{"id":24401,"date":"2017-08-22T07:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=24401"},"modified":"2017-08-22T07:38:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T07:38:25","slug":"colombia-popes-visit-will-offer-encouragement-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/08\/22\/colombia-popes-visit-will-offer-encouragement-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"COLOMBIA-Pope\u2019s visit will offer encouragement -ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>C<\/strong><strong>OLOMBIA<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pope\u2019s visit will offer the people encouragement<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (ECC), Monsignor Oscar Urbina Ortega, spoke about the Pope\u2019s eagerly anticipated visit to the country on 6-11 September. He said Colombians are expecting from Pope Francis \u201ca word of encouragement for evangelization, for reconciliation and not to ever go back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After a half-century of civil war and the Peace Agreement signed in 2016, Colombia is attempting a difficult reconstruction and reconciliation. The South American country said the ECC\u2019s President is \u201cin a phase of \u2018giving birth,\u2019 namely of undergoing a new birth. I believe it is this nascent creature that the Pope must find and encourage so that it can develop well in the light of the Gospel and of his witness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ortega is the Archbishop of Villavicencio, where Pope Francis will proclaim the new blesseds on 8 September. He believes the Church has \u201cpossibilities\u201d to contribute to the country\u2019s reconstruction, \u201cbecause she has the Word of the Gospel, the word of papal teaching on all this aspect of reconciliation and peace and she has the instruments for reconciliation.\u201d He added, \u201cA person reconciled with God can reconcile himself with the other and can reconcile himself with Creation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the occasion of the 207<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of Colombia\u2019s Independence, the Archbishop of Villavicencio exhorted his fellow countrymen \u201cto take the first step towards reconciliation with God, with our brothers, and with Creation.\u201d Referring to the issue of safeguarding the environment in his country, Ortega said \u00a0\u201cThe Pope will also visit the center of Colombia, a privileged scenario to develop the whole discourse on our common home.\u201d said the head of the ECC.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBIA Pope\u2019s visit will offer the people encouragement &nbsp; The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (ECC), Monsignor Oscar Urbina Ortega, spoke about the Pope\u2019s eagerly anticipated visit to the country on 6-11 September. 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