Philippine Asian News Today Vol 20 No 20 | Page 25
October 16 - 31, 2018
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Pope Francis prays for
victims of synagogue
shooting
Pope Francis offered prayers
for the victims of the Pittsburgh
synagogue shooting in his Angelus
address Sunday.
“May the The Most High welcome
the dead in his peace, comfort their
families and support the wounded,”
Pope Francis said Oct. 28.
Eleven people were killed when a
gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life
synagogue Saturday morning during
its Sabbath service.
The pope expressed his closeness
to the city of Pittsburgh and “in
particular to the Jewish community.”
The shooting suspect, Robert
Bowers, reportedly shouted “All Jews
must die,” during the attack.
“May the Lord help us to extinguish
the outbreaks of hatred that develop in
our societies,” Pope Francis prayed.
Pope Francis asked God for
a “strengthening of the sense of
humanity, respect for life, moral and
civil values, and the holy fear of God,
who is Love and Father of all.”
The pope also expressed hope
in his Angelus address that the
conclusion of the 2018 Synod of
Bishops on young people, the faith,
and vocational discernment will go on
to bear good fruit.
“The Youth Synod was a good
harvest, and promises good wine,”
Pope Francis said following the
closing Mass of the synod Oct. 28.
The pope stressed that the main
objective of the synod was not its final
document, which was voted upon
and published in Italian on Saturday
night.
“More than the document,
however, it is important that a way of
being and working together, young
and old, in listening and discernment,
to reach pastoral choices that respond
to reality, is spreading,” said Francis.
The “fundamental attitude” of the
synod was “listening,” he said.
“We tried to read reality, to grasp
the signs of our times. Community
discernment was done in the light
of the Word of God and of the Holy
Spirit,” Pope Francis continued.
“This is one of the most beautiful
gifts that the Lord makes to the
Catholic Church, that is, to gather
voices and faces from the most varied
realities and thus be able to attempt
an interpretation that takes into
account the richness and complexity
of the phenomena, always in the light
of the Gospel,” he said.(C. Grogan,
CNA)
The most read book in the
Philippines? Survey says:
the Bible
A recent survey found that the
Bible is the most frequently read book
in the Philippines.
The country’s National Book
Development Board commissioned a
readership survey for 2017, the results
of which were released last month.
More than 72 percent of adults
were found to favor reading the Bible
over other literary genres, including
fiction, non-fiction, hobbies, health,
and graphic novels.
The finding was consistent for
nearly all age groups, except for young
adults and children, demographics
among which the Bible is the fourth
most commonly read book. Still, more
than 55 percent of youth reported that
they read the Bible.
The agency conducted a similar
survey in 2012, which found that the
Bible was the most read book for all
age groups.
“The Bible is indeed the most
read book in our country. By the
power of the Word of God, may the
Philippines be transformed into a
real Christian nation,” Bishop Arturo
Bastes of Sorsogon said, according
to UCA News.
The bishop, who had been the
head of the Episcopal Commission
for the Biblical Apostolate, further
added that the Bible has been made
available for about one dollar by the
Philippine Bible Society.
He said that over the past 10
years an estimated 10 million copies
of scripture have been delivered to
families in the country. If the average
family has five members, he said,
more than 50 million Filipinos have
had the opportunity to pray with and
read the Bible.
The result of the survey “is very
rewarding, especially for me, because
my very special ministry in the church
is to promote the Bible among our
people. This means that the collective
efforts of all persons engaged in the
biblical ministry have borne fruit,” the
bishop said.(CNA)
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