{"id":30349,"date":"2018-08-21T07:21:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T07:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=30349"},"modified":"2018-08-21T07:23:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T07:23:14","slug":"pakistan-a-call-to-pray-and-serve-my-people-cardinal-coutts-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/08\/21\/pakistan-a-call-to-pray-and-serve-my-people-cardinal-coutts-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"PAKISTAN: &#8220;A call to pray and serve my people\u201d \u00a0&#8211; Cardinal Coutts ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;A call to pray and serve my people\u201d &#8211; Cardinal Coutts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On his return to Pakistan after being created cardinal in Rome, Cardinal Joseph Coutts commented: <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I am not chosen because I am the most capable. This is God&#8217;s plan for me: serving him close to the Holy Father. It is a responsibility and a call to pray and serve more. My elevation to Cardinal is an honour for the Church and for Pakistan, so I urge all the faithful to support me with prayer so that I can fulfil the responsibilities assigned to me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Coutts plans to visit all the parishes of his diocese and says that being appointed Cardinal \u201cwill mean doing more for my people and for the universal Church.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Messages of congratulations continue to arrive from civil and religious leaders, lay groups, political leaders, government officials and NGO personnel many of whom have visited the Cardinal to wish him well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Cardinal was greeted by a festive reception upon his arrival from Rome, with over 200 motorbikes escorting him from the airport to Saint Patrick Cathedral in Karachi. The faithful lined the route dressed in their traditional clothes holding garlands and bouquets of flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cardinal Coutts told a crowd of over 5,000 gathered in Saint Patrick Cathedral where he concelebrated the Mass of thanksgiving for his creation to Cardinal with all the Catholic Bishops in Pakistan\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I am happy with the messages and visits I receive from all over the country not only from Christians but from many non-Christian groups. It is a moment of joy but at the same time, it is a great responsibility for me. I invite all the faithful to support me with prayer.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAKISTAN &#8220;A call to pray and serve my people\u201d &#8211; Cardinal Coutts &nbsp; On his return to Pakistan after being created cardinal in Rome, Cardinal Joseph Coutts commented: &#8220;I am not chosen because I am the most capable. This is God&#8217;s plan for me: serving him close to the Holy Father. 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