UNCLASSIFIED
MKB 020/14 PA
115
030343
MDHIAN 0100
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HOLY SEE
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 48
OF 201444Z JUNE 89
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG
VATICAN AND CHINA
SUMMARY
THE POPE MADE THE HOLY SEE'S FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON RECENT
EVENTS IN CHINA ON 18 JUNE.
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IN HIS REGULAR MESSAGE AFTER MASS LAST SUNDAY, THE POPE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN PROFOUNDLY STRUCK BY THE NEWS AND THE PICTURES OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN CHINA, AND PARTICULARLY BY THE DEATH OF SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE SEMI COLON FROM THE VERY BEGINNING HE HAD EXPRESSED SORROW AND WORRY ABOUT THESE VERY DRAMATIC EVENTS AND, IN THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE, HE LONGED THAT SUCH SUFFERING COULD RESULT IN NEW LIFE FOR THAT GREAT AND BELOVED NATION. WITH THE SAME
SENTIMENTS OF FAITH AND HOPE THE POPE INVITED HIS AUDIENCE TO JOIN IN HIS PRAYER OF MARY, MOTHER OF CHINA AND QUEEN OF PEACE, VENERATED IN THE SHESHAN SHRINE NEAR SHANGHAI. HE CALLED ON THE VIRGIN OF SHESHAN, HELP OF CHRISTIANS, TO LOOK WITH LOVE ON THE BELOVED PEOPLE OF CHINA, HE DECLARED THAT
QUOTE WE YOUR CHILDREN, UNITED IN THE TRUTH THAT IS EVER MORE PRESENT IN THE HEART OF EVERY MAN, ARE ONCE MORE AT YOUR FEET TO DECLARE OUR LOVE, OUR DISTRESS, OUR COMPASSION AND TO PLACE IN YOUR MATERNAL HEART, IN THESE SAD AND DRAMATIC TIMES, THE CRY OF THOSE WHO SUFFER, VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, THE DEMANDS OF THOSE WHO WANT THE BEST FOR THEIR COUNTRY. UNQUOTE
HE CALLED ON THE VIRGIN TO INTERCEDE WITH HER SON, THE REDEEMER OF MEN, SO THAT THOSE, WHO ARE IN SORROW, FIND RELIEF AND COMFORT, AND TO PROVIDE ENLIGHTENMENT FOR THOSE WHO GUIDE THE DESTINY OF THAT GREAT NATION SO THAT THEY DO NOT LACK THE NECESSARY WISDOM IN THE SEARCH FOR THE COMMON GOOD WHICH HAS AS ITS FOUNDATION THE RESPECT FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND LIBERTY.
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