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3 DENVER CATHOLIC | MAY 23-29, 2015 Vatican Notes 7807 E. Peakview Ave. • Suite 130 • Centennial • CO • 80111 www.ColoradoEstatePlan.com • 303-736-6060 7 Reasons You Need an Estate Plan 1. PROBATE COSTS AND DELAYS: Avoid potential delays of nine months to one year or more. 2. NURSING HOME COSTS: Protect your nest egg from nursing home costs which average $8,000 per month in Colorado! 3. DIVORCE: Up to 50% of your assets could walk out the door with your ex in-law. 4. REMARRIAGE: Prevent your assets from going to a stranger instead of your children if your spouse gets remarried after your death. 5. ESTATE TAXES: Eliminate or minimize federal estate taxes. 6. INHERITANCE: Prevent underage children or irresponsible adults from spending their inheritance all at once. 7. INCAPACITY: Avoid a publicly humiliating and expensive guardianship proceeding if you become incapacitated. Learn more about the benefits of having a Living Trust by attending one of our estate planning workshops. Space fills up quickly, so register today! Call 303-736-6060 or go online to www. ColoradoEstatePlan.com Free Workshop on Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning Presented by Hammond Law Group Register Today! Call 303-736-6060 "Our clients' satisfaction is 100% guaranteed!" Tuesday, June 9 TH 2:00 PM and 6:30 PM Hampton Inn and Suites 3095 West County Line Rd. Littleton, CO 80129 Saturday, June 13 TH 10:00 AM Hilton Garden Inn Highlands Ranch 1050 Plaza Drive Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 presides at Ghost WOLLAM Romanian president meets pope Pope Francis met with President Klaus Werner Iohannis of Romania May 15 at the Vatican. The meeting took place on the 25th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Romania on May 15, 1990. After discussing issues aƒ ecting regions in the world, President Werner met privately with Car- dinal Pietro Parolin and Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states. SOURCE: ZENIT.ORG Canonization of Palestinian nuns sign of hope Pope Francis canon- ized two Palestinian blesseds—Sisters Marie-Al- phonsine Danil Ghattas, who founded the Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, and the Car- melite Maryam Baouardy, known as Mary of Jesus Crucifi ed—along with two European religious— French Jeanne-Emilie de Villeneuve and Italian Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando. The canonization took place May 17 after Palestinian president Mah- moud Abbas met the pope. The president attended the canonization. SOURCE: ZENIT.ORG When did you say 'thank you' and 'I'm sorry?,' pope asks Pope Francis said to a crowd May 13 that remembering to be grate- ful and to apologize can go a long way in avoiding confl ict. "Although the words 'May I,' 'thank you' and 'I'm sorry' can be hard to say or put into practice, their absence "can cause cracks in the foundation of the family, which can lead to its collapse," he said. His comments were a continuation of talks on the family. SOURCE: CATHOLIC NEWSAGENCY.COM NEWS IN BRIEF Pope: Fear is not a Christian attitude " Fear is not a Christian attitude," but rather an attitude "of a caged animal without freedom." These were the words of Pope Francis May 15 during a homily at Casa Santa Marta, the pope's residence adjacent to St. Peter's Basilica. The pope refl ected on the fi rst reading from the Acts of the Apostles, in which Christ calls on St. Paul to preach in Corinth without fear. "Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you. No one will attack and harm you, for I have many people in this city," Jesus says to Paul in a vision. Pope Francis said that Christ invites Paul to not be afraid because fear is an atti- tude that can harm, weaken and diminish. "A fearful Christian is a person who has not understood the message of Jesus," he said. "This is why Jesus says to Paul: 'Do not be afraid. Continue to speak.' Fear is not a Christian attitude. It is an attitude, we could say, of a caged animal, without free- dom, who does not have the freedom to look ahead, to create something, to do good… no, always: 'No, but this is dangerous, there is something else, something else…' And this is a vice. It is the fear of doing evil." The pope called on the faithful to ask for the grace of courage, so as not to become fearful. "There are fearful communities that always go on the safe side… Everything is forbidden because of fear. And you enter into this community and the air is stale, because it is a sick community. Fear makes a community sick. The lack of courage makes a community sick." The pope added that fear must not be confused with fear of the Lord, a grace that allows the faithful to "awe in adora- tion." SOURCE: CATHOLICNEWSAGENCY.COM Pope Fran- cis reaches out to greet Gra- zia, a girl with Down syndrome, during the Wednes- day Gener- al Audi- ence in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 2015. PHOTO BY DANIEL IBAÑEZ/CNA

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