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Pope Francis exemplifies faith, humility, charity

Dear Friends in Christ, of Faith. Two weeks ago, he spoke about the meaning of In this supplement in Today’s Catholic, our diocese Christ’s resurrection for us and for our salvation. He said honors our new Holy Father, . We thank God something that is very fundamental for us and for the life of for the gift of another holy Pope, a shepherd who exempli- the in the world today: “Christianity is not simply a fies the virtues of faith, humility, and charity. His election matter of following commandments; it is about living a new brought joy to the Church in Latin America life, being in Christ, thinking and acting like Christ, and and throughout the world. being transformed by the love of Christ!” I have been following the news about Our new Holy Father is encouraging us to nourish our Pope Francis since his election and reading new life in Christ by listening attentively to God’s Word, his homilies and audience talks. His evan- by prayer, and by sharing in the sacraments, especially gelical simplicity is evident. He is calling the Penance and the Eucharist. He said: “God must be the Church to reject “spiritual worldliness,” not center of our lives! By our daily witness to the freedom, to be self-centered. As of Buenos joy and hope born of Christ’s victory over sin and death, Aires, he lived what he preached and showed we also offer a precious service to our world, helping our a special love for the poor and the outcast. brothers and sisters to lift their gaze heavenward, to the In a diocese with over 3 million people, he God of our salvation.” encouraged his to show mercy and Let us listen to the teaching of Pope Francis and his call apostolic courage. He led evangelization to witness daily to the love of Christ. Like Blessed John efforts addressed to every inhabitant of the Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, he is committed to the task city. of the new evangelization. He is calling us to have greater The Archbishop of is now courage in witnessing to our faith in the Risen Christ. the of , the Pastor of the uni- Let us pray for Pope Francis and for the Church. May versal Church. We have already seen in the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Church, watch these first six weeks of his pontificate that he over us and help us to walk in faith and charity! intends to lead the universal Church as he led the Church in Buenos Aires, with simplicity, conviction, Sincerely yours in Christ, and pastoral charity. In his General Audiences, Pope Francis is continuing Pope Benedict’s catechesis on the Creed during this Year

Pope Francis teaches detachment from The Jewish community in Indiana material goods, humble Christian service welcomes Pope Francis March 20, 2013 The Jewish community wishes to express our warmest BY FATHER MARK GURTNER spread more fully to the world. will change Catholic teaching on Also, many expect that Pope things like contraception, same- sentiments on the election of Pope Francis and this historic Francis will take on a reform of sex marriage, etc., but those who milestone in the during a time of such great ope Francis has already the . The Roman engage in such speculation show global change. The Pope’s choice of St. Francis of Assisi as given all of us, especially Curia is the set of offices at the that they do not understand the his namesake reminds us all of the great legacy of interfaith clerics, a great example of Vatican — congregations, coun- nature of the Church nor the peacemaking and dialogue, as well as our collective and Pliving the Christian life. By avoid- cils and tribunals — which assist nature of true reform. The pope abiding commitment to lifting up the least among us. ing ostentation of life, he is teach- the Holy Father in his Petrine cannot change God’s law, and true We are heartened by Pope Francis’ legacy of closeness ing us to be detached from mate- ministry. Many say that the Curia reform comes only from follow- with the Jewish community, expressed by his profound rial goods, humble in Christian in various parts has been plagued ing the law of God more faithfully statement of solidarity with the Jewish people in the after- service, and considerate first and in recent years by financial mis- so that Christ’s life and love can math of the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Center in Buenos foremost of the poor, the needy, management, mismanagement flourish in the Church more fully. Aires that killed 85 people. And we are deeply moved by the the forgotten and the marginal- in general, inefficiency and a In the combination of the papa- Pope Francis sent to the Chief Rabbi of Rome, in ized. self-referential mode of working. cies of Blessed John Paul II and which he stated: Many say that he is a reform Evidence of this is the so-called Benedict XVI, many say that the “I strongly hope to be able to contribute to the prog- pope, and he is already showing Vatileaks scandal and the financial Church and the world have been ress of the relations that have existed between Jews and us with his life that reform of the questions, which recently caused a given the greatest teaching duo Catholics since Vatican Council II in a spirit of renewed Church begins with reforming our European banking oversight body in history, and now it seems that collaboration and in service of a world that may always be own hearts and lives. His taking to declare that the Vatican bank God has given us a pope who will more in harmony with the Creator’s will.” of the name “Francis” after St. failed to meet certain standards. show us how to put that teaching The Jewish community in Indiana is filled with hope that Francis of Assisi is surely a sign Further, in January, the central into action in a most visible and our cherished friendship with the Catholic community will of this. Italian bank refused to continue to concrete way. continue to broaden and deepen. We offer our blessings and Pope Francis seems to have facilitate the use of credit cards in look forward to continuing our work together in the pursuit given a clue to a part of his out- Vatican City because of a claimed of just policies for those Hoosiers most in need through our look for his papal ministry. He has lack of financial oversight within Father Mark Gurtner shared and sacred task that Jewish tradition calls Tikkun is the judicial Olam, the repair of the world. continually referred to himself by the Vatican. Thus, it is expected vicar for the Diocese of Fort the title of “Bishop of Rome.” It that Pope Francis will engage Wayne-South Bend, and pastor of Todd Maurer, seems that he intends to take his in the process of reforming the Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic role as Bishop of Rome most seri- Roman Curia to address these and Church, Fort Wayne. He is an Jewish Community Relations Council President ously, most likely indicating his many other problems. adjunct assistant professional Lindsey Mintz, desire first and foremost to evan- Of course some in the specialist for the Department of Jewish Community Relations Council Executive Director gelize the city of Rome and from have offered grand speculation Theology, University of Notre there to allow the Gospel to be that this so-called reform pope Dame. April 28, 2013 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS 3 ‘With mercy chosen’: Pope Francis

to Confession, he encountered had studied. In 1986, he went to to the poor and his emphasis on BY MATT BUNSON an overwhelming sense of God’s Germany to complete his doctor- humility and pastoral service were loving mercy. It was a moment he ate, and on his return to not going to end with his new he election of Pope Francis never forgot, so much so that he continued to teach and serve as a office. He chose to live in a simple as successor to Pope commemorated it in his episcopal spiritual director and confessor for apartment next to the cathedral, Benedict XVI on March 13 coat-of-arms when he first became the Society of Jesus in Córdoba. fixed his own meals, used the Twas thoroughly unanticipated, but a bishop in 1992 with the motto, He also was well-known in the bus and subway to travel around as the new pontiff has settled into “miserando atque eligendo” (“with order for his expertise in Ignatian the city and above all became a the Petrine ministry, the wisdom mercy chosen,” taken from the Spirituality, developed by St. beloved figure in Buenos Aires’ of the in their Venerable Bede’s Homily 21, on Ignatius Loyola, founder of the slums, the “villas miserias” (“vil- choice has become clear. the call of St. Matthew by Christ). Society of Jesus. las of misery”). But he has also The pontiff is striking in his Desiring to serve and possibly Expecting to spend his life as a challenged Catholics everywhere intense pastoral and his abun- be a missionary, and seeking to scholar, he was thus surprised by to follow his example. As he said dant love for the poor, the vulner- emulate St. Ignatius Loyola, he the news that on May 20, 1992, he in 2004 of washing and kissing the able and the defenseless. These entered the Society of Jesus, the been appointed by Pope Blessed feet of cancer patients, “This ges- early aspects of his papacy reflect, Jesuits, in 1958 and so began the John Paul II as an auxiliary bishop ture is an invitation to the heart of however, his abiding concerns traditionally long period of forma- of Buenos Aires and the titular every Christian, because we never when he was a , a bishop and tion. He studied in Chile and in bishop of Auca. Father Bergoglio lose if we imitate Jesus, if we … Archbishop of Buenos Aires and various schools in Argentina and was ordained a bishop on June serve our suffering brothers.” Cardinal. was ordained to the priesthood on 27, 1992. Five years later, he was The future pope, however, The future Pope Francis was Dec. 13, 1969. Father Bergoglio While falsely accused of col- named coadjutor archbishop of made clear our love for the forgot- born Jorge Mario Bergoglio was took his final vows on April 22, laborating with the military junta, Buenos Aires, with the right of ten and the sick must be accompa- born Dec. 17, 1936, in the work- 1973, and was named provincial Bergoglio in fact risked his own succession to the see. nied by our defense of human dig- ing class Flores neighborhood of of Argentina that same year. life to free several arrested Jesuits Cardinal Quarracino died nity, of natural law and the sanc- Buenos Aires, Argentina, one of His time as provincial from and to help others escape the the next year, and Archbishop tity of marriage and life. For that five children in a family of Italian 1973 to 1979 came at a challeng- country. Democracy was finally Bergoglio acceded to the see on reason, he was also a prophetic immigrants. Raised in a happy and ing time for the Church in the established in Argentina only in Feb. 28, 1998. Pope John Paul voice in Latin America in defense devoutly Catholic family, young country as Argentina fell once 1983 after the regime’s failed war II appointed him to the College of the culture of life and authentic Bergoglio initially wanted to pur- again into a military dictator- against Great Britain over the of Cardinals Feb. 21, 2001, with Catholic social doctrine. Once th sue a career in chemistry and is ship and endured from 1976 until Falkland Islands the year before. the in Rome of St. elected the 265 Successor to St. said to have expressed hopes of 1983 the so-called “Guerra Sucia” In 2000, acknowledging the Robert Bellarmine, one of the Peter, Pope Francis has used both being married. As a young man he (“Dirty War”), an era of brutal failings of some Church leaders in greatest Jesuit saints. Upon learn- word and gesture to announce that was fond of the tango, Argentina’s oppression and violence during the Dirty War, Bergoglio by then ing that he had been named a car- these too will be his priorities. beloved traditional dance, and he which the regime killed between the archbishop of Buenos Aires, dinal, Bishop Bergoglio issued a has never lost his love for the San 13,000 and 30,000 citizens. called on the Church in Argentina letter asking the faithful of Buenos Lorenzo de Almagro soccer club Many thousands of those arrested to offer public penance for the Aires not to go to Rome for the of Buenos Aires. became part of the “disappeared failings of the past. consistory but instead to use the Still, as early as 12 years old, ones” (the “Desaparecidos”), who Completing his difficult tenure money to feed the poor. He did the Dr. Matthew Bunson, D.Min., is the he was already discerning a call to were taken and never seen again. as provincial, Father Bergoglio same thing when he was elected author of the newly released the priesthood. Decisive in his pro- As provincial, Father Bergoglio settled back into teaching and a pope. biography, “Pope Francis,” Our cess of discernment was an event worked to keep his priests safe and quiet life in academia. In 1980, From the start of his time as Sunday Visitor. He is a Church that took place on Sept. 21, 1953, to try and free several who were he was named rector of the archbishop, Bergoglio made it historian and host of a program when he was 17 years old. Going arrested by the regime. seminary in San Miguel, where he clear that his lifelong commitment on local Redeemer . Homebody, soccer fan, tango-lover — papal pastimes revealed

BY CAROL GLATZ However, he said, “I always try The pope recalled that even the movies. forgiveness because nobody has to avoid traveling ... because I’m though Borges was an agnostic, • Favorite painting: “The White the right to behave like this.” a homebody” and got homesick “he’d recite the ‘Our Father’ Crucifixion” by Marc Chagall. • Typical reaction to unexpected VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here easily. every evening because he had The scene “isn’t cruel, rather it’s announcements: He freezes. When are a few of Pope Francis’ favor- • Favorite way to stay informed: promised his mother he would, full of hope. It shows pain full Pope Francis was elected pope ite things, which he revealed in a Newspapers. He said he turned on and died with a sense of ‘reli- of serenity. I think it’s one of the and appeared at the central bal- series of interviews granted while the radio only to listen to classical gious comfort.’” most beautiful things Chagall cony, many noticed he looked he was archbishop of Buenos music. He had thought he’d prob- • Favorite music: “Leonore” ever painted.” rather stiff. Turns out that’s how Aires. ably start using the like Overture No. 3 by Ludwig van • Favorite person: His grand- he reacted when he was named The interviews are in the book, his predecessor, the late-Cardinal Beethoven conducted by the late- mother Rosa, who helped raise auxiliary bishop in 1992 and “Pope Francis: Conversations Juan Carlos Aramburu of Buenos Wilhelm Furtwangler, “who, in him when he was little, taught how he reacts “to anything unex- with Jorge Bergoglio” by Sergio Aires, did — “when he retired at my opinion, is the best conductor him his first words of Italian and pected, good or bad, it’s like I’m Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti, 75.” of some of (Beethoven’s) sym- passed on her deep religious sen- paralyzed,” he said. which was originally published in • Favorite mode of transport as car- phonies and works by Wagner.” sibility. • Things he would rescue in event 2010 under the title “El Jesuita” dinal archbishop of Buenos Aires: The • Favorite dance style: tango, • Favorite saint he turns to in time of a fire: His breviary and appoint- (“The Jesuit”). It is not yet avail- subway, which he would always which he said he loves “very of need: St. Therese of Lisieux. He ment book, which also contains able in English. take to get around “because it’s fast; much. It’s something that comes • Favorite sports: kept a photo of her on his library all of his contacts, addresses and When he was but if I can, I prefer the bus because from within.” He said he danced shelf with a vase of white roses in numbers. “It would be young, the future pope played that way I can look outside.” the tango when he was young front of it. “When I have a prob- a real disaster to lose them.” basketball, but he loved going • Favorite pastime: As a boy, he “even though I preferred the lem I ask the saint, not to solve “I’m very attached to my bre- to the stadium to watch soccer liked to collect stamps. Today, “I milonga,” which is an older form it, but to take it in her hands and viary; it’s the first thing I open in with his whole family to see their really like reading and listening of tango with a faster rhythm. help me accept it.” the morning and the last thing I favorite team, San Lorenzo. He to music.” • Favorite movie: “Babette’s • Favorite virtue: “The virtue of close when I go to sleep.” lamented that the fan scene is not • Favorite authors and books: Feast” because it shows the trans- love, to make room for others He also keeps tucked safe what it used to be. At the worst, “I adore poetry by (Friedrich) formation of a group of people with a gentle approach. Meekness between its pages his grandmoth- “people would yell at the referee Holderlin,” a 19th-century lyric who took denial too far and didn’t entices me enormously! I always er’s letters and her last words to that he was a bum, a scoundrel, a poet; Alessandro Manzoni’s “The know what happiness was, he ask God to grant me a meek her grandkids before she died. sellout ... nothing in comparison Betrothed” (“I Promessi Sposi”), said. The sumptuous meal helps heart,” he said. She said that in times of sadness, to the epithets they use today,” which he said he has read at least free them from their fear of love, • Worst vice to avoid: trouble or loss, to look to the he said. “The sin four times; Dante Alighieri’s he said. He also likes Italian neo- that repulses me most is pride” tabernacle, “where the greatest • Favorite city: “I love where I “The Divine Comedy”; and realism films, which often con- and thinking of oneself as a big and noblest martyr is kept,” and live. I love Buenos Aires.” He anything by Fyodor Dostoevsky fronted the social, economic and shot. He said when it has hap- to Mary at the foot of the cross has traveled in Latin America and Argentine writer Jorge Luis moral consequence of World War pened to him, “I have felt great so that they may “let fall a drop and parts of Europe, including Borges. II, but added that as archbishop embarrassment and I ask God for of salve on the deepest and most Ireland “to improve my English.” he didn’t have much time to go to painful wounds.” 4 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS April 28, 2013 Sts. Ignatius and Francis of Assisi, a bond highlighted by Pope Francis

BY CINDY WOODEN how important the life, example and spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi was in the conversion of VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope their founder, St. Ignatius, and Francis is “a Jesuit’s Jesuit” who in the development of what has understands the importance of St. come to be known as Ignatian Francis of Assisi in the life of St. spirituality. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the St. Ignatius, who lived 1491- Society of Jesus, said the Jesuits’ 1556, was from a Spanish noble secretary for the promotion of the family. After being wounded in faith. battle, he began reviewing his U.S. Jesuit Father Gerald life and thinking about his future. Blaszczak told Catholic News Father Blaszczak said he saw his Service March 15 that while most choices as life and a career in the Jesuits were shocked that a Jesuit royal court or a life spent imitat- was elected pope, “any Jesuit ing St. Francis of Assisi. worth his salt” would not be sur- “For Ignatius, Francis is the prised that the pope took the name alternative to the life of the world. of St. Francis of Assisi. Francis, with his itinerant min- Pope Francis, the former istry and his intense devotion to Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of the life of Christ and his ascetical Buenos Aires, Argentina, entered lifestyle,” is the counterbalance to the Jesuit novitiate in 1958 and the worldly life in the court, the was ordained to the priesthood in Jesuit said. 1969. He had been novice master “Ignatius, as he admits him- and, from 1973 to 1979, was the self, was given to womanizing, Jesuit provincial for Argentina. gambling and feats of arms,” but Father Blaszczak said Pope at the time of his conversion, “to Francis’ training and priesthood his great surprise,” Ignatius finds as a Jesuit “tell you that he’s been himself “much more attracted, steeped in Ignatian spirituality,” much more consoled, enlivened has had “a top-notch secular edu- and given joy when he thinks cation” and that “his formation about imitating the life of St. has always put him in touch with Francis,” the founder of the real people in real-life situations,” , who died in 1226. which he then has reflected upon Father Blaszczak said in an effort to identify the ways Catholics already have a good hint God was present. of how Ignatian and Franciscan CNS PHOTO/OCTAVIO DURAN “That he chose the name spirituality might impact the way Adorning the walls of the of St. Francis of Assisi are a series of 28 frescoes painted by the famed Francis signals to us where he’s Pope Francis exercises his min- Florentine Renaissance artist Giotto. They tell the story of a man’s extraordinary journey of faith. In this fresco, from, what he’s about and what istry “in the way he engaged the St. Francis holds up the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the episcopal seat of the pontiff. It illustrates the dream of he believes the reform of the people of Rome” when he first Pope Innocent III, who moved by this vision, endorses the religious order of St. Francis and his followers. Church is going to require: It’s stepped out onto the balcony as not going to require moral muscle, their bishop and pope March 13 it’s not going to require just philo- “with great simplicity, with mini- Francis and “historically of our new had with my Latin American tion and availability to the Holy sophical analysis; it’s going to mal pomp and circumstance.” pope” when he was bishop was to Jesuit colleagues, this is a man Father, and that doesn’t change” require an engagement with the The Jesuit said he expected be closest to the poor and those on who knows his own mind. This is no matter who is pope. person of Christ,” particularly Pope Francis to continue as much the margins of society, he said. a man who is not afraid of choos- The Jesuits promise not to seek through the Scriptures, he said. as possible to live as he did while The modern papacy, however, ing and marking his own direc- high offices in the Church, which “But it’s going to be the Christ cardinal and archbishop of Buenos has included a certain style dic- tion,” he said. explains in part why there has never poor and humble.” Aires, with “simplicity and auster- tated by protocol and respect for He also said he did not think been a Jesuit pope before. However, While some people thought ity in conformity with the life of the pope. the life of the Society of Jesus Father Blaszczak said, that Jesuit maybe Pope Francis took his Ignatius and Francis, in confor- Father Blaszczak said he did would change much with a Jesuit promise is secondary to their name thinking also of the great mity with his intention to follow not think that would frustrate Pope in the Apostolic Palace, because promise to always be available for Jesuit St. Francis Xavier, Father Christ poor and humble.” Francis. “we are bound to the service of whatever mission the Church needs Blaszczak said Jesuits know just The focus of St. Ignatius, St. “From the conversations I’ve the Church through our connec- them to take on. Can’t chant, can’t speak English? Pope says it’s because he’s tone-deaf

BY CAROL GLATZ Federico Lombardi, for an explana- effectively, he said, “but it is not the German, but said the lack of prac- Francis’ pontificate. tion for some time. voice of Pope John Paul II, it’s not tice hurt his current proficiency. He did not give Easter greetings VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After The spokesman recently joked the resonant voice of an actor.” “The one language that always in dozens of languages March 31 a musically proficient and polyglot that there was a saying about It turns out the pope himself caused me big problems was like his past two predecessors had Pope Benedict XVI, it came as a Jesuits, that a Jesuit “’nec rubricat, gave the explanation a few years English,” he said, especially its and he no longer reads out summa- surprise to many that Pope Francis nec cantat,’ meaning Jesuits are ago — hidden away in one line in a pronunciation, “because I am very ries of his general audience talk in doesn’t sing or chant at Mass or famed for not being enthusiastic book that was recently republished tone-deaf.” anything other than Italian, not even speak foreign languages in public. about liturgical song or experts in under a new title after his election He continued that he under- in Spanish, which is his mother From his first Mass as pope detailed liturgical rubrics.” March 13. stands the Italian dialect of his tongue. — his liturgy with the College of Father Lombardi said Pope Currently unavailable in father and maternal grandparents Father Lombardi said, “It’s Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel Francis, a fellow Jesuit, may share English, the book, “Pope Francis: who came from the Piedmont pretty clear that he wishes to not March 14 — the pope has not some of those traits. Conversations with Jorge region. discriminate” and show any favor- chanted or sung during the usual Previously, Father Lombardi dis- Bergoglio” by Sergio Rubin and Elsewhere in the book, the future itism by choosing to speak some moments of the liturgy, such as pelled rumors that the 76-year-old Francesca Ambrogetti, was origi- pope said he understands a little languages and not others, even his before the eucharistic prayer. pope’s singing capacity or current nally published in 2010 under the dialect from the Genoa region, but native Spanish. His ditching any musical pitch state of health was impaired by title “El Jesuita” (“The Jesuit”). that almost all of it is “off-color.” “Evidently he doesn’t think it’s was even more evident during an operation he had when he was In the book, which is a series of One of his uncles on his moth- necessary — either for reasons of the “Regina Coeli” April 1, when 21 in which the upper half of his interviews with the then-cardinal er’s side was “a shameless old man preparation or exertion — that he he spoke, rather than intoned, the right lung was removed after cysts archbishop of Buenos Aires, the who taught us obscene folk songs in personally needs to read all the Marian prayer. caused a severe lung infection. future pope is asked what languages Genovese dialect. That’s why none summaries in the different lan- And as bishop of Rome, he has More recently, Father Lombardi he speaks. of the words of the little Genovese I guages” during the general audience been sticking with Italian in his said he believes the pope’s lack of In reply, the future pope down- know is repeatable,” he said. in which Vatican officials from the public speeches and remarks. singing is due to “a certain hoarse- played his perfect fluency in Italian His hesitancy in speaking any- Secretariat of State now read the Journalists had been asking the ness” or huskiness in his voice. and said he used to speak French thing other than Italian in public summaries in their native tongues, Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father He reads aloud very well and “rather well” and “got by” with has emerged as another feature of the spokesman said. April 28, 2013 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS 5 Pope chooses silver ring, pallium style in keeping with predecessor

BY CAROL GLATZ said the Vatican spokesman, Christian community. It also rep- Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, resents the shepherd’s mission and the pope chose the design of placing the lost, sick or weak VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With that Manfrini gave Archbishop sheep on his shoulders. his fisherman’s ring and the - Macchi for Pope Paul. Pope The pallium the pope wears lium — the main symbols of the Francis’ ring was made from the is decorated with six red crosses Petrine office — Pope Francis same wax cast of the ring meant symbolizing the wounds inflicted chose styles in continuity with for Pope Paul, who never wore it, on Christ during the passion, two of his predecessors. Father Lombardi said. Father Lombardi said. He said the The fisherman’s ring Pope During the installation Mass crosses on palliums for metropoli- Francis chose is made of gold- March 19, Pope Francis received tan are black to make plated silver and is based on the newly made ring from the clear the diversity of jurisdiction. the same design of a papal ring dean of the College of Cardinals, The end piece, like all pal- handed down from Pope Paul Italian Cardinal . liums, is made of black silk, a VI’s personal secretary. It shows The pallium Pope Francis symbol of the black sheep that the an image of St. Peter holding the received from French Cardinal shepherd rescues and carries over two keys — one key represents Jean-Louis Tauran during the his shoulder back to the flock. the power in heaven and the other Mass was the same one Pope indicates the spiritual authority of Benedict XVI used — a short the papacy on earth. woolen band that the retired pope The ring, which represents the re-introduced in 2008, and simi- pope’s role as a “fisher of men,” lar to the kind worn by Blessed The pallium is fitted on Pope was designed by a late-Italian John Paul II. It is worn over the Francis during his inaugural Mass artist, Enrico Manfrini, who shoulder and has a 12-inch long in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican was very close to Pope Paul and strip hanging down the front and March 19. With his fisherman’s ring his late-secretary, Archbishop the back. and the pallium, the main symbols Pasquale Macchi. The pallium is a woolen stole of the Petrine office, the pontiff Pope Francis had about three that signifies the pope’s or the chose styles in continuity with two models of rings to choose from, archbishop’s authority over the of his predecessors. CNS PHOTO/STEFANO RELLANDINI, REUTERS St. Francis of Assisi and his mark on Pope Francis

BY SISTER AGNES MARIE REGAN today, with deep emotion, I promise his source and fountain of spiritual obedience and reverence to the Lord strength. As cardinal, Pope Francis Pope Francis (Cfr. Regula Bullata, served in the Congregation for MISHAWAKA — While praying 2). You can count on us …” Divine Worship and Discipline in the small chapel of San Damiano Later writing as President of the of the Sacraments, a congregation in Assisi, St. Francis heard the cru- Union of Superiors General, Father dedicated to the proper celebration cifix speak to him, “Francis,” the Carballo, further added, “Help of liturgical rites and prayer. This voice said calling him by name, us, most Holy Father, with your was an area dear to the heart of St. “go rebuild My Church. …” Later, Magisterium to live out our vocation Francis as he often reminded the after his infamous encounter with and mission in the Church and in friars of the care they were to take lepers, Francis tells us, “… the Lord the world, in fidelity to Christ, to the —meticulous care of chalices, altars, Himself led me among them and I Gospel, to our own charisms, and churches and anything connected showed mercy to them.” the people of today. Teach us, Holy with divine worship. How appropriate are these words Father, to live the Gospel with sim- Another facet of his life of prayer as we Franciscans joyfully celebrate plicity and radicalness as St. Francis is shown by the following: the day the election of Pope Francis as the lived it, because in this way we may after his election, he visited the successor of St. Peter. As the choice also rebuild the Church, as the Little Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major, of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Poor Man of Assisi did.” laying a bouquet of flowers upon became apparent, a dear Franciscan In the days since his installation, Mary’s altar and entrusting his friend, Cardinal Claudio Hummes, Pope Francis has repeatedly shown papacy and the Church to her care. a Franciscan, hugged him and said, us in words and his actions that he St. Francis of Assisi had a deep “Do not forget the poor.” has a wonderful intellect honed by devotion to Mary as demonstrated Those words struck a cord with his Jesuit formation, but the tender, in the several prayers he wrote in Cardinal Bergoglio and the name compassionate heart of the Little her honor. And the final hours of “Francis” immediately came to his Poor Man of Assisi. What a marvel- St. Francis’s life were spent at St. mind and heart. ous combination for the good and Mary of the Angels, the Portiuncula, Later in writing of that moment, rebuilding of the Church in such which he clearly indicated was his Pope Francis said, “For me he is the turbulent times. favorite place on earth. man of poverty, the man of peace, Pope Francis’s credibility is Those who know Pope Francis the man who loves and safeguards shored up by his unflinching sim- and who have been most closely Creation. In this moment when our plicity and humility, his care for the associated with him as cardinal and relationship with Creation is not poor, handicapped and imprisoned archbishop in Argentina, are certain so good — right? — he is the man and all those “lepers” of which our that he will be completely faithful to who gives us this spirit of peace, human race is composed. Where the the charge given him “to rebuild My the poor man. … Oh, how I wish words of Pope Francis speak, his Church.” And his way of accom- for a Church that is poor and for the example in St. Peter’s Square and plishing that will be his own joyous throughout Rome calls upon all of CNS PHOTO/OCTAVIO DURAN example of humility, simplicity, poor!” St. Francis of Assisi is depicted with the stigmata, or wounds of Jesus, in The joy of Franciscans around us to build the Church by becoming poverty, care for all in need, and the world at the choice of Cardinal “living stones.” In this way, we will, a painting located at the Franciscan convent in La Verna, Italy. In 1224, his determination to live the Gospel Bergoglio and his name is, of as Church, proclaim Jesus crucified St. Francis retired to La Verna with three companions. While praying and preach it in its entirely. Or as St. course, unbelievably joyous. to all. on the mountainside he had a vision, then the five wounds of Christ Francis said, “without gloss.” Franciscan Father Jose R. Like Francis of Assisi, Pope appeared on his body. Brother Leo, one of his companions present at the Pope Francis’s words spoken on Carballo, Franciscan minister gen- Francis has reminded all of us that time, left an account of the incident. the feast of St. Joseph are significant eral, said it well in his letter con- our vocation is to be “protector.” as we do our part to work along gratulating Pope Francis: “… When It involves everyone. He says, expression of Pope Francis’s respect our protection, and all of us are with our Holy Father, “We must we heard your name, for the many “It means protecting all creation, the for each of God’s creatures, and responsible for it.” not be afraid of goodness or even who already knew you, we leaped beauty of the created world, as the every person, child, elderly person, Pope Francis is also a deep man tenderness!” Pope Francis exhorted. for joy … with filial affection and Book of Genesis tell us and as St. anyone who is needy, our spouses, of prayer, as was the Poverello of “We are all called so that the star reverence, on behalf of all those Francis of Assisi showed us.” parents — in short, everyone! Assisi. He rises early each morning of hope will shine brightly. Let us who have embraced the way of life The “Canticle of the Creatures” “In the end,” Pope Francis said, for his time of communion with protect with love all that God has handed down to us by St. Francis by St. Francis, would be a perfect “everything has been entrusted to God and celebrates the Eucharist as given us!” 6 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS April 28, 2013 Saint Mary’s students grow in faith while studying in Rome

Charter attended St. Anthony de Ulliman’s faith was magnified BY ADRIENNE LARSON Padua Catholic School and graduated during that moment as well. from Adams High School. “I have never felt more proud to ROME — Some Catholics Nora Clougherty, a sophomore be a Catholic. I have never felt more describe a moment in their lives from Westerville, Ohio, hadn’t connected to God and the Catholic when their beliefs are reaffirmed and expected to be drawn so much closer Church. There was so much love and they emerge from the experience to her faith. so much excitement in that square!” with a deeper appreciation for their “Before coming here I knew that Clougherty stood beneath the faith. It might come from a retreat I would be traveling a lot and seeing balcony, just a few hundred feet from weekend or, perhaps, a health scare. places all over Europe and especially the man named the new leader of From that point on, they may enjoy Italy, but I had no idea that I would the universal Catholic Church. Pope an amplified spiritual connection to be having such a faith-filled journey,” Francis asked those in the square, and God and to Catholicism that informs said Clougherty. the millions of people listening and their life’s path. As the conclave began, Catholics watching, for a moment of silence to For three Saint Mary’s College from around the world descended offer prayers for him. students studying with the school’s on Vatican City, gathering in front “Chills ran down my spine and Rome Program, that moment coin- of Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray and tears filled my eyes as the city of cided with the election of Pope await the white smoke signaling that Rome fell silent,” she recalled. Francis. the cardinals had elected a new pope. The entire experience was so In Rome since January, the stu- When the Saint Mary’s students powerful that Clougherty’s deeper dents have experienced many life- weren’t in class or studying, they too appreciation for her faith will stay PHOTO PROVIDED BY SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE gathered in Saint Peter’s Square. with her for years to come. altering events. They’re surrounded Saint Mary’s College sophomores (from left) Lauren Osmanski, Nikki by another language, another culture, Being surrounded by so many “If I am ever to lose my faith or another perspective. All of that is Charter and Victoria Wilbraham pose with flags in Saint Peter’s Square others of the same faith, all with the begin to doubt it, I know that I can part of the learning experience that is awaiting the election of the new pope. There are 31 Saint Mary’s College same joy in their hearts, affected the always look back at that day, and studying abroad, shared by many of students studying in Rome for the spring semester. The Saint Mary’s students more than they thought pos- remember that exquisite moment of the 31 Saint Mary’s students in Rome Rome Program was established in 1970 and is the college’s oldest study sible. realizing how strong faith, and faith for the spring semester. abroad offering. “We were standing in the crowd in God, truly is.” “I’ve experienced so many differ- after the white smoke had emerged ent cultures within the Italian culture. from the chimney. Hundreds of I have loved trying to get a sense of their faith and spirituality during their “Where else can one go to 40 thousands of people were sharing the each of these ‘mini cultures’ by talk- semester overseas. different churches all within walking same experience there, feeling every- ing with the Italian people and partic- Vatican City, within the city of distance? Many have simple exteriors thing you were feeling. There is truly ipating in their way of life,” explains Rome, is walking distance from the and when you walk in you realize nothing like it,” said Charter. “There Adrienne Latson is the staff writer sophomore Anna Ulliman, from students’ hotel. During Lent, there are that you have found a hidden gem,” is absolutely no doubt in your mind in the Department of Marketing Cincinnati. What the students hadn’t Lenten Station Masses every day at a said Nikki Charter, a sophomore as to how powerful faith and prayer Communications at Saint Mary’s expected was the profound growth in different church. from South Bend. can be.” College, Notre Dame. A dream fulfilled amid white smoke! Sue and Phil Davis with be another vote around 5 p.m. (noon cried,” Phil expressed. “Because, one, BY VINCE LABARBERA their son, Dan, on St. Peter’s in the U.S.), the crowd swelled our son had been called to be a priest Square at the Vatican in throughout the afternoon to 350,000, and our daughter, Kim, to be a sister. “All roads (can) lead to Rome” Rome early in the morning still standing in the wind and heavy Two, if it wasn’t for our friends we — even when they begin in the (after the conclave) before rain, Phil reported. He said he used wouldn’t have been in Rome. And remote rural area of northeastern the Italian people got going an umbrella that week more than he’s three, we were there when a new ever used one his entire life. pope was elected!” Wells County in Indiana where around 9:30 a.m. Phil and Sue Davis bought a “We might have had a better “The only thing that would have 100-year-old home in 1987. A view with binoculars from atop our made the trip better would have been weeklong visit to the “eternal hotel, just a 20-minute walk from to be able to take the rest of the fam- city,” however, usually doesn’t the Vatican,” joked Sue. “At least ily (Allison, Kim and Joe),” said Phil. include witnessing the election we would have had coffee and a dry The Davises also didn’t get to attend of a new pope, especially during room.” Pope Francis’ Inaugural Mass on one of the shortest conclaves in When they saw the white smoke Mar. 19 in which Dan served because history. rising on the fifth vote, they thought they left the previous day. The Davises remarkable journey they would just stay in the square, “But we got to see so many in mid-March actually began in Phil said. things we never would have seen had 2009 when their oldest son, Dan, “All the bells in the city started Dan not been there for six months,” started studying for the priesthood at ringing,” Sue related. “The people he added. They toured St. Peter’s Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, were cheering and the rain was com- Basilica, the crypt and took the scavi Winona, Minn. Last July, Bishop in fact, to pay for more than half the of more than 300,000 people stand- ing down. The whole thing was just tour below the crypt. On Saturday Kevin C. Rhoades sent young expense. ing in St. Peter’s Square,” Sue said. so overwhelming for us!” they enjoyed a two-hour train ride to Davis to Rome to continue his theo- The Davises made arrangements Dan’s fellow seminarian in “An hour later, all the lights came Assisi and on their last day walked logical studies at the Pontifical North for the trip in December. On Feb. Minnesota, Peter Keefer, stands about on,” continued Phil. “But it was two-and-a-half hours in Rome to the American College. Dan’s parents, 11, Phil was at work when Dan 6 feet 3 inches tall, Phil reported, and another hour after that before the Church of Santa Croce, which houses with three other siblings to support, called from Rome to report Pope could see over the relatively short, new pope emerged on the balcony. a number of relics from the Passion only could dream of ever visiting Benedict announced he was resign- Italian crowd. He weaved the Davis The crowd was filled with a buzz of Christ. him. ing. “What’d you do?” Dad quipped. family through the people until they and energy like none other, and you Upon returning home, their But a last fall “You’re only over there six months were about 10 yards from the front had to struggle to hold your spot,” he friends were all so happy for them, helped make the dream come true. and the pope resigns!” for the inconclusive black-smoke continued. they related. One of Phil’s fel- When Phil answered, friends asked “We kept watching for when the results of the evening vote. “People were talking, praying and low workers said, “Let me get this several questions relative to Dan conclave might start,” Davis said. He The third and fourth votes came singing in small groups,” Sue added. straight: friends helped pay for the studying for the priesthood. In short, told Sue there was a slim chance they the next day, March 13, before The couple first learned the pope’s trip, you scheduled it in December Davis had to agree there was no need could be in Rome when it happened. noon and the Davises were there. name when someone behind them and landed there when the pope was in the immediate future for bridal, Their flight left Atlanta on Throughout the event they were shouted, “Francesco!” elected! Why haven’t you bought a wedding or baby showers, saving Monday morning, March 11, and interviewed by TV reporters several “It was absolutely electrifying in lottery ticket?” the friends a lot of money since they arrived at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Rome times because the media was looking that square that night, but when Pope “It’s still so unbelievable and hard didn’t have to buy gifts for those time, shortly after the for people who spoke English. After Francis came out and asked everyone to comprehend,” said Sue. “Dan’s occasions. Davis was told he and Sue began; time enough to witness black multiple interview requests, Sue, who to pray for him — silence! It was ordination to the diaconate is expect- were to be at a particular home on smoke appearing around noon in the is blond, quipped, “If we ever do incredible! You didn’t hear a thing,” ed to be in Rome,” she added, “and Nov. 23 at 7 p.m. so the couple could chilling rain following the first vote. this again I’m going to dye my hair exclaimed Phil. we hope to return.” be presented the money saved to “But I was warmer than I’ve ever dark!” “We got back to the hotel later Maybe it’s time to begin another send them Rome — enough money, been because of the close proximity When it was reported there would that evening and we just sat and dream. April 28, 2013 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS 7 Feeding the beast and finding Francis: my three weeks in Rome

stretched through the week, the three to five seconds before the BY DON CLEMMER cardinals refrained from speak- rest of the world. Even amid the ing to media, which meant our electrified throng in St. Peter’s was so convinced that I was office had to get more creative in Square, I picked out “Georgium going down to the square to terms of giving media material. It Marium” and linked it Cardinal see black smoke that I’d made didn’t always work, and immedi- Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Idinner plans. When six o’clock ately after the men in red vacated Argentina. This realization felt stretched into seven o’clock and the scene, voices critical of the something like the moment that white smoke came rolling out Church began to appear on TV. Wile E. Coyote runs off the edge of the Sistine Chapel chimney, I Also filling the vacuum was of the cliff but doesn’t notice for knew I was in for a long night. the endless, rumor-driven, echo several seconds, and only then The cardinals were in Rome chamber of a narrative of who does gravity kick in. to elect a pope. We were there to the next pope would be. In a Like practically everyone feed the beast. twist just ironic enough to be else, I’d dismissed Bergoglio due That’s how my boss, Mercy true, media suggested that the to his age. But within seconds, Sister Mary Ann Walsh, director Roman curia was backing a Latin the genius of the move over- of media relations for the U.S. American, Cardinal whelmed me. The cardinals and Conference of Catholic , of , while the “reformers” the Holy Spirit had outsmarted described our work during the were backing an Italian, Cardinal the media pundits (not a hercu- papal transition. Some 6,000 . The names of lean task, I admit) and opted for media were credentialed through North Americans — New York’s an exciting round of firsts: first PHOTO BY JOE ZWILLING Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Cardinal Latin American, first Jesuit, first the Vatican press office — 6,000 Mar Muñoz-Visoso, executive director of cultural diversity in the Church people paid to generate content O’Malley and Canadian Cardinal Francis. All of this before the on a story for which the flow of for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, stands with a Swiss Guard — entered the mix world even got a glimpse of the public information often bordered and Don Clemmer and Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh of the USCCB media as possible alternative or com- man himself. on nonexistent. If we didn’t fill relations office, inside the Vatican, March 10. Clemmer, former assistant promise candidates. Dark horses The choice of Pope Francis this vacuum, someone would, and editor of Today’s Catholic, and other USCCB communications staff helped from Asia and Africa also made immediately blew out the media probably with a less than church- to coordinate media for the U.S. cardinals during the papal transition. the rounds. As the conclave date vacuum. For a media profes- friendly message. neared, it was surreal that some- sional, it is extremely gratifying The best way to fill this void: thing so significant as the identity that he gets the power of the sym- cardinals. Eleven U.S. cardinals George of Chicago, Cardinal Sean Cardinal of of the next pope could be so com- bolic gesture: asking the people to are under the age of 80 and eli- O’Malley of Boston, and Cardinal Washington joined Cardinal pletely opaque. Yet, as the media bless him first, washing the feet gible to vote in a conclave. The Daniel DiNardo of Galveston- George for a briefing to a larger analyzed it to death, I felt the of young inmates, opting not to majority of them stayed at the Houston — into the NAC’s group of media. Cardinal George process was somehow robbed of live in the apostolic palace. Pope North American College (NAC). auditorium before an audience of responded to a question on its sense of surprise. Francis has captured the public We too were staying and work- journalists for a reflection on the clergy sexual abuse, saying that, How wrong it all proved to be. imagination and has yet to let go. ing at this pontifical seminary day’s events: Benedict declaring even with vigilance keeping the The name of the new pope on the Janiculum Hill, about a his obedience to the next pope, numbers of new cases almost is announced in a Latin formula 10-minute walk from St. Peter’s. the cardinals each saying good- at zero, the issue would be with of “(FIRST NAME) Cardinal of We forwarded hundreds of media bye, the white helicopter flying the Church as long as victims in the Holy Roman Church (LAST requests to the cardinals and their away. need of compassion and healing. NAME).” This means a person Don Clemmer is the former assis- communications directors. The following Monday The sound bite circulated far and who has studied the field to the tant editor of Today’s Catholic The night of the pope’s resig- was the first of the General wide. extent that the cardinals’ first and is the assistant director of nation, Feb. 28, we gathered three Congregations, the pre-conclave As the highly confidential names are recognizable in Latin media relations for the U.S. cardinals — Cardinal Francis meetings of all the cardinals. General Congregation meetings can learn who the new pope is Conference of Catholic Bishops. An unexpected witness rather short and provided a great view Roman Church Bergoglio who takes BY PETER FREEBY directly over their heads and to the the name of Francis.” front of St. Peter’s Basilica. This only made the cheers all As the time neared 7 p.m., we still the louder as a couple Argentinians s I collected my bags hadn’t seen any of the telltale smoke standing proximate to us literally at Rome’s Fiumicino signifying the election of a new jumped for joy upon hearing one of Airport, I could already pope. People were getting restless their countrymen would now be lead- Asee signs that something special wondering what could be causing the ing the Church. was happening in this ancient delay. About five minutes after the When Pope Francis finally made city. It was the first day of the hour, smoke began emitting from the his appearance on the balcony of conclave and there were numer- famous chimney above the Sistine St. Peter’s he had the look of a very ous groups of religious through- Chapel. Due to the previous emis- humble and nervous man. Hearing out the airport that had just sions of black smoke, it was difficult his address and seeing his actions arrived for the occasion. I was to tell what exactly we were looking in the days to immediately follow one of the lucky ones who man- at. For a few seconds, the smoke instantly caused nearly everyone to aged to stumble in to this momen- was a darkish grey, but as it began to fall in love with him. tous time in Church history. lighten in color, a roar came up from In those first few days, Pope A sophomore at Holy Cross the crowd as bells began to toll. We Francis helped ease some of the ten- College I had been studying in have a pope! sions surrounding apparent elitism Maynooth, Ireland, for the semester People began rushing forward and among Church officials by simple and decided to fly to Rome with my anyone who was not already in the actions such as refusing a private girlfriend for spring break. This deci- square came rushing in upon hearing limo and instead taking the bus, or sion was made just after Christmas the bells. The children in front of us keeping his simple cross necklace when there was no indication whatso- were yelling and crying with joy as instead of an elaborate golden one. ever that there would be the first papal everyone pushed towards the front of Just seeing the excitement surround- resignation in hundreds of years. the square. ing the faith was very refreshing after When we arrived at the Vatican for My limited education in the Latin witnessing many of the trials it has what was to be the third round of vot- language came in to play as Cardinal faced in the modern age. Hopefully ing, many people, including myself, Tauran began announcing “With great the spiritual guidance of Pope Francis were not expecting a defining vote to PROVIDED BY PETER FREEBY joy I announce to you, we have a pope!” will continue to help mend a conflicted take place so early on. Still there was a Peter Freeby is shown at St. Peter’s Square during the conclave. Once again the crowd went bal- world in tremendous need of healing quiet buzz going through the crowd as listic with cheering, but quieted once for years to come. groups from every nationality imagin- We stood behind a group of chil- was raining and almost everyone had again to hear the second part of the able gathered for the chance to see dren who were being led in song by an umbrella raised just high enough announcement naming who would be who they would look to as the new the nuns who were chaperoning them. to block sightlines to the video moni- the next successor of St. Peter. “Lord Peter Freeby is a student at Holy head of the universal Church. This was also a strategic move as it tors. Fortunately these children were Jorge Mario, Cardinal of the Holy Cross College, Notre Dame. 8 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS April 28, 2013

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BY KAY COZAD mental crisis and the sense of dread that followed was deafening. And that hung over Italian politics, there he relates chuckling, as if divinely was a great focus on the papacy, orchestrated, the steady rain that had ROME — President and a great sense of anticipation and caused St. Peter’s Square to be dot- Publisher of Our Sunday Visitor excitement. The local Italian media ted with thousands of umbrellas all Greg Erlandson was as surprised did a phenomenal job of reporting day suddenly stopped falling just as as the rest of the world to witness every day at great length on events Pope Francis made his appearance. the election of the 266th bishop at the Vatican …” he says. His reaction to Cardinal Jorge of Rome, Pope Francis, in March. Following the general congrega- Bergoglia’s election: “I was very Having lived in Rome for three tions in which the cardinals dis- excited, obviously, and I was years and covering the election in cussed the issues facing the Church, delighted that all of our prognostica- 2005 of Pope Benedict XVI, he Erlandson scrambled to attend as tions proved wrong. Sometimes it was honored to have the opportu- many Masses celebrated by the car- is nice to be surprised, and I think nity to attend the events of those dinals as possible. During the three we need to pay attention to what the weeks in Rome along with 6,000 he witnessed, Erlandson continued Holy Spirit may be trying to tell us journalists from around the globe. reporting via his iPhone, tweeting with this surprise,” he says. It was not only an opportunity and videoing for the public back The pope’s humility was evident to “touch base with partners, col- home. He notes with confidence, in the first moments of his papacy, leagues and sources in the Vatican “This is the new face of journalism.” Erlandson relates. “He asked for us to KAY COZAD and the press corps for information As the conclave began every pray for him first. That was a remark- President and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor in Huntington Greg on the conclave and the new pope,” rooftop on St. Peter’s Square sported able act of humility. Then he told Erlandson presents a slide of the media frenzy during Pope Francis’ but was a time of personal reflection TV station cameras all pointing to everyone to go home and get a good meeting with the media following his election on March 13 in Rome. the famous chimney atop the Sistine night sleep.” The exhausted and fam- for this parishioner of St. Elizabeth Erlandson’s presentation took place at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish on Ann Seton in Fort Wayne, who Chapel in hopes of capturing the ished Erlandson and his Italian friend says, “I find it a truly inspiring and much-anticipated white smoke that did head home around midnight to April 14. reflective time to be in Rome, and I would signal the successful election find that his friend’s wife had pre- tried to attend all of the key Masses of the new pope. The square was pared a celebratory dinner that they helped to rebuild the Church — was possibilities, noting the pope is a and ceremonies.” flooded with people gathered to devoured with gratitude. no accident. …” people’s pope. “This is a pope who Arriving on March 9, only days pray as the voting took place even The Saturday following his And he adds, “Also, he is the first touches people,” he says, adding before the final successful vote of in the steady rainfall, Erlandson election Pope Francis met with the pope since 1960 not to have attended that Pope Francis greeted each of the conclave, Erlandson secured noted. And though predictions had journalists. Erlandson waited two- Vatican II, so this will be a genera- the participants in the front of the housing with a good friend and been made as to who would take and-a-half hours to enter the arena tional shift. … And of course, his Vatican parish church following his notable Italian TV journalist there. the cathedra, Erlandson says, “… no where he says the pope “won the Latin American experience means Sunday Mass. Because the resignation of Pope one really foresaw that it would be journalists over right away.” the Church will really be much more Of the pope’s future Erlandson Benedict gave the Vatican “two a cardinal from Argentina who was Erlandson is already impressed global than it is already in terms of says, “I think he will be a reformer weeks notice” compared to the 76 years old who would be the one with this pope’s simplicity and the outlook of the Vatican.” pope, but his primary goal is not to conclave following Pope John Paul elected in only five ballots.” intelligence. He says, “I think Pope Erlandson believes that Pope simply make the Vatican run more II’s death in 2005, Erlandson says The raucous jubilation on the Francis is a man who leads by Francis will challenge expectations smoothly or efficiently. He wants in some ways the events surround- square was overwhelming as the example, and his intelligence and of what leadership is as well. “I the Church to go out into the world. ing the conclave were more formal announcement of the new pope strength of will is matched by his think he will remind us that our true … He is a priest of the people. … and efficient. He also reports on the followed the white smoke signal, humility and simplicity. His selec- leader is Christ, and that Christ is He knows what sufferings people great sense of excitement that per- though Erlandson notes, as the new tion of the name Francis — a man the measure by which we measure are enduring. And that pastoral vaded the area. pope immerged on the loggia for his of the people, of the poor, of peace, ourselves,” he says. experience will shape both his “Perhaps because of the govern- first public appearance the silence a man who embraced the leper and Erlandson reflects on all the vision and his mission.” Jesuits surprised that first of their brethren is elected pope

BY PATRICIA ZAPOR it was a fellow member of the to help out at the formation house Father Nicolas added, the Jesuits exercises lead one to make deci- Society of Jesus, the religious where then-Father Bergoglio was “wish to express our renewed sions not out of personal interests order founded by St. Ignatius rector. He also served as one of availability to be sent into the or attachments, he said, but out WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Loyola in 1534. the three examiners for Father vineyard of the Lord.” of where the Spirit is leading Jesuit brethren of the new Pope Jesuits generally don’t seek Funes as a candidate to join the In Dajabon, Dominican through prayer. Francis were as surprised as any- higher offices in the Church, Jesuits. Republic, Jesuit Father Regino Jesuits around the world one when Cardinal Jorge Mario Father Stockhausen said. “There He said Pope Francis has been Martinez called it “a moment of expressed similar joy and support Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, are relatively few who are bish- known to have a particular devo- great hope and opportunity for the at the election of the new pope. Argentina, was announced March ops even. We don’t ordinarily tion to St. Joseph, and founded St. Church.” Father Francisco Jose Ruiz 13 as the first Jesuit to be elected take on those posts.” Joseph Parish near the formation He said Pope Francis as the Perez, provincial of Spain, noted pope. Even the Vatican spokesman, house where the students regu- first Latin American pope also that Pope Francis spent part of One Jesuit who shares the Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, larly assisted. offers “an opportunity to support his training in Alcala de Henares, pope’s Argentine roots and has told reporters: “Personally, I’m a The Jesuit superior general, the work being done in the Latin Spain. Like Father Nicholas, he known him since his own days bit shocked to have a Jesuit pope. Father Adolfo Nicolas, said the American Church and a show of also cited a section of the Jesuit as a novice, said the election of Jesuits think of themselves as ser- election of Pope Francis “opens support for Latin Americans.” norms, noting, “Our Church ser- the man he first knew as Father vants, not authorities in Church.” for the Church a path full of Father Stockhausen said vice will only be truly Christian Bergoglio is “a joy for the coun- “Jesuits resist being named hope.” that even those Jesuits who do if anchored in fidelity to the one try.” bishop or cardinal. To be named He said in a statement that become cardinals “tend not to who makes all things new, and Father Jose Funes, head of pope — wow,” Father Lombardi all the Jesuits accompany their move in ‘cardinal circles,’ where only if united with the successor the Vatican Observatory, told said. “Must have been result of brother with their prayers “and they get to know each other. of Peter.” Catholic News Service that the strong call.” we thank him for his generosity That’s not our world.” election of an Argentine Jesuit Father Funes, speaking from in accepting the responsibility of He acknowledged that Jesuits with a background in science the observatory’s offices in guiding the Church at a crucial are generally thought of as (he studied chemistry at a trade Tucson, Ariz., said the Latin time.” highly educated, and “men of the school before entering the Jesuits) Americans he knows from He said the choice of the name world.” can only be good for all those Mexico and Chile reacted very Francis “evokes for us the Holy There’s a saying that goes interests. However, he said, “I positively to the election of some- Father’s evangelical spirit of “’Francis (of Assisi) loved the think the pope will be focused on one from Argentina. closeness to the poor, his identifi- countryside, Dominic loved the other priorities first.” “This could bring a new cation with simple people and his countryside and Ignatius loved Jesuit Father Gerard excitement for the Church in commitment to the renewal of the the cities,’ we’re ‘worldly’ in the Stockhausen, executive secretary Latin America,” he said, “espe- Church.” good sense of the word,” he said. of the Jesuit Conference USA, cially if he goes to Brazil for As Jesuits, he said the distin- Jesuits also have a reputation told CNS that when Cardinal World Youth Day” in July. guishing mark of the society is for being careful decision-makers, Cindy Wooden in Rome and Ezra Fieser Bergoglio’s name was announced Father Funes first knew the that of companionship “bound to particularly if they follow the from the Vatican balcony, he future pope during a month when the Roman pontiff by a special spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, in the Dominican Republic con- didn’t realize immediately that his class of novices was assigned bond of love and service.” Thus, said Father Stockhausen. The tributed to this story. April 28, 2013 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS 11 Diocesan Latinos inspired by pope’s simplicity, concern for poor

BY JODI MAGALLANES to basics? He’s giving us this to meet their needs, for moral example by first of all mingling support and to encourage them,” with the people and secondly by he added. panish-speaking faithful in doing for others,” she said. Our Lady of Hungary’s the Diocese of Fort Wayne- Because no Latin American women’s group, youth group and South Bend have been lifted was on the list of papal candi- ushers’ group are all abuzz about Sup in excitement and anticipa- dates batted around in the media, the election, as are the laity and tion by the surprise naming of a Father Kevin Bauman, pastor leadership at St. Dominic Parish Latino shepherd. of Our Lady of Hungary, South in Bremen. That parish is about a Reaction to the Argentine’s Bend, and members of his par- third Mexican. election has been joyously vocal, ish were caught off guard by the “I started the Mass that night, and commenced the very moment selection. But the fact that his Thursday evening, by say- that staff members in the South first language is Spanish and his ing ‘We have a pope, and he’s Bend Office of Hispanic Ministry culture is similar to theirs lend Argentinian.’ There was spon- succeeded in bringing a themselves to immediate identity taneous applause,” said Pastor signal into the building on March with him among Hispanic wor- Father Bob Lengerich. 13. shippers, said Father Bauman. St. Dominic parishioners are “At the beginning we were They also recognize Pope “absolutely excited” about the here at the JPII Center in Francis’ familiarity with and promise Pope Francis’ election CNS PHOTO/GREGORY A. SHEMITZ Mishawaka, and we had a little compassion for their economic holds, he continued. “It indicates A woman prays during a bilingual Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Francis bit of trouble trying to get a situation. that the Holy Mother Church at St. Joan of Arc Church in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the signal,” said Ministry Associate “I see him as being just like recognizes that the Church in New York borough of Queens March 18, the eve of the Argentine-born Lourdes Silva. “When we finally the people who are here. They Latin America is young vibrant pontiff’s formal installation. Latinos comprise 70 percent of the parish’s got it, there was this loud ‘Yea!’ accept low paying jobs, the and strong. It’s investing in our in the whole conference room. unglamorous jobs. They identify future.” membership. We were just elated.” their own work with his,” he said. Evelyn Mendoza, Hispanic Pope Francis models simplici- Since his election Pope Francis ministry secretary at St. Vincent “Pope John Paul (II) left us ited Latin America and Mexico ty, Silva said. Since his election it has demonstrated a willingness to de Paul Parish in Elkhart, said a very good example. Until his several times each, there is a has become widely known that as be on the common man’s level. parishioners with whom she has last hours, he gave us an example sense of hopefulness that he will a priest and a cardinal, his habit When he steps down to speak spoken about the election are of how to keep growing in our both visit and be frequently atten- was to prepare his own meals and with a worshipper or stops his very optimistic. Some respond to faith,” said Mendoza. tive to the Hispanic faithful in the to often take public transportation procession to go to them, those the pope’s citizenship, while oth- “Local Hispanic faithful align Americas. We think the possibil- or walk to appointments. Now, actions are interpreted as a perfect ers believe he will address U.S. Pope Francis with Blessed John ity is there that he will cultivate Silva said, the faithful see him example of outreach to others. immigration issues. Many, how- Paul II because of his sense fruit from initiatives pursued modeling deep concern for the “That’s very typical of our ever, also hope that Pope Francis of service and of welcoming,” by Blessed Pope John Paul II. I poor. Hispanic people. When some- will continue John Paul II’s popu- explained Father Lengerich. really think they need that ... it’s “What better way to go back one’s in need, they come together lar legacy. Because Blessed John Paul II vis- huge,” she concluded.

Papa Francis Pope Francis Oración de Acción de Gracias Prayer of Thanksgiving En el nombre del Padre y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo. Amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Señor, Te damos gracias por el regalo concedido a nuestra her- Spirit. Amen. encia Romana Católica. Lord, we give you thanks for your gift towards our Roman Nos concedes un papa del linaje de San Pedro, la primera pie- Catholic inheritance. dra, esta vez de un país Latino, con raíces Italianas. You’ve given us a pope from the lineage of St. Peter, the rock, Ayúdanos poder contribuir a este Papado con gran amor y this time from a Latin country, with Italian roots. humildad para renovar nuestra Iglesia Católica, y animando Help us to contribute towards his papacy with great love and a muchos para que regresen o se unan a la Iglesia que fundo humility to renew our Catholic Church, motivating many to Jesucristo. return or unite to the Church founded by Jesus Christ. Ayúdanos a ser fiel a nuestro nuevo líder Eclesial de Roma, for- Help us to be loyal to our new leader of the Roman Catholic talécelo a el, y a nosotros, física y espiritualmente para de esta Church, fortify him, and us, physically and spiritually so we manera poder formar parte de los ejércitos tuyos para bendición may form part of your guardians of the Church for the blessing de toda Tu Santa Iglesia. of all Your Holy Church. Ayúdanos lograr, con Tu gracia la unión, con un verdadero amor Help us obtain, with Your grace, unity, with genuine love que solo viene de Ti. Junto a Madre María y con la ayuda de which only comes from You. San Miguel Arc Ángel que seamos un solo pueblo, un solo reba- Together with Mother Mary, and with the help of St. Michael ño, en Tu Santo Nombre junto a la Santísima Trinidad. the Archangel, may we be one people, one flock, in Your Holy Así Sea. Name and the Holy Trinity. Pedimos Tu Santa Bendición, y la recibimos en el Nombre del Amen. Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espíritu Santo. Amen. We ask Your Holy Blessing, and receive it in the name of the Unámonos en rezar un Padre Nuestro, un Ave María, un Gloria Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. al Padre por las intenciones y un papado fructífero de Nuestro Let us pray an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be... for the Papa Francis. intentions and fruitful papacy of our Pope Francis. Oficina para el Ministerio Hispano Office for Hispanic Ministry Diócesis de Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Lourdes E Silva, M.Div. Lourdes E. Silva, M.Div. 12 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS April 28, 2013 Joy...

We share the As a generation of the Church Militant blessed pleasure ready to step into life where the future is hidden from us, of the faithful worldwide it is our hope and prayer that Divine Guidance through the and pray with them Papacy of Francis keep us steadfast in the Faith that the pontificate of so that we may serve as examples to those who follow. Pope Francis

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Heavenly Father of the peace of Christ. We rejoice in the election of Our new Holy Father, Pope Francis. What a wonderful gift You have bestowed upon us m In this courageous leader! We ask that you be with Pope Francis now As he shepherds his flock. St. John the Evangelist Parish - Goshen We pray you continue to bless our Church Fathers and all of your faithful. Rev. Anthony Steinacker, Pastor Amen.

St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish - Bristol Fr. Alex Dodrai and St. Patrick Arcola parishioners

Rev. Robert Van Kempen, Pastor As parishioners St. Thomas the Apostle Parish - Elkhart of a church devoted to Our Blessed Mother, Rev. William Sullivan, Pastor we ask that her powerful assistance St. Vincent de Paul Parish - Elkhart be bestowed upon Pope Francis Rev. Glenn Kohrman, Pastor as he seeks to lead others as a witness to Christ’s mission. St. Mary Parish Huntington April 28, 2013 WELCOME POPE FRANCIS 13

May the example and leadership of Pope Francis We join the faithful worldwide shape minds, touch hearts in thanksgiving for the gift of and lead persons everywhere, Pope Francis and pray that m giving them the m his simplicity and humility comfort and peace of mind may rekindle the that comes when they Church’s preferential love embrace Christ for the poor and marginalized. fully and completely. St. Bernard Parish St. John the Baptist Parish Wabash FORT WAYNE

Immaculate Conception Parish We take comfort and joy knowing Auburn, Indiana that our little corner of the world, prays that Saint Joseph Parish, Hessen Cassel, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, is directly linked to Pope Francis be endowed with many graces through the Eucharist and during his Pontificate. an unbreakable chain of prayer. Father Derrick Sneyd Confident of his affection for us, and We return his love in a spiritual bond. Parish Community

The College rejoices over the selection of Pope Francis

as the new head of the universal Catholic Church. May he continue to be filled with the wisdom of the Holy Spirit and the compassion of St. Francis of Assisi as he begins his papacy.

We are grateful that our study abroad students in Rome were blessed to witness this historic event.

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We celebrate the name of The Staff and Parishioners of St. Therese, Little Flower Catholic Church FRANCIS pray for POPE FRANCIS and we pray that his papacy be May the Lord make you Gloriously Triumphant the visible center and foundation of our unity in faith and love! i 54191 Ironwood O South Bend 46635 574-272-7070 The Staff and Residents of Holy Cross Village NOTRE DAME, INDIANA

www.ancilla.edu Invoking the patrons of our parishes, we pray that Mary, Mother of God, and Peter, the first pope, Ancilla bring to Pope Francis blessings of vision, guidance and understanding as well as the good health necessary College to carry out his given mission. Ancilla offers St. Mary Parish and St. Peter Parish congratulations and FORT WAYNE continued prayers for Pope Francis!

Through the intercession of SAINT JOSEPH father and protector of the Holy Family, we ask that the Holy Spirit provide the same graces to Pope Francis as he guides the faithful in the family of nations everywhere. May the St. Joseph Parish abundance of love Bluffton found in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the We, Graces of the Holy Spirit the parish of guide St. Michael in Plymouth, Pope Francis offer our congratulations in order to serve and promise of prayers God’s plan of salvation to His Holiness, Francis Basilica of the Sacred Heart m Notre Dame

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HHAABBEEMMUUSS PPAAPPAAMM The Fort Wayne Jewish Federation and the Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley wish to express our warmest sentiments to the Catholic community on the election of Pope Francis.

The Pope’s choice of St. Francis of Assisi as his namesake reminds us of the great legacy of interfaith peacemaking and dialogue, as well as our collective and abiding commitment to lifting up the least among us.

Our Jewish community is filled with hope that our cherished friendship with the Catholic community will continue to broaden and deepen.

We offer our blessings and look forward to continuing our work together in the pursuit of justice and helping those most in need through our shared and sacred task that Jewish HHoollyy CCrroossss CCoolllleeggee tradition calls Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world.

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