RE-SOURCE #2— THE WANTS OF THIS AGE in the words of Pope Francis, R.I.P. April 21, 2025
We thank you, Brother Francis, for helping us hear the call to meet the wants of this age.
“What a great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day in the many conflicts raging in different parts of our world .... I would like us to renew our hope that peace is possible! .... in Palestine, Israel, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, western Balkans, DCR, Sudan, South Sudan, Sahel, Horn of Africa ....” Urbi et Orbi, Easter 2025
“Today we are not living a change of epoch so much as an epochal change .... Our time requires us to live problems as challenges and not as obstacles .... the Lord is active & at work in our world.”
world at war
change of epoch
care of creation
“The universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely. Hence, there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face.Standing awestruck before a mountain, we cannot separate this experience from God”
May the principle of humanity never fail to be the hallmark of our daily actions. In the face of the cruelty of conflicts that involve defenceless civilians & attack schools, hospitals & humanitrian workers, we cannot allow ourselves to forget that it is not targets that are struck, but persons, each possessed of a soul & human dignity.
“Christ is risen! These words capture the whole meaning of our existence, for we were not made for death but for life .... God created us for life & wants the human family to rise again. In God’s eyes every life is precious.”
Urbi et Orbi, Easter 2025
Urbi et Orbi, Easter 2025
Laudato Si’ (233), 2015
Basilica of St. Mary Major, January 2025
The Holy Father has chosen as the theme of World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on September 1, 2025:
“Seeds of Peace and Hope” Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Human Development
who is God?
mission & spirit
who are we?
“Hands off Africa! Stop choking Africa: it is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered. May Africa be the protagonist of its own destiny! .... May Africa, the smile and hope of the world, count for more.
On this day I would like all of us to hope anew & to revive our trust in others, including those who are different from ourselves, or who come from distant lands, bringing unfamiliar customs, ways of life & ideas! For all of us are children of God!
The resurrection of Jesus is indeed the basis of our hope .... hope is no longer an illusion ..... not an evasion, but a challenge ..... does not delude but empowers us ..... All those who put their hope in God ... set out on a journey ... become pilgrims of hope, witnesses of the victory of love & of the disarmed power of Life. Urbi et Orbi, Easter 2025
Apostolic journey: DCR & South Sudan 2023
Africa rising
Urbi et Orbi, Easter 2025
global migration
signs of hope