After leaving the cathedral, the Pope proceeded to the bishop's residence
followed by the seminary, where he lunched with the poor assisted by the
diocesan branch of Caritas and the young people assisted at the Saman Mauro
Rostagno rehabilitation centre. After lunch, he transferred by car to the
Casa Serena where he met with elderly residents, and finally continued on
his trip to Sibari.

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 MASS IN SIBARI: THOSE WHO TAKE THE PATH OF EVIL ARE EXCOMMUNICATED
 Vatican City, 21 June 2014 (VIS) - During his journey from Cassano
all'Jonio to Sibari, a distance of slightly less than twenty kilometres,
the Pope stopped in the parish of San Giuseppe where, on 3 May last year,
the priest Lazzaro Longobardi was murdered. Bishop Nunzio Galantino,
secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference, described him as "a
martyr to charity".
 The Holy Father arrived at Marina de Sibari at 4 p.m. and, after greeting
the numerous faithful awaiting him, he celebrated the Holy Mass of Corpus
Domini, commenting that while on Holy Thursday we celebrate the institution
of the Eucharist in the Last Supper, Corpus Domini is a feast primarily of
thanksgiving and adoration.
 "Indeed, the procession with the Most Holy Sacrament is traditional
on this day", he explained. "Adoring Jesus Christ and walking
with Him. These are the two inseparable aspects of this feast day, which
characterise all the life of the Christian people: a people who adore God
and a people who walk, who do not stay in one place, who walk!"
 First of all we are people who adore God. We adore God Who is love, Who in
Jesus Christ gave Himself for us, Who offered Himself on the Cross to
expiate our sins, and through the power of this love, rose from the dead
and lives in His Church. We have no God other than Him! When, instead, we
substitute adoration of the Lord with adoration of money, the way opens to
sin, to personal interest and abuse; when one no longer adores God, the
Lord, one becomes an adorer of evil, like those who live through dishonesty
and violence. Your land, so beautiful, knows the signs and the consequences
of this sin. The 'ndrangheta is this: adoration of evil and disdain for the
common good. We must fight this evil and expel it. We must say no!",
he exclaimed. "The Church, who is so committed to educating
consciences, must make increasing efforts to ensure that good may prevail.
We ask this of our boys and girls, our young people in need of hope. To be
able to respond to these needs, faith can help us. Those who follow this
path of evil in life, as the mafiosi do, are not in communion with God:
they are excommunicated!"
 "Today we confess with our gaze turned to the Corpus Domini, to the
Sacrament on the altar. And for this faith we renounce Satan and all his
seductions; we renounce the idols of money, vanity, pride, power, violence.
We Christians do not wish to worship anything or anyone else in this world
other than Jesus Christ, Who is present in the holy Eucharist".
 "Perhaps we do not always fully realise the meaning of this: of what
consequences our profession of faith has or should have", remarked the
Pontiff. "This, our faith in the real presence of Jesus Christ ... in
the consecrated bread and wine is authentic if we make an effort to walk
behind Him and with Him. To worship is to walk; a people who worships is a
people who walks, seeking to put into practice the commandment He gave to
His disciples at the Last Supper: 'as I have loved you, so you must love
one another'. A people that loves God in the Eucharist is a people who
walks in charity. Worship God in the Eucharist, walk with God in fraternal
charity".
 "Today, as bishop of Rome, I am here to confirm you not only in faith
but also in charity, to accompany you and encourage you on your path with
Jesus Charity. ... I extend my support to all the pastors and faithful of
the Church in Calabria, courageously committed to evangelisation and
promoting styles of life and initiatives centred on the needs of the poor
and the least among us. And I extend this also to the civil authorities who
endeavour to live their political and administrative commitment for what it
is, a service to the common good. I encourage all of you to bear witness to
concrete solidarity with your brothers and sisters, especially with those
most in need of justice, hope and tenderness".
 Francis went on to thank God for all the signs of hope that can be seen in
families, parishes, associations, and ecclesial movements in Calabria, and
urged the young not to be robbed of their hope as, "adoring Jesus in
your hearts and staying united with Him you will be able to oppose evil,
injustice and violence with the strength of goodness, truth, and
beauty".
 "The Body of the Lord makes us one entity, one family, the People of
God reunited around Jesus, the Bread of life. What I have said to the young
I say to all of you: if you worship Christ and walk behind Him and with
Him, your diocesan Church and your parishes will grow in faith and charity,
in the joy of evangelisation. You will be a Church in which fathers,
mothers, priests, religious, catechists, children, the elderly, and the
young all walk one next to the other, they support each other, they help
each other, and they love each other like brothers, especially in moments
of difficulty. May Mary, our mother, the Eucharistic woman you venerate in
many shrines, especially in that of Castrovillari, precede you in this
pilgrimage of faith", he concluded.
 At 5.30 p.m., after the Eucharist, the Pope transferred to the heliport
next to the sports field, departing at 6 p.m. and landing an hour and a
half later.

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 THE ROACO HOLDS ITS 87TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY
 Vatican City, 23 June 2014 (VIS) - The Congregation for the Oriental
Churches will hold the 87th Plenary Assembly of the ROACO ("Riunione
Opere Aiuto Chiese Orientali", "Reunion of Aid Agencies for the
Oriental Churches") from 23 to 26 June. On Tuesday 24 at 8.30 a.m.
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the same dicastery, will celebrate the
Eucharist at the altar of St. John Paul II in the Vatican Basilica to
commend the works of the Assembly to the intercession of the saint. In the
afternoon, the participants will visit one of the Formative Institutions of
the Pontifical Oriental Institute; the former, along with the nine Oriental
Colleges, is supported with the contribution of the ROACO agencies.
 A representative of the Secretariat of the Economy was also invited to
assist the new entity in getting to know the methods according to which the
Congregation for the Oriental Churches carries out its work in the
coordination of disbursements, the ownership of which remains with each
individual agency.
 Among the themes the Congregation will consider are the situation of the
Greek Catholic Churches in Romania and Ukraine, the grave situation in
Syria, and the ecclesial situation of the Holy Land, including confirmation
of the work carried out thanks to donations received in the Good Friday
collection.
 The Assembly will conclude on Thursday 26 June with an audience with the
Holy Father in the morning, and in the afternoon, a Eucharistic celebration
with the members of the Boards of Regents of Bethlehem University, which
celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year.

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 CARDINAL TOMKO, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY IN UKRAINE
 Vatican City, 21 June 2014 (VIS) - This morning a letter was published,
written in Latin and dated 9 June, by which Pope Francis appoints Cardinal
Jozef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of
Peoples, as his special envoy to the 25th anniversary of the liberation of
the Greek Catholic eparchy of Mukachevo, scheduled to take place at the
major seminary of Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on 28 June 2014.
 The pontifical mission to accompany the cardinal is composed of Fr. Pavlov
Sabov, former priest of the parishes of Strypa and Jarok in Uzhhorod and
currently collaborating priest at the Cathedral of Uzhhorod, Fr. Vasyl
Chvasta, priest of the Church of Divine Mercy at Uzhhorod and syncellus for
the laity.

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 THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES
 Vatican City, 21 June 2014 (VIS) - His Beatitude Gregorios III, Patriarch
of Antioch of the Greek Melkites, with the assent of the Synod of Bishops
of the Greek-Melkite Church, has transferred:
 - Archbishop Georges Bacouni, previously of the archieparchy of Tiro of
the Greek Melkites in Lebanon to the archieparchy of Akka (Catholics
80,000, priests 36, religious 36, permanent deacons 4) in Israel.
 - Bishop Michael Abrass B.A., previously of the patriarchal curia of
Antioch of the Greek Melkites in Lebanon to the archieparchy of Tiro of the
Greek Melkites (Catholics 3,050 priests 8, religious 6) in
Lebanon,elevating him to the dignity of archbishop.

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 AUDIENCES
 Vatican City, 23 June 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, apostolic nuncio in Nicaragua.
 - Archbishop Ricardo Blazquez Perez of Valladolid, president of the
Spanish Episcopal Conference, accompanied by the vice-president, Archbishop
Carlos Osoro Sierra of Valencia and the secretary general, Fr. Jose Maria
Gil Tamayo.
 - Fratel Enzo Bianchi, prior of the monastery of Bose.
 - Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
 On Saturday, 21 June, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.
 - Archbishop Guido Anselmo Pecorari, apostolic nuncio in Bulgaria.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 21 June 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr.
Real Tremblay C.SS.R, president of the Pontifical Academy Theology. Fr.
Trembaly is professor emeritus of Fundamental Moral Theology in the
Alfonsianium Academy of Rome and ordinary member and adviser to the
Pontifical Academy of Theology.

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