Franco Pisano

“They claim theirs is the only true Christianity is what they are linked to, often identified with certain forms of the past, and that the solution to today's crises is to return to these so as not to lose the authenticity of the faith”. “They start with stories and then end up discrediting the parish priest, the bishop. It is the path of the evil one, of these people who divide, because they do not know how to build ”.

Francis released a message for the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. Young people can carry forward seniors’ dreams of justice, peace and solidarity. Plenary indulgence will be granted to the faithful who on that Day "devote adequate time to actually or virtually visit[. . .] their elderly brothers and sisters in need or in difficulty.”

Leader of Vanuatu's Christian Council and president of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association, Pastor Nafuki campaigned for years for the Indonesia-controlled region of Papua to become independent.

Meeting the permanent deacons of Rome, Francis defines their mission and mandate. Not "half priests", nor "luxury altar boys", but people dedicated "to the service" of the people of God, "open" and "docile", but humble, "good spouses and good fathers and even good grandparents".

The new rules ban posts posts that violate the law and “affect the interests of the state”. Social media users are urged to create accounts using their real identities and share information from official sources. Providers are required to remove content when requested by the authorities.

The pontiff released a video message on the occasion of a meeting of the International Labour organisation. He bemoans the “excessive fixations on profits, isolation and nationalism, blind consumerism and denial of the clear evidence of discrimination against our ‘dispensable’ brothers and sisters”. Francis defends the right of workers to form unions and urges protection for women.

The priestly prayer of Jesus was the theme of the last catechesis for the general audience dedicated to prayer. “Even in the most painful of our sufferings, we are never alone”. “This seems to me the most beautiful thing to remember, concluding this cycle of catechesis dedicated to the theme of prayer.”

After four years, the “Share the journey” campaign ends next Sunday. For Cardinal Tagle, the “movement towards forced migrants, victims of poverty and social injustice can be a missionary movement and evangelisation in many parts of Europe, the Middle East and Asia.”

In the message for the V World Day of the Poor, Francis writes of the need to "share" with the poor so as to give rise to the principal of a “development processes in which the abilities of all are valued". "If the poor are marginalized, as if they were to blame for their condition, then the very concept of democracy is jeopardized and every social policy will prove bankrupt."

The Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life issued a decree, approved in “forma specifica” by Pope Francis, that places 10-year limit on the leaders of the governing bodies of international associations. An explanatory note explains that “not infrequently the lack of limits to the mandates of government favours, in those called to govern, forms of appropriation of the charisma, personalism, and centralisation of functions”.

In a letter, Francis writes that he shares the cardinal's views on the Church’s attitude towards abuses, but today “We are asked to reform, which — in this case — does not consist in words but in attitudes that have the courage to face the crisis, to assume reality whatever the consequences may be.”

Praying ceaselessly throughout the day, even while working or carrying out the many commitments of daily life is what is called "the prayer of the heart" which consists in repeating with faith: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner! ".