosophy and rector of the Bom Pastor seminary,   
   professor, parish priest, diocesan coordinator for the clergy, member of the   
   presbyterium and member of the ethical committee of the Federal University of   
   Paran and the Brazilian Society of Moral Theology. He succeeds Msgr. Jose Mario   
   Stroeher, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese was   
   accepted upon reaching the age limit.   
    - appointed Fr. Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M.Afr., as bishop of Wa (area 18,476,   
   population 700,000, Catholics 341,000, priests 104, religious 186), Ghana. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Tom-Zendagangn, Ghana in 1959, gave his religious vows   
   in 1981 and was ordained a priest in 1987. He has served in a number of roles   
   within his order, as well as deputy Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical   
   Institute   
   for Arabic and Islamic Studies, and member of the Synod on the family, and is   
   currently superior general of his order. He succeeds Bishop Paul Bemile, whose   
   resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age   
   limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Fr. Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M., as coadjutor bishop of   
   Juazeiro (area 58,397, population 515,900, Catholics 413,100, priests 26,   
   religious 14), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in San Francisco do Sul,   
   Brazil   
   in 1965, gave his religious vows in 1987 and was ordained a priest in 1994. He   
   holds a licentiate in theology, has served as parish priest and has held   
   numerous roles within his order. He is currently provincial minister of his   
   order in Recife, Brazil.   
    - accepted the resignation of Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz, S.J., from the   
   pastoral care of the diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, upon reaching the age   
   limit.   
    - appointed Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu of Harare, Zimbabwe, as   
   apostolic administrator sede vacante of the diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.   
      
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