9/3/13

PROCLAMATION FROM OUR POPE



PROCLAMATION FROM  POPE FRANCIS

TO THIS END, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I HAVE DECIDED TO PROCLAIM FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH ON                                7 SEPTEMBER
THE VIGIL OF THE BIRTH OF MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE,
A DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER FOR PEACE
IN SYRIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND I ALSO INVITE EACH PERSON, INCLUDING OUR FELLOW CHRISTIANS, FOLLOWERS OF OTHER RELIGIONS AND ALL MEN OF GOOD WILL, TO PARTICIPATE, IN WHATEVER WAY THEY CAN, IN THIS INITIATIVE.
ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, IN SAINT PETER’S SQUARE, HERE, FROM 19:00 UNTIL 24:00, WE WILL GATHER IN PRAYER AND IN A SPIRIT OF PENANCE, INVOKING GOD’S GREAT GIFT OF PEACE UPON THE BELOVED NATION OF SYRIA AND UPON EACH SITUATION OF CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE AROUND THE WORLD. HUMANITY NEEDS TO SEE THESE GESTURES OF PEACE AND TO HEAR WORDS OF HOPE AND PEACE! I ASK ALL THE LOCAL CHURCHES, IN ADDITION TO FASTING, THAT THEY GATHER TO PRAY FOR THIS INTENTION.

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