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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