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‘The meeting is the message,’ pope tells grand imam Pope Francis meets top Sunni Muslim leader VATICAN CITY Âą $IWHU Âż YH \HDUV of tension and top-level silence, Pope Francis and the grand imam of one of the most important Sunni Muslim universities in the world embraced at the Vatican on May 23. “The meeting is the message,â€? the pope told Ahmad el-Tayeb, the grand imam of al-Azhar University, as the religious scholar approached him just inside the door of the papal library. El-Tayeb’s spring visit was WKH Âż UVW PHHWLQJ EHWZHHQ D SRQWLII and a grand imam since the Muslim university in Cairo suspended talks in 2011. Established in 1998, the formal dialogue between al-Azhar and the Vatican started to fray in 2006, after now-retired Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech in Regensburg, Germany. Al-Azhar RIÂż FLDOV DQG PLOOLRQV RI 0XVOLPV around the world said the speech linked Islam to violence. Al-Azhar halted the talks altogether in 2011 after the former pope had said Christians in the Middle East were facing persecution. AlAzhar claimed that Pope Benedict had offended Islam and Muslims once more by focusing only on the suffering of Christians when many Muslims were suffering as well. In February this year, Bishop Miguel Ayuso Guixot, secretary RI WKH 3RQWLÂż FDO &RXQFLO IRU ,Q terreligious Dialogue, delivered a letter to el-Tayeb from Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, council president, inviting him to the Vatican to meet the pope. Cardinal Tauran and Bishop Ayuso welcomed the imam to the Vatican on May 23 and accompanied him to the papal meeting. Jesuit Fr Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the pope spoke privately with el-Tayeb for 25 minutes and the conversation included a discussion about

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INSIDE HOME Celebrating vocation anniversaries Married couples, priests honoured

Pope Francis greets Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt’s al-Azhar University, during a private meeting at the Vatican on May 23. CNS photo

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ÂłWKH JUHDW VLJQLÂż FDQFH RI WKLV Our Common Home and a peace new encounter within the scope medallion depicting an olive tree of dialogue between the Catholic holding together two pieces of a Church and Islam.â€? fractured rock. “They then dwelled upon the In an interview after the papal common commeeting, el-Tayeb mitment of the said the “circumThe conversation authorities and stancesâ€? that led the faithful of the included a discussion his institution to great religions for halt the dialogue about ‘the great world peace, the with the Vatican VLJQLÂż FDQFH RI WKLV “no longer exist,â€? rejection of violence and terror- new encounter within so the Vatican and ism [and] the situthe university can WKH VFRSH RI GLDORJXH “continue our holy ation of Christians in the context of between the Catholic mission, which is FRQĂ€ LFWV DQG WHQ the mission of reChurch and Islam. sions in the Midligions: ‘to make – Vatican spokesman people dle East as well as joyful their protection,â€? everywhere,’â€? by Fr Lombardi said in a statement. teaching them about God. At the end of the audience, Meeting Pope Francis, “the Pope Francis presented the grand Âż UVW LPSUHVVLRQ ZKLFK ZDV YHU\ imam with two gifts: a copy of his strong, is that this man is a man encyclical Laudato Si, on Care for of peace, a man who follows the

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teaching of Christianity, which is a religion of love and peace,� the imam told Vatican Radio and L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. Religious leaders today, he said, have a “heavy and grave� responsibility to teach people the true path to happiness and peace. Al-Azhar, as a reference point for many Sunni Muslims around the world, is engaged in an ongoing programme to clarify the meaning of classical Islamic texts and make clear to Muslims, including schoolchildren, that groups claiming to base their violent actions on Islam are promoting “a deviant understanding� of the faith. “Islam and Christianity have nothing to do with those who kill, and we asked the West not to confuse this deviant and misled group with Muslims,� the imam said. „ CNS

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Celebrating the joys of marriage and priesthood Married couples, priests honoured during their vocation anniversaries

Couples embracing one another after their renewal of marriage vows.

Seventy married couples and four priests celebrated their milestone anniversaries on May 21. The event, themed LOVE 0$77(56 ZDV IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH jointly organised by the Archdiocesan Commission for The Family (ACF) and its Family Partners, in conjunction with Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) Singapore’s anniversary celebrations. The celebration took place at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament. Fr Terence Pereira opened the event with a talk titled Lovin’ Notion, Love in Motion. He spoke about the call to serve as an expression of love. “When you give and do service, work hard at it and do it willingly. Let your couple love be an example and legacy to your children and those around you. Everyone is called to serve. There are those who say: I will serve when I am retired, or at some later time. The advice is do it

now, don’t leave your balance for FRXSOHV FHOHEUDWLQJ WKHLU ÂżIWK WR Godâ€?, said Fr Terence. 50th wedding anniversaries this Following the talk, Msgr Am- \HDU LQ PXOWLSOHV RI ÂżYH \HDUV brose Vaz celebrated WWME as well as those who have been Singapore’s 37th anniversary married for longer. After Mass, Mass. He, together with several participants gathered for lunch other priests who concelebrated, and the cutting of a special were marking anniversary their special cake. Nancy and priestly anniverThere were Thomas Lim, who saries this year: also opportuniMsgr Vaz (35th have been married ties for the paranniversary), ticipants to interfor 54 years, Fr Henry Siew act and explore (25th anniverbooths set up advised married sary), Fr Charles by ACF and its couples and those Sim (15th anFamily Partners niversary) and at the event: Marmarrying soon to Fr Donatien DaEncounter, always have a give riage YDLQH ÂżIWK DQQLCatholic Enversary). gaged Encounand take attitude. In his homily, ter, Marriage Msgr Vaz urged the congrega- Preparation Course, CHOICE, tion to be “life-givingâ€? to their Couples for Christ, Couple Emspouses, to recognise that united powerment Programme, Natural in God’s love they will bear fruit Family Planning, Marriage Reand multiply. torno and Family Life Society. The highlight of the event was Dr John Hui, ACF chair said: the renewal of marriage vows of “We are truly delighted to have

Nancy and Thomas Lim celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary.

had the opportunity to celebrate the vocations of marriage and the priesthood, both of which are so important to the life of the Church and society ... We hope that through this celebration, and many more hereafter, we might be able to show our gratitude to the many wonderful priests and married couples in our midst who have been living examples of loving as Christ loves.� Alphonsus and Cyrine Gregory, coordinating couple of WWME Singapore, said: “Celebrating the Eucharist with all the other Family Partners gave the whole celebration a more ‘family oriented feel.� Nancy and Thomas Lim, who have been married for 54 years, shared that it was prayer and their trust in God which got them through their ups and downs. They advised married couples and those marrying soon to always have a give-and-takeattitude, and be understanding towards each other. „

Couples talk about marriages Cynthia and Eric, married for 25 years.

Their love grew through simple things like meals and movies. Their advice: Never forget that couples always have the Lord as the third person in their marriage. Persevere with other like-minded couples, knowing that you are not alone on the journey. Aldrin and Audrey, married for 20 years.

They shared that couples all have to keep the romance alive with little surprises. For them, as they progressed through the years, they learned to love and care for each other more as they discovered new things about each other. Claire and Andrew, married for 15 years.

Active work has to be done to keep the romance alive, they said. They ensure this happens by keeping their weekly date night, and consciously work at loving each other. Christian and Ignatia, married for 10 years.

A special anniversary cake was cut during the event on May 21.

Priests who attended the event included (from left): Frs Bruno Saint Girons, Henry Siew, Msgr Ambrose Vaz, Donatien Davaine and Charles Sim.

They shared that love is a decision, and requires communication so that each spouse can understand each other better. Your partner is a gift from God, so embrace him or her, they said. „

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Dr Tan and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See.

Dr Tony Tan meeting with Pope Francis on May 28 in Rome. According to media reports, the pontiff accepted an invitation from Dr Tan to visit Singapore. Photos: Courtesy of the ISTANA and the MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION (MCI).

President meets pope President Tony Tan met Pope Francis in Rome on May 28 during his eight-day state visit to Italy and the Holy See. A statement issued by the +RO\ 6HH 3UHVV 2IÂżFH VDLG WKH meeting was “cordialâ€? and the parties spoke about “the good relations between the Holy See and Singapore, as well as the collabo-

ration between Church and State, especially in the educational and VRFLDO ÂżHOGV ´ DFFRUGLQJ WR 9DWLcan Radio. The statement said they also spoke about the “importance of interreligious and intercultural dialogue for the promotion of human rights, stability, justice and peace in Southeast Asia.â€?

Dr Tan invited Pope Francis to visit Singapore, according to media reports, to which the pontiff said he would be pleased to accept. Dr Tan also met the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. 'U 7DQ LV WKH ¿UVW 6LQJDSRUH KHDG RI VWDWH WR RI¿FLDOO\ PHHW D SRSH DW WKH 9DWLFDQ „

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&+$5,6 SOHGJHV N WR à RRG YLFWLPV Caritas Humanitarian Aid & Relief ,QLWLDWLYHV 6LQJDSRUH &+$5,6 the overseas humanitarian arm RI WKH &KXUFK LQ 6LQJDSRUH KDV SOHGJHG DQ LQLWLDO LQ JUDQW aid to Caritas Sri Lanka in response WR WKH UHFHQW ÀRRGLQJ GLVDVWHU The funds will be used to aid ground relief efforts – providing IRRG FOHDQ GULQNLQJ ZDWHU K\JLHQH kits and other necessary support for those affected. Heavy monsoon rains have devastated several parts of Sri Lanka since May 16. The death toll IURP WKH ÀRRGV DQG ODQGVOLGHV KDV

risen to more than 100 with many still missing. According to the govHUQPHQWœV LQLWLDO DVVHVVPHQWV DW OHDVW KRXVHV DUH UHSRUWHG WR EH GDPDJHG DQG PRUH WKDQ people have been displaced from their homes with immediate need IRU VHFXUH VKHOWHU IRRG DQG ZDWHU Caritas Sri Lanka has launched an emergency appeal through Caritas’ international network UHTXHVWLQJ IRU UHVRXUFHV WR VXSport its rapid response to serve affected areas in the dioceses of .XUXQHJDOD 5DWQDSXUD .DQG\ &RORPER &KLODZ $QXUDGKDSXUD and Jaffna. Caritas Sri Lanka together with the local churches in these dioceses aim to reach out to DW OHDVW SHRSOH For more reports, visit www. charis-singapore.org. To donate towards these and other humanitarian efforts, call 6337-4119 or email info@charis-singapore.org „ „ Related stories on pages 9 and 20

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APPOINTMENTS 1. Fr Terence Kesavan has been appointed to the Archdiocesan Media Advisory Council for a term of two [2] years with effect from 21 April 2016. 2. Mr Joseph Tan Peng Chin has been reappointed to the Board of Clarity Singapore Limited and also as Chainnan for a term of two [2] years with effect from 21 April 2016. 3. Ms Denise Pang Kiem Lan has been reappointed to the Board of Clarity Singapore Limited and also as Vice Chair for a term of two [2] years with effect from 21 April 2016. 4. The following have been reappointed to the Board of Family Life Society for a term of two [2] years with effect from 29 April 2016: a. Mr John Ooi b. Mr Kevin Kwek c. Ms Alison Snodgrass d. Ms Stephanie Yap 5. Fr Samuel Lim will be completing his pastoral ministry at the Church of St Bernadette on 31 May 2016. He is due to begin VWXGLHV DW WKH 3RQWLÂżFDO 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 6W 7KRPDV $TXLQDV $Qgeli cum) in the new semester of 2016/2017. 6. The Catholic Students’ Society of the Singapore Management 8QLYHUVLW\ 608 ),'(6 ZLOO FRPH XQGHU WKH SDVWRUDO FDUH DQG OHDGHUVKLS RI WKH 2IÂżFH IRU <RXQJ 3HRSOH 2<3 ZLWK Mgr Philip Heng SJ providing for the sacramental needs of the ),'(6 FRPPXQLW\ 7. The following have been appointed to the Board of Catholic Foundation for a term of two [2] years with effect from 10 May 2016: a. Mgr Philip Heng SJ b. Deacon Clement Chen c. Mr Andrew Sng d. Mr Kevin Ho 8. The following have been appointed to be congregational representatives and members of the Archdiocesan Commission for Catholic Schools for a term of three [3] years with effect from 12 May 2016: a. Br Dominic Yeo-Koh SG b. Sr Theresa Seow FDCC OTHER MATTERS Private Associations of the faithful The following group has been given recognition as a “private associationâ€? in accordance with can 299: &DWKROLF 6WXGHQWVÂś 2YHUVHDV &RPPXQLW\ &62&

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Praying for the Church in China Pray for China’s clergy to be witnesses for God, and support the Church there through donating religious books and sharing of experience. These were some suggestions that Fr Henry Siew gave during a Mass to mark the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China on May 24. Fr Henry, who is spiritual director of the Archdiocesan Commission for Apostolate of Mandarin-speaking (ACAMS), urged the 700-hundred-strong congregation at the Church of the Holy Cross to pray to our Lady of Sheshan for the China Church. In China, Mary is venerated at the shrine of Sheshan, near Shanghai. Speaking in Mandarin and English, Fr Henry also encouraged the congregation to gain

a better understanding of the China Church situation through websites such as those of the Macau Ricci Institute, Hong Kong’s Holy Spirit Study Centre and the Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation. The evening celebration started with priests, nuns and laypeople praying the rosary in both Mandarin and English. Mass began after this with parish representatives bearing their banners and walking in procession together apostolic nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli and priests. 7KLV LV WKH ¿IWK \HDU WKDW ACAMS has organised this event. It is in response to a request in 2007 by then Pope Benedict XVI, who designated May 24 as a day of prayer for the Church in China. „

‘Solidarity’ fair to help nuns Ă€QG QHZ KRPHV By Jared Ng

ligious Major Superiors (CRMS) meeting in January this year, durReligious congregations in Sin- ing which members agreed to supgapore are joining hands to raise port a joint fundraising project to funds for two of their communi- stand in solidarity with the two ties in need of a new home. Religious congregations. They will be As the feast selling food and day of St Ignatius Religious drinks at a carnialso falls on July congregations val on July 31 to 31, the carnival raise money for will be part of the will sell food the Daughters of parish feast day and run game St Paul and Cenacelebrations. cle Sisters. The Tickets can be stalls at a carnival two congregations purchased during to raise money for weekend Masses have to vacate the Daughters their current premat the Church of ises at Jurong West St Ignatius or by of St Paul and Street 42 in 2017. contacting Sr Mel Cenacle Sisters. Visitors to the (9728-8642), Sr food and funfair, Jocelyn (8482to be held at the Church of St 2648), Melina (9450-2883) or Ignatius, can enjoy braised pork Martha (6358-1350). belly, curry prawn noodles and The carnival will be held from soon kueh prepared by the Good 8am-3pm. For more information, Shepherd Sisters and nonya bak contact Suzanne (9697-7800). „ chang prepared by the Franciscan jared.ng@catholic.org.sg Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood Sisters among others. Other segments of the carnival include an auction, wine and cheese tasting, and games. Other Religious congregations taking part include the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Sisters, Carmelite Fathers and Marist Brothers. “We are very appreciative of the other congregations coming together as a sign of solidarity and GHVSLWH WKHLU RZQ ÂżQDQFLDO QHHGV to help us for this event,â€? said Cenacle Sr Francisca Tan. The idea for the carnival was raised during a Conference of Re-

Priests walking in procession to celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. Photo: HAI SING PAO

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Mandarin workshop on Theology of the Body

St Joseph’s Home a step closer to completion By Jared Ng

Dr Bosco Ning, a lecturer in moral theology from Taiwan, speaking at the workshop organised by the Catholic Theological Institute of Singapore.

The Chinese Department of the Catholic Theological Institute of 6LQJDSRUH &7,6 KDV IRU WKH ¿UVW time organised a Mandarin workshop on the Theology of the Body. The May 27-29 workshop saw Dr Bosco Ning, a lecturer in moral theology from Taiwan, expounding on the key themes of St John Paul II’s seminal work. The Theology of the Body is a compilation of a series of 129 lectures delivered by the late pope on human sexuality, marriage and family life. Some 70 participants, including faculty and students of CTIS, other lay Catholics, Religious, and some who are not Catholics, attended the talks by Dr Ning, who is from the Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of St Robert Bellarmine, Taipei. Dr Ning is also the author of a seminal Chinese-language textbook on Bioethics. CTIS vice-rector, Fr Peter Zhang, in his welcome address, noted that while there are many English-language resources and conferences on the Theology of the Body, similar materials

and talks in Chinese are rare. This workshop was to meet the needs of the Mandarin-speaking faithful, he said. Participants agreed. “The workshop helped us to develop a heathy in-depth understanding of oneself,” said Mr Jude Koh. Mr Richard Lee, a CTIS student, shared that the workshop gave him a “fresh perspective and insight” into the fundamental digQLW\ DQG VLJQL¿FDQFH RI WKH KXPDQ body, and “how a person co-operates with God to play a positive role in God’s plan of creation”. A couple from the parish of St Mary of the Angels said they felt this workshop was very useful as many people now do not understand the true meaning of marriage, thus leading to problems such as divorce and adultery. They added that the workshop was also useful for building healthy family relationships and for those unfamiliar with the roles and responsibilities of Catholic parents. For more information on CTIS, visit http://www.ctis.sg/

$ VLJQL¿FDQW PLOHVWRQH LQ WKH UHdevelopment of St Joseph’s Home was reached during a “topping out” ceremony on May 31. Board members, staff and construction workers gathered in high spirits for the event held at 921 Jurong Road. The ceremony saw Canossian Sr Geraldine Tan, St Joseph’s Home administrator; Mr Thomas Tan, Catholic Welfare Services chairperson; and Canossian Sr Marilyn Lim, vice chairperson of the Catholic Welfare Services management committee, shovelling cement into a cavity on the roof of the six-storey home. The act symbolised the completion of external structural works for the nursing home for the elderly. “The new home will have 412 beds and up to 190 staff,” Mr Tan told CatholicNews. The rooms ZLOO ³SURYLGH VXI¿FLHQW VSDFH´ IRU each resident as there won’t be too many beds in each room, he added. St Joseph’s Home is expected to be completed by December this year and residents can expect to move in by March 2017. Among the services that will be available at the new home are music and art therapy, hydrotherapy, which involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment, and a gym. St Joseph’s Home has been under renovation since 2014. Residents have been staying in a temporary home located at 9 Mandai Estate. jared.ng@catholic.org.sg

Foreground from left: Sr Marilyn Lim, Sr Geraldine Tan and Mr Thomas Tan shovelling cement into a cavity on the roof of the soon-to-be-completed St Joseph’s Home in a ‘topping out’ ceremony on May 31.

Artist’s impression of a room in the new home.

Among the services that will be available at the new home are music and art therapy, hydrotherapy, which involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment, and a gym.

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Church leader challenges Duterte to expose ‘sins’ MANILA – A Philippine Church leader has dared President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, who recently lambasted the Catholic Church as “the most hypocritical institution”, to reveal the “sins of churchmen” so that these to be corrected. “If he says that he knows of some bishops and priests with children, I think he should reveal this and give the proper evidence so that the Church can do something about it,” said Archbishop Oscar Cruz, former president of the Philippine bishops’ conference. The retired Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan said the Catholic Church never claimed that there are no bad bishops and priests. “Of course there are,” said Archbishop Cruz, who heads the ELVKRSV¶ OHJDO RI¿FH DQG WKH FRQference’s National Tribunal of Appeals and Dispensation Section. “I know that because that is my work,” he added. He said the Catholic Church

has a built-in mechanism “to see to it that churchmen keep their promises and wherefore, if they violate, the Church will also impose penalty according to Church laws”. In an interview in the local Tagalog language over the May 2122 weekend, Mr Duterte accused the country’s bishops of asking favours from the government while the poor could not even afford to eat and buy medicine. “You sons of bitches, aren’t you ashamed? You ask so many favours, even from me,” said Mr Duterte, who has drawn the wrath of Catholic bishops last year for cursing Pope Francis. 7KH SUHVLGHQW HOHFW GUHZ ÀDN after using offensive language to criticise the pontiff for causing a WUDI¿F MDP LQ 0HWUR 0DQLOD GXUing his visit to the Philippines in January 2015. “You know the most hypocritical institution? The Catholic

Filipinos gather in the street after national polls that saw Mr Rodrigo Duterte elected as president. CNS photo

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Church,” Mr Duterte said in a news conference. He claimed that the May 9 presidential election was a “referendum between me

and the Catholic Church”. “Look, were they able to stop me?” he said. “I’m sorry, your fundamental beliefs do not solve the problems of the country.” He blamed the Church for the failure of the government’s family planning programme after learning that a woman in a nearby slum had given birth to her 10th child recently. He said he will “do something about overpopula-

tion” even if he offends Church leaders. “If I start naming the bishops who got married and have women in their lives, the Catholic Church will explode,” he said. He challenged Church leaders to a debate, saying that he would lecture on “the sins of the Catholic Church and whether or not you are still relevant”. Bishop Pedro Arigo of Palawan said he found Mr Duterte’s statement “strange” considering that during the election campaign the Davao mayor “always made courtesy calls on priests and bishops”. “It is a reactionary blanket condemnation of the institution and the Catholics who voted for him,” said Bishop Arigo. UCANEWS.COM

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in Sri Lanka is rushing to help thousands of people affected by Ă€RRGZDWHUV DQG ODQGVOLGHV WKDW have so far left at least 92 people dead and many more still missing. Heavy rains have lashed the LVODQG QDWLRQ Ă€RRGLQJ WKH 6UL Lankan capital of Colombo and large parts of the country’s central region. Due to the heavy rain, three villages were hit by massive landslides in Aranayaka, Kegalle district on May 17. “We left everything except our clothes. Our home is completely covered with water,â€? said M. Karunathilaka from Kolonnawa near Colombo who is now taking refuge in a camp built on church grounds. Over 400,000 people have been affected by the natural disaster and those who have been displaced are being temporally housed in 611 schools, churches, temples and other buildings, said the government. Caritas Sri Lanka, the social arm of the Catholic Church, is asVLVWLQJ Ă€RRG YLFWLPV WKURXJK LWV 13 branches. Caritas Rathnapura is closely working with the Aranayaka com-

Sri Lankan military personnel conduct rescue operations in the area of a landslide in Aranayaka, Sri Lanka. Caritas is giving out food and water to 6UL /DQNDQV KLW E\ ÀRRGV DQG ODQGVOLGHV 0RUH WKDQ SHRSOH KDYH been affected so far.

munity by providing food and shelter. Caritas Chilaw has also been DVVLVWLQJ Ă€RRG KLW SHRSOH E\ SURviding food and shelter. “At the very moment our ofÂżFLDOV DUH PRELOLVHG WR KHOS ZLWK the immediate needs of the affected,â€? said Mr Prasanna Prasad KuPDUD WKH DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ RIÂżFHU RI Caritas Anuradhapura. Fr Rohan De Alwis, the director of Caritas Colombo, said that

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South Korean dioceses to train priests for North SEOUL – Two Korean dioceses six of them currently serving in have begun a formal agreement to South Korea’s Pusan diocese and train priests and seminarians for one in Incheon diocese, also in North Korea in the eventuality of South Korea. D UHXQLÂżFDWLRQ RI WKH .RUHDQ SHQHowever, since 2000, Haminsular. hung diocese stopped its priestly Hamhung diocese and Chun- formation programme due to a chon diocese recently signed lack of seminarians. an agreement to select its own Now, Hamhung diocese will seminarians and train them as its accept seminarians from other priests for future pastoral services dioceses and their formation proin North Korea. gramme will be conBoth these dioducted by the VocaAs priestly ceses are part of tion Department of Seoul archdiocese diocese. formation takes Chunchon but Hamhung dio“Hamhung dioa long time, cese on paper only cese stopped its exists in North operation for more we should do Korea. The diothan 70 years [but] it right now in cese covers most we need priests parts of South and dedicated to the dipreparation for North Hamkyeong ocese,â€? said Bishop UHXQLÂżFDWLRQ provinces in North Kim. – Bishop Lucas Kim Korea. Its apostolic “As priestly forWoon-hoe of Chunchon mation takes a long administrator is Bishop Lucas Kim time, we should do Woon-hoe of Chunchon. it right now in preparation for reAccording to the agreement, XQLÂżFDWLRQ ´ KH VDLG the seminarians for Hamhung Hamhung diocese was estabdiocese will undergo academic lished as an apostolic vicariate courses together with seminarians in 1940 and became a diocese in from Chunchon diocese. 1962, when the hierarchy of the They will be ordained deacons Korean Catholic Church was inand priests for Chunchon but will stituted. EH LGHQWLÂżHG DV GLRFHVDQ SULHVWV However, as North Korea for Hamhung and return to work rules its territory, and with no forthere once its operation is resumed mal Catholic presence there, it reDIWHU RU HYHQ EHIRUH UHXQLÂżFDWLRQ mains what Koreans describe as a Hamhung diocese at one time “Church in silence.â€? had trained its own priests with Hamhung is not the only dio-

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tance is about providing urgently needed items. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo has expressed his condolences to those affected and made an open invitation for well wishers to support Caritas’

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Children study at a school in Argentina. A new initiative, Education Cannot Wait, will look to raise the US$11.6 billion needed to support 75 million children worldwide in their education.

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Church needs courageous ZRPHQ OLNH 0DU\ SRSH VD\V VATICAN CITY – The Church needs

rageous service in visiting her the service of the many women cousin Elizabeth despite being who continue to follow Mary’s ex- pregnant herself and who “gets up ample of courage and service de- and goes without excuses.â€? spite the odds, Pope Francis said. “Service is a Christian sign. Women who serve with joy Those who do not live to serve,â€? to bring their families forward in serve very little purpose in life. “To life, to ensure serve with joy: their children’s this is the attitude education and that I would like who “face so to underline today. many adversities There is joy and and who heal the also service; alsickâ€? are couraways [willing] to geous, the pope serve,â€? he said. said on May 31 Another during the Mass Christian sign, in the chapel of Pope Francis the Domus Sancsaid, is the willtae Marthae. ingness to meet Commemowith others. Both rating the feast serving and enof the Visitation, countering othwhen the pregers like Mary, nant Mary went he added, reto visit her cous- Detail of a 15th-century painting quire Christians in Elizabeth, who of the Visitation. to come out of was pregnant themselves. with John the Baptist, the pope “With this service of Mary, with said the celebration is a “breath of this encounter, the Lord’s promfresh airâ€? that highlights the im- ise is renewed; it takes place in the portance of joy in Christian life. present. And the Lord – as we heard Joy is the Christian message LQ WKH ÂżUVW UHDGLQJ Âľ7KH /RUG \RXU “which today’s liturgy gives us as *RG LV LQ \RXU PLGVWÂś Âą WKH /RUG LV a gift.â€? in service, the Lord is in the encounThe pope noted Mary’s cou- ter,â€? the pope said. „ CNS

Brazilian churches adapting WR VZLQH Ă X RXWEUHDN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – Due to WKH VZLQH Ă€X RXWEUHDN LQ VHYHUDO parts of Brazil, parishes all over the country have adopted changes in liturgical practices. These changes include suspending handheld prayers by the congregation and the traditional sign of peace and placing the Eucharist in the parishioners’ hands instead of in their mouths during Communion. “This is a way the Church can [support] the health of its parishioners,â€? said Archbishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto of Uberaba. All across the country, parish priests are being told to allow church windows and doors to remain open for greater air circulation during the day and especially during Masses, when a greater number of people are gathered together. $OWKRXJK VZLQH Ă€X LV QRW XQcommon in Brazil, this year doctors say the number of reported cases is much higher than in previous years. Bishop Dario Campos of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim told his 42 parishes to take extra precautions to avoid contamination. “We live [in] an alarming moment with the outbreak of the + 1 >VZLQH Ă€X@ LQ RXU VWDWH :H believe that during the winter period, measures can be taken to inhibit the spread among the population,â€? he said. The Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte has asked priests to substitute a moment of silence for the

sign of peace and to keep the holy water font dry for the time being. In the state of Sao Paulo, where, according to Brazil’s +HDOWK 0LQLVWU\ PRVW VZLQH ÀX cases have been reported and 55 of the 61 deaths due to the virus occurred, parishes implemented the FKDQJHV DV VRRQ DV WKH ¿UVW FDVHV were reported. In some cases,

A man prays at a church in Rio de -DQHLUR 'XH WR WKH VZLQH ÀX RXWbreak in several parts of Brazil, parishes all over the country have adopted changes in liturgical practices. CNS photo

Catholic churches were used by VWDWH RI¿FLDOV DV YDFFLQDWLRQ VLWHV to help immunise the population. Even the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, visited by Pope Francis in 2013 during his visit to Brazil, released a note stating that greetings between the faithful during Mass celebrations were suspended to prevent transPLVVLRQ RI WKH VZLQH ÀX YLUXV „ CNS

World must dial down aggression, stop bullying, pope tells YouTubers

Pope Francis autographs a surfboard during a meeting of Scholas Occurrentes at the Vatican on May 29. The Scholas Occurrentes organisation promotes a ‘culture of encounter’ through art, sports and technology. CNS photo VATICAN CITY – Help wipe out bullying and aggression by being better listeners and offering concrete gestures of tolerance and patience, Pope Francis told a group of top YouTubers from around the world. “The level of aggressiveness in our world needs to be dialed down. [The world] needs tenderness, meekness, [people] listening and walking together,â€? he told them and others taking part in a world congress sponsored by Scholas Occurrentes. “Pride, arrogance – eradicate them. Because pride and arrogance always have a bad ending,â€? he said on May 29 at the close of the three-day meeting at the Vatican. The pope met privately – for an informal closed-door question-and-answer session – with a dozen young YouTubers, people who create their own videos or video blogs, and share them on YouTube. The YouTube “celebritiesâ€? who were invited to meet the pope have, when tallied together, about 25 million subscribers. The pope also met privately ZLWK 86 ÂżOP VWDUV 5LFKDUG *HUH 6DOPD +D\HN DQG *HRUJH &ORRQ-

ey, who were honoured at the congress for working to help marginalised young people. The pope sat in on the closing portion of the world congress, which was dedicated to dialogue and social integration. He heard personal testimonies, including from a young woman who was born in Mexico, moved to Chicago and was the victim of bullying for years. The pope called for an end to “aggression, bullying� when

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answering one of two questions from the audience. “Bullying is an aggression that conceals profound cruelty, and the world is cruel� with wars representing “the monuments of cruelty,� he said. 5HFDOOLQJ SKRWRJUDSKV KH UHceived from a nun picturing a child massacred in a civil war unfolding in Africa, Pope Francis said bullying is the same kind of

cruelty because it “massacresâ€? the mind. In order to build a better world, “we need to eradicate all forms of cruelty,â€? he said. It is important to listen to others and ask questions – not argue right away – but inquire in order to truly understand the other perVRQÂśV SRLQW RI YLHZ DQG ÂżQG SRLQWV in common, he said. Dialogue isn’t a soccer match or a debate because “in dialogue everyone wins, no one loses,â€? he said. “Even if I think differently, don’t argue, but rather, persuade softly.â€? It’s also important people feel like they belong, which can even include “a virtual belongingâ€? – being part of something meaningful online, he said. “It’s urgent to offer some kind of belonging,â€? he told his audience. Scholas Occurrentes is a project Pope Francis supported as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and expanded as pope. Through schools it links students from different neighbourhoods, countries, economic backgrounds and faiths to promote communication, understanding and cooperation. „ CNS

Kenya urged to reconsider closing refugee camps NAIROBI, KENYA – Kenya’s Cath-

olic bishops urged their government to reverse its decision to repatriate all refugees and close all the refugee camps in the country. The bishops welcomed the idea that the government was trying to protect national security, but they said security interests must be protected “in accordance with

the constitution.� They said the Kenyan Constitution states that “national security shall be pursued in compliance with the law and with utmost respect to the rule of law, democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms.� “We remind the government that it bears the primary responsibility to prioritise humanitarian principles

in accordance with its international and national laws,� said a May 18 statement signed by the country’s 25 bishops. “We urge the government to show a sincere commitment to the needs of all, including refugees.� The government said hosting refugees posed a security threat, particularly from Somali Islamist group al-Shabab. „ CNS

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People’s gifts are vital part of Eucharistic celebration ... says Pope Francis at Corpus Christi Mass ROME – A Corpus Christi procession should honour Christ’s gift of Himself in the Eucharist, but also should be a pledge to share bread and faith with the people of the cities and towns where the processions take place, Pope Francis said. Just as the “breaking of the EUHDG´ EHFDPH WKH LFRQ RI WKH HDUly Christian community, giving of oneself in order to nourish others spiritually and physically should be a sign of Christians today, the pope said on May 26, the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. In Singapore, the feast is celebrated on May 29. On a warm spring evening, the pope’s celebration began with Mass outside Rome’s Basilica of St John Lateran, followed by a traditional Corpus Christi procession from St John Lateran to the Basilica of St Mary Major nearby. In every celebration of the Eucharist, the pope said, the people place simple bread and wine into “poor hands anointed by the +RO\ 6SLULW´ DQG -HVXV ÂłJLYHV XV +LV ERG\ DQG KLV EORRG´ The people’s gifts are an important part of the process, just as they were when Jesus fed the mulWLWXGH ZLWK ÂżYH ORDYHV DQG WZR ÂżVK 3RSH )UDQFLV VDLG Âł,QGHHG ´ KH VDLG ÂłLW LV -HVXV who blesses and breaks the loaves DQG SURYLGHV VXIÂżFLHQW IRRG WR satisfy the whole crowd, but it is WKH GLVFLSOHV ZKR RIIHU WKH ÂżYH ORDYHV DQG WZR ÂżVK ´ Âł-HVXV ZDQWHG LW WKLV ZD\ ´ KH said. Rather than letting the disciSOHV VHQG WKH SHRSOH DZD\ WR ÂżQG food, Jesus wanted the disciples

to “put at His disposal what little WKH\ KDG´ “And there is another gesture: The pieces of bread, broken by the holy and venerable hands of Our Lord, pass into the poor hands of the disciples, who distribute these WR WKH SHRSOH ´ The miracle of the multiplicaWLRQ RI ORDYHV DQG ÂżVK KH VDLG “signals what Christ wants to accomplish for the salvation of all PDQNLQG JLYLQJ +LV RZQ Ă€HVK DQG blood. And yet this needs always to happen through those two small actions: offering the few loaves DQG ÂżVK ZKLFK ZH KDYH UHFHLYLQJ the bread broken by the hands of -HVXV DQG JLYLQJ LW WR DOO ´ Later in the Mass, a couple with four children and a grandmother with her three grandchildren brought the gifts of bread and wine to the pope for consecration. Pope Francis urged the crowd gathered on the lawn outside the basilica to consider all the holy men and women throughout history who have given their lives, ³œEURNHQÂś WKHPVHOYHV ´ LQ RUGHU WR nourish others. “How many mothers, how many fathers, together with the slices of bread they provide each day on the tables of their homes, have broken their hearts to let their children grow, and grow ZHOO ´ KH VDLG Âł+RZ PDQ\ &KULVtians, as responsible citizens, have broken their own lives to defend the dignity of all, especially the poorest, the marginalised and WKRVH GLVFULPLQDWHG ´ The source of such strength, he said, is found in the Eucharist. „ CNS

Pope Francis leads the Benediction outside the Basilica of St Mary Major on the feast of Corpus Christi. CNS photo

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Mexican bishop organises march against violence CUERNAVACA, MEXICO – A Mex-

ican bishop has convened a march for peace in Cuernavaca, capital of a state beset by violence. Bishop Ramon Castro Castro told marchers at the Cuernavaca cathedral that government authorities claim that Morelos state “is experiencing peace ... but the reality for me and many priests and those working in the trenches is that violence continues, insecurity continues, that there are parts of the state in the hands of narcotics WUDIÂżFNHUV ´ The May 21 event, the third since Bishop Castro arrived in Cuernavaca in 2013, attracted an estimated 20,000 marchers from parish communities, along with business leaders, opposition and civil society. After offering prayers for the murdered and missing, Bishop &DVWUR UHHOHG RII D OLVW RI XQĂ€DWtering crime statistics in Morelos state – no. 2 in kidnapping, no. 3 in robbery with violence, no. 4 in homicides – and these statistics do not include the vast majority of crimes going unreported, he said. “Corruption and nepotism are sufIRFDWLQJ XV ´ The bishop’s focus on peace and attending to victims of violence comes as the Catholic ofÂżFLDOV VSHDN RXW RQ LVVXHV RI LQsecurity. Pope Francis, during a trip to Mexico in February, urged the country’s bishops to be more forceful about the drug war, which has left more than 100,000 Mexicans dead and more than 20,000 missing. “Castro is one of the few cases of bishops who has taken seriously the recommendations from Pope Francis. He’s had the courDJH WR FRQIURQW WKH FRUUXSWLRQ ´ says Mr Bernardo Barranco, a columnist and Church observer. „

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Pope: To ignore the poor is to despise God VATICAN CITY – How Christians

treat the poor is the clearest demonstration of their relationship with God, Pope Francis insisted. “To ignore the poor is to despise God! And we must learn this well: To ignore the poor is to despise God!â€? the pope said on May GXULQJ KLV ZHHNO\ JHQHUDO DXdience. The pope focused on the Gospel parable of the rich man and Lazarus and said the story is a reminder of the “harsh reproachâ€? WKDW ZLOO FRPH DW WKH ÂżQDO MXGJment for those who ignore the needs of the poor. Lazarus represents both “the silent cry of the poor of all time and the contradiction of a world in which vast wealth and resources are in the hands of a few,â€? the pope said. By excluding Lazarus, the pope said, the rich man “made himself the centre of everything, closed in his world of luxury and waste.â€? In the parable, the rich man has no name, he noted, while Lazarus’ name – which means “God KHOSV´ Âą LV PHQWLRQHG ÂżYH WLPHV “Lazarus, lying at the door, is a living reminder to the rich man to remember God, but the rich man does not welcome this reminder. Thus, he is condemned not because of his wealth, but for being incapable of feeling compassion for Lazarus and helping him,â€? the pope said. “How many times so many people pretend to not see the poor; for them the poor do not exist!â€? the pope lamented.

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Pope Benedict denies rumours about Fatima’s ‘Third Secret’

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told those gathered in St Peter’s Square. The rich man’s request to send Lazarus to warn his family is a reminder that Christians should not wait for a miraculous event to convert, but “to open their hearts to the word of God, which calls us to love God and neighbour.â€? “No messenger and no message can substitute for the poor we meet along the way because through them we meet Jesus Himself,â€? the pope said. „ CNS &16 ÂżOH SKRWR

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leased the text of the so-called Third Secret of Fatima, rumours cyclically arise claiming that the Vatican still is keeping part of Mary’s message to three children in Fatima, Portugal, secret. 7KH 9DWLFDQ SUHVV RIÂżFH RQ 0D\ WRRN WKH XQXsual step of publishing a communique with reaction from retired Pope Benedict XVI, who – as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – RYHUVDZ WKH VHFUHWÂśV SXEOLFDWLRQ LQ DQG SHUVRQally wrote a commentary on it. He insisted at the time that the complete text had been published. In mid-May, a blog published a story claiming a German priest, Fr Ingo Dollinger, said that then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had told him soon after the publiFDWLRQ LQ WKDW SDUW RI WKH PHVVDJH ZDV VWLOO VHFUHW The Vatican communique said: “In this regard, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI declares ‘never to have spoken with Professor Dollinger about Fatima,’ clearly DIÂżUPLQJ WKDW WKH UHPDUNV DWWULEXWHG WR 3URI 'ROOLQJHU on the matter ‘are pure inventions, absolutely untrue,’ DQG KH FRQÂżUPV GHFLVLYHO\ WKDW ÂľWKH SXEOLFDWLRQ RI WKH Third Secret of Fatima is complete.’â€? „ CNS

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Pray for Syria, missing kids around the world VATICAN CITY – Pray for victims of

recent terrorist attacks in Syria and pray that those who sow death and destruction will change their ways, Pope Francis said in an appeal. At the end of his weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square on May 25, the pope mentioned a string of attacks to hit “beloved Syria� on May 23, causing the death of “defenceless civilians.� At least 150 people were killed in separate, but nearly simultaneous explosions in the cities of Jableh and Tartus. Militants of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks. The pope asked that everyone pray for the “eternal repose of the victims, solace for the relatives� and that God would “convert the hearts of those who sow death and destruction.�

Also at the audience, the pope marked International Missing Children’s Day with an appeal to civil and religious leaders to raise people’s awareness and inspire action in protecting vulnerable children. “It is the duty of everyone to protect children, most of all those exposed to a high risk of exploiWDWLRQ WUDIÂżFNLQJ DQG GHYLDQW EHhaviours,â€? the pope said. He said he hoped civil and religious leaders could “rattleâ€? people’s consciences and raise awareness so that no one would be indifferent to the problem of children who are “alone, exploited and removed from their families and social context, children who cannot grow up in peace and look to the future with hope.â€? „ CNS

A volunteer from Lesbos, Greece, presents Pope Francis a life-jacket on May 25 that belonged to a migrant Syrian girl who drowned. The pope had urged prayers for victims of the May 23 attacks in Syria and missing children around the world. CNS photo

Pope: May Chinese Catholics show love, pardon VATICAN CITY – May the Year of Mercy be a time for Catholics and people of other religious traditions in China to be concrete signs of charity and reconciliation, Pope Francis said. That way, “they will promote an authentic culture of encounter and harmony for all of society – harmony that the Chinese spirit loves dearly,� he said after praying the Angelus with people gathered in St Peter’s Square on May 22. The pope’s prayer came ahead

of the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, which is observed each year on the feast of Our Lady of Help of Christians, May 24. It is on that day that Catholics in China invoke Mary, venerated at the Marian Shrine of Sheshan, near Shanghai. The pope prayed that Mary would offer “her children in China the ability to discern in every situation the signs of the loving presence of God, who always welcomes and always forgives.� „ CNS

Holiness sometimes means ‘biting your tongue’ VATICAN CITY – Holiness doesn’t depend on superhuman powers, EXW UDWKHU GHPDQGV D KHDUW ÂżOOHG with courage, hope and grace that strives for conversion each and every day, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. In fact, holiness is reached by taking tiny steps, like biting your tongue every time there is the urge to gossip or demean somebody, he said on May 24 during the Mass in

the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. “Bite your tongue a little. Your tongue will swell up a bit, but your spirit will be holier,� the pope said. “Holiness is a journey. Holiness cannot be bought, it is not sold� and it is not given away as a reward, he said. It is “walking in God’s presence in an irreproachable way.� „ CNS

Jesus shows mercy without ever compromising truth, pope says VATICAN CITY – Jesus is compassionate towards people and their imperfections without ever compromising the truth, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. “May Jesus teach us to adhere to the truth from the heart and also [to show] with the heart great compassion and accompaniment for all our brothers and sisWHUV LQ GLIÂżFXOW\ ´ WKH SRSH VDLG LQ his homily at the Mass with eight couples celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and another couple celebrating their 25th. During the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae on May 20, the pope focused on the day’s Gospel reading from St Mark (10:1-12) in which the Pharisees try to trap Jesus with a question about the lawfulness of divorce. The Gospel talks about many traps the Pharisees and doctors of the law use in an attempt to ambush Jesus and undermine His authority and the esteem people hold for Him, the pope said, according to Vatican Radio. This “tiny little group of enlightened theologians,â€? who believe they possess “all the knowledge and wisdom of the people of God,â€? he said, set a trap for Jesus when they ask, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?â€? But, he said, Jesus doesn’t fall

‘Jesus never bargains with the truth,’ said Pope Francis, but He is also very merciful and ‘never, never, never closes the door on sinners.’ for their “casuistry,â€? that is, the practice of setting general laws on the basis of exceptional cases. Moses had conceded to allowing divorce, Jesus said, because of “the hardness of your hearts,â€? not EHFDXVH LW UHĂ€HFWHG WKH RULJLQDO GLvine will of the creator. Jesus describes marriage as God intended it by recalling the “fullness of the harmony of creationâ€? – that God the creator made human beings male and female so that they may be joined as one body in marriage. What God has thus joined must not be separated by any human being, Jesus says, a response based on the “incontestable truth, the blunt truth,â€? the pope said. “This is the truth about marriage, there is no other,â€? Pope Francis said.

“Jesus never bargains with the truth,� he said, but He is also very merciful and “never, never, never closes the door on sinners.� Jesus always draws a distinction between the truth and human weakness “without beating around the bush.� Just as Moses recognised human limitations, Jesus, too, knows there is sin and people’s hearts can be hardened, the pope said. But “you can do something: forgiveness, compassion, accompaniment, integration, discernment of these cases� without ever auctioning off the truth, he said. “Jesus is able to say this truth that is so great and at the same time be so understanding with sinners, with the weak,� he said. „ CNS

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&RQ¿UPDWLRQ LV QRW leaving, it’s arriving. It’s a statement that you want God to walk with you wherever you may go. It’s an acknowledgement that you’re not done yet. It’s a hope for the future. WLRQV WKDWœV D JRRG WKLQJ &RQ¿Umations? Not so. While there is, and should be, a celebratory feeling to both ceremonies, I think we’ve forgotten what they really mean. When you cross the stage or step forward to meet the bishop, you’re not just saying you’ve done the work and deserve the piece of paper you’re getting. You’re saying yes to a life that

involves engagement with your faith and community, in an active, enthusiastic and exciting way. A graduation, RU D FRQ¿UPDWLRQ LV QRW MXVW an end, but a beginning. Your life doesn’t stop at graduation. It continues. &RQ¿UPDWLRQ LV VD\LQJ \HV to faith, to the future and being part of the Church. It’s a statement not that you’re released from going to Mass every week, but that you’re willing, ready and able to engage further in your faith – to dive into service, to learn all of the things they don’t teach you in religious education and to explore God’s call at a truly adult level, to take ownership of your faith, just like you take ownership of your life at graduation. This kind of graduation is all about looking out for people, for your friends and for the marginalised, for those who know exactly where they’re going as well as those who need a little help discovering that for themselves. &RQ¿UPDWLRQ LV QRW OHDYLQJ it’s arriving. It’s a statement that you want God to walk with you wherever you may go. It’s an acknowledgement that you’re not done yet. It’s a hope for the future. It’s not just an achievement, it’s a promise: The promise is that you aren’t leaving God behind when you start looking for new and beautiful horizons, it’s that you’re bringing him along. So, this year, when you go WKURXJK WKH FRQ¿UPDWLRQ FHUemony, remember that you’re not done. Remember that the best is yet to come. Don’t say no to that. „ CNS

Youth today – who are they really? A SEMINARIAN I know recently went to a party on a Friday evening at a local university campus. The group was a crowd of young, college students and when he was introduced as a seminarian, as someone who was trying to become a priest and who had taken a vow of celibacy, the mention of celibacy evoked some giggles in the room, some banter, and a number of jokes about how much he must be missing out on in life. Poor, naïve fellow! Initially, within this group of millenniums, his religious beliefs and what this had led to in his life was regarded as something between amusing and pitiful. But, before the evening was out, several young women had come, cried on his shoulder, and shared about their frustration with their boyfriends’ inability to commit fully to their relationship. This incident might serve as a parable describing today’s young people in our secularized world. They exhibit what might aptly be called a bi-polar character about faith, church, family, sexual ethos, and many other things that are important to them. They present an inconsistent picture: On the one hand, by and large, they are not going to church, at least with any regularity; they are not following the Christian ethos on sexuality; they seem indifferent to and even sometimes hostile to many cherished religious traditions; and they can appear unbelievably shallow in their addiction and enslavement to what’s trending in the world of entertainment, fashion, and information technology. Looked at from one perspective, our kids today can appear irreligious, morally blasÊ, and on a heavy diet of the kind RI VXSHU¿FLDOLW\ WKDW FKDUDFWHUL]HV UHDOLW\ WHOHYLVLRQ DQG YLGHR JDPHV More seriously still, they can also appear myopic, greedy, pampered, and excessively self-interested. Not a pretty picture. But this isn’t exactly the picture. Beneath that surface, in most FDVHV \RX ZLOO ¿QG VRPHRQH ZKR LV YHU\ OLNHDEOH VLQFHUH VRIW JRRG hearted, gracious, moral, warm, generous, and searching for all the right things (without much help from a culture that lacks clear moral guidance and is fraught with over-choice). The good news is that most young people, at the level of their real desires, are not at odds at all with God, faith, church, and family. For the most part, youth today are still very good people and want all the right things. But, that isn’t always so evident. Sometimes their surface seems to trump their depth so that who they really are and what they really want is not so evident. We see the surface and, seen there, our youth can appear more self-interested than generous, more shallow than deep, more blasÊ than morally sensitive, and more religiously indifferent than IDLWK ¿OOHG 7KH\ FDQ DOVR PDQLIHVW D VPXJQHVV DQG VHOI VXI¿FLHQF\ that suggests little vulnerability and no need for guidance from anyone beyond themselves. Hence their bi-polarity: Mostly they want all the right things, but, too often, because of a lack of genuine guidance and their addiction to the culture, they aren’t making the kinds of choices that will bring them what they more-deeply desire. Sexuality is a prime example here: Studies done on millenniums indicate that most of them want, at the end of the day, to be inside a monogamous, faithful marriage. 7KH SUREOHP LV WKDW WKH\ DOVR EHOLHYH WKDW WKH\ FDQ ¿UVW DOORZ WKHPVHOYHV WHQ WR ¿IWHHQ \HDUV RI VH[XDO SURPLVFXLW\ ZLWKRXW KDYLQJ WR DFFHSW WKDW SUDFWLFLQJ WHQ WR ¿IWHHQ \HDUV RI LQ¿GHOLW\ LV QRW D JRRG SUHSDUDWLRQ IRU WKH NLQG RI ¿GHOLW\ QHHGHG WR D VXVWDLQ PDUULDJH DQG family. In this, as in many other things, they are caught between their cultural ethos and their own fragile securities. The culture trumpets a certain ethos, liberation from the timidities of the past, complete with a smugness that belittles whatever questions it. But much of that smugness is actually whistling in the dark. Deep down, our youth are pretty insecure and, happily, this keeps them vulnerable and likeable. Maybe Louis Dupre, the retired philosopher who taught for many years at Yale, captures it best when he says that today’s young people DUH QRW EDG WKH\œUH MXVW QRW ¿QLVKHG 7KDWœV D VLPSOH LQVLJKW WKDW FDStures a lot. Someone can be wonderful and very likeable, but still immature. Moreover, if you’re young enough, that can even be attractive, WKH YHU\ GH¿QLWLRQ RI FRRO 7KH UHYHUVH LV DOVR RIWHQ WLPHV WUXH 0RUH than a few of us, adults, suffer from our own bi-polarity: we are mature, but far from wonderful and likeable. This makes for some strange, paradoxical binaries. So who is the actual young person of today? Is it the person who is wrapped up in his or her own world, obsessive about physical appearance, addicted to social media, living outside marriage with his or her partner, smug in his or her own non-traditional moral and religious views? That, I believe, is the surface appearance. 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Educating refugee and displaced communities in the region Jesuit Refugee Service Singapore imparts skills in Myanmar and Indonesia Amid a global refugee crisis, volunteers from Singapore have been reaching out to refugee and migrant communities in neighbouring Indonesia and Myanmar. Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Singapore, like other JRS chapters around the world, has been working on projects that educate and serve refugees and other displaced and marginalised persons. Assisting in education is one way for JRS Singapore to help build a future for people who may spend years in limbo and unable to work legally. JRS Singapore is commemorating World Refugee Day on the weekend of June 18 and 19 at the Church of St Ignatius. There will also be an exhibition on refugees in Southeast Asia and on Mercy in Motion, an initiative inspired by Pope Francis’ Year of Mercy, where JRS seeks to expand educational services globally for an additional 100,000 refugees by 2020. The UN and other groups traditionally hold events on World Refugee Day, which falls on June 20, highlighting the issues that face the approximately 60 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide, ZKR KDYH EHHQ IRUFHG WR ÀHH WKHLU KRPHV GXH WR ZDU FRQÀLFW DQG persecution. Former teachers are among a small group of JRS volunteers from Singapore who have visited Myanmar and Indonesia to impart their skills to displaced communities. In several JRS projects in late 2014 and early 2015, seven Singaporeans made separate short trips to Myitkyina, the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar. In November 2014, JRS volunteer Doris Khoo trained 19 soon-to-be teachers inside a camp that hosts IDPs. Many of these people were forced from their homes under circumstances such DV SROLWLFDO FRQÀLFW RU WKH IRUFLEOH seizure of their land. Ms Khoo instructed the trainee teachers, aged 17 to 25 years, in the use of group work in the classroom, as well as project-based learning. The aim of this training module was to empower these trainees to help educate preschool and primary school-aged children return to their communities. In December 2014, JRS Singapore was involved in conducting hands-on science projects on sustainability, using recycled products to make useful and VFDUFH LWHPV VXFK DV IXHO HI¿FLHQW stoves, detergents and mosquito repellents. In January 2015, JRS members and other Singaporeans fa-

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FLOLWDWHG DQ DQWL KXPDQ WUDIÂżFNLQJ workshop in Mytikyina. There were 34 participants at the course. They were taught to recognise WUDIÂżFNHU VWUDWHJLHV VXFK DV SURPising $3,000 for a waitressing job in Singapore, among other things. “It was exhilarating to have this opportunity to provide education to them as it’s a concrete VWDUW WR FRPEDWLQJ KXPDQ WUDIÂżFNing,â€? said Ms Stacie Tan, one of ÂżYH 6LQJDSRUHDQV ZKR IDFLOLWDWHG the training course held at a youth centre near the IDPs camp. In another education project last year, four volunteers from Singapore were involved in a joint initiative between JRS Indonesia and JRS Singapore.

They conducted basic English FODVVHV IRU WKH LPPLJUDWLRQ RIÂżFers at the Immigration Detention Centre in Manado, Indonesia, in North Sulawesi province. The objective was to teach the immiJUDWLRQ RIÂżFHUV (QJOLVK LQ RUGHU WR help them communicate with the detainees at the centre. The majority of the detainees are asylum-seekers, mostly from Afghanistan, the Philippines, Myanmar and other Middle EAst countries. JRS Singapore member Thomas Flinchum prepared the course curriculum and lesson plans, and provided guidance on the teaching of English, taking three trips to Manado last year for this purpose.

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“It was almost like feeding baby birds, they were so hungry, they so wanted to learn,� said Mr Flinchum. JRS will eventually embark on a similar project like the one in

Manado, Indonesia, but this time in Bogor, a city south of Jakarta, where asylum-seeker detainees will learn English. The website of JRS Singapore is http://www.jrssg.org/ „

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Patience, kindness key in making love grow in a marriage Learning about married life from Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) By David Gibson Many couples on their wedding day hope as mightily as possible that their love always will remain just as it is then. They do not want their love to change. They cannot even imagine loving each other more than they do now. Their love seems so perfect. Yet, over the next decade their love surely will change. This is not an ominous prediction. Their love may become greater, better. The love in a marriage is meant to grow, Pope Francis believes. In fact, he counsels couples, the grace of a sacramental marriage is meant to perfect a couple’s love. So an important task for those preparing couples for marriage is to help each of the future spouses “learn how to love this very real person with whom he or she plans to share his or her whole life,â€? the pope writes in Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), his 2016 apostolic exhortation on marriage and family life. “Learning to love someone does not happen automatically,â€? KH VWDWHV %XW KH GHÂżQLWHO\ ZDQWV couples to believe it is possible for their love to grow. When unconditional love and a willingness to forgive become a life pattern, a household can be “a place of understanding, support and encouragement,â€? he observes. Lots of us, maybe all of us, would enjoy being able to explain exactly what “loveâ€? means and KRZ LW LQĂ€XHQFHV RXU OLYHV WRgether. In this we resemble Pope

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Francis, who boldly takes up this topic in The Joy of Love. But there is a challenge here. The word “love� commonly is used, the pope notes, but it often is “misused� too. Bearing that in mind, he enters into a discussion not only of what love is, but what it is not. In this the pope turns to one of the best-loved passages in the letters of St Paul. He wrote lyrically both about what love is and is not (1 Cor 13:4-7). St Paul’s passage, often heard at weddings, describes love as patient and kind. But, he says, love

In the pope’s eyes a spirit of competition or a desire to be considered the one who is ‘most intelligent or powerful’ is destructive in marriage and family life. is neither “quick-tempered� nor “rude.� Rather, love “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.�

Patience is “the quality of one who does not act on impulse,� Pope Francis comments. He views patience as powerful. In God, he says, patience “is a sign of His real power.� However, patience does not imply “letting ourselves be constantly mistreated, tolerating physical aggression or allowing other people to use us.� Still, the pope cautions that “we encounter problems whenever we think that relationships or people ought to be perfect or when we put ourselves at the centre and expect things to turn out

our way. Then everything makes us impatient.â€? The pope emphasises love’s kindness. When love is kind, he says, it is “ready to be of assistance.â€? So it creates the “happiness of giving.â€? For the love in a marriage to JURZ RYHU WKH ÂżUVW GHFDGH RI WKHLU marriage and all the decades to come, a husband and wife need a degree of clarity about each other. They may need to keep asking themselves: Who is this person I married, whose interests and goals resemble mine greatly, yet who is different from me in many ways? “Love always has an aspect of deep compassion that leads to acceptingâ€? the other person “even when he or she acts differently than I would like,â€? he says. “True love values the other person’s achievements,â€? the pope also advises, and “does not see him or her as a threat.â€? In the pope’s eyes a spirit of competition or a desire to be considered the one who is “most intelligent or powerfulâ€? is destructive in marriage and family life. That person’s opposite, it would seem, is someone who can “rejoice at the goodâ€? in another person. For couples and their families, the pope says, a home “must always be a place whereâ€? the others “will be there to celebrateâ€? whenever “something good happensâ€? to one of them. „ CNS Gibson served on Catholic News Service’s editorial staff for 37 years.

Staying together through tough times By Mike Nelson When my wife and I got married 40 years ago, much of my focus, I admit, was on the reception, by far the biggest “party� I’d ever been part of. In Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), Pope Francis makes an observation on marriage preparation with which many couples would readily (and sadly) agree: “Short-term preparations for marriage tend to be concentrated on invitations, clothes, the party and any number of other details that tend to drain not only the budget but energy and joy as well,� he writes. “The spouses come to the wedding ceremony exhausted and harried, rather than focused and ready for the great step that they are about to take.�

Back then I was not a Catholic nearly 61 years. My in-laws were and didn’t attend any church, but married for 36 years. Both marI never once thought of the day as ULDJHV ZHUH ÂżOOHG ZLWK ORYH GHYRanything less than sacred, or that WLRQ FDULQJ DQG VDFULÂżFH IRU RQH the “partyâ€? would be the highlight another and for their children, of our marriage. I and ended only bewas, and am, in it cause of the death Getting married for life. of a spouse. is an occasion Much of that, I have no doubt I sincerely bethat our parents for celebration. lieve, is because of were likewise inBut so too, is what Pope Francis spired by their parpoints out in disstaying married, ents, who stayed cussing marriage together, often celebrating the preparation in his through challengexhortation: joys and enduring ing times, until “For every death parted them. the challenges. couple, marriage It’s the example we preparation behave tried to set for gins at birth. What they received our son, who hopes someday to from their family should prepare ÂżQG D ZRPDQ ZLWK ZKRP KH FDQ them to know themselves and to share his life and, if God desires, PDNH D IXOO DQG GHÂżQLWLYH FRP- raise children. mitment.â€? When the time comes for our My parents were married son to be married, he and his

wife-to-be likely will be requested to attend marriage preparation classes and/or programmes, much as my wife and I attended 40 years ago. I certainly don’t recall all of the words that were said in the classes, but one overall message came through loud and clear: Marriage is sacred. It is not a game or something to be “tried out� like a job and then moved from if it doesn’t work out. Certainly, getting married is an occasion for celebration. But so too, is staying married, celebrating the joys and enduring the challenges in ways that nurture a couple’s love and respect for one another. „ CNS Nelson is former editor of The Tidings, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

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One day, the evil King Ahab of Israel decided that he wanted to plant a vegetable garden. He looked at the land all around his palace in the city of SaPDULD DQG ÂżQDOO\ IRXQG D SHUIHFW VSRW that was close by. Unfortunately, the land Ahab wanted was owned by a man named Naboth, who had inherited the land from his family and was using it for a vineyard. Ahab decided to visit Naboth. “Give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it is close by, next to my house. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or, if you prefer, I will give you its value in money,â€? the king said to Naboth. According to God’s law, a family’s land was not supposed to be given to anyone outside the family. So, Naboth refused.

“The Lord forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage,â€? he answered. Ahab went home. He was angry about being told no, so he went to bed and refused to eat. His wife, Jezebel, noticed his bad mood. “Why are you so sullen that you will not eat?â€? she asked. Ahab told her all about his conversation with Naboth. But Jezebel, who was just as evil as her husband, had an idea. She told $KDE WR FKHHU XS DQG OHW KHU Âż[ WKH problem. She knew of a way to get the king the land he wanted. So she wrote letters to the elders and nobles who lived in Samaria and put her husband’s seal on the letters so it looked like they were from him. In the letters, she ordered the elders and nobles to proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. “Next,â€? Jezebel wrote, “set two

SPOTLIGHT ON SAINTS:

St Bartholomew of Farne St Bartholomew of Farne (d. 1193) was born in England. He travelled to Norway, where he was ordained a priest. When he returned home, he joined the Benedictine order and became a hermit on the island of Farne. There, Bartholomew lived a very strict life dedicated to God. The saint knew when he was going to die and told some other monks. When he died, they buried him on the island. Bartholomew was known for miracles and holiness, and we remember him on June 24. „

scoundrels opposite him to accuse him: ‘You have cursed God and king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.� The elders and nobles did just as they had been told. After the two dishonest people falsely accused Naboth of wrongdoing, Naboth was taken outside the city and stoned to death. When Jezebel learned of Naboth’s murder, she went to her husband. “Go, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which

he refused to sell you, because Naboth is not alive, but dead,� she told Ahab. Now Ahab was very happy. He left his palace to go and claim Naboth’s land for himself. „ Read more about it: 1 Kings 21

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The last of God’s Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:17) warns us that we should not covet our neighbours’ possessions. But what does “covetâ€? mean? The Catechism of the Catholic Church, which helps us understand the Bible, says to covet is to want things in an unhealthy, unreasonable and sinful way. Both the Bible and the catechism warn against being greedy. We are not supposed to love things more than we love God. Each book also says we should not be envious of our neighbours. We are not supposed to be sad and jealous when our neighbours have more things than we do. Those bad feelings could lead us to sin against our neighbours by trying to take their things in unjust ways, like stealing or murdering. Instead, we are supposed to be happy that our neighbours have had good fortune. There also are certain things belonging to our neighbours that we are forbidden to want, or that we should not want because our neighbours refuse to part with them. According to Exodus 20:17, these things include our neighERXUVÂś VSRXVHV ÂżHOGV KRXVHV VHUYDQWV DQG IDUP DQLPDOV In Matthew 22:34-40, Jesus said the greatest commandments are to love God and love our neighbours as ourselves. Doing this will help us not to covet our neighbours’ belongings. „

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Caritas joins govt in aiding cyclone victims DHAKA – Caritas is working with

Bangladesh authorities in offering aid to tens of thousands of people left homeless by Cyclone Roanu. The cyclone, packing winds up to 88 km/h, caused a tidal surge along the Bangladesh coast on May 21, leaving at least 26 people dead. The government had ordered the evacuation of about 2 million people in 19 coastal districts. However, many believed the storm was weakening after striking Sri Lanka a few days earlier and refused to leave their homes. &DULWDV ¿HOG RI¿FHUV DQG YROunteers took part in a cyclone warning campaign and in evacuating thousands of people to 246 Caritas-run cyclone shelters in coastal districts. The government runs more than 4,000 cyclone shelters in coastal areas for an estimated 20 million residents. Four coastal districts of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Bhola and Noakhali were worst affected with up to 100,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Two days after the storm many people remained homeless without any aid. About 10,000 people

who lost their houses in the storm are running out of food supply and many complained of not getting any aid, reports said. Caritas in Chittagong is conducting an assessment with local government authorities to determine the needs of affected people. Âł2XU ÂżHOG RIÂżFHUV DUH WU\LQJ WR determine how many people have been affected, what their needs are and what kind of support they have already received,â€? Mr James Gomes, Caritas Chittagong regional director, told ucanews. com. He said Caritas would start distributing 3,000-4,000 taka (S$50-70) to cyclone victims, as part of emergency aid, in the next couple of days. “We have submitted two situation reports to Caritas Internationalis and donors are likely to respond within 48 hours. Then, we will up aid efforts including the rehabilitation of the victims,â€? he added. Mr Muhammad Yusuf, a farmer, told local news portal Bhola News, “The storm swept away our house and we have no place to live. My family is starving and are yet to receive any aid.â€? „ UCANEWS. COM

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RCIA/RCIY A journey for those seeking to know more about the Catholic faith. Baptised Catholics are also invited to journey as sponsors. APRIL 3, 2016 TO JUNE 4, 2017 RCIA @ OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR Every Sunday at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Verbist hall (level 4). Time: 4pm-5.45pm. Registration forms are available at the secretariat or RCIA ministry. W: www.olps.sg; T: 96718216 (Christina) APRIL 6, 2016 TO JUNE 4, 2017 RCIA @ CHURCH OF THE HOLY FAMILY Every Wednesday evening from 7.30pm9.30pm. From June, every Sunday from 9am10.30am. Venue: Church of the Holy Family. 5HJLVWHU ( UFLDKRO\IDP#JPDLO FRP 7 SDULVK RIÂżFH 7

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