{"id":3463,"date":"2018-01-14T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T01:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stbridgetsgreythorn.org.au\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2018-01-14T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T01:54:31","slug":"popes-visit-as-pilgrim-to-share-the-gospels-message-of-hope-and-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/popes-visit-as-pilgrim-to-share-the-gospels-message-of-hope-and-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope&#8217;s visit as pilgrim to share the Gospel\u2019s message of hope and joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>ROME &#8211; Less than a week before embarking on a seven-day visit to South America, Pope Francis said he would go to Chile and Peru<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1377\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1377\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stbridgetsgreythorn.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/pope-audience.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1377\" src=\"http:\/\/stbridgetsgreythorn.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/pope-audience-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/pope-audience-300x283.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/pope-audience.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis at audience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cI want to meet with you, look into your eyes, see your faces and experience God\u2019s closeness, his tenderness and mercy that embraces and consoles us,\u201d the pope said in a video message released by the Vatican Jan. 9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The pope will be in Chile Jan. 15-18, visiting the cities of Santiago, Temuco and Iquique. He then will fly to Peru and from Jan. 18-21, he will visit Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>In his message, Francis said he was familiar with the history of both countries and was grateful for the people\u2019s faith and love for God, particularly in caring for those \u201cdiscarded by society.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cThe throwaway culture has invaded us more and more,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to share in your joys, your sorrows, your difficulties and hopes and tell you that you are not alone, that the pope is with you (and) that the whole church embraces you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u201cTo feel God\u2019s closeness makes us a living community that is capable of moving with those who are at our side and take firm steps toward friendship and brotherhood. We are brothers and sisters who go out to meet others to confirm one another in the same faith and hope,\u201d the pope said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Peru-Chile trip will be Francis\u2019s fourth to South America. In July 2013, he visited Brazil for World Youth Day. In July 2015, he traveled to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, and in September 2017, he visited Colombia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/vatican\/2018\/01\/09\/pope-says-goes-chile-peru-pilgrim-gospel-joy\/<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME &#8211; Less than a week before embarking on a seven-day visit to South America, Pope Francis said he would go to Chile and Peru . \u00a0\u201cI want to meet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pastoral-messages"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3464,"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463\/revisions\/3464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kmgit.com\/testbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}