Vatican City, 2 May 2014 (VIS) –
Today at midday, in the Vatican's Sala Clementina, the Pope received
two hundred members of the “Papal Foundation” during its annual
visit to Rome. The “Papal Foundation” is an American Catholic
association founded in Philadelphia, U.S.A. in 1990 by the late
Cardinal John Krol, which provides funds to meet the needs of the
Church throughout the world.
The Bishop of Rome thanked the
Foundation for the help it offers the Church in developing countries
by supporting educational, charitable and apostolic projects, and
also for the scholarships it makes available to laity, priests and
religious for study in Rome. “In this way, you help to ensure the
training of a new generation of leaders whose minds and hearts are
shaped by the truth of the Gospel, the wisdom of Catholic social
teaching and a profound sense of communion with the universal Church
in her service to the entire human family”.
He concluded by mentioning the
momentousness of these days marked by the canonisation of John XXIII
and John Paul II, and assured the members of the Papal Foundation of
his prayers that they may “be confirmed in the grace of your
Baptism and in your commitment to be missionary disciples filled with
the joy born of a personal encounter with the Risen Jesus”.
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