“Rosa è la Santa sempre giovane, colei che ha suscitato simpatia ed empatia in milioni di fedeli non solo peruviani, ma dell’intero Nuovo Mondo e, dovunque, il suo esempio e la sua fama sono diffusi”.
Una dimensione economica “intesa essenzialmente al servizio della persona, e dunque diretta al soddisfacimento dei suoi bisogni, più che alla razionalizzazione delle risorse scarse”, e le scelte economiche come “strumenti integranti dell’azione missionaria della Chiesa, attraverso cui può manifestarsi concretamente la parola evangelica e realizzarsi quello spirito di solidarietà che spezza la cultura dello scarto promossa dal ‘paradigma tecnocratico”’.
On December 5th, Sr. Raffaella Petrini, FSE visited the Ohio Chapter of the Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums in Cleveland, Ohio. At the gala dinner with over 250 persons, the President thanked the Ohio Patrons for their twenty years of selfless generosity in their dedication to restoration of various artistic works of the Vatican Museums.
An economic dimension “essentially understood as being at the service of the person, and thus directed at meeting his or her needs, rather than at the rationalization of scarce resources,” and making economic choices as “integral tools of the Church’s missionary action, through which the evangelical word can be concretely manifested” realizing that spirit of solidarity which breaks with the throwaway culture promoted by the ‘technocratic paradigm.’
“In a particular way during this Holy Year, we are called to be tangible signs of hope for those of our brothers and sisters who experience hardships of any kind.” This was the message of Pope Leo XIV to the Knights of Columbus, gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 143rd Supreme Convention, held from August 4 to 7.
“Rose is the forever young Saint, the one who has inspired sympathy and empathy in millions of faithful not only in Peru, but throughout the entire New World; everywhere her example and her renown are widespread.” These were the words of Sr. Raffaella Petrini, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, during the conference entitled “Saint Rose of Lima, the First Saint of the New World: Contemporary Reflections,” held on Tuesday afternoon, January 27, in the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.