{"id":16561,"date":"2016-07-21T07:01:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T07:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=16561"},"modified":"2016-07-21T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T07:01:16","slug":"message-from-pope-francis-ahead-of-visit-to-wyd-in-poland-vatican-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2016\/07\/21\/message-from-pope-francis-ahead-of-visit-to-wyd-in-poland-vatican-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from Pope Francis ahead of visit to WYD in Poland \u2013 Vatican Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Message from Pope Francis ahead of visit to WYD in Poland \u2013 Vatican Radio<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Ahead of Pope Francis\u2019 15th Apostolic Visit abroad and his first trip to Poland, \u00a0July 27-31, <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>the Pope <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>has sent a video-message to all the young people gathered in Krakow for World Youth Day and to all Polish people. During <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>his<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> trip, <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>the Pope<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> will participate in events of\u00a0the 31st WYD, like his predecessors, and will also visit Czestochowa and Auschwitz-Birkenau.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ACN has played an important role in organising and running\u00a0WYD. Full details of this event and video messages from young people all over the world are available on ACN&#8217;s dedicated\u00a0WYD\u00a0website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/LetsBeOne_EN\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/LetsBeOne_EN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Below is<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> the full text of the Pope\u2019s video message, courtesy of Vatican Radio<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Brothers and Sisters,<\/p>\n<p>The 31st World Youth Day is fast approaching. \u00a0I look forward to meeting the young people from throughout the world gathered in Krak\u00f3w and having the opportunity to meet the beloved Polish nation. \u00a0My entire visit will be inspired by Mercy during this Jubilee Year, and by the grateful and blessed memory of Saint John Paul II, who instituted the World Youth Days and was the guide of the Polish people in its recent historic journey towards freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Dear young people of Poland, I know that for some time now you have been preparing, especially with your prayers, for this great encounter in Krak\u00f3w. \u00a0I thank you heartily for everything that you have done, and for the love with which you have done it. \u00a0Even now, I embrace you and I bless you.<\/p>\n<p>Dear young people from throughout Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Oceania! \u00a0I also bless your countries, your hopes and your journey to Krak\u00f3w, praying that it will be a pilgrimage of faith and fraternity. \u00a0May the Lord Jesus grant you the grace to experience personally his words: \u201cBlessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy\u201d (Mt 5:7).<\/p>\n<p>I am very anxious to meet you and to offer the world a new sign of harmony, a mosaic of different faces, from many races, languages, peoples and cultures, but all united in the name of Jesus, who is the Face of Mercy.<\/p>\n<p>I now turn to you, dear sons and daughters of the Polish nation! \u00a0For me, it is a great gift of the Lord to visit you. \u00a0You are a nation that throughout its history has experienced so many trials, some particularly difficult, and has persevered through the power of faith, upheld by the maternal hands of the Virgin Mary. I am certain that my pilgrimage to the shrine of Czestochowa will immerse me in this proven faith and do me so much good. \u00a0I thank you for your prayers in preparation for my visit. \u00a0I thank the bishops and priests, the men and women religious, and the lay faithful, especially families, to whom I will symbolically bring the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia. \u00a0The moral and spiritual \u201chealth\u201d of a nation is seen in its families. \u00a0That is why Saint John Paul II showed such great concern for engaged couples, young married couples and families. \u00a0Continue along this road!<\/p>\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, I send you this message as a pledge of my affection. Let us keep close to one another in prayer. \u00a0I look forward to seeing you in Poland!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>[Courtesy of Vatican Radio]<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from Pope Francis ahead of visit to WYD in Poland \u2013 Vatican Radio &nbsp; Ahead of Pope Francis\u2019 15th Apostolic Visit abroad and his first trip to Poland, \u00a0July 27-31, the Pope has sent a video-message to all the young people gathered in Krakow for World Youth Day and to all Polish people. 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