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Our Patron Saint

St. Anne

His Holiness

Pope Francis

Most Rev. Dr. Prakash Mallavarapu

Archbishop of Visakhapatnam

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Posted Date: 23 April 2021

Circular with some directions and guidelines

Archbishop of Visakhapatnam

Most Rev. Dr. Prakash Mallavarapu

We need to give more pastoral care - Reaching the Unreached…!!

Christian Communities are known for Community celebration of faith with a lot of joy and enthusiasm. The covid-19 pandemic in these two years has taken away most of this joy. We all know virtual Masses and prayer meetings cannot be true substitutes for the actual celebrations at which there is the physical presence and personal participation along with the rest of the fellow believers. Here, we are placing before you some points to reflect on how best we can reach out and involve our faithful in the celebrations of our Christian faith at the parish and village/locality level.

His Holiness Pope Francis

The first Pope of the Americas Jorge Mario Bergoglio hails from Argentina. The 76-year-old Jesuit Archbishop of Buenos Aires is a prominent figure throughout the continent, yet remains a simple pastor who is deeply loved by his diocese, throughout which he has travelled extensively on the underground and by bus during the 15 years of his episcopal ministry.

“My people are poor and I am one of them”, he has said more than once, explaining his decision to live in an apartment and cook his own supper. He has always advised his priests to show mercy and apostolic courage and to keep their doors open to everyone. The worst thing that could happen to the Church, he has said on various occasions, “is what de Lubac called spiritual worldliness”, which means, “being self-centred”.

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