{"id":20773,"date":"2017-03-16T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T07:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=20773"},"modified":"2017-03-16T07:45:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T07:45:07","slug":"vatican-confirms-papal-visit-to-columbia-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/03\/16\/vatican-confirms-papal-visit-to-columbia-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican confirms Papal visit to Columbia &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Vatican announces that <\/strong><strong>Pope Francis will visit Colombia <\/strong><strong>in <\/strong><strong>September <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican announced this week that \u201cAccepting the invitation of the President of the Republic and the Colombian bishops, His Holiness the Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Trip to Colombia from 6 to 11 September 2017.\u201d Pope Francis will make a six-day trip to four cities &#8211; Bogot\u00e1, Villavicencio, Medell\u00edn and Cartagena. This trip will be the third time Francis has visited his native South America since becoming Pope. \u00a0He first traveled to Rio de Janiero for World Youth Day and went on a second tour in July 2015, with stops in Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope\u2019s visit will take place almost a year after the government and the country&#8217;s largest rebel group, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC ) signed a major peace agreement in August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>When the deal was initially reached, the Pope praised the move, voicing his support \u201cfor the goal of attaining the peace and reconciliation of the entire Colombian people, in light of human rights and Christian values, which are at the heart of Latin American culture.\u201d Since 1964, up to 260,000 people have been killed and millions displaced in the civil war.<\/p>\n<p>However, the initial agreement was narrowly rejected in a 2 Oct referendum as many Colombians felt that it was too lenient on FARC, particularly when it came to kidnapping and drug trafficking. A revised agreement was signed on 24Nov. 24, and sent to Colombia\u2019s Congress for approval rather than being submitted to a popular vote. It was swiftly approved with some amendments including the demand that a 10 year time limit for the transitional justice system \u00a0and demands that FARC hand over assets to be used for reparations and provide information about their drug trafficking. Pope Francis had encouraged Colombia\u2019s President Juan Manuel Santos Calder\u00f3n and former president Senator \u00c1lvaro Uribe V\u00e9lez to continue working for peace when they met last December.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Fabio Suesc\u00fan Mutis, head of Colombia&#8217;s military diocese will be in charge of the preparation committee for the trip. The yellow and white logo of the proposed trip depicts Pope Francis walking next to the thematic phrase \u201cDemos el primer paso,\u201d meaning \u201cLet us take the first step.\u201d The Colombian Bishops Conference website said the Pope\u2019s visit \u201cis a moment of grace and joy to dream with the possibility of transforming our country and taking the first step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Suesc\u00fan said \u201cThe Holy Father is a missionary for reconciliation. His presence helps us to discover that yes, it&#8217;s possible to re-unite as a nation in order to learn to look at ourselves again with eyes of hope and mercy.\u201d To take the first step, Suesc\u00fan said, means \u201cto again draw near to Jesus, to meet again the love of our families, to disarm words with our neighbor and to have compassion with those who have suffered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On receiving the official confirmation of the Pope\u2019s visit, President Santos expressed his joy saying \u201cwe will receive (Francis) with open arms and hearts, as a messenger of peace and reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He observed that the Pope will only be visiting Colombia, whereas international papal trips normally include several countries. Santos said that Pope Francis \u201cgave courage and impelled\u201d the peace process in the country on several occasions, adding that \u201che is a messenger of love and faith; he&#8217;s a forger of bridges and not walls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President declared \u201cTo have the Pope with us for four days, to know that he&#8217;s traveling exclusively to give a voice of encouragement and faith to Colombians, is a privilege that fills us with gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frncis\u2019 visit, he said, is an \u201cencounter with the teachings of Jesus, the encounter among ourselves, as a society, as compatriots, as human beings and as children of God.\u201d Santos expressed his hope that the visit would help Colombians to unite around the \u201cbuilding of a more just and equitable country, with peace and more solidarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already begun to prepare and will continue to prepare so that this apostolic journey of Pope Francis in Colombia will bear the greatest of fruits of harmony and unity in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN Malta<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vatican announces that Pope Francis will visit Colombia in September &nbsp; 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