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Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Gospel of the Day (Matthew 25,31-46)
Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne,
and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.' Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'
And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.'
Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?' He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.' And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
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All Souls' Day: Pope prays for lives ‘cut short’ by war As war continues to rage in Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere, Pope Francis speaks of remembering the dead and hoping for reunion with them in God’s Kingdom. By Joseph Tulloch
On Thursday, 2 November, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for All Souls' Day at Rome’s Military Cemetery.
In his homily – delivered off-the-cuff, without the aid of notes – the Pope remembered those who have gone before us, particularly those whose lives have been “cut short” by war.
Memory and hope “A celebration like today,” said Pope Francis, “brings with it two thoughts: memory and hope.”
As war continues to rage in Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen and elsewhere, Pope Francis speaks of remembering the dead, and hoping for reunion with them in God’s Kingdom.
Pope Trusts In ‘Human Wisdom’ To Avoid Escalation Of War
(In an interview with Italian news program Tg1, Pope Francis speaks about the possibility of global conflict. Addressing a number topics, he says we must not become accustomed to war and he decries the arms trade.)
By Vatican News
For Pope Francis, a global escalation of the war that broke out in Israel and Palestine “is a possibility” but he hopes it does not happen by trusting in “human wisdom”. The Pope’s remarks came during a long interview with Gianmarco Chiocci, director of the Italian news program Tg1, which was broadcast Wednesday on Italy's public broadcaster RaiUno.
Israel and Gaza
Regarding the situation in the Middle East, the Pope affirmed once again, “Every war is a defeat. Nothing is solved with war. Nothing. Everything is gained with peace, with dialogue.” He continued, “They entered the kibbutzim, took hostages. They killed someone. And then the reaction. The Israelis go to recover those hostages, to save them. In war, one slap provokes another. One strong and the other even stronger, and so it goes on. War is a defeat. I felt it as one more defeat. Two peoples who must live together. With that wise solution: two peoples, two states. The Oslo Accords: two clearly delineated states and Jerusalem with a special status”.
Pope: Theology Must Interpret The Gospel For Today’s World
(In a new Motu Proprio, "Ad theologiam promovendam", Pope Francis updates the Statutes of the Pontifical Academy of Theology, calling it to "courageous cultural revolution" and commitment to dialogue in the light of Revelation)
By Tiziana Campisi
A Church that is “synodal, missionary, and ‘goes forth’” needs a theology that “goes forth”, too.
That's the thought behind Pope Francis’ new Motu Proprio Ad theologiam promovendam [https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/motu_proprio/documents/20231101-motu-proprio-ad-theologiam-promovendam.html], dated 1 November 2023, which updates the statutes of the Pontifical Academy of Theology.
Established canonically by Clement XI on 23 April 1718, with the brief Inscrutabili, the Academy aimed "to place theology at the service of the Church and the world". It has evolved over the years into a "group of scholars called to investigate and deepen theological themes of particular relevance".
Now, for the Holy Father, it is time to revise the norms that regulate its activities to make them "more suited to the mission that our times impose on theology".
Yair Lapid: Winning war for new leadership in Gaza with Palestinian Authority As the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies, Yair Lapid, the former Israeli prime minister, speaks to L'Osservatore Romano about the massacre of 7 October and expresses his hopes for new leadership in Gaza. By Roberto Cetera
Yair Lapid is the immediate predecessor of Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister of Israel. He resigned from that position exactly one year ago after the general elections.
His party, Yesh Atid, is the second-largest party in the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) after Likud, with 24 seats.
After Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October, Mr. Lapid refused to be part of the National Unity government chaired by Mr. Netanyahu.
Despite the intense commitments of recent days, Mr. Lapid accepted to grant L'Osservatore Romano the following interview.
Q: What is your interpretation of the events on 7 October? Did Israel underestimate its military’s control of the southern border or was it a mistaken political strategy?
The massacre on 7 October was the single biggest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, since 1945. We will have to study, review and investigate what happened and what went wrong. There will be time for that when the war is over.
We were clearly surprised on 7 October, but we won't be surprised again. We're prepared and we're ready. Our task now is to dismantle Hamas, to win the war, to bring back the men, women and children who have been abducted and restore security for the people of Israel. That is what we are focused on.
