The Pope: Saint Alphonsus, a teacher of mercy for the evangelization of the least
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The Pope: Saint Alphonsus, a teacher of mercy for the evangelization of the least
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FILE: Pope Francis greets staff and students of the Alphonsian Academy in Rome, telling them that moral theology must get its “hands dirty” with concrete issues. (Photo: Vatican News/Facebook)
MANILA – Pope Francis urged everyone to work hard to achieve peace, saying human strength alone is not enough for it to be achieved.
“May the Virgin Mary, who gave birth to the Prince of Peace, and cuddled him with such tenderness in her arms, obtain for us from heaven the precious gift of peace, which cannot be fully pursued with human strength alone,” he said in his New Year’s Day message from the Vatican on Friday (Manila time).
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa (Photo by Stéphane Ouzounoff/Ciric).
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the latest addition to Pope Francis s privy council of chief advisors, is one of the leading Catholic voices on the African continent.
The 60-year-old Capuchin Franciscan has been head of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for just over two years. But he s no stranger to Church leadership positions.
A moral theologian with a doctorate from the prestigious Alphonsian Academy in Rome ( Alphonsianum ), he headed his Capuchin Order s vice-province in DRC and was president of the National Assembly of Major Superiors before being named bishop in 2004.