May, the month dedicated to Our Lady for the faithful, will close with a Rosary for peace with which Pope francesco “wishes to offer a sign of hope to the world, suffering for the conflict in Ukraineand deeply wounded by the violence of the many war theaters still active ”
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Starting at 6pm on Tuesday May 31the Pontiff will recite the prayer del Rosario in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Together with him – “as a sign of closeness to those who are most involved in the dynamics of these tragic events” – there will be also a Ukrainian family
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Pope Francis will recite the prayer in front of the statue of Maria Regina Pacis in the Basilica, where at his feet he will lay a wreath of flowers. For the occasion, i international sanctuaries around the world, along with other sanctuaries located in countries affected by war or characterized by political instability and violence. Among these there will also be that of the Mother of God a Zarvanytsiain Ukraine
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The new cardinals will be created next August 27, on the occasion of the Consistory. The Italian voters are Monsignor Oscar Cantonibishop of Como, and Monsignor Giorgio Marengo, apostolic prefect of Ulan Bator (Mongolia). The over-80 Italians are instead the bishop emeritus of Cagliari Arrigo Migliothe former rector of the Gregorian father Gianfranco Ghirlandaand monsignor Fortunato Frezzafrom the rectory of San Pietro
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The other new cardinals are HE Mons. Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; HE Mons. Lazarus You Heung sik, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; HE Mons. Fernando Vérgez Alzaga LC, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State and President of the Governorate of the Vatican City State (in the photo, Roche and Alzaga, respectively on the left and right)
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HE Mons. Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille (France); HE Mons. Peter Okpaleke, Bishop of Ekwulobia (Nigeria); HE Mons. Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, OFM – Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil); HE Mons. Filipe Neri António Sebastião by Rosário FerrãoArchbishop of Goa and Damão (India). In the photo: Aveline with Pope Francis and Ulrich Steiner (right)
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HE Mons. Robert Walter McElroy, Bishop of San Diego (USA); HE Mons. Virgilio Do Carmo Da SilvaArchbishop of Dili (East Timor)
HE Mons. Anthony Poola (in photo), Archbishop of Hyderabad (India); HE Mons. Paulo Cezar CostaMetropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Brasília (Brazil)
HE Mons. Richard Kuuia Baawobr M. Afr, Bishop of Wa (Ghana); HE Mons. William Goh Seng Chye (in photo), Archbishop of Singapore (Singapore); HE Mons. Adalberto Martínez FloresMetropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)
HE Mons. Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena (Colombia); HE Mons. Lucas Van Looy (in photo), Archbishop Emeritus of Gent (Belgium)