The communiqué specifies that Saturday at 20 o'clock had begun in the pope's room the celebration of the Mass of the feast of the Divine Mercy.

The Mass was presided by Mgr Stanislaw Dziwisz with the involvement of the cardinal Marian Jaworski of Mgr Stanislaw Rylko and Mgr Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki. Mr. Navarro Valls adds that to the course of the Mass the pope received the money and a new time the sacrament of the patients.

He/it underlines: "the last hours of the Holy Father have been characterized by the uninterrupted prayer of all those that helped it" and by the involvement of thousands of supporters place Saint Pierre.

At the time of the last sigh of Jean-Paul II were present his/her/its two personal secretaries, Mgr Stanislaw Dziwisz and Mgr Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki; the card. Marian Jaworski, Mgr Stanislaw Rylko and the pope's friend, the father Tadeusz Styczen, the three fervid Polish nuns of Jesus' Sacred Cœur to his/her/its service in the papal apartment of which their superior Sr. Tobiana Sobódka. The pope's personal physician, the Dr Renato Buzzonetti, attended on duty of two other physicians and two male nurses, was also present.

Immediately after happened to the card. Angelo Sodano, the camerlingue the cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, the surrogate of the Secretaryship of state Mgr Sandri and the vice-camerlingue, Mgr Paolo Sardi, then the card. Ratzinger, dean of the college cardinalice and the card. Josef Tomko. ZF05040303

Card. Ruini: "He/it didn't abandon us and we confide in his/her/its intercession"
"Special notification to the Roman people"

MENTION VATICAN, Sunday April 3, 2005 (ZENIT.org) - In a "special notification to the Roman people" the card. Camillo Ruini, priest of the pope for Rome, wanted to comfort the supporters while reminding to them that the pope didn't abandon us."

IIn his/her/its notification, the Italian cardinal was anxious to underline that it is to the first vespers of the feast of the Divine Mercy that the pope left. He/it asks that one collects itself in prayer for the one "that liked us" so much.

"Let's thank God of us to have given a pastor according to his/her/its heart, witness of Christ by his/her/its life and by the speech, that browsed with an untiring courage the path that drives the Christ to the man", he/it pursues.

The cardinal Ruini affirms: "He/it didn't abandon us and we confide in his/her/its intercession to maintain his/her/its precious inheritance of faith and love in his/her/its integrity and living in the middle of us."

He/it concludes: "That the Virgin Marie to which Jean-Paul II dedicated its whole life, the greenhouse in his/her/its maternal arms and protect the people of Rome."
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Jean-Paul II gives its blessing of Sunday of Easter in silence
In spite of a very big effort, he/it didn't succeed in speaking

MENTION VATICAN, Sunday March 27, 2005 (ZENIT.org)

-It is in silence that the pope Jean-Paul II gave his/her/its blessing "urbi and orbi" (to the city and to the world), in this Sunday of Easter, since the window of his/her/its office, in presence of several thousands of pilgrims united Place Saint Pierre. In spite of a very big effort, he/it didn't succeed in pronouncing words of the Latin formula of the blessing.

The Holy Father, that had asked for a micro, tempted to make hear his/her/its voice, in vain, repeatedly but without trying to conceal the fragility of his/her/its health state to the cameras of the 104 TV channels of 74 countries, (of which 8 to Moslem majority) that shot it.

The crowd gathered Place Saint Pierre answered the efforts despaired of the Holy Father by cordial applause, many pilgrims capable to keep their tears.

Since the tracheotomy undergone last February 24 the pope is himself as excused repeatedly in public during his/her/its brief apparitions, not to be able to pronounce his/her/its blessing, blessing the crowd of a gesture of the right hand, without hiding his/her/its sadness, then.

The pope remained at the window during close to a quarter of hour, himself exhibitor to the wind that blew this morning in Rome.

A short time before, in his/her/its Message of Easter, read in his/her/its name by the cardinal Angelo Sodano, under-secretary of Vatican, he/it had implored the Christ's presence in the Eucharist for a world bruised by the wars, the disasters, misery and the materialism.

"Peace for the earth dedicated by your blood and bathed of the blood of so many innocent victims; peace for the countries of Middle East and Africa, where so much blood also continues to be poured; peace for all the humanity, always threatened,
by the danger of fratricidal wars", said the pope in his/her/its Message.

"Give us, to us also, the strength of a generous solidarity towards the multitudes that, today again, suffer and die of misery and hunger,
who are decimated by deadly epidemics or are touched by terrifying natural disasters", he/it pursued.

"Make that the material progress of the peoples never blurs the spiritual securities that are the soul of their civilization", concluded the pope.

It is the cardinal Angelo Sodano that presided the Mass of Sunday of Easter, in presence of the supporters gathered on the gorgeously decorated Place Saint Pierre, like every year, bushes and flowers (in majority yellow and white) offered by Dutch horticulturists.

It is the first time in 26 years of pontificate that the pope was not able to addressed his/her/its message of Easter in different languages (he said generally some words in about sixty different languages).
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Communications: "Internet, new crossroads for l´annonce of l´Evangile
"Message of Jean-Paul II for the Day 2002

MENTION VATICAN, Tuesday January 22, 2002 (ZENIT.org) - has the full text in an official translation in French of the message of Jean-Paul II for the Day of the social communications 2002. The Message is in date of January 24, feast of François saint of Dirty, boss of the journalists.

- Message of Jean-Paul II -

Dear brothers and sisters,

1. To all time, l´Eglise pursues l´oeuvre begun the day of the Pentecost, when the Apostles, propelled by the power of the Holy spirit, went in the streets of Jerusalem to preach l´Evangile of Christ in numerous languages (cf. Ac 2, 5-11). With the passing of the centuries, this mission évangélisatrice extended s´est to the four corners of the earth, while Christianity deep-rooted s´est in many places and taught to speak the various languages of the world, always in obedience to the Christ's command to preach l´Evangile in every nation (cf. Mt 28, 19-20). But l´histoire of l´évangélisation n´est not merely a question geographical d´expansion, because l´Eglise should also have cleared many cultural turns, of which each required new energies and a new imagination in the proclamation of l´Evangile of Christ. The period of the big discoveries, the Renaissance and l´invention of l´imprimerie, the industrial Revolution and the birth of the modern world: it was also the historic passages that required new shapes d´évangélisation. Now, whereas the revolution concerning communication and d´information is in full swing, l´ Church is undoubtedly facing a new decisive departure. He/it is therefore appropriate qu´en this world Day of the Communications 2002, we thought on the theme: "Internet: a new crossroads for l´annonce of l´Evangile ".

2. Internet is certainly a new "forum", heard in his/her/its ancient sense Roman public d´espace where was driven the political life and the business, where were filled the religious duties, where took place most the social life and where was exposed this qu´il there has better and of worse in the human nature. Him s´ acted d´un spaces populated and loud, that reflected the surrounding culture at a time and created a new clean culture. It is just as true of the "cyberspace", that is in a way a new border that s´ouvre in the beginning of this new millennium. As all new borders of the other times, this one is also rich of dangers and promises and is marked by l´esprit d´aventure that characterized d´autres big periods of change. For l´Eglise, the new world of the "cyberspace" is an exhortation to the big adventure d´utiliser his/her/its potential to proclaim the message of l´ Gospel. This challenge is at the heart of that that means,

3. L´Eglise approaches this new medium with realism and confidence. As all others communication media, him s´agit d´un instrument, and thin non d´une in itself. Internet can offer magnificent opportunities d´évangélisation s´il is used with expertise and a precise conscience of his/her/its strengths and his/her/its weaknesses. By over all, while providing some information and while causing l´intérêt, he/it permits an initial meeting with the Christian message, in particular among the young, that turn more and more toward l´univers of the "cyberspace" as verse a window opened on the world. He/it is therefore important that the Christian community considers all means convenient d´aider those that have their first contact through Internet to go the virtual world of the "cyberspace" by the real world of the chrétienne.Par community the continuation, Internet can also provide the kind of follow-up that l´évangélisation requires. In particular in a culture that n´apporte not a big support, the Christian life requires an instruction and a catéchèse constants and it is probably the domain in which Internet can be d´une big help. Sources d´informations already exists on Internet d´innombrables, of documentation and d´éducation on l´Eglise, his/her/its history and his/her/its tradition, his/her/its doctrine and his/her/its engagement in all parts of the world. He/it is therefore clear that so Internet can never replace deep l´expérience of God that only the concrete, liturgical and sacramental life of l´Eglise can offer, it certainly provides a supplement and an unique support that prepare to the meeting with the Christ in community, and that sustains the new believer on the path of faith that s´ouvre to lui.au beginning of the millennium, to follow the command of the Lord d´"avance off-shore,: Duke in altum! " (Lc 5, 4).

Besides, Internet redefines radical way the report psychological d´une person to the time and to l´espace. L´attention is concentrated on what is tangible, useful, and immediately available; l´encouragement to deepen the thought and the reflection can miss. Yet, the human beings have a vital need of time and interior calmness to think and to examine life and his/her/its mysteries, and to acquire a d´eux-same mature domination progressively and of the world that surrounds them. The understanding and wisdom are the fruit d´un contemplative eye on the world, and don't come d´une simple accumulation of facts, whatever is their interest. They are the result d´une reflection that penetrates the deeper significance of the things the some in relation to the other and in relation to the entire reality. Besides, as forum in which practically all is acceptable and practically nothing lasts, Internet encourages a relativistic way to think and sometimes nourish the lack of responsibility and personal d´engagement.

In such a context, how can we cultivate this wisdom who doesn't come only of l´information, but of the reflection, the wisdom that consists well of the difference between the and the pain, and who sustains l´échelle of securities who derives this difference?

5. The fact qu´à Internet shortcoming, people multiply their contacts of ways inconceivable present jusqu´à opens marvelous possibilities to distribute l´ Gospel. But he/it is also true that the relations established in an electronic way can never replace the direct human contact, necessary for a real evangelism. Because l´évangélisation always depends on the personal testimony of the one that is sent to evangelize (cf. Rm 10, 14-15). How does l´ Church pass the kind of contact permitted by Internet to the deeper communication required by the Christian proclamation? How develop ourselves the first contacts and exchanges d´informations that Internet?Il doesn't permit makes no doubt that the electronic revolution includes promises of big positive discoveries for the world in way of development; but the risk qu´elle also exists aggravates the inequalities already existing while l´écart d´information and of communication s´accroît. How can we be certain that the revolution in matter d´information and communication, of which Internet is the fundamental motor, will work in favor of the internationalization of the human development and solidarity, objectives closely linked to the mission évangélisatrice of l´Eglise?

Finally, in this uneasy period, allow me to ask: how can we be certain that this marvelous instrument, conceived d´abord in the context military d´opérations, can now serve the reason of the peace? Cannot he/it encourage the culture of the dialogue, the involvement, solidarity and the reconciliation without which the peace can s´épanouir? L´Eglise thinks that yes; and to be certain that c´est well the case, she is determined to enter in this new forum, armed of l´Evangile of the Christ, the Prince of the Paix.6. Internet makes appear everywhere of the billions d´images on millions d´écrans d´ordinateurs in the world. Of this galaxy d´image and sound, the Christ's face will take out again it and the Christ's voice will it be sensible? Because this n´est that when his/her/its face will be contemplated and his/her/its sensible voice that the world will know the good news of our redemption. Such is the goal of l´évangélisation. And c´est what will make d´Internet a truly human space, because s´il n´y doesn't have any place for the Christ, it n´y doesn't have any place for l´homme. C´est why, in this world Day of the Communications, j´exhorte all l´Eglise to clear this doorstep, to take the large in the depths d´Internet, courageously to present qu´à, as in the past, the big engagement of l´Evangile and the culture can show to the world God's glory that is on the "Christ's face (2 Co 4, 6). Can the Lord to bless all those that work to this objectif.Du Vatican, January 24, 2202, feast of François saint of Dirty

Comm. social: "Internet: new crossroads for l´annonce of l´Evangile" world Day of May 12, 2002

MENTION VATICAN, Tuesday November 6, 2001 (ZENIT.org) -

"Internet: new crossroads for l´annonce of l´Evangile", under this title, l´univers d´Internet will make l´objet of the Message of Jean-Paul II for the Day of the social Communications of May 12, 2002.

"The theme chosen by the Holy Father, explain Mgr John P. Foley, president of the Council Pontifical for the social Communications, key l´une of the keys of the developments of the communication these last years, and d´un particular interest for the young." The world Day of the social Communications, recall Mgr Foley, is the only celebration promue to the world level by the council Vatican II in 1963, by the decree "Inter Mirifica." She/it is celebrated traditionally Sunday preceding the Pentecost, c´est to say, in 2002, May 12.

The theme of the message is announced to l´avance as traditionally, but it is published January 24, day of the liturgical memory of François saint of Dirty, boss of the journalists. This delay gives the time in the Episcopal conferences and to the diocesan offices to prepare the national and local demonstrations. ZF01110601

Internet, in l´absence of priests, to the service of l´annonce of the salute Of the good use of canvas MENTIONS THE VATIN... CAN, Wednesday June 6, 2001 (ZENIT.org) -

L´nternet is a means to announce the message of salute of the Christ, in social contexts where the presence of priests and of religious to not sufficient the service of l´annonce of the salute n´est, underlined Mgr John Foley in an intervention in Vienna, to l´occasion of the world Day of the social Communications of last May 27. He/it gave some indications for the "good use" of "canvas."

For l´Eglise also, said in substance the president of the papal Council for the social Communications, l´Internet can be a "means marvelous d´évangélisation and of pastoral service", in particular where the social reality is hostile to the Christians presence.

For l´archevêque clearest l´avantage brought by l´Internet is indeed, qu´il permits to clear all types of border. He/it is not sufficient d´une telephone line, d´un computer, d´un "modem", and... d´un subscription?

L´Internet makes possible the communication of l´Evangile without obstacle. "In the societies that don't permit the presence of priests, of nuns or of religious nor of missionary laymen, explained Mgr Foley, l´Internet can offer people undertaking a spiritual research, or even to simple curious, the possibility d´obtenir of the information or d´avoir an impossible inspiration to get d´une other way."

Mgr Foley gave out some reserves however on the contents some Catholic so-called sites: everything that presents itself on Internet as linked to Catholic l´Eglise, he/it explained in substance, n´est not necessarily a "really authentic, really Catholic source, really vaticane."

L´Internet also offers a possibility of dialogue and pastoral advice, continued Mgr Foley, encouraging to develop this type d´échanges. The reflections of Mgr Foley donned an accent thus directly pastoral, attached to discern advantages and disadvantages of "canvas", and to raise some thus ambiguous.

And in particular, Mgr Foley underlined qu´en no case the "confession-in-line", could not have a sacramental value. The sacrament of the reconciliation and the penitence, specified Mgr Foley, always imply "a personal meeting." The confession must be made "in l´oreille" of the priest.

Finally, Mgr Foley noted qu´à side of these extremely positive possibilities, l´Internet can be also, for example, a middle d´invasion of the private life, or of pornographic material diffusion. He/it underlined besides l´effet that on the young can have the dependence of research d´une "distraction without end." As c´est the case of all means of communications, concluded Mgr Foley, "the possibilities to make the good are more important than those to make the pain: all depends of l´usage that l´on makes to some"
.

(Attention me Denise I found the Catholic sites that propose on Internet of the written confession and the absolution put back by electronic mail, it is unhappy but there are the sites internets or priests that make fi of the recommendations of Rome to watch s.v.p. encouraged not them.)

No valid confession by Internet recalls the bishops

MENTION VATICAN, Tuesday March 22, 2005 (ZENIT.org)-The confessions by Internet are not valid; the supporter's physical presence is indispensable for the Sacrament of the Penitence, recall the Episcopal conference of Peru facing the diffusion of supposedly "cybernetic confessionals", as the agency signals it Fides vaticane.

Facing the diffusion of erroneous information on the possibility to receive the Sacrament of the Confession by a "cybernetic confessional", on Internet, and in conformity with what is specified by the code of right cannon on the clean place to receive the sacramental confessions (cannon 964, § 1), the Episcopal conference of Peru declares: "To receive the Sacrament of the Confession, he/it is indispensable, besides the inherent conditions to the Sacrament, to have the physical presence of the supporter and the demonstration of his/her/its own mistakes to the priest, in person".

Also "on no account, the complete accusation of the serious sins or a priest's absolution that are far from the penitent, are not considered like valid by the Catholic church."

The brief communiqué of the church of Peru ends by a recall of that that the papal advice declares for the social Communications, in his/her/its document "Church and Internet",: "The virtual reality cannot replace the Christ's real presence in the Eucharist, the sacramental reality of the other Sacraments, and the cult participated in the flesh within a human community. On Internet, there are not any Sacraments. And in the same way, the religious experiences that there is possible by God's grace, are insufficient if they separated of the interaction of the real world with the other supporters" (cf. n° 9)." ZF05032207

MENTION VATICAN, Tuesday June 12, 2001 (ZENIT.org) -

The Center cultural of l´ambassade of France near the Holy See, in Rome, organize a symposium on Internet June 15:

an unpublished meeting between specialists from all over the world, gathering Germans, Spaniards, Italian, French and Argentineans, to l´auditorium of the Center Saint-Louis of France.

The Pope's invitation to open up to Internet, indicate a communiqué of the cultural center, seem to arrive in fertile land: the thousands of Catholic sites exist on the network, answering all type of needs. Contrary to the reproaches that are often made to him, the Catholic church is not late in use and the development of the new technologies of communication. But to this vitality and strong preoccupations oppose this enthusiasm: the professionalism or the amateurism of sites and therefore of their content, that coasts themselves with the same easiness of access and without any discernment; the risk bound to the substitution of physical places (church, parish…) by virtual places free of access, of exit and also of engagement; the transmission of the gospel, divine speech, by mediating screen…

"New luck of communication, Internet is also an original language and disconcerting, a new culture in which the evangelical message must learn to integrate." This text belongs to

Thank you to the mind Saint for us have give the Pope Benoît XVI, his/her/its simplicity, his/her/its sense of the duty, his/her/its priest's life, of praying is going to help the church of Jesus Christ to progress in the peace and the unit, let's pray together to help it to support this big enormous responsibility that he/it is about his/its frail shoulders. + Denise

Letter to the cardinal camerlingue
Of the message of the Saint Father - 2002
LETTER IN THE CARDINAL CAMERLINGUE
Madrid, April 3, 2005
Feast of the Divine Mercy
S.E. Rvme
Eminence Eduardo Martínez Somalo
Cardinal Camerlingue
Quoted of Vatican.
Révérendissime eminence:

With my brothers and my sisters of the Secular Franciscan order and the Franciscan Youth, present in 91 countries of the world, I have the desire to communicate to Your Eminence the serene pain but deep that we feel and let's share with all the church, for the death of our dear Pope Jean Paul II, intervening in these first days of Easter, as if the Father wanted to offer him the fullness of the Peace of the Resuscitated. With all the church, we offer our confident prayer to God, Father of Mercy, so that he/it rewards his/its works and his/her/its life data.

We followed and accompanied, with a moving emotion, the testimony of acceptance, obedience and love, offered by the Saint Father before the pain and the approach of "Sœur the Death", until his/her/its last breath, tightening the Cross in his/her/its arms, and configuring itself/themselves to the Christ. Acceptance, obedience and love that mean faith, hope and total abandonment to God's intention on his/her/its life, as he/it demonstrated it to us all along his/her/its life given like "servant of "God's servants. His/her/its attitudes and his/her/its decisions reminded us, to us that are the children of François of foundation, those of the "Poverello".

The Saint Father knew well where he went and considering, as St. François had told it to us, than "him, he took his/its part", he will have heard the consolatory words of the Lord: "because you were a faithful servant, enter in the joy of your Lord". And our Pope let of side, happy, his/her/its pilgrim's worn-out sandals to take advantage of the Christ, our Passover, and it for the eternity.

Don Eduardo, us, secular Franciscans, we cannot fail to thank the Lord of the precious grant of the existence of the Pope Jean Paul II and his/her/its service infinitely in the church, while recalling how we felt especially beloved and taken in consideration by him. We will keep, as precious heritage, his/her/its magistery on our Order.

Be sure that we will maintain ourselves united in the prayer so that the mind of the Lord, of which St. François wanted to have his/her/its "holy operation" always on all things, penetrate of his/her/its breath the College cardinalice to offer to his/her/its Church a new Pope who guides it with love, wisdom and grant of oneself, while constantly inviting it and without rest, to the mission to like, to live and to announce the gospel of the hope.

Filially,

Encarnación Pozo del
General Minister OFS

OF THE MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER

To the GENERAL CHAPTER OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER - 2002

Dear Brothers and Sisters!

1. I welcome you

all with joy and I wish to each of you a cordial welcome: to all secular Franciscans and to the members of Youth Franciscan presents in the world. It is necessary to turn now toward the future and to advance in deep water: Duke in altum!

The church waits for the secular Franciscan order, one and unique, that it accomplished an important service to the reason of God's Kingdom in the world of today. It wants that your Order is a model of organic, structural and charismatic union to all levels, in order to present itself/themselves at the world like "community of love" (Rule OFS 26). The church waits for you, secular Franciscans, a testimony courageous and coherent of Christian and Franciscan life, aiming to the construction of a world more brotherly and evangelical for the realization of God's Kingdom.

2. the reflection done during this Chapter on the "vital Communion reciprocates in the Franciscan Family" incites you to hire you always more in the promotion of the meeting and the understanding, first of all within your Order, then with regard to the other brothers and sisters Franciscans and finally, with the biggest care, as holy François wished it, in the relation with the hierarchical authority of the church.

3. at the time of the meeting that I had, there are more than twenty years, September 27, 1982, with the participants to the general assembly of your international Council, I exhorted you: "Study, like, live the Rule of the secular Franciscan order, approved for you by my predecessor Paul VI. She/it constitutes an authentic treasure deposited between your hands, in agreement with the mind of the Council Vatican II and correspondent to what the church waits for you" (Insegnamenti, V/3, 1982, p. 613). I am happy to be able to address you some similar words today: study, like, also live your general Constitutions! These exhort you to accept help that, in order to accomplish the Father's will, is offered you through the mediation of the church, by those that have been constituted in her as authority, and by your colleagues.

You are called to offer your own contribution, inspired by the person and the message of François saint of foundation, to precipitate the advent of a civilization where the dignity of the human person, the co-responsibility and the love are living realities (cf. Gaudium and Spes, n. 31ss). You must deepen the real foundations of the universal fraternity and must create a mind of welcome and an atmosphere of fraternity everywhere. Hire yourselves with firmness against all shape of exploitation, discrimination and marginalization and against all attitude of indifference towards the other.

4. you, secular Franciscans, live by vocation the adherence in the church and to the society as inseparable realities. It is why one asks you first of all to testify personally in the middle in which you live: "before the men; in family's life; in work; in joy and in the sufferings; in the meeting with the men, all brothers of the same Father,; in your presence and your involvement to the social life; in the brotherly report with all creatures" (Constitutions general OFS 12.1). One won't ask you maybe to go until the martyrdom and to the effusion of blood, but one asks you definitely to reveal coherent and firm way while accomplishing the promises made at the time of the Baptism and the Confirmation, renewed and confirmed at the time of the profession in the secular Franciscan order. According to this profession, the Rule and the general Constitutions must represent, for each of you, the reference position of the daily experience, from a specific vocation and a precise identity (cf. Enactment of the general Constitutions of the OFS). If you are pushed indeed by the mind to reach the perfection of the charity in your secular state, "it would be a misinterpretation that to be content with one mediocre life, lived under the sign of an ethical minimalist and a superficial religiosity" (Novo Millennio ineunte, n. 31). It is necessary to enter with conviction into this ""high degree" of the plain Christian life", to which I invited the supporters to the term of the big Jubilee of the year 2000 (ibid.).

5. I don't want to conclude this Message without recommending you to consider your family as the primordial environment in which to live the Christian engagement and the Franciscan vocation, while letting place to the prayer, to God's Speech and to the Christian catéchèse, and as lavishing you for the respect of every life, of his/her/its conception until his/her/its death, whatever is his/her/its situation. It is necessary to make so that your families "give an example convincing of the possibility of a marriage lived fully of manner in conformity with God's intention and to the true requirements of the human person: of the person of the spouses, and especially of the one, more fragile, of the children" (Novo Millennio ineunte, n. 47).

In this context, I exhort you to take hand-held the holy Rosary that, by old tradition, be especially suitable all to be a prayer in which the family meets. The members of this one, while throwing a look truly on Jesus, also acquire a new capacity to look at himself in the face, to communicate, to live solidarity, to forgive itself/themselves mutually, to leave with a pact of love renewed by "God's mind (Rosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 41). Make it while turning your look toward the Virgin Marie, humble maid of the Lord, available to his/her/its Speech and to all his/her/its calls, Her that was surrounded by François with an unspeakable love and that was chosen as the Protector and the lawyer of the Franciscan Family. Testify him your ardent love, while imitating his/her/its availability inconditionnée and in the effusion of a confident and conscious prayer (cf. Rule OFS 9).

With these wishes, I give you whole-heartedly, dear secular Franciscans, as well as to you, members of the Franciscan Youth, a special apostolic Blessing.

To Vatican, November 22, 2002

Jean Paul II

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