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the Social Doctrine of the Church is” a particularly significant result of the long journey of the People of God in the history of modern and contemporary art, “said the Pope,” there is the defense of religious freedom, of life in all its phases, the right to work and to decent work, family, education. “

Woman at the forefront protecting human deepen role – “In the cultural crisis of our time, the woman is to be at the forefront in the battle for the preservation of the human.” The pope said Francis receiving in audience participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and remembering the study seminar on the theme “God entrusts the human being to the woman,” the twenty-fifth anniversary of the encyclical Mulieris dignitatem. “At this point we need to go deeper,” the Pope added, “off the cuff”.

Approach with tenderness to those in need of care – “When we approach with tenderness to those who are in need of care, we bring hope and a smile of God in the contradictions of the world.” The pope said in his message for Francis 22/ma World Day of the Sick, to be held on 11 February. “When the dedication and generosity towards others becomes the style of our actions – the Pope writes – make way to the Heart of Christ and we are heated, thus offering our contribution to the advent of the Kingdom of God.”

Precious opportunities the Internet, but beware “coins” – “Even among the opportunities and dangers of the network, you must ‘examine everything’, knowing that surely will find coins, illusions and dangerous traps to avoid, “said the Pope in the audience at the plenary session of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, on the theme” Proclaiming Christ in the digital age. ” “But – he added – led by the Holy Spirit, we will discover valuable opportunities to lead people to the bright face of the Lord.”

Indispensable Church presence on the web for Ad faith – “Among the possibilities offered by digital communication, the most important is the proclamation of the Gospel,” said Pope Francesco hearing at the plenary session of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, on the theme “Proclaiming Christ in the digital age.” “Of course it is not enough to acquire technological skills, while important – the Pontiff warned -. This is primarily to meet real women and men, often injured or lost, to provide their real reasons for hope.” According Better World, “the ad takes direct and authentic human relationships to result in a personal encounter with the Lord. Therefore internet is not enough, the technology is not enough.” “But this does not mean – he added – that the Church’s presence in the network is useless, on the contrary, it is essential to be present, always with evangelical style, in what for many, especially young people, has become a kind of living environment , to awaken the heart irrepressible questions about the meaning of existence, and show the way that leads to Him who is the answer, the Divine Mercy made flesh, the Lord Jesus. “

Catholics in politics, coherence Social Doctrine of the Church – “It ‘s necessary to raise awareness and training, so that the lay faithful, in all conditions, and especially those who engage in the political , are able to think according to the Gospel and the Church’s social teaching and act consistently, communicating and collaborating with those who, with intellectual honesty and sincerity, share, if not the faith, at least a similar vision of man and of society and its ethical consequences ” . So the Pope hearing delegates Institute DH.

Just “culture gap” against the unborn, the elderly, the sick – “Unfortunately, in our time, so full of so many hopes and achievements, there are powers and forces that end up producing a culture of waste; and this tends to become the common mind. ” The pope said Francesco hearing to the delegation of the Institute DH. “The victims of this culture are its most humans weak and brittle – the unborn, the poor, the elderly sick, severely disabled … – which are likely to be ‘discarded’, expelled by a gear that dev ‘ be efficient at all costs, “he said. According Better World, “this false model of man and of society implements a practical atheism by denying the fact of the Word of God that says: ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.’” For the Pope, instead, the “original dignity of every man and woman” is “irrepressible, unavailable to any power or ideology.”

To the sick, the suffering Christ in you special presence – “The Church recognizes in you, dear sick people, a special presence of the suffering Christ.” The pope said in his message for Francis 22/ma World Day of the Sick, to be held on February 11, 2014, addressed by the Pope “in a special way to the people who are sick and all those who provide their care and treatment.” In the document entitled “Faith and charity: ‘We too must give our lives for the brothers’” Bergoglio stresses that “the Son of God made man has not taken away from human disease and suffering, but, assuming it itself , has transformed and downsized. ” “Resize explains – because they no longer have the last word, but that is the new life in fullness; transformed, because in union with Christ by negative can become positive.”

Osvaldo Gianoli new director of the Pontifical Villas – Pope Francis has today appointed the new director of the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo is Osvaldo Gianoli, accountant, which takes the place of Saverio Petrillo, director of Pontifical Villas since 1986.