Denver Catholic

6 I WORLD/NATION AUGUST 28, 2013 I DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER Pope to consecrate world to Mary We hope you and your family were able to enjoy our beautiful Colorado summer. With the start of a new school year and this issue, we are returning to our weekly publishing schedule. NOW - THE TRUTH OF THE EUCHARIST REVEALED AS... "Science Tests Faith" This DVD presents the findings from the investigation of a Eucharistic miracle commissioned by Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1999. This Cardinal is now known to the world as Pope Francis! What science discovers will confront the mind and heart of every person. See and hear the story unfold as flesh and blood, heart muscle tissue and human DNA are discovered in this miracle! What Does Science Have to Say? To order DVD, visit our Web Site at: www.loveandmercy.org or send $16 plus $4 (shipping & handling) to: Love and Mercy Publications, P O Box 1160, Hampstead, NC 28443 VATICAN CITY (CNA)—Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary this Oct. 13 as part of the Marian Day celebration that will involve the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. "The Holy Father strongly desires that the Marian Day may have present, as a special sign, one of the most significant Marian icons for Christians throughout the world and, for that reason, we thought of the beloved original statue of Our Lady of Fatima," wrote Archbishop Rino Fisichella. Archbishop Fisichella, who serves as president of the pontifical council for the Promotion The two-day observance includes an Oct. 12 pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter and moments of prayer and meditation. On Oct. 13, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Peter's Square. Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three shepherd children in the village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. She warned of violent trials in the 20th century if the world did not make reparation for sins. She urged prayer and devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. At the request of Pope Francis, Cardinal Jose Polycarp, the Patriarch of Lisbon, consecrated the pope's pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima on May 13, her feast day. Faith can overcome secularism LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CNA/ EWTN News)—Stressing the importance of personal witness to counter secular trends among Hispanics, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia praised the work of the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders. "Hispanic culture still has a soul formed by an encounter with Jesus Christ, and the humanity and compassion that flow from it," Archbishop Chaput said Aug. 23 at the association's national conference. "These things are worth fighting for and sharing with others. Faith matters because it gives meaning to the word 'human' in 'human beings.' It matters because it makes us children of a loving God." He was addressing the eighth annual conference of the Catholic Finally, PEACE OF MIND for homeowners 62+ years old. You've invested a lifetime in your home, now reap the rewards with an FHA insured Reverse Mortgage loan. QUALIFY FOR MAXIMUM FUNDS BY ACTING NOW, PRIOR TO UPCOMING PROGRAM CHANGES AND RATE INCREASES! C a l l D o n i To d a y | of the New Evangelization, made his remarks in a letter to Bishop Antonio Marto of Leiria-Fatima. According to the Portuguese shrine's website, the statue of Our Lady of Fatima will leave for Rome on the morning of Oct. 12 and return on the afternoon of Oct. 13. The statue normally resides in the shrine's Little Chapel of Apparitions. The archbishop said that "all ecclesial entities of Marian spirituality" are invited to take part in the celebration. Hundreds of movements and institutions that emphasize Marian devotion are expected to attend, the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima said. 303.791.4786 23 Years of Experience in Colorado Doni Dolfinger | ddolfinger@ulc.com NMLS 266569 | CO LMB 100017629 6775 E. Evans Avenue, Denver, CO 80224. Regulated by the Division of Real Estate. NMLS #2996. 303.758.4969. Association of Latino Leaders, held in Los Angeles Aug. 23-25. The association is dedicated to the spiritual formation of Latino leaders and to community service and cultural and educational projects. Its members include business, professional and community leaders. Archbishop Chaput said he and Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles had helped launch CALL to "to create a professional organization that would support Hispanic Catholic leaders." "We wanted to help those leaders renew the heart of an America that has become more and more confused, and more and more remote from its founding ideals. All of you here today are a testimony to what we hoped to accomplish. I'm very, very grateful to be a part of your work." However, he warned that the strength of Catholicism among Latinos is weakening. He said American Latinos leave the Catholic Church "at a sobering rate." Almost 70 percent of foreign-born Hispanics are Catholic, but only 40 percent of third-generation Hispanics are. The Latina abortion rate is higher than the national average, while Hispanic support for same-sex "marriage" rose from 31 percent to 52 percent between 2006 and 2012. "I think Archbishop José and I probably underestimated the ability of American culture to digest and redirect any new influence that comes from outside our borders. "In some ways, the Hispanic social and political profile is barely distinguishable from American national trends. The idea that Latinos, simply by their presence, might restore the moral tenor of our public discourse is a delusion." He said American consumer culture and its "eager little idolatries" such as practical atheism, "manufactured appetites," distractions, noise, and toys, is "simply too strong." "As a nation, Americans pay lip service to God on our coinage while forcing him out of our public life everywhere else. And in God's place we've created an avalanche of empty choices and phony little godlings that promise to feed our inner hungers and do nothing but starve us instead." Archbishop Chaput said this should not be a cause for despair, however. "An immense reservoir of goodness and hope still resides in the world. We need to remember that and act on it." He cited the friendliness of strangers in Latin America who showed "spontaneous, unexpected warmth" to his friends' son with Down syndrome. While some people focus on the heartache and "bleak" futures of those with Down syndrome, Archbishop Chaput said that the Catholic focus is different. "No love is fruitless. No love is wasted. Every life is precious. We trust in a loving God who is love itself; a God who pours out an unearned, redeeming kind of love on every one of his creatures; a God who became love incarnate to make all things new." Archbishop Chaput said faith is important because "we can't trust a God we don't believe in." "Faith matters because hope and love can't bear the weight of the suffering in the world without it. Faith matters because it reminds us that there's good in the world, and meaning to every life; and that the things that make us human are worth fighting for. Faith matters because it drives us to do what's right." Faith can even grow and spread in apparently fruitless times, he noted. He cited the Letter to the Hebrews' description of Abraham who, though he was "as good as dead," had "descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and countless as sands on the seashore." "That's the power of faith," he said. "That's the fertility of personal witness."

• Cover