Single Issue: $1.00 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40030139 CATHOLIC JOURNAL Vol. 94 No. 37 March 8, 2017 New mosque Pope visits Anglican church in Rome Regina’s new Ahmadiyya Mahmood Mosque is the By Junno Arocho Esteves several gifts that highlight his first and only purpose-built concern for the poor and the mar - mosque in Canada. Other ROME (CNS) — The path to - ginalized, including a promise to mosques are housed in ward Christian unity can’t be found serve meals to the homeless once repurposed buildings. isolated in a laboratory hashing out a week in his name. — page 3 theological differences, but rather He also said 50 English Bibles Bishops to Rome by walking together on a common will be given in the pope’s name journey, Pope Francis said. to Anglican nuns in Rome who Over the next two months While theological dialogue is minister to the city’s prostitutes. all of Canada’s active necessary, Catholics and Angli - The Anglican community also bishops will participate in cans can continue to “help each presented Pope Francis with a ad limina meetings with a other in our needs, in our lives and basket of homemade jams and pope for the first time since help each other spiritually,” the chutneys as well as a Simnel 2006. Bishops from the pope said Feb. 26 while an swering cake, a traditional fruitcake typi - Assembly of Western questions from parishioners of All cally served on the fourth Sunday Catholic Bishops meet Saints’ Anglican Church in Rome. of Lent and adorned with 11 March 27 to April 2. “This cannot be done in a lab - marzipan balls representing the oratory; it must be done walking 12 apostles, minus Judas. — page 3 together along the way. We are on After welcoming the pope to CNS/Maria Grazia Picciarella Sacred life a journey and while we walk, we the parish, Boardman noted that POPE VISITS ANGLICAN CHURCH — Pope Francis accepts a gift can have these (theological) dis - when divisions first began, the of a Simnel cake during an evening prayer service at All Saints’ The law profession needs cussions,” he said. title “Bishop of Rome” was once Anglican Church in Rome Feb. 26. It was the first time a pope has vis - people who The pope made history as the used by Anglicans as an insult “or ited an Anglican place of worship in Rome. understand first pontiff to visit the Anglican an attempt to belittle it.” the dignity parish, which was celebrating the “Today for us recognizing your tism. As friends and pilgrims, we need in order to build “true, solid and sacred - 200th anniversary of its establish - unique role in witnessing to the wish to walk the path together, to communion” through a “united ness of ment in Rome. Gospel and leading Christ’s follow our Lord Jesus Christ witness to charity.” human Invited by the Anglican com - church, it is ironic that what we together,” he said. Following the prayer service, beings, said munity, Pope Francis took part in once used in a cruel attempt to He also emphasized the need the pope took some moments to Archbishop an evening liturgy and blessed an ‘put you in your place’ has be - for Catholics and Anglicans to answer questions from several Peter Sartain of Seattle, icon of Christ the saviour to com - come the key to your pastoral work together to help those in members of the Anglican church. guest speaker at a reception memorate the occasion. kindness in being alongside us and following the sixth annual The prayer service included a so many other Christians around Bolen to develop working Red Mass in Vancouver. “twinning” pledge between All the world,” Boardman said. — page 5 Saints’ Anglican Church and the The pope thanked the congre - Catholic parish that shares its name gation and acknowledged that group on social justice Catholic Schools in Rome. As Pope Francis looked much has changed between An - Day on, the pastors of both parishes glicans and Catholics, “who in By Frank Flegel tion, racism, “where we can signed a pledge to collaborate in the past viewed each other with encourage each other and possibly Manitoba’s Catholic Schools joint retreats, works of charity and suspicion and hostility.” REGINA — Regina’s look for new partnerships work - Day 2017 was dedicated to sharing meals with each other. “Today, with gratitude to God, Archbishop Donald Bolen is con - ing together in the service of the The Call to Reconciliation, Rev. Jonathan Boardman, we recognize one another as we sidering bringing together local common good.” in response to Canada’s chaplain of the Anglican church truly are: brothers and sisters in groups working in the areas of It is an idea he came away with Truth and Reconciliation in Rome, presented the pope with Christ, through our common bap - poverty, homelessness, immigra - from a meeting of grassroots orga - report that calls for schools nizations and social movements to teach about the role working for social change. The of churches in meeting was held in Modesto, residential schools. Calif., and attracted more than 700 — page 6 people, including about 20 Cath olic bishops and other church leaders. Human resources Attendance was by invitation only. It was co-sponsored by the The church needs to address Vatican’s Dicastery for Integral human resources issues Human Development; the U.S. because the church involves Bishops’ Conference Catholic people. Policies being Campaign for Human Develop - developed in the Saskatoon ment; and PICO (People Im proving diocese will lead to more Communities through Or ganizing), fairness, more dialogue an American network of faith-based and better ministry. organizations. It was part of a series — page 6 WOMEN’S SPECIAL ROLE — The theme for International Women’s Day 2017 (IWD is March 8) is “Be of gatherings partly organized by Bold For Change,” a call to help forge a better working world for Women. This year Lent 2017 Development the Vatican, bringing together lead - Notorious case to and Peace — Caritas Canada has chosen to put women at the forefront to highlight the very special impor - ers of popular movements. be made into a film tance and role they have in every aspect of development, whether it be social, environmental or economic. Pope Francis, in a message to the California meeting, thanked Academy Award-winning Women at heart of D&P Lent campaign the organizers and the host bish - director Steven Spielberg ops for organizing the meeting is making a film about and for their work. “It makes me Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish By Michael Swan The money goes primarily to cratic governments to account. very happy to see you working boy from Bologna, who was The Catholic Register fund the work of about 100 part - Raising money for internation - together toward social justice. secretly baptized by a maid ner organizations in Africa, Latin al development in the name of How I wish that such constructive when he fell ill and then TORONTO (CCN) — The America, Asia and the Middle women makes perfect sense, said energy would spread to all dioce - forcibly removed from his next $8 million Development and East — partners whom the Mary Hess, a visiting scholar at ses because it builds bridges family in 1858 at age six Peace raises will be in the name Canadian Catholic Organization the University of St. Michael’s between peoples and individuals. and raised as a Catholic, of women. for Development and Peace sup - College faculty of theology. These bridges can overcome the with the blessing of The 50th Share Lent campaign port as the pathway to help some “There is a growing conscious - walls of exclusion, indifference, Pope Pius IX. for Canada’s Catholic solidarity of the poorest people on Earth ness, globally, that if you educate racism, and intolerance,” the pope — page 8 organization has been launched recover from natural disasters, girls and women you make huge said in his message. under the theme of “Women at find new ways of making a living the Heart of Change.” or hold often corrupt and auto - — CAMPAIGN , page 5 — GROUPS, page 7 2 Prairie Messenger INTERNATIONAL NEWS March 8, 2017 Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin By Junno Arocho Esteves humanity’s origin from the earth, the pope said, is also a reminder ROME (CNS) — Lent is a that God breathes new life into time to receive God’s breath of people in order to save them from life, a breath that saves humanity the suffocation of “petty ambi - from suffocating under the weight tion” and “silent indifference.” of selfishness, indifference and “The breath of God’s life sets piety devoid of sincerity, Pope us free from the asphyxia that so Francis said. often we fail to notice or become “Lent is the time to say no to so used to that it seems normal, the asphyxia born of relationships even when its effects are felt,” the that exclude, that try to find God pope said. while avoiding the wounds of The lenten season, he contin - Christ present in the wounds of ued, is a “time for saying no” to his brothers and sisters,” the pope the asphyxia caused by superficial said March 1 during an Ash and simplistic analyses that “fail Wednesday mass. to grasp the complexity of prob - Pope Francis celebrated the lems” of those who suffer most. mass after making the traditional “Lent is the time to say no to Ash Wednesday procession from the asphyxia of a prayer that the Benedictine monastery of St. soothes our conscience, of an Anselm to the Dominican-run almsgiving that leaves us self-sat - Basilica of Santa Sabina on isfied, of a fasting that makes us Rome’s Aventine Hill.