A crucial year begins for the Holy Father, who will celebrate his fifth year as pope in March. <\/p>\n
In the coming months, apart from the surprises, he will need a big energy boost to face these five looming issues. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
WORLD PEACE<\/strong><\/p>\n The pope is worried about the increase in worldwide tension, especially in Korea and the Middle East. <\/p>\n Without a doubt, Pope Francis will have to make an extra effort to propose solutions, build bridges and avoid conflicts. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n PAPAL TRIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n In January, the pope will travel to Chile and Peru; and in August, to Ireland, where he will not have it easy. The Catholic Church there finds itself plagued by a string of abuse scandals.<\/p>\n In addition, Pope Francis may travel to the Baltic countries and India this year. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n SYNOD ON YOUTH<\/strong><\/p>\n In October, bishops from around the world met at the Vatican to search for ways to help young people practice the faith. <\/p>\n To develop a plan, bishops in Rome and throughout the globe are gathering opinions from thousands of people, whether Catholic or not. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n CURIA REFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2018, the pope could finish the new constitution on Vatican Curia reform, which he has been working on since the first months of his papacy. <\/p>\n The reorganization intends to make the structure more simple and allow the voices of those far from Rome to be heard. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n BENEDICT XVI'S HEALTH<\/strong><\/p>\n February 11 marks five years since the announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who will turn 91 in April. <\/p>\n Despite being reasonably healthy and continuingto welcome daily visitors, he appears frail in photos from recent months. <\/p>\n Thus, his health will continue to be a topic in the news and one that causes rumors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 1, 2018. The increasing tension will prompt a larger role for Pope Francis on the world stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jPalmPo03l0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bretosdelpapaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bretosdelpapaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49873"}],"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=49873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}