Boston

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For the Victims at Boston and Victims of Hatred, Violence, and Injustice throughout the world

My prayers and love go to those who were hurt in Boston, and not only them, but also to all those around the world, suffering from daily persecution and daily injustice. May God protect them, and bless them with strength, and heal them.

We pray also for all those who had caused pain and suffering upon others, including those who caused the Boston explosion, and those who persecuted others. We forgive them for their faults, and welcome them with open hands, with the love of God, that they will come and see the truth and the light, that they will persecute others no more, that they will cause no more pain upon others, but walk in the light of God.

Spend some time to pray for the North Koreans as well, who had been suffering for the past six decades and more from repudiation of their basic rights in the name of ideology and hatred.

Monsignor Francis Hong Yong-Ho, pray for your people, and pray for us too.

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Appointment of Advisory Board for the Reform of the Roman Curia

Pope Francis had appointed an advisory board composed of eight Cardinals and some other prelates whose function is to help the Holy Father in his reform of the Roman Curia to increase its efficiency.

http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-appoints-council-of-eight-cardinals-to-advise

 

Here are the members of the Advisory Board, picked from members of the College of Cardinals across the globe (set to meet from 1-3 October 2013 for first discussion) :

1. Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

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2. Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago del Cile (Chile)

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3. Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

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4. Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Metropolitan Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany)

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5. Cardinal Laurent Monswengo Pasinya, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)

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6. Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley. O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston (U.S.A.)

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7. Cardinal George Pell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

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8. Cardinal Oscar Andrés Maradiaga Rodríguez S.D.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)

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As mentioned, the first meeting of the group would be from 1-3 October 2013, so I would not expect significant changes to the Roman Curia before the end of this year, or even early next year (2014).