101f-disco | discu-learn | least-shift | shine-zoroa
Chapter, Paragraph
1003 | least
1004 Conclu,50 | hidden way till it is all leavened (cf. Mt 13:33).~The peoples
1005 VI,32 | wealth and those who are left at the margin of progress
1006 VI,41 | the leaders of nations, legislators, business people and all
1007 V,28 | encourage the whole Church to lend moral, spiritual and material
1008 VI,32(164) | Letter Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII (15 May 1891) which
1009 V,31 | all people, this does not lessen her duty and resolve to
1010 | let
1011 II,12 | redemption. My Encyclical Letters Redemptor Hominis, Dives
1012 VII,47 | the Gospel as a joyful and liberating mystery to be known, lived
1013 IV,20 | Wisdom, the Healer, the Liberator, the Spiritual Guide, the
1014 VI,38 | hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
1015 | likely
1016 VI,34 | religious heritage. 176 Despite limited resources, the Church in
1017 Intro,2 | the universal Church. In line with the original idea of
1018 VI,34 | friendless, culturally estranged, linguistically disadvantaged and economically
1019 IV,23 | will result from faithfully listening to the word of God, from
1020 Conclu,51 | hers is an ear that always listens, hers a heart that always
1021 IV,23 | lives. A fire can only be lit by something that is itself
1022 I,7 | mass media and the kinds of literature, music and films that are
1023 Intro,4 | and closing Eucharistic Liturgies.~This was not a celebration
1024 IV,19 | have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to
1025 V,29 | proposes is grounded in the logic of the Incarnation. Therefore,
1026 III,16 | existing between Christ and the Logos. Whatever the Spirit brings
1027 Intro,3 | self-sacrificing love, unwavering hope, long-suffering commitment, enduring courage
1028 V,24 | communion, "Christians no longer belong to themselves but
1029 IV,20 | responds to their profound longing for the Absolute, and it
1030 VII,42 | missionary character and looking to a new outpouring of the
1031 VII,49 | and his companions, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and his companions,
1032 IV,22 | fidei which must never be lost sight of".93 Theological
1033 VI,34 | populations, some of them on the lowest economic rung. The Synod
1034 II,11 | poor, the forgotten and the lowly, declaring that they were
1035 VI,34 | poor and the outcast, are luminous signs of the Gospel in action.
1036 V,29 | abandoned in favour of the lust for power and self-aggrandizement.
1037 VI,34 | know the beggar Lazarus lying at his gate (cf. Lk 16:19-
1038 IV,20(72) | Non-Christians Religions, Madras (5 February 1986), 2: AAS
1039 V,31 | on 28 October 1965, the Magna Carta of interreligious
1040 VI,38 | landmines in Asia, which have maimed or killed hundreds of thousands
1041 VII,44 | whom they serve. 215 While maintaining respect for their specific
1042 II,13 | slave nor free, ... neither male nor female, for you are
1043 I,7 | much higher than that of males; and female children are
1044 V,26 | may preserve and clearly manifest the bond of communion with
1045 VI,41 | use and consumption, to be manipulated by an unbridled desire for
1046 VI,33 | forms of exploitation and manipulation, which make them veritable
1047 IV,21 | the Paschal Mystery in a manner known to God. 87 The Spirit'
1048 VI,38 | called for a stop to the manufacture, sale and use of nuclear,
1049 VII,45 | especially the poor and marginalized. 225~ ~ ~
1050 I,7 | culturally and politically on the margins of society. 19 Reflecting
1051 Conclu,51 | Asia there are hundreds of Marian sanctuaries and shrines
1052 VI,39 | hold their own in a global market economy. And perhaps more
1053 VI,39 | regulating the world's free markets and for the means of social
1054 III,15 | ceaseless exchange of love that marks the innermost life of the
1055 VI,40 | search for justice in a world marred by social and economic inequalities,
1056 I,7 | particular the sacredness of marriage and the stability of the
1057 VII,49 | message. The word itself, "martyr", means witness, and those
1058 VII,49 | great song of praise: Te martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
1059 Intro,1 | Third Christian Millennium marvelling at all that God has worked
1060 II,12(42) | Eucharistic Prayer I for Masses of Reconciliation.~
1061 VII,43 | in authority needs to be matched by a clear moral uprightness
1062 VI,39 | that is both secularist and materialistic. The result is an eroding
1063 IV,20 | Giovanni da Montecorvino, Matteo Ricci and Roberto de Nobili,
1064 VI,41(203) | Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew, 50, 3-4: PG 58, 508-509.~
1065 II,10 | divine self-manifestations as mediating salvation. Far from discouraging
1066 VI,38 | died because of the lack of medicines and other basic commodities
1067 VI,32 | Vatican Council said so memorably: "The joys and the hopes,
1068 I,9 | far from complete, without mentioning the Saints and Martyrs of
1069 I,9 | among these peoples.~Persian merchants took the Good News to China
1070 Intro,3 | commitment, enduring courage and merciful forgiveness, all of which
1071 V,27 | the Middle East and India, merits special attention. From
1072 VII,45 | Samaritan woman whom Jesus met at Jacob's well: he chose
1073 IV,23 | both in content and in method. The Synod Fathers were
1074 IV,20 | characteristic of Asian methodology in teaching".79 The ministry
1075 III,15 | seen the Holy Spirit in the mighty wind that swept over the
1076 I,7 | culturally and morally. People migrate within Asia and from Asia
1077 VII,49 | recent times like Saint Paul Miki and his companions, Saint
1078 I,8 | government to theocratic ones. Military dictatorships and atheistic
1079 V,29 | only because, after two millennia, a major part of the human
1080 V,24 | communion: "Each branch of mine that bears no fruit [my
1081 V,28 | who are deprived of the minimal means of survival, and to
1082 VI,40 | forms of corruption and the misappropriation of public funds by those
1083 II,12 | Redemptor Hominis, Dives in Misericordia and Dominum et Vivificantem
1084 II,12(42) | Roman Missal: Eucharistic Prayer I for
1085 II,11 | group in which fishermen mixed with tax collectors, Zealots
1086 Conclu,50 | is like the yeast which mixes with the flour in a quiet
1087 V,31 | Asia to provide suitable models of interreligious dialogue—
1088 I,6 | despite the influence of modernization and secularization, Asian
1089 VII,46 | should strive to make the moments when the family naturally
1090 VII,44 | encourage the establishment of monastic and contemplative communities
1091 Intro,3 | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia, Siberia and the new republics
1092 I,9 | News was announced to the Mongols and the Turks and to the
1093 II,10 | may not keep hidden or monopolize this newness and richness
1094 IV,20 | such men as Giovanni da Montecorvino, Matteo Ricci and Roberto
1095 Intro,3 | Oceania (1998). For almost a month, the Synod Fathers and other
1096 Intro,2 | better known to all. Two months after the publication of
1097 I,7 | economically, culturally and morally. People migrate within Asia
1098 I,6 | population and at the intricate mosaic of its many cultures, languages,
1099 Intro,1 | cf. Gen 12) and called Moses to lead his people to freedom (
1100 Intro,4 | This was not a celebration motivated by pride in human achievements,
1101 III,18 | Christ and the early Church, moves now among Asian Christians,
1102 Intro,3 | differences. Particularly moving was the encounter of the
1103 IV,21 | multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural situation of Asia, where
1104 IV,21 | special urgency today in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural
1105 IV,21 | today in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural situation
1106 VI,34 | but embrace the immense multitudes of the hungry, the needy,
1107 Intro,2 | natus est nobis Salvator mundi, "Behold the Saviour of
1108 I,7 | the kinds of literature, music and films that are proliferating
1109 V,24 | They interpenetrate and mutually imply each other, so that "
1110 Conclu,51 | on high.~You pondered the mysteries of God's will~in the silence
1111 VII,49 | Year 2000, Incarnationis Mysterium, I stressed the vital importance
1112 V,31 | traditions of asceticism and mysticism. 161~The memorable meeting
1113 IV,20 | yearnings expressed in the mythologies and folklore of the Asian
1114 II,11 | demands; this he set aside, nailing it to the cross" (Col 2:
1115 IV,20 | most effectively be made by narrating his story, as the Gospels
1116 Intro,2 | with renewed vigour: Ecce natus est nobis Salvator mundi, "
1117 II,12 | apart from man, but is very near, indeed united to every
1118 II,11 | him, he let them know the nearness of God. He wept for a dead
1119 VI,40 | cut down spending on the necessities of life such as food, health,
1120 IV,23 | proclamation is a mission needing holy men and women who will
1121 VI,41 | the temple only then to neglect him when he goes cold and
1122 VI,38 | continues to insist on the negotiated and non-military resolution
1123 VI,32 | more oppressive consumer network. In seeking to bring about
1124 V,28 | their sufferings and their new-found hopes. I encourage the whole
1125 | next
1126 III,15 | the giving of life. The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed calls the Holy Spirit "
1127 I,9 | centuries. Again in the nineteenth century there was a revival
1128 IV,20 | Matteo Ricci and Roberto de Nobili, to mention only a few,
1129 Intro,2 | renewed vigour: Ecce natus est nobis Salvator mundi, "Behold
1130 IV,23 | with representatives of the non-Christian spiritual traditions, particularly
1131 VII,45 | expansion of the new faith in non-Jewish territory".223 To enhance
1132 VI,38 | insist on the negotiated and non-military resolution of conflicts,
1133 V,28 | much needed ordained and non-ordained personnel to help these
1134 | none
1135 IV,22(102) | Nos. 60; 62; 105: AAS 91 (1999),
1136 V,31 | the Council's Declaration Nostra Aetate, promulgated on 28
1137 V,26 | associations of Bishops, notably the Council of Catholic
1138 V,25(127) | as Communion Communionis Notio (28 May 1992), 3-10: AAS
1139 IV,22 | an ever greater source of nourishment for their peoples through
1140 VII,48 | Pastoral Instruction Aetatis Novae, with appropriate attention
1141 VI,32(164) | Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII (15 May
1142 II,11 | the sacred Law, a public nuisance to be eliminated. After
1143 Intro,3(5) | of the Synod of Bishops, Nuntius (Final Message), 2.~
1144 VI,36 | consecrated persons, doctors, nurses and other health care workers,
1145 VII,48 | means of sustaining and nurturing a sense of Catholic identity
1146 IV,20 | the Good Shepherd, the Obedient One".80 Jesus could be presented
1147 II,11 | trusted and whom he lovingly obeyed (cf. Lk 2:41-52). Constantly
1148 VI,41 | potential are seen merely as objects of immediate use and consumption,
1149 II,10 | very reason their greater obligation of bearing witness to the
1150 IV,21 | found in them. This is the obligatory path for evangelizers in
1151 III,17 | the Second Vatican Council observed, "the Church is driven by
1152 V,30 | Christianity is a great obstacle for evangelization in Asia".149
1153 Conclu,51 | in her days of waiting;~obtain for us the same spirit of
1154 Intro,3 | the Special Assembly for Oceania (1998). For almost a month,
1155 IV,19 | centuries against great odds and have clung to this spiritual
1156 Intro,3 | Bishops' Conferences and its offices, which periodically brought
1157 I,8 | Some countries recognize an official state religion that allows
1158 I,8 | corrupt politicians, judiciary officials, administrators and bureaucrats.
1159 Intro,1 | Gal 4:4), he sent his only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ the Saviour,
1160 IV,20 | as the Gospels do. The ontological notions involved, which
1161 I,9 | Asia from the third century onwards. They provided spiritual
1162 II,12 | communion of the Godhead, and opens the way for all who believe
1163 IV,20 | specific world views.~In the opinion of the Synod Fathers, the
1164 Intro,2 | communicated their desires and opinions at every stage with frankness
1165 VI,40 | Jubilee of the Year 2000 is an opportune time for the Episcopal Conferences
1166 I,6 | not in confrontation and opposition, but in the spirit of complementarity
1167 VII,45 | rooting out injustice and oppression, and for this too they must
1168 VI,41 | for justice, for the right ordering of human society, without
1169 VII,44 | role played by religious orders and congregations, missionary
1170 VI,39 | leaders of nations and by organizations concerned with human promotion.~
1171 IV,22 | devotions. 96 The liturgy of the Oriental Churches has for the most
1172 IV,22 | proclamation. Pastorally oriented courses on the Bible, with
1173 VII,48 | emergence of a new culture that "originates not just from whatever content
1174 VI,41 | widow, the stranger and orphan" (cf. Ex 22:21-22; Dt 10:
1175 | otherwise
1176 VI,34 | especially the poor and the outcast, are luminous signs of the
1177 VII,42 | character and looking to a new outpouring of the dynamism of the Holy
1178 VII,48 | critical evaluation of media output, needs to be an increasing
1179 V,25 | commitment to missionary outreach and without yielding to
1180 VI,40 | substantial reduction or outright cancellation, as also business
1181 I,7 | effects can at times be outweighed by the way in which they
1182 I,7 | emerging as a result of over-exposure to the mass media and the
1183 VI,32 | underdevelopment and the "overdevelopment" which tends to reduce the
1184 IV,22 | refugees, youth and women be overlooked in any genuine liturgical
1185 VI,34 | seekers, immigrants and overseas workers. In the countries
1186 V,30 | encouraged to set up and oversee ecumenical centres of prayer
1187 VI,34 | identified child labour, paedophilia and the drug culture as
1188 IV,20 | undergoing unexplainable pain and suffering".82~The faith
1189 Intro,4 | In the face of the many painful questions posed by the suffering,
1190 I,8 | Asia today the political panorama is highly complex, displaying
1191 VI,36 | the Good Samaritan of the parable (cf. Lk 10:29-37), the Church
1192 IV,20 | pedagogy, using stories, parables and symbols so characteristic
1193 IV,20 | as foreign to Asia. It is paradoxical that most Asians tend to
1194 VII,46 | be active in parish life, partaking of the sacraments, especially
1195 V,26 | differences. Some wounds have been partially healed, but there is not
1196 VI,35 | promotion by supporting and participating in programmes which defend
1197 I,5 | particular land... The physical particularity of the land and its geographical
1198 V,31 | condescending, as they meet their partners in dialogue (cf. Mt 11:29). "
1199 V,26 | increased opportunities for partnership between Dioceses. 135~Regional
1200 VII,46 | through the family life is passed on from generation to generation.
1201 VII,46 | world and of the Church passes through the family",230
1202 VI,41 | Ancient Israel insisted passionately upon the unbreakable bond
1203 IV,22 | the task of proclamation. Pastorally oriented courses on the
1204 III,15 | fruits of "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
1205 IV,22 | grounding in biblical and patristic studies, seminarians should
1206 IV,20 | according to their cultural patterns and ways of thinking. They
1207 VI,41 | when he is naked. Do not pay him silken honours in the
1208 VII,47 | solidarity and hope can make them peacemakers in a divided world; and,
1209 VII,46 | Eucharist and the Sacrament of Penance, and being involved in service
1210 IV,22 | Christian faith because they perceive it more clearly with the
1211 IV,20 | fact that Jesus is often perceived as foreign to Asia. It is
1212 V,24 | she strives towards her perfection in the glory of heaven.
1213 V,28 | inherited from a difficult period of history. The Church accompanies
1214 Intro,3 | Conferences and its offices, which periodically brought together great numbers
1215 I,5 | believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (
1216 VI,34 | as the result of the evil perpetrated by individuals but often
1217 I,9 | root among these peoples.~Persian merchants took the Good
1218 V,25 | Special Assembly for Asia personified as it were the communion
1219 IV,20 | historical and even cosmic perspectives. The Church, the Synod Fathers
1220 VII,42 | context, where people are more persuaded by holiness of life than
1221 VII,44 | witness has an especially persuasive power. Their lives lived
1222 V,25 | God. Fully aware that "the Petrine office has a unique ministry
1223 VI,41(203) | Gospel of Matthew, 50, 3-4: PG 58, 508-509.~
1224 Intro,2 | throughout the preparatory phase. The Bishops communicated
1225 IV,23 | are successive steps or phases of the entire process of
1226 Conclu,50 | Christ. They are the hidden pillars of the Church, to whom Jesus
1227 V,24(113) | Civitate Dei, XVIII, 51, 2: PL 41, 614; cf. Second Vatican
1228 VII,48 | development of pastoral plans for communications at the
1229 I,7 | construction of nuclear power plants with an eye to cost and
1230 VI,41 | administrator. 201 The Synod Fathers pleaded in a special way for greater
1231 II,13 | the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him
1232 Conclu,50 | it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom" (
1233 V,28 | help these Churches; and I pledge the Holy See's continued
1234 VI,38 | shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning
1235 I,6 | peoples in the midst of a plurality of religions and cultures.
1236 III,16 | in creation and history points to Jesus Christ in whom
1237 I,7 | economically, culturally and politically on the margins of society. 19
1238 I,8 | themselves against corrupt politicians, judiciary officials, administrators
1239 VII,45 | vast and complex worlds of politics, economics, industry, education,
1240 Conclu,51 | Spirit from on high.~You pondered the mysteries of God's will~
1241 IV,22 | religious festivals and popular devotions. 96 The liturgy
1242 VI,34 | there are large aboriginal populations, some of them on the lowest
1243 VI,32(164) | was the Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio (26 March 1967)
1244 Conclu,50 | minority in this vast and most populous continent. Yet far from
1245 Intro,1 | the Holy Land, that small portion of Western Asia became a
1246 Intro,4 | the many painful questions posed by the suffering, violence,
1247 I,7 | This is a situation which poses a great challenge to the
1248 V,28 | occupies a unique and cherished position: "Rejoice with Jerusalem,
1249 V,27 | Catholic Eastern Churches possess a great wealth of tradition
1250 IV,21 | indeed offering everyone the possibility of sharing in the Paschal
1251 VI,41 | long as the earth and its potential are seen merely as objects
1252 III,16 | whom he had promised to pour out on the Church when he
1253 VI,35 | the life of those who are powerless to defend themselves.~ ~ ~
1254 IV,22 | and more intensively and prayerfully used among the members of
1255 Intro,2 | following the proposals of the Pre-Synodal Council which evaluated
1256 IV,19 | are they to hear without a preacher?" (Rom 10:13-14). The great
1257 VII,43 | shepherds of the flock, preachers of the good news of salvation
1258 I,5 | important key to a more precise understanding of the Eternal
1259 I,9 | with the majority in some predominantly Islamic states. 30 The Synod
1260 VI,34 | bears witness. "This love of preference for the poor, and the decisions
1261 IV,20 | cultural forms are to be preferred. In fact, the proclamation
1262 Intro,2 | was evident throughout the preparatory phase. The Bishops communicated
1263 I,9 | perhaps above all a lack of preparedness to encounter the great religions
1264 IV,20 | through which the Father prepares the hearts of Asian peoples
1265 IV,23 | of Jesus Christ in Asia presents many complex aspects, both
1266 IV,19 | communities in Asia have preserved their faith down the centuries
1267 III,17 | Christ~17. The Holy Spirit preserves unfailingly the bond of
1268 IV,22 | word is so important in preserving and communicating religious
1269 V,25 | Churches over which they preside in charity. My own presence
1270 VII,46 | for appropriate rituals presided over by the parents and
1271 Intro,3 | these meetings, at times presiding at the opening or closing
1272 IV,20 | involved, which must always be presupposed and expressed in presenting
1273 IV,22 | whom they serve, always presupposing the necessary discernment
1274 VI,34 | like the ‘rich man' who pretended not to know the beggar Lazarus
1275 VII,48 | attention to the circumstances prevailing in Asia.~ ~ ~
1276 IV,23 | in religious matters, nor prevented from acting according to
1277 V,27 | Catholic Eastern Churches, principally of the Middle East and India,
1278 V,25 | one should be excluded a priori from sharing fully in the
1279 IV,23 | Some of these elements proceed together, while some others
1280 VI,32 | world's growing capacity to produce wealth and those who are
1281 III,15 | and re-creation which he produces in people's hearts and minds,
1282 III,15 | who purifies and saves, producing fruits of "love, joy, peace,
1283 VI,38 | otherwise be used for food production. 190 It is the responsibility
1284 VI,36 | self-giving love and dedicated professionalism of those involved that make
1285 IV,22 | also encouraged seminary professors and staff to seek a profound
1286 VI,41 | an unbridled desire for profit. 200 It is the duty of Christians
1287 IV,21 | comes to people who are profoundly linked to a culture, and
1288 VII,48 | through appropriate language programming, personnel and financial
1289 V,24 | on the day of Pentecost, "progresses on her pilgrimage amid this
1290 VI,32(164) | Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio (26 March 1967) which Pope
1291 Intro,2 | the joyful, patient and progressive preaching of the saving
1292 VI,35 | he entrusts it to us as a project and a responsibility. We
1293 I,7 | music and films that are proliferating on the continent. Without
1294 IV,19 | teaching, the life, the promises, the Kingdom and the mystery
1295 VI,33 | development that the Church promotes reaches far beyond questions
1296 IV,20 | insistence on proclamation is prompted not by sectarian impulse
1297 III,18 | only in obedience to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Committed
1298 V,29 | and unselfish solidarity prompts the Church's dialogue with
1299 V,31 | Declaration Nostra Aetate, promulgated on 28 October 1965, the
1300 VII,49 | martyrdom is the most eloquent proof of the truth of the faith,
1301 V,28 | Indeed, the words of the Prophet Isaiah find an echo in the
1302 V,30 | number of Christians is proportionately small, division makes missionary
1303 VII,46 | family",230 I once again propose for study and implementation
1304 VII,45 | join the Synod Fathers in proposing the establishment at the
1305 VI,35 | guardians of life, not its proprietors. We receive the gift freely
1306 IV,20 | impulse nor the spirit of proselytism nor any sense of superiority.
1307 Intro,2 | particular Churches to the prospect of a Special Assembly for
1308 V,29 | everywhere to build progress and prosperity without reference to God,
1309 VI,41 | entrusted to humanity. The protection of the environment is not
1310 I,9 | are the teachers and the protectors, the glory of the Church
1311 V,31 | heart of their Master, never proud, never condescending, as
1312 Intro,3 | of Asia's Bishops served providentially as remote preparation for
1313 VI,38 | ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not
1314 VII,49 | remembering the martyrs: "From the psychological point of view, martyrdom
1315 VII,48 | new techniques and a new psychology".234 The exceptional role
1316 Intro,2 | all. Two months after the publication of Tertio Millennio Adveniente,
1317 VII,48 | addition to radio, Catholic publications and news agencies can help
1318 V,30 | Finally, a sincere desire for purification and renewal is also needed".150~
1319 III,15 | Life but as the One who purifies and saves, producing fruits
1320 VII,44 | poverty and abnegation, of purity and sincerity, of self-sacrifice
1321 VI,37 | universities, in addition to pursuing the academic excellence
1322 VII,42 | tribal peoples, or in the pursuit of justice and human rights.
1323 VI,39 | the poor, 193 tending to push poorer countries to the
1324 V,31 | convinced Christian faith are qualified to engage in genuine interreligious
1325 VII,47 | developing in them the human qualities that mission requires. Organized
1326 IV,20 | respect for man in his quest for answers to the deepest
1327 I,7 | controlled and used by those with questionable political, economic and
1328 Conclu,50 | mixes with the flour in a quiet and hidden way till it is
1329 VII,45 | pressing need. "Woman has a quite special aptitude in passing
1330 VI,32 | margin of progress call for a radical change of both mentality
1331 VI,32 | genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts".163
1332 I,8 | displaying an array of ideologies ranging from democratic forms of
1333 II,13 | Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all" (1 Tim 2:5-6).~ ~ ~
1334 | rather
1335 II,13 | accomplishment of a humanity re-created and renewed according to
1336 III,15 | of the transformation and re-creation which he produces in people'
1337 III,18 | his zeal that this fire be re-kindled now (cf. Lk 12:49). With
1338 VII,45 | serving as true missionaries, reaching out to fellow Asians who
1339 I,9 | of holiness of life and readiness to offer one's life for
1340 VII,46 | opportunity for prayer, for Bible reading and reflection, for appropriate
1341 VI,32 | this is in response to the real situation of the world's
1342 IV,23 | demands attention. The Church realizes that the silent witness
1343 V,30 | unity with other Christians, realizing that the search for full
1344 I,9 | more committed labourers to reap the harvest of souls which
1345 Intro,1 | harvest of faith will be reaped in this vast and vital continent".1~ ~ ~
1346 Conclu,50 | 10).~The words of Jesus reassure the Church in Asia: "Fear
1347 I,7 | dominant population. 21 It was reassuring to hear the Bishops at the
1348 V,28 | territories of Asia, which are rebuilding in the trying circumstances
1349 Intro,4 | in Asia (cf. Lk 1:49). In recalling the Catholic community's
1350 I,7 | cases these matters are receiving greater attention at the
1351 VII,47 | with the Synod Fathers, I recommend that, where possible, every
1352 VII,45 | compassionate Jesus, the healer and reconciler, to Asian people, especially
1353 VI,38 | hold in the unjustifiable recourse to violence to resolve tensions.
1354 VII,46 | parents and for healthy recreation. This will help the Christian
1355 II,14 | will of God, compassion and rectitude, non-violence and righteousness,
1356 III,16 | creation and history are redeemed and fulfilled. The presence
1357 IV,20 | their continent involves rediscovering the Asian countenance of
1358 VI,40 | with either substantial reduction or outright cancellation,
1359 III,15 | Synod Fathers made frequent references to the role of the Holy
1360 IV,20 | Synod many Asian Bishops referred to difficulties in proclaiming
1361 Intro,2 | 2000.~In that same letter, referring to the Special Assembly
1362 IV,21 | the various cultures, when refined and renewed in the light
1363 I,7 | the margins of society. 19 Reflecting upon the situation of women
1364 I,6 | for renewal, as seen in reform movements within the various
1365 II,11 | even suffered the fate of a refugee fleeing the wrath of a ruthless
1366 I,9 | almost vanished in these regions for a number of reasons,
1367 VI,39 | and juridical norms for regulating the world's free markets
1368 VI,38 | to assist in the work of rehabilitation and restoration. 191 Above
1369 II,11 | the pre-existent Word, who reigns for ever as Lord and Messiah.~ ~ ~
1370 II,12 | responding to the Father's love, rejected by sin. In Jesus Christ,
1371 V,28 | and cherished position: "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad
1372 IV,20 | be complemented by more relational, historical and even cosmic
1373 V,30 | difficulties still existing in the relationships between Christians, which
1374 II,12 | humanity by sin, and he offered release through conversion. The
1375 VI,32(164) | anniversary of that Encyclical, I released the Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo
1376 Intro,2 | born in Asia, has until now remained largely unknown to the people
1377 IV,20 | identify with him, while remaining faithful both to the Church'
1378 IV,21 | as foreign.~It is good to remember at this point what was said
1379 Intro,4 | offered by God.~As well as a remembrance and a celebration, the Synod
1380 Intro,2 | Youth Day celebrations, I reminded the Bishops: "If the Church
1381 Intro,3 | Their absence was a constant reminder of the heroic sacrifices
1382 VI,40 | national responsibility, reminding them of the importance of
1383 V,25 | See's Diplomatic Service render to the local Churches, in
1384 IV,22 | appreciating the service rendered by that mode of formation,
1385 VI,40 | Among the more obvious are a renegotiation of debts, with either substantial
1386 IV,23 | are held in high regard. Renunciation, detachment, humility, simplicity
1387 I,9 | task. Propaganda Fide was reorganized. Greater emphasis was placed
1388 IV,23 | Vatican Council are worth repeating here: "the human person
1389 II,12 | this are evident in the repentant thief hanging beside him
1390 I,9 | Synod Fathers were moved by reports of the heroic witness, unshaken
1391 VI,41 | God and care for the weak, represented typically in Scripture as "
1392 V,24 | other, so that "communion represents both the source and fruit
1393 Intro,3 | Mongolia, Siberia and the new republics of Central Asia sitting
1394 VI,32(164) | was the Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII (
1395 VI,35 | population control programmes, to resist "the culture of death".183
1396 II,13 | of the self-destructive resistance to love which sin inflicts
1397 VI,40 | and invited them to wage a resolute campaign against corruption. 198
1398 VI,38 | negotiated and non-military resolution of conflicts, and she looks
1399 IV,23 | that the faith itself is respected in all its integrity in
1400 IV,21 | salvation; she can offer, respectfully but with clarity and conviction,
1401 V,26 | Churches according to their respective theological, liturgical
1402 II,12 | Father and the Holy Spirit respectively and on their roles in the
1403 VI,41 | but as an intelligent and responsible administrator. 201 The Synod
1404 II,10 | the Church in Asia will be restless until the whole of Asia
1405 VI,38 | work of rehabilitation and restoration. 191 Above all the Synod
1406 VI,41 | protect the environment by restoring a sense of reverence for
1407 IV,23 | denied or systematically restricted. The Church consciously
1408 V,28 | their faith in the midst of restrictions or even the total denial
1409 VI,34 | or ignored, and this has resulted in a spiritual impoverishment
1410 VI,37 | already well known, must retain a clear Christian identity
1411 II,13 | receive love and give love in return. In Jesus we marvel at the
1412 II,11 | to his disciples before returning to the Father from whom
1413 Conclu,51 | great love and affection, revering her as their own Mother
1414 V,31 | repeat how important it is to revitalize prayer and contemplation
1415 I,9 | nineteenth century there was a revival of missionary activity.
1416 IV,20 | da Montecorvino, Matteo Ricci and Roberto de Nobili, to
1417 II,14 | rectitude, non-violence and righteousness, filial piety and harmony
1418 III,16 | come (cf. Mt 12:28). After rising from the dead, he imparted
1419 V,31 | community can without undue risk and with hope of positive
1420 III,15 | generate the suspicion and rivalry that lead to conflict. The
1421 V,31 | mutual advancement on the road of religious inquiry and
1422 IV,20 | Montecorvino, Matteo Ricci and Roberto de Nobili, to mention only
1423 VII,49 | have washed their shining robes (cf. Rev 7:14)! May they
1424 VII,43 | the Successor of Peter—the rock upon which the Church is
1425 I,9 | Church spread to Antioch, to Rome and beyond. It reached Ethiopia
1426 Conclu,51 | the disciples in the Upper Room;~help us to wait upon the
1427 Intro,3 | the Synod Hall and meeting rooms were filled with accounts
1428 VII,45 | can play a unique role in rooting out injustice and oppression,
1429 Intro,4 | remembering of the Asian roots of Christianity. The Synod
1430 VII,49 | companions, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and his companions, Saint
1431 VII,46 | truth of the Gospel is the rule of life and the gift which
1432 VI,34 | them on the lowest economic rung. The Synod repeatedly noted
1433 II,11 | original sin had created a rupture in the relationship between
1434 VI,37 | tribal minorities, the rural poor and less privileged
1435 I,7 | values, and in particular the sacredness of marriage and the stability
1436 Intro,3 | constant reminder of the heroic sacrifices and suffering which the
1437 IV,22(95) | Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium, 10; Special Assembly
1438 I,9 | Millennium is one of the sadder chapters in the history
1439 Intro,3 | there was also a sense of sadness at the fact that Bishops
1440 I,7 | with little regard for the safety of people and the integrity
1441 IV,19 | your servants for Jesus' sake" (2 Cor 4:5). Blessed with
1442 VI,38 | stop to the manufacture, sale and use of nuclear, chemical
1443 Intro,2 | vigour: Ecce natus est nobis Salvator mundi, "Behold the Saviour
1444 VI,36(184) | Paul II, Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris (11 February 1984),
1445 III,18 | Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth" (
1446 VII,43 | authority to teach, govern and sanctify the People of God. By the
1447 Conclu,51 | there are hundreds of Marian sanctuaries and shrines where not only
1448 Conclu,51 | our evangelizing task.~You sang the praises of the Lord;~
1449 VI,41 | dying of hunger? Start by satisfying his hunger, and then with
1450 III,16 | perfectly human he would save all human beings and sum
1451 IV,22 | are neither confused nor scandalized. In every case inculturation
1452 V,31 | good results, including scholarly exchanges between experts
1453 VI,37 | only the formal elements of schooling but, more broadly, an integral
1454 VII,45 | industry, education, the media, science, technology, the arts and
1455 VI,33 | oppressive political systems, scientific technocracy or the intrusiveness
1456 I,7 | generation of skilled workers, scientists and technicians is growing
1457 VII,47 | divided world; and, on this score, it is encouraging to see
1458 I,9 | reached Ethiopia in the South, Scythia in the North and India in
1459 II,11 | this way, salvation was sealed once and for all. Jesus
1460 V,30 | by many in Asia who are searching for harmony and unity through
1461 I,8 | theocratic, reduce minorities to second-class citizens with little safeguard
1462 V,30 | and Ecclesial Communities; secondly, fidelity towards the Catholic
1463 IV,20 | proclamation is prompted not by sectarian impulse nor the spirit of
1464 I,7 | exploitation of the weaker sectors of society thrive. Migration
1465 I,7 | development, materialism and secularism are also gaining ground,
1466 I,6 | influence of modernization and secularization, Asian religions are showing
1467 VI,34 | flow of refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants and overseas
1468 | seem
1469 | seemed
1470 V,29 | of the lust for power and self-aggrandizement. The new evangelization,
1471 III,15 | faithfulness, gentleness, self-control" (Gal 5:22-23). These fruits
1472 II,13 | breaks the power of the self-destructive resistance to love which
1473 II,10 | Asian religions teach divine self-manifestations as mediating salvation.
1474 VII,44 | purity and sincerity, of self-sacrifice in obedience, can become
1475 Intro,3 | accounts of deep faith, self-sacrificing love, unwavering hope, long-suffering
1476 I,5 | factors: on the one hand, her self-understanding as a community of disciples
1477 I,7 | world for her loving and selfless care of the poorest of the
1478 Intro,3 | past Plenary Assemblies and Seminars sponsored by the Federation
1479 V,25 | service is the respect and sensitivity which these close co-workers
1480 IV,22 | another—"reflect the authentic sensus fidei which must never be
1481 II,11 | testimony (cf. Mk 14:56), he was sentenced to die as a criminal on
1482 VI,38 | human conscience, to put sentiments of peace in the hearts of
1483 III,15 | salvation, noting that a false separation between the Redeemer and
1484 IV,20(76) | Letter Fides et Ratio (14 September 1998), 72: AAS 91 (1999),
1485 IV,19 | with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake" (2 Cor
1486 Intro,3 | assemblies of Asia's Bishops served providentially as remote
1487 III,16 | in cultures and religions serves as a preparation for the
1488 VII,45 | synods. Their abilities and services should be fully appreciated
1489 VII,44 | signum fraternitatis and servitium caritatis, the consecrated
1490 V,25 | presence at the Synod's General Sessions was both a welcome opportunity
1491 VII,45 | the vocation of lay people sets them firmly in the world
1492 II,12 | Jesus from the dead and setting him at his right hand, where
1493 I,9 | course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Again in the
1494 I,9 | at the beginning of the seventh century. During the T'ang
1495 IV,21 | belonging to that group are shaped to a large extent by the
1496 III,17 | of Christ. 63 The Spirit shapes the Church as a community
1497 VII,48 | social communication in shaping the world, its cultures
1498 III,18 | earth. The Church in Asia shares his zeal that this fire
1499 I,6 | cannot but be amazed at the sheer size of Asia's population
1500 V,25 | new and effective ways of shepherding the faithful, so that everyone,
1501 VII,43 | upon at ordination to be shepherds of the flock, preachers
1502 IV,22 | need to take account of the shifts in consciousness and attitudes
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