Single Issue: $1.00 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40030139 CATHOLIC JOURNAL Vol. 95 No. 35 February 21, 2018 Understanding Saskatchewan bishops issue statement sought A range of community By Kiply Lukan Yaworski Indigenous Bishop of Missinippi; gelical Lutheran Church in Cana - toon; and Bishop Albert Thévenot partners, including the Bishop Robert Hardwick of the da; Bishop Michael Hawkins of of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon Diocesan SASKATOON — The Angli - Anglican Diocese of Qu’Appelle; the Anglican Diocese of Sas - Prince Albert. Council for Truth and can, Catholic, and Lutheran bish - Bishop Sid Haugan of the Sas - katchewan; Bishop David Irving Reconciliation, are working ops of Saskatchewan have re - katchewan Synod of the Evan - of the Anglican Diocese of Saska - — STANLEY , page 4 to come up with a concrete leased a statement in the wake of way of addressing divisions often-divisive reactions to the and bringing about under - recent not-guilty verdict in the standing and reconciliation trial of Biggar-area farmer Gerald between indigenous and Stanley for the shooting death of non-indigenous people. a young indigenous man, Colten — page 3 Boushie. “As bishops who serve Chris - Ticking clock tian communities in our province, we join all those who are longing An American $1.2-trillion to escape the slavery of preju - investment in new nuclear dice, racism, anger, frustration, weapons systems, plans violence and bitterness. We wish for tactical use of nuclear to join all those who are rededi - bombs on battlefields, cating themselves to work for threats of responding to reconciliation and peace among cyberattacks with a nuclear all people in our communities strike and rejection of inter - and in our nation,” wrote the national efforts — including bishops. pleas by Pope Francis — The letter was signed by to encourage disarmament Bishop Bryan Bayda of the have people worried. Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of — page 4 Saskatoon; Archbishop Donald Bolen of the Roman Catholic Spiritual Exercises Archdiocese of Regina; Arch - bishop Murray Chatlain of the The Spiritual Exercises of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Ignatius of Loyola have Keewatin-Le Pas; Bishop Mark CNS/Vatican Media been the core of the Jesuit Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic way of life since the Society POPE HAS LENTEN SESSION WITH PASTORS — Pope Francis holds his annual lenten meeting with Diocese of Saskatoon; Bishop the pastors of Rome parishes Feb. 15. The meeting, occurring in Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, of Jesus was founded. In Adam Halkett, the Anglican included prayer, confessions and a question-and-answer session with the pope. the past 40 years, more and more lay people have been following this regimen of Acknowledge sin, but look for signs of God at work prayer and contemplation. St. Ignatius Parish in Winnipeg has provided By Cindy Wooden site and RomaSette provided your own style”; and finally, spend necessary. a means of doing them some information later in the day. time in private prayer and find a To priests who are 40 to 50 over the course of six or ROME (CNS) — While it is The questions were submitted good spiritual director with whom years old and have been ordained seven months. true that the world is full of sin by groups of priests according to to talk over what arises in prayer. a bit longer, Pope Francis said — page 6 and sinful behaviour, priests must how long they had been ordained. While forgiveness always is theirs is a time when ideals tend learn to scrutinize the “signs of The younger priests asked how available, the pope said, a person to become weaker and when the ‘Bad thoughts’ the times” for new trends and atti - they could fully live their voca - needs to learn how to examine the weight of ministry and adminis - tudes that are good and healthy tion. Pope Francis has three rec - things that lead to sin in their trative duties start to be felt. Among the deadliest of sins, and holy, Pope Francis told pas - ommendations: first, learn to bal - lives and, especially for that rea - writes Ron tors from the Diocese of Rome. ance commitments; second, “find son, a mature spiritual guide is — TEMPTATIONS , page 15 Rolheiser, While there is “moral conduct OMI, is that we aren’t used to seeing,” wrath. Raw such as the normalization of liv - D&P takes the Leap into manifesto hatred and ing together before marriage, anger justi - there also is a greater awareness By Michael Swan this is the decade to take decisive website on Jan. 31. fying them - of human rights, a push for toler - The Catholic Register action to prevent catastrophic “It has nothing to do explicitly selves on ance and equality and apprecia - global warming. That means small or implicitly with saying we sup - moral and divine grounds tion for the values of peace and TORONTO (CCN) — Devel - steps will no longer suffice. So we port the aims or objectives of other has never been more evi - solidarity,” he said Feb. 15. op ment and Peace has signed onto need to leap,” reads the manifesto, signatories,” Gauntlett told The dent. Just look at the com - “We should not be frightened a political manifesto that reflects which was introduced in 2015. Register . “We resist all inclination ments on social media. of the difficulties, but discern the in part the teaching of Pope A Development and Peace sig - that may surface to engage in any - — page 11 signs of the times, the things that Francis in a call for drastic change nature on the document was first thing in the way of partisan activi - Challenge of fasting come from the Spirit” and then in environmental policy. proposed at the organization’s ty. We’re not endorsing any politi - “help with the others,” he said, The Leap Manifesto was writ - May 2016 Ontario regional assem - cal party. We never have. I’m con - For Catholics, the practice according to RomaSette , the ten by the prominent Toronto hus - bly. The Ontario vote in favour of fident in saying we never will.” of fasting has fallen off the diocesan newspaper. band-and-wife team of filmmakers Leap didn’t make it to Develop - Pointing to the signature of for - screen, due in large measure As is customary on the day and activists Naomi Klein and Avi ment and Peace’s national council mer Progressive Conservative to the minimalistic interpre - after Ash Wednesday, Pope Lewis, son of the prominent NDP until November 2017. At that Attorney General of Ontario Roy tation of what church mem - Francis spent the morning with family of Stephen and David point Development and Peace staff McMurtry, Gauntlett rejects the bers are told “fasting” the pastors in the Basilica of St. Lewis and the bestselling author of recommended that national coun - idea the Leap Manifesto is a prod - means, writes Tom Ryan, John Lateran, the Rome cathe - a book on globalization called This cil members individually add their uct of internal NDP struggles. CSP. But a different inter - dral. The session began with a Changes Everything . The mani - names to the list of 49,486 signa - It was echoes of Pope Francis’s pretation should be given penitential liturgy and with the festo calls for a radical restructur - tories. 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ some thought. pope spending almost an hour ing of Canada’s economy away After a long debate, the nation - throughout the manifesto which — 13 hearing confessions. from reliance on fossil fuels and al council decided it would sign as inspired the movement among Afterward, he responded to for stronger legal commitments to an organization, said Ontario na - Development and Peace members some of their questions. The honour treaties with indigenous tional council representative Keith to sign, Gauntlet said. event was closed to the press, Canadians. Gauntlett. The manifesto was post - although the Vatican Media web - “Climate scientists have told us ed to the Development and Peace — DIALOGUE , page 7 2 Prairie Messenger INTERNATIONAL NEWS February 21, 2018 Pope regularly meets abuse survivors on Fridays By Cindy Wooden The director of the Vatican a question-and-answer session with Osorno, who had been accused of speak. There is not one piece of press office Feb. 15 confirmed that them. Weeks later, a transcript of covering up the abuse committed evidence against him. It is calum - VATICAN CITY (CNS) — the pope’s meetings with abuse the exchange is published by Civilta by his mentor, Rev. Fernando ny. Is that clear?” Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits survivors is regular and ongoing. Cattolica , a Jesuit journal in Rome. Karadima. The pope later apologized for in Peru that he often meets on “I can confirm that several times The transcribed and translated Pope Francis met with the the remark and, soon after return - Fridays with survivors of sex abuse. a month, the Holy Father meets texts from Pope Francis’ conversa - Jesuits in Santiago at the end of ing to Rome, sent Archbishop The meetings, which he said do victims of sexual abuse both indi - tions with Jesuits in Chile Jan. 16 his first full day in Chile. Earlier Charles Scicluna of Malta, an not always become public knowl - vidually and in groups,” said Greg and in Peru three days later were that day he had met with “a small experienced investigator, to Chile edge, make it clear that the sur - Burke, the director. “Pope Francis released in Italian and English by group” of people who had been to conduct interviews. vivors’ process of recovery “is listens to the victims and tries to Civilta Cattolica Feb. 15 with the abused by Chilean priests, accord - The pope told the Peruvian very hard.