On behalf of the Pontifical Mission Societies, I join with the entire Church and the world to welcome our new Holy Father, Pope Francis I, chosen as the Successor of Peter, first missionary of the Church. The Keys of St. Peter have been entrusted to our new Holy Father, whom I had the privilege of meeting in 2010. Being in his presence, you know you are close to the Lord.
We pledge our allegiance and our fidelity to Pope Francis and encourage our entire mission family to gather around Him as around the Lord. We are renewed again in our faith in the bark of Peter, the Church. In unity with Pope Francis, we pledge our commitment to bring God’s liberating message of salvation to the ends of the earth, preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ to the poor and the lonely, the lost and frightened.
God Bless the Pope and long live the Pope!
Father Andrew Small, OMI
National Director, Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States
En nombre de las Obras Misionales Pontificias, me uno a toda la Iglesia y el mundo en darle la bienvenida a nuestro nuevo Santo Padre, Papa Francisco, elegido como el sucesor de Pedro, el misionero primario de la Iglesia. Las llaves de San Pedro han sido encomendadas a nuestro nuevo Santo Padre, el quien he tenido el privilegio de conocer en el 2010. Estar en su presencia, es saber que estas cerca del Señor.
Comprometemos nuestra lealtad y nuestra fidelidad al Papa Francisco y animamos a toda nuestra familia misionera a reunirse a su alrededor a medida que nos reunimos en torno al Señor. Nos renovamos una vez más en nuestra fe en la barca de Pedro, la Iglesia. En unidad con Papa Francisco, nos comprometemos a llevar el mensaje liberador de salvación de Dios hasta los confines de la tierra, predicando las Buena Nueva de Jesucristo a los pobres y los solitarios, los perdidos y asustados.
¡Dios bendiga al Papa y que viva el Papa!
Padre Andrew Small, OMI
Director Nacional de las Obras Misionales Pontificias en los Estados Unidos
The Pontifical Mission Societies include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Holy Childhood Association, the Society of St. Peter Apostle, and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. These Societies promote a prayerful missionary spirit among baptized Catholics and to gather a fund of support for the evangelizing and pastoral programs of more than 1,150 local churches of the Developing World.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
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