SUMMARY:
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TELEGRAM FOR THE AVIATION ACCIDENT IN MAGONG
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POPE'S MESSAGE FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARGENTINE SHRINE OF
ST. PANTALEON
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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TELEGRAM
FOR THE AVIATION ACCIDENT IN MAGONG
Vatican
City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) – Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro
Parolin has sent a telegram on behalf of Pope Francis to the
archbishop of Taipei and president of the regional Conference of
bishops of China, John Huong Shan-chuan, with reference to the
accident that occurred at Magong airport, Taiwan, in which a
TransAsia Airways aircraft had to make an emergency landing,
resulting in 48 deaths and leaving 10 injured.
In
the text, the Holy Father expresses his sadness for the accident, as
well as his closeness to the relatives of the victims, and assures
them of his prayers for all those affected by the tragedy, asking God
to grant them consolation, strength and peace.
POPE'S
MESSAGE FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARGENTINE SHRINE OF ST.
PANTALEON
Vatican
City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) – The shrine is “a temple that seems
still, but that the people of God carry forward. In this way it has
moved ahead for fifty years in the hearts of the many faithful who
have come to venerate the saint, to implore for health, and to
profess their faith. In this way it has moved into the heart of the
area, projecting itself onto the whole city”, said the Pope in the
message he sent to the faithful who will meet in the neighbourhood of
Mataderos in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the shrine of St. Pantaleon. “I ask the Lord to
grant you the grace to continue on your path, to continue this
pilgrimage of the heart in the midst of this great city”.
The
Holy Father went on to recall with nostalgia the time during which,
as archbishop of Buenos Aires, he personally visited the parish
dedicated to the doctor saint of Nicomedia. “I wish to be close to
you to be able to relive in some way the occasions in which I was
able to visit the shrine on 27 July to help the priests in
confession. I returned home spiritually strengthened by this witness
of faith. The good I received is unimaginable. And I wish to give
thanks for all this good. May the Lord reward you plentifully”.
The
pontiff concluded by assuring the faithful of his closeness and
prayer and asked them to pray for him. “In these days of
celebration … I am close to you. … May Jesus bless you and the
Holy Virgin protect you”.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has appointed Ref. Joy
Alappat as auxiliary of the eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of
Chicago of the Syro-Malabars (Catholics 87,000, priests 53, religious
31), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Parappukara, India, in 1956
and was ordained a priest in 1981. He holds a master's degree in
theology from the St.Joseph's Pontifical Institute, Aluva, and the
Adheva University, Wattair, and completed the Clinical Pastoral
Education programme at Georgetown University, U.S.A. He has held a
number of pastoral roles both in India – in the eparchal cathedral
in Chalakudy and as chaplain of the Syro-Malabar community in Chennai
– and in the U.S.A., as chaplain of Georgetown University, and
parish priest in New Milford, Newark and Garfield. He is currently
rector of the eparchal Cathedral in Bellwood, Illinois.
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