Vatican City, 7 May 2014 (VIS) – At
the end of today's general audience, in the greetings in different
languages, the Pope addressed in German the relatives and friends of
the new Swiss Guards who yesterday swore their allegiance and assured
them that “the Holy Spirit will drive out all fear”. He went on
to speak about the World Youth Day to be celebrated in Poland in
2016. “Let us begin our path towards the meeting in Poland”, he
said; “Let us walk together, united in love and prayer, following
St. John Paul II's invitation to be always young in the Holy Spirit”.
In Italian, he greeted the Red Cross
volunteers who are celebrating 150 years since the foundation of
this organisation; the families of the young people of the San
Patrignano House, to whom he confirmed his support “against any
type of drug abuse”, and the Italian Confcommercio Ascom Group from
Padua, to whom he gave encouragement in this moment of economic
difficulty.
The Pontiff also invited pilgrims to
visit the tombs of the apostles so that “there might grow the
Paschal joy of the Resurrection, which is also made manifest in
certain charitable works”.Tomorrow, Thursday, the Church will
recite the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii, the Blessed Virgin
Mary of the Holy Rosary, and Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro
Parolin will be present. Therefore, he urged the faithful to invoke
Mary's intercession “so that the Lord may grant mercy and peace to
the Church and to all the world”, and encouraged them to take
special care to pray the rosary during this month of May.
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