Dear brothers and sisters, on this World Mission Day my thoughts turn to
all the local Churches. Let us not be robbed of the joy of evangelisation!
I invite you to immerse yourself in the joy of the Gospel and nurture a
love that can light up your vocation and your mission. I urge each of you
to recall, as if you were making an interior pilgrimage, that 'first love'
with which the Lord Jesus Christ warmed your heart, not for the sake of
nostalgia but in order to persevere in joy. The Lord's disciples persevere
in joy when they sense his presence, do his will and share with others
their faith, hope and evangelical charity.
 Let us pray through the intercession of Mary, the model of humble and
joyful evangelisation, that the Church may become a welcoming home, a
mother for all peoples and the source of rebirth for our world".

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 LET US IMITATE JESUS IN FACING THE HUMAN TROUBLES WE ENCOUNTER EVERY DAY
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - This morning in St. Peter's Square the
Holy Father met with the National Confederation for Mercy and the Fratres,
Italian groups of blood donors. "All your service takes its meaning
and form from this word: 'mercy', a Latin word whose etymological root is
'miseris cor dare', 'to give one's heart to the poor'. This is what Jesus
did: he opened his heart wide to man's suffering". The Pope underlined
that the Gospel shows clearly "the gratuity of His love for the
suffering and the weak", and "the closeness, goodness, the
tenderness with which Jesus drew alongside the suffering and consoled them,
brought them relief, and often healed them".
 He went on to emphasise that we too are called upon "to be close to
and to share the conditions of the people we encounter. Our words, gestures
and attitudes must express our solidarity, the desire not to remain removed
from the pain of others, and must do so with fraternal warmth and without
descending to any form of paternalism". He continued, "there is
the risk of being spectators, highly informed but detached from these
realities, or of making beautiful speeches that conclude with verbal
solutions but a lack of commitment with regard to real problems. Instead,
we are required to let ourselves get involved in the human hardships that
call out to us every day. Let us imitate Jesus: He went out on the streets
and did not plan His encounters with the poor, or the sick, or the
incapacitated who crossed His path; however, He stopped with the first He
saw, offering succour, a sign of God's closeness which is goodness,
providence and love".
 Pope Francis commented that the activity of the Association is inspired by
the seven works of corporal mercy: to feed the hungry, to give drink to the
thirsty, to clothe the naked, to shelter the homeless, to visit the sick,
to visit the imprisoned, to bury the dead. "I encourage you to carry
forth your activity with joy and to model it on that of Christ, ensuring
that those who suffer may encounter you and depend upon you in their moment
of need".

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 THE HOLY FATHER'S PROGRAMME FOR JULY AND AUGUST
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office published
further information on the Pope's engagements during the months of July and
August 2014.
 During the month of July, all Wednesday general audiences will be
suspended. They will resume on the first Wednesday of August in the
Vatican, taking place on 6, 20 and 27 August.
 On Wednesday, 13 August, there will be no general audience as the Pope
will travel to Korea (from 13 to 18 August).
 The Angelus prayer will continue to take place in the Vatican every Sunday
in July, except during the days of the Holy Father's absence during his
trip to Korea (Sundays 15 and 17 August).
 The morning mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae will be suspended during the
summer, from early July until the end of August, and will resume at the
beginning of September.

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 POPULORUM PROGRESSIO FOUNDATION: INCREASE PROJECTS IN EDUCATION AND
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - From 11 to 13 June, at the Pontifical
Council "Cor Unum", the managing board of the Populorum
Progressio Foundation held its annual meeting. This year it was held in
Rome, primarily to ask Pope Francis for guidance in planning the future of
the Foundation after 22 years of work, in the light of his pastoral
experience in Latin America.
 Of the 135 projects presented in 2014 for the various ecclesiastical
jurisdictions in Latin America and the Caribbean, 125 were approved, in
conformity with the criteria of the Populorum Progressio, with a total
value of 1,800,000 dollars. The majority were initiatives connected to
children and young people. In this way, the Foundation will be able to
support small communities in their projects for development and human
advancement. They are primarily micro-projects in various fields: not only
education, but also the creation of wells for drinking water, the
institution of revolving funds and seed banks, the construction of
community halls, the funding of healthcare projects, and so on.
 On Friday Pope Francis received in audience the members of the managing
board. During 40 minutes the prelates spoke with him on matters linked to
the Latin American continent, taking into account the activity carried out
by this Foundation. The Holy Father affirmed, first of all, that Catholic
institutions are not NGOs and that they must put into action an
anthropology that does not see the person solely as "a mouth to
feed", but must also take into consideration the spiritual dimension,
and the yearning for God that every person holds in his heart.
 Secondly, the issue of indigenous populations was discussed, and the
question of evangelisation and its relationship to charitable works in the
context of the works of corporal mercy that cannot be separated from
spiritual works. The Holy Father also commented on the ideology centred on
the "god of money", leading to the rejection of two categories of
person: children, the future of society, and the elderly, who are its
historical memory. He also underlined the dramatic problem of youth
unemployment, which leads generations of young people without a future,
easy prey to addiction and criminality. Francis asked the Populorum
Progressio to pay attention to this sector of the population through
projects for education and professional training. The dialogue was frank,
open and constructive.
 Holding the meeting in Rome made it possible for the managing board to
consult with entities such as the Pontifical Commission for Latin America,
whose secretary Guzamn Carriquiry Lecour spoke upon request by Cardinal
Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., president of the Commission, during the round table
of the first day of the meeting. A very fruitful exchange took place
regarding the theme of indigenism and the question of formation. It is also
worth noting that the Foundation has undertaken a collaborative project
with the Catholic University San Antonio de Murcia to establish training
courses for agents of pastoral care, often directly responsible to the
Foundation's projects in the same area.
 The Foundation must face the great challenge of enlarging the geographical
horizons of its donations, with the aim of ensuring that all the projects
presented may be accepted by the Pope's charity. In this regard, the
members of the Foundation were given the aim of increasing awareness among
the particular Churches and persons of good will so that the funds
available will allow this this work, so greatly appreciated by the Holy
Father, to continue with ever greater intensity.

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 CARDINAL CYPRIEN LACROIX TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TITULAR CHURCH
 Vatican City, 16 June 2014 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations
of the Supreme Pontiff today announced that on Sunday, 22 June, at 10.30
a.m., Cardinal Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, archbishop of Quebec, Canada, will
take possession of the title of San Giuseppe all'Aurelio (Via Boccea, 362).

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 AUDIENCES
 Vatican City, 16 June 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Monica Jimenez de la Jara, ambassador of Chile, presenting her letters
of credence.
 - Archbishop Luigi Bianco, apostolic nuncio in Honduras.
 On Saturday, 14 June, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Marc
Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 14 June 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:
 - appointed Archbishop George Panikulam, formerly apostolic nuncio in
Ethiopia and Djibouti and apostolic delegate in Somalia, as apostolic
nuncio in Uruguay.
 - appointed Bishop Gary Gordon of Whitehorse, Canada as Bishop of Victoria
(area 33,197, population 729,000, Catholics 98,400, priests 47, religious
80), Canada.
 - appointed Msgr. John J. Jenik, Fr. Peter J. Byrne, and Fr. John J.
O'Hara as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of New York (area 12,212,
population 5,854,721, Catholics 2,634,624, priests 1,515, permanent deacons
292, religious 3,840), U.S.A.
 Bishop-elect Jenik was born in Manhattan, U.S.A. in 1944 and was ordained
a priest in 1970. He holds a bachelor's degree in theology from the St.
Joseph's seminary, Yonkers, and a master's degree in education from the
Fordham University, Yonkers. He has served as deputy priest of the
"St. Jerome's Parish" and the "St. Thomas Aquinas
Parish" in the Bronx, New York, and is currently priest of the
"Our Lady of Refuge Parish", the Bronx, New York and regional
vicar for north-west Bronx. He was named Prelate of Honour of His Holiness
in 1995.
 Bishop-elect Byrne was born in Manhattan, U.S.A. in 1951 and was ordained
a priest in 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree in history and social
sciences from the Fordham University, Yonkers, and a bachelor's degree in
theology from the St. Joseph's seminary, Yonkers. He has served as deputy
priest of the "Holy Family Parish" in the Bronx, New York, and
administrator and subsequently priest of the "Immaculate
Conception" and the "St. John the Baptist" parishes in
Staten Island. He is currently priest of the "St. Elizabeth
Parish" in Manhattan, New York.
 Bishop-elect O'Hara was born in Jersey City, U.S.A. in 1946 and was
ordained a priest in 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from the
Seton Hall University, South Orange, and carried out his ecclesiastical
studies at the St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. He has served as deputy
priest of the "St. Augustine Parish", New City, the "St.
Charles Parish", Staten Island, and the "St. Teresa of the Infant
Jesus Parish", Staten Island, where he subsequently became priest in
2000. He is also director for Strategic Parish Planning for the archdiocese
of New York.
 - appointed Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, archbishop emeritus
of Santiago de Chile, Chile, as his special envoy to the Third World
Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM III), to be held in Bogota, Colombia
from 15 to 19 August 2014.

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