After his trip to Ireland, the pope has returned to celebrate the General Audience. This time on St. Peter's square after the intense heat in Rome has begun to cool down.<\/p>\n
Pope Francis commented on his trip to Ireland for the Ninth World Meeting of Families. He was moved by the testimonies \u201cgiven by families living in vastly different situations\u201d and on his call to authorities to support families in \u201cessential role in society.\u201d Stressing the importance for families as well to pass down the faith through \u201cdaily dialogue of grandparents, parents and children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pope Francis also commented on the sexual abuse committed by members of the Church and how it brought sadness to his visit in Ireland. Begging \u201cforgiveness for these crimes\u201d and to encourage efforts made to \u201censure that they are not repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n
SUMMARY OF PAPAL CATECHESIS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear brothers and sisters:<\/p>\n This past weekend I travelled to Ireland for the Ninth World Meeting of Families, whose theme was The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World. Husbands, wives and children from throughout the world came together to witness to God\u2019s loving plan for marriage and family life. I was moved by the testimonies of faith, love, reconciliation and solidarity given by families living in vastly different situations. <\/p>\n In my address to the authorities, I spoke of the need to support families in their essential role in society, while in my meetings in the Cathedral and at the great Vigil in Phoenix Park, I stressed the importance of cultivating God\u2019s gift of love and passing on the faith, as it were, \u201caround the family table\u201d in the daily dialogue of grandparents, parents and children. <\/p>\n At Knock Shrine, I commended all families to Our Lady and offered a warm greeting to the people of Northern Ireland. Sadly, the joy of my Visit was clouded by the recognition of the suffering caused by the abuse of minors and young people by some members of the Church. <\/p>\n I begged forgiveness for these crimes and encouraged the efforts made to ensure that they are not repeated. As we look forward to the next World Meeting of Families, to be held in Rome in 2021, let us pray that families everywhere will grow in faith, love and missionary zeal, and truly became, as they are meant to be, \u201cjoy for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 29, 2018. Pope Francis talks about his trip to the Ninth World Meeting of Families in Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sa7St8WPHtg","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza2908eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza2908int.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}