"Missionary of Mercy" Fr. Panneer Selvam, part 1
This year’s Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Season have taken on a special connotation and colour, occurring during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Pope Francis marked the beginning of the church's Lenten journey by sending off several hundred religious and diocesan priests on their own special path as "Missionaries of Mercy" in local dioceses and parishes. At the Feb. 10 Ash Wednesday Mass, the Pope officially commissioned 762 priests from around the world to go out as special Missionaries of Mercy, empowering them to forgive even the sins that are reserved for the Holy See to pardon.
Central African Republic Bishop: At last we have a new President
Central African Republic (CAR)’s Bishop Juan José Aguirre Muños, M.C.C.I, the Bishop of Bangassou has told Agenzia Fides, the Catholic news agency that, notwithstanding the challenges, "At last we have a new President. What is important is that we have a new President that we hope will lead the country out of the abyss into which we had sunk three years ago.” Bishop Aguirre was commenting on the just ended election in CAR which saw Faustin-Archange Touadéra emerge as the new head of state.
