THELEAVEN.COM | VOL. 34, NO. 31 | MARCH 22, 2013 POPE FRANCIS “We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.” — St. Francis of Assisi 2 ARCHBISHOP THELEAVEN.COM | MARCH 22, 2013 MARCH 22, 2013 | THELEAVEN.COM POPE FRANCIS 3 LIFE WIll BE VICTORIOUS Church belonged in the streets, asserted pope We cannot follow Christ without it leading to Calvary from an early age fter the elec- ATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jorge Mario tion of Pope MARIAN CONSECRATION MASSES CALENDAR Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, in Francis, I was VBuenos Aires, Argentina. He grew asked in a radio I have been delighted by the many people in the Archdio- ARCHBISHOP up in Barrio de Flores, a working-class interview if I cese who have accepted my invitation to consecrate them- NAUMANN neighborhood. His father was a railway Athought the church should selves to Jesus through Mary on the feast of the Annuncia- worker, his mother a homemaker. As a update the process of elect- tion, which this year is celebrated on Mon., April 8. Thank you March 23 youth, the pope studied in public schools ing a pope. The interviewer for making this self-administered retreat with me by utilizing “Catholic Way” taping and in high school obtained a technical went on to inquire: “In this ARCHBISHOP the meditations found in Father Michael Gaitley’s book, “33 certification as a age of instant messaging, do JOSEPH F. NAUMANN Days to Morning Glory.” For those who wish, there will be two March 24 chemist. you think that they will get communal opportunities to make your Marian consecration. Palm Sunday Mass at From a young rid of the white smoke and On Sun., April 7, I will celebrate a 5 p.m. Mass at St. Michael Cathedral age, he knew he just tweet the results of the being subjected to outside Church in Leawood. The Mass will be for the Second Sunday would become a March 26 papal election? Do you think pressure. They can prayer- of Easter but, as part of the Eucharist, we will make our Mar- priest. Amalia Da- ian consecration on the eve of the feast of the Annunciation. Chrism Mass at Savior that they will abandon the fully focus their attention on monte, who grew Also, on Mon., April 8, I will celebrate a noon Mass at Most Pastoral Center secrecy of the conclave and discerning who can best lead up in the pope’s Pure Heart of Mary Church in Topeka. There will be a special neighborhood, become more transparent by the church at this particular joy in making this consecration to Jesus through Mary united March 28 reportedly was inviting in the press?” moment. with many others who share the same love for Jesus and his Holy Thursday Mass at briefly the object This interview remind- I told her that I did not Blessed Mother. Cathedral of his affections. ed me of William Kristol’s know about the “white Damonte, who still smoke.” Certainly, there is (editor and publisher of The March 29 cardinals went to the ends responsibility of building Jorge Mario Bergoglio lives in the same no reason that this has to be Weekly Standard magazine) Good Friday liturgy at neighborhood, has of the world to find a new the church with the living as a young man. the first signal that we have comments after Pope Ben- Cathedral said in interviews bishop for Rome. The Holy stones that are the people of a new pope. Personally, I edict’s visit to the United that when they were 12, Pope Francis said hope the church does not States. Mr. Kristol, who is Father, before giving us God, but always on the cor- March 30 that, if he could not marry her, he would change it. I think that it adds Jewish, remarked that the his first blessing as pope, nerstone that is Jesus Christ. Easter Vigil Mass at Ca- CNS PHOTO/DIEGO FERNANDEZ OtERO, CLARIN HANDOUT VIA REUTERS become a priest. to the charm and the drama last two Catholic popes have with what we are learning The Holy Father remind- thedral Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, now Pope Francis, is pictured traveling by subway in Buenos Aires in 2008. The 76-year-old Jesuit When the pope was 21, he became of the election. It connects been very impressive indi- is characteristic humility, ed the cardinals that at the became the first Latin American pope and was installed on March 19 as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. gravely ill with severe pneumonia and had the election of a new pope viduals. He noted how both requested that those in St. heart of their ministry is the March 31 his right lung partially removed. The Vat- with those elected previous- were brilliant intellectuals, Peter’s Square first pray for professing of Jesus Christ. Easter Mass at Cathedral ican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico ly and it is a visual remind- but even more impressive him, asking God to bless Without Jesus, Pope Francis Lombardi, has confirmed this, noting that er that the election of the was their personal integri- him in fulfilling his new says the church might be “a Argentines feel mixed emotions over it is “not a handicap” in the pope’s life. Holy Father for the Catholic ty. They lived in a manner responsibilities. charitable nongovernmental ARCHBISHOP In 1958, Pope Francis entered the no- Church is unique and differ- consistent with what they His decision to ride in the organization, but not . the KELEHER vitiate of the Society of Jesus and, two ent from all the trivia that is taught. Mr. Kristol said you bus with the other cardinals bride of the Lord.” years later, he took his first vows as a Je- March 21-22 have to give the College back to Domus Santa Marta, Moreover, the Holy Father sharing ‘Father Jorge’ with the world suit. In 1963, on returning to Buenos Ai- tweeted every day. Labor Review Board — New With regard to the secre- of Cardinals high marks his going by himself to St. challenged the cardinals, By David Agren Pope Francis adopted the attitude Barrio de Flores is a working-class res, he studied philosophy at San Miguel York Seminary. cy of the conclave, this is in their selection of these Mary Major to pray, carry- cautioning: “When we do Catholic News Service that the church belongs in the street. neighborhood. The new pope’s father Between 1964 and 1965, he taught something that the church leaders for the church. Then ing his own luggage — all not profess Jesus Christ, we He built chapels and missions in poor was a railway worker, his mother a March 24 literature and psychology at a Jesuit sec- could change, but once he proposed that maybe our are apparently consistent profess the worldliness of Federal Prison Mass UENOS AIRES, Argenti- areas and sent seminarians to serve homemaker. As a youth, the pope stud- ondary school in Santa Fe, Argentina. In nation ought to look into with the lifelong habits of the devil, a demonic world- again, I hope we do not. I na (CNS) — Oscar Justo, them. ied in public schools, which included 1966, he taught at the prestigious Colegio this method of selecting our our new Holy Father. It is liness.” asked the reporter to think Confessions — Church of 60, begs for bills and coins He spoke out often against injus- technical certification as a chemist. del Salvador secondary school in Buenos back to our last presidential leadership. obvious that Pope Francis The Gospel for the Mass the Nativity Leawood from a perch next to St. tice, such as the treatment of migrant He returned often to the barrio, to truly believes in the title was Mt 16: 13-23, the con- Aires. election. Everyone was so To use a metaphor that Joseph Parish in Barrio de workers from neighboring countries St. Joseph Parish, where he was sched- In 1967, he returned to his theological that has been given to popes fession of St. Peter. In this glad when it was over. Our might normally be associ- March 26 BFlores, the neighborhood where Pope and those lured into the sex trade, and uled to celebrate Mass on Palm Sun- studies and was ordained a priest Dec. 13, for centuries, “servant of the passage, Peter professed his American election process ated more with the baseball Chrism Mass at Savior Francis was born. against social issues such as abortion day. 1969. After his perpetual profession as a requires candidates to do Cardinals, the selection of servants of God.” belief in Jesus as Messiah, Pastoral Center As Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and same-sex marriage. At St. Joseph, parishioners shared Jesuit in 1973, he became master of nov- endless self-promotion, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to In his first homily as the Son of the living God. In of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis passed He criticized the late President memories. ices at San Miguel. Later that same year, campaigning for the of- serve as the new successor pope, given to the cardinals turn, Jesus declared Peter March 28 by often, walking from the bus stop or Nestor Kirchner and President Cris- “He always carried his own bags,” he was elected superior of the Jesuit prov- fice. Even worse, to win an of St. Peter appears, from on the day following his to be the “rock” upon which Mass — Sisters, Servants surfacing from a nearby subway sta- tina Fernandez de Kirchner, who suc- recalled Zaira Sanchez, 72.