REGINA
CÆLI POPE FRANCIS
Saint Peter's Square
Fifth Sunday of Easter, 24 April 2016
Fifth Sunday of Easter, 24 April 2016
At the end of this Jubilee celebration, my
thought goes in a special way to you, dear boys and girls. You have come to
Italy from different parts of the world to live a moment of faith and fraternal
conviviality. Thank you for your joyful and enthusiastic witness. Go forth with
courage!
Yesterday in Burgos, Spain, Fr Valentín
Palencia Marquina and his four companion martyrs were declared Blessed. They
were killed for their faith during the Spanish Civil War. Let us praise the
Lord for their courageous witness, and let us pray for their intercession to
free the world from all violence.
I am always deeply concerned for the brother
bishops, priests and religious, both Catholic and Orthodox, who have long been
sequestered in Syria. May Merciful God touch the hearts of their abductors and
allow our brothers and sisters to be set free and to return to their
communities as soon as possible. For this I invite you all to pray, without
forgetting other abductees in the world.
Let us entrust all our hopes and aspirations to
the intercession of Mary, Mother of Mercy.
[After the blessing:]
Dear young people, you have celebrated the
Jubilee: now return home with the joy of your Christian identity. On your feet
with your heads held high, and with your identity card in your hands and in
your hearts. May the Lord accompany you. And please, pray for me too. Thank
you.
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