The Pope has announced the convocation of a Consistory on September 30 to name 21 new cardinals, including the Archbishop of Madrid, José Cobo Cano, the Rector Major of the Salesians, Ángel Fernández Artime, and the Bishop of the French town of Ajaccio. , in Corsica, the Spanish Francisco Javier Bustillo.
This was pronounced this Sunday by the pontiff leaning out of the window of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, after finishing the Marian prayer.
“I am happy to announce that on September 30 I will hold a Consistory for the appointment of new cardinals. Their provenance expresses the universality of the Church, which continues to announce God’s merciful love for all men on earth. The inclusion of new cardinals Cardinals in the Diocese of Rome, furthermore, manifests the inseparable bond between the See of Peter and the particular Churches throughout the world”, Pope Francis assured.
Pope Francis warned this Sunday of the risk that the heart “could get used to it and remain indifferent, or curious but incapable of being amazed or impressed by the works of God.” “This is the correct attitude towards the works of God: to photograph his works in the mind, so that they are imprinted in the heart, in order to reveal them in life through many gestures of good, so that the ‘photograph’ of God- love becomes more and more luminous in us and through us”, he underlined.
The pontiff has continued his reflection on the Gospel, ensuring that Jesus names the inhabitants of three wealthy cities of that time: Chorazain, Bethsaida and Capernaum, where he has performed numerous cures, but whose inhabitants have remained indifferent to his preaching.
“For them, miracles have only been spectacular events, useful to make news and feed talks; once this passing interest has been exhausted, they have put them aside, perhaps to deal with another novelty of the moment. They have not been able to welcome great things of God,” he said.
However, he has praised that the little ones do know how to welcome the things of God. “The little ones are those who, like children, feel needed and not self-sufficient, they are open to God and let his works amaze them. They know how to read his signs and marvel at the miracles of his love!” he added.
