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Two great events took place in the Church in
July: the release of the encyclical Lumen Fidei on
faith — the first encyclical written by two popes
— and the gathering of the youth of the world in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the World Youth Day.
This event also marked the first journey of Pope
Francis outside Italy since the beginning of his
pontificate.
In the new encyclical on faith (see page 4),
Pope Francis explains that faith is more necessary
than ever for today’s world, for it helps us under-
stand the plan of God for His creation and man-
kind: that we are all God’s children, and therefore
brothers in Jesus Christ, that God is Love and that
we must love one another, treat others like broth-
ers and not like enemies, and respect the rules
of charity, truth and justice in our relations with
others and in life in society.
In his speeches to the youth in Brazil (see
page 16), Pope Francis emphasized the same
theme, and in a very direct way in his speech to
the young people of Argentina on July 25: “I think
our world civilization has gone beyond its limits,
it has gone beyond its limits because it has made
money into such a god” and he pointed out that
in the Beatitudes (Blessed are the peacemakers,
those who thirst for justice, etc.) and the Gospel
according to St. Matthew, Chapter 25, on Judg-
ment Day: (“I was hungry, and you did not feed
me...”), there is all we need as plan of action.
The Holy Father also insisted on the need go
out and meet people, to leave our comfort zone,
not to remain observers in front of today’s chan-
ges and injustices, but to get involved. Young
people have a great thirst for justice; that is why
we invite them to read and study the writings of
Louis Even and others on economic democracy
(see page 11), and even to become its mission-
aries, to bring this good news of liberation every-
where. This is what every reader of MICHAEL
should do.
Alain Pilote,
Editor
The statue of Christ the Redeemer with his open arms on top of Mount Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro
Editorial
To be missionaries of the good news
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Contents
3 To be missionaries of the good news
Alain Pilote
4 The encyclical Lumen Fidei on faith
Pope Francis
11 A few questions and principles
about economic democracy
Louis Even
16 The Pope at the WYD in Rio
Pope Francis
20 A child’s innocence
April Helenek
23 The Rosary as survival manual
Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI
24 Eucharistic miracle in Buenos Aires
Fr. Mieczyslaw Piotrowski, SChr
26 Never say never, a Padre Pio miracle
Susan Brinkmann
28 Fr. Michel-Marie Zanotti-Sorkine
Sandro Magister, Marina Corradi
30 “Break the cycle of poverty”
Cardinal Maradiaga
31 The Vatican consecrated to St. Michael
Pope Francis
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Pope Francis at
the World Youth
Day in Rio de
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