Virtual meeting for the first International Day of Human Fraternity
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-02/pope-francis-human-fraternity-zayed-award.html
Pope calls for global brotherhood
Pope Francis hopes “we can return to singing, playing and enjoying music”
https://church.mt/vatican-cdf-says-use-of-anti-covid-vaccines-morally-acceptable/
“It is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.”
Due to the situation of the ongoing pandemic, “all vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in production of the vaccines derive.”
The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) made these statements in a note signed by the Prefect, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, and the Secretary, Archbishop Giacomo Morandi. The text was explicitly approved by Pope Francis on 17 December and released on Monday.
The CDF document, which was published as many countries are preparing to implement vaccination campaigns, authoritatively intervenes to clarify doubts and questions which have emerged from sometimes contradictory statements on the subject.
The “Note on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines” recalls three previous pronouncements on the same topic: one from the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) in 2005; the CDF Instruction Dignitas Personae in 2008; and, another note from the PAV in 2017.
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says it does not “intend to judge the safety and efficacy” of current vaccines against Covid-19, which is the responsibility of biomedical researchers and drug agencies. Rather, the CDF focuses on the moral aspects of receiving vaccines developed using cell lines from tissue obtained from two fetuses that were aborted in the 1960s.
The Instruction Dignitas Personae, approved by Pope Benedict XVI, pointed out that “there exist differing degrees of responsibility”, because “in organizations where cell lines of illicit origin are being utilized, the responsibility of those who make the decision to use them is not the same as that of those who have no voice in such a decision.”
Therefore, argues the note published on Monday in summing up the Instruction of 2008, “when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not available”, it is “morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and production process.”
The CDF says the reason for considering these vaccines morally licit is the “kind of cooperation” in the evil of abortion, which is “remote” on the part of those receiving the vaccine.
Therefore, the “moral duty to avoid such passive material cooperation is not obligatory” since there exists a grave danger, in the form of an “uncontainable spread of a serious pathological agent.”
The Covid-19 pandemic, says the CDF, fulfills this requirement.
“In such a case, all vaccinations recognized as clinically safe and effective can be used in good conscience with the certain knowledge that the use of such vaccines does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion from which the cells used in the production of the vaccines derive.”
The Congregation clarifies that “the morally licit use of these types of vaccines, in the particular conditions that make it so, does not in itself constitute a legitimation, even indirect, of the practice of abortion, and necessarily assumes the opposition to this practice by those who make use of these vaccines.” Nor should it imply a moral approval of the use of cell lines proceeding from aborted fetuses.
The CDF note calls on pharmaceutical companies and government health agencies to “produce, approve, distribute and offer ethically acceptable vaccines that do not create problems of conscience.”
At the same time, the Congregation recalls that “vaccination is not, as a rule, a moral obligation and that, therefore, it must be voluntary.”
The morality of vaccination, it notes, depends both on the duty to protect one’s own health and the pursuit of the common good. “In the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the epidemic, the common good may recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed.”
Those who for reasons of conscience reject vaccines produced with cell lines from aborted fetuses, however, must “do their utmost to avoid, by other prophylactic means and appropriate behavior, becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.”
Finally, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says it is “a moral imperative” for the pharmaceutical industry, governments, and international organizations to ensure that effective and ethically acceptable vaccines are accessible “to the poorest countries in a manner that is not costly for them.”
“The lack of access to vaccines, otherwise, would become another sign of discrimination and injustice that condemns poor countries to continue living in health, economic and social poverty.”
Source: Vatican News
9 Feb 2021 - Pope Francis pleas for “vaccines for all”
- A look at Pope Francis’ calls for a fair distribution of vaccine and the global challenges to doing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--vP9gHDRXo
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APOSTOLIC LETTER - PATRIS CORDE of the Holy Father Francis. Given in Rome, at Saint John Lateran, on 8 December, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the year 2020, the eighth of his Pontificate.
8th December 2020
APOSTOLIC LETTER
PATRIS CORDE
OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
ON THE 150th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE PROCLAMATION OF SAINT JOSEPH
AS PATRON OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
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Pope Francis proclaims “Year of St Joseph”
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-12/pope-francis-proclaims-year-of-st-joseph.html
St Joseph: the man whom Heaven trusts
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Church grants plenary indulgence for year of St. Joseph
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Il-Papa Franġisku jipproklama s-Sena Ġużeppina
https://laikosblog.org/2020/12/09/il-papa-frangisku-jipproklama-s-sena-guzeppina/
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Pope approves 7 new invocations to Litany of St. Joseph - Vatican News
The new invocations, originally in Latin, are as follows: Custos Redemptoris, Serve Christi, Minister salutis, Fulcimen in difficultatibus, Patrone exsulum, Patrone afflictorum, Patrone pauperum.
These could be translated as: Guardian of the Redeemer, Servant of Christ, Minister of salvation, Support in difficulties, Patron of exiles, Patron of the afflicted and Patron of the poor.
With these additions, the invocations in the Litany to St. Joseph now rise to 31.
A St. Mary's Minute: Updated Litany of St. Joseph (with new invocations)
Video published on 27 May 2021
https://www.laikos.org/litanija_san_guzepp_2021.pdf
Litanija ta’ San Ġużepp
Aġġornata bl-invokazzjonijiet ta’ April 2021
Mulej ħniena
Kristu
ħniena
Mulej
ħniena
Kristu
ismagħna
Kristu, ilqa’ t-talb tagħna
Missier
Etern Alla Ħenn għalina
Iben
Alla li fdejt id-dinja
Spirtu
Qaddis Alla
Trinità
Qaddisa Alla wieħed
Imqaddsa
Marija Itlob
għalina
Imqaddes
Ġużeppi
Iben
glorjuż ta’ David
Dawl
tal-Patrijarki
Għarus
tal-Verġni Omm Alla
Ħarries
tal-Feddej
Ħarries
safi tal-Verġni Marija
Int
li ħsibt għall-għajxien tal-Iben t’Alla
Int
li bi bżulitek ħarist lil Kristu
Qaddej
ta’ Kristu
Ministru
tas-salvazzjoni
Kap
tal-Familja Mqaddsa
Ġużeppi
kollok qdusija
Ġużeppi
kollok safa
Ġużeppi
kollok għaqal
Ġużeppi
kollok ubbidejnza
Ġużeppi,
qaddej l-aktar fidil
Mera
ta’ sabar
Ħabib
kbir tal-faqar
Xempju
tal-ħaddiema
Ġieħ
u żina tal-ħajja tad-dar
Ħarsien
tal-verġni
Sur
qawwi ta’ kull familja
Għajnuna
fid-diffikultajiet
Faraġ
tal-imsejknin
Tama
tal-morda
Patrun
tal-eżiljati
Patrun
tal-foqra
Patrun
tal-moribondi
Biża
tal-infern
Protettur
tal-Knisja Mqaddsa
Ħaruf
t’Alla li tneħħi d-dnubiet tad-dinja.
Aħfrilna,
nitolbuk, Mulej.
Ħaruf
t’Alla li tneħħi d-dnubiet tad-dinja.
Ismagħna,
nitolbuk, Mulej.
Ħaruf
t’Alla li tneħħi d-dnubiet tad-dinja.
Ħenn
għalina, Mulej.
Alla
qiegħdu sid fuq id-dar tiegħu.
U
ħakem fuq kulma għandu.
Nitolbu.
O Alla, li fil-providenza tiegħek tal-għaġeb għoġbok taħtar lil San Ġużepp
bħala Għarus tal-Omm Imqaddsa tiegħek, agħmel, nitolbuk, li kif qegħdin nagħtuh
ġieħ fuq l-art bħala Protettur tagħna, hekk ukoll ikun jistħoqqilna li jidħol
għalina fis-sema. Int li tgħix u ssaltan għal dejjem ta’ dejjem. Ammen.
It-Talb
fl-Aħħar
U int, maħbub San Ġużepp, nitolbuk li taċċetta dan is-sehem fqajjar tiegħi li għamilt għall-ġieħ tiegħek u nitolbok li taqlagħli mingħand Ġesù u Marija l-grazzji spiritwali u temporali li għandi bżonn. Ftakar ukoll, nitolbok, fl-agonizzanti ta’ dan il-jum. Ammen.
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Nov 2021-Feb 2022 - Catechesis on ST. JOSEPH & more - Katekeżi fuq San Ġużepp ... u iżjed
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEYDcemW6Gv-OGQ0IPbnZcbZB-PLnRFWK
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On July 24, 1893, Elizabeth, despite her young age, won first prize for piano at the Conservatory of Dijon
Elizabeth of The Trinity (1880 – 1906) is a new Carmelite Saint. She was canonized on October 16th, 2016 by Pope Francis. Through her very short life and her writing, God revealed the mystery of The Holy Trinity living in our soul. She said: “ I wish I could whisper this secret to those I love. I have found my Heaven on Earth, since Heaven is God, and God is in my soul.”
Produced at Christchurch Carmel - New Zealand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKfoxnYwgk
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http://www.ocdmonline.org/elizabetta-tat-trinita-il-qaddisa-muzicista/
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s mysticism found its source in the Mass. She writes, “When you consecrate the host where Jesus, ‘who alone is Holy,’ will be incarnate, consecrate me with Him ‘as the victim of the praise of glory’ until all my aspirations, all my movements, all my actions pay homage to the Holy One.”
https://adoremus.org/2019/11/how-to-be-the-praise-of-glory/
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http://ocarm.org/en/content/ocarm/trinitarian-prayer-elizabeth-trinity
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