Vatican City, 25 April 2015 (VIS) -
“The canonisation of John Paul II has given a new impulse to your
work in the service of the Church and evangelisation. It has rendered
it, if possible, even more universal. And you offer a valuable
contribution to ensuring that the spiritual legacy of this Pope saint
may continue to make fertile the great field of the Church and to
support her path through history”, said the Pope this morning to
the members of the John Paul II Foundation, whom he received in
audience in the Sala Clementina of the Apostolic Palace.
Francis thanked them for their
initiatives in the educational field, recalling John Paul II's great
love for the young. “You contribute to ensuring that his charism
and his paternity continue to bear fruit”, he remarked, also
emphasising the valuable opportunities they offer to priests and
laypeople to enhance their formation, to be better prepared and to
accompany communities in facing the cultural and pastoral challenges
of our times.
“It is enough to think of one of the
key words of his teaching, 'solidarity': a word that some people
thought ought to become obsolete, but which in reality still retains
all its prophetic force”, he continued. “Therefore, it is
important that you, first of all, in your 'network' of the Circles of
Friends of the Foundation, live this solidarity among yourselves,
nurturing it continually with Christian fraternity, inspired in turn
by prayer and obedience to the Word of God”.
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