Pope sends video message to Church in Peru
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| Lima cathedral.- REUTERS |
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video message to
Catholics in Peru, ahead of his planned pastoral visit there next
January. The short video message was published on the website of the archdiocese of Lima by
Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne.
In the message Pope Francis talks about the wealth of human
resources that characterize the past and present of the Church in the South
American nation. Peru has many great saints, he says, who have contributed to
the building up of the Church, helping it to move from fragmentation to unity.
Saints work for unity
A saint, the pope continues, is someone who always work to
create unity, just as Jesus did, and a saint must always follow in his
footsteps.
In the video the pope invites all Peruvians to follow on
this path and to work for unity, looking to the future with hope, rather than
with bitterness or skepticism. A Christian always looks ahead with hope, he
concludes, because he or she always hopes to see the realization of what the
Lord has promised.
Pope to visit Chile and Peru
Pope Francis is scheduled to travel to Chile and Peru from
January 15th to 21st, visiting the Peruvian cities of Puerto Maldonado and
Trujillo, as well as the capital Lima.
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