Posted on 07/12/2013 6:06:41 PM PDT by haffast
Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio, president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, published a message regarding the celebration of World Tourism Day which will take place on September 27th, 2013. The theme of this year’s World Tourism Day is “Tourism and water: protecting our common future” which is line with the International Year of Cooperation for Water proclaimed by the UN General Assembly.
“The Holy See also wishes to join in this commemoration, bringing its contribution from its own perspective, aware of the importance of the phenomenon of tourism at the present time and the challenges and opportunities it provides to our mission of evangelization,” Cardinal Veglio wrote. “This is one of the economic sectors with the largest and fastest growth in the world. We must not forget that last year it was exceeded the milestone of one billion international tourists, to which we must add the even higher figures of local tourism.”
Emphasizing the importance of water as both an “asset and a resource”, Cardinal Veglio stated that this year’s theme invites tourists to promote ecotourism, which would aid in promoting jobs and supporting local economies.
“There is no doubt that tourism plays a fundamental role in preserving the environment, by being one of its great ally, but also a fierce enemy.
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“The sustainable management of this natural resource is a challenge for the social, economic and environmental order, but especially because of the ethical nature, starting from the principle of the universal destination of the goods of the earth, which is a natural and original right, to which it must be submitted all the legislation relating to those goods. The Social Doctrine of the Church highlights the validity and application of this principle, with explicit references to water.”
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http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/gmg-26423/
Vatican asks Brazil for an extra €30m to help fund Pope's visit
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/vatican-asks-brazil-for-an-extra-30m-to-help-fund-popes-visit-29397027.html
What ever happened to preaching the Good News ?
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
WHY Christianity is dying.
Most are more focused on the welfare of the flesh, which is dying, rather than the welfare of the eternal soul.
Walking by sight, rather than by His unseen Spirit.
Preaching proud words that tickle men’s ears, rather than “Jesus Christ, and Him crucified”.
Be ready, be watching.
Blessings
In Rio, the inventor of WYD
2013-07-13 L’Osservatore Romano
“Following Madrid, the “inventor” of WYD will also be present in a certain way in Rio de Janeiro: as of last Sunday Blessed John Paul II’s relics are in the city of Rio. They will be exposed in the major locations of World Youth Day in Brazil.”
http://www.news.va/en/news/in-rio-the-inventor-of-wyd
Pope Francis grants indulgences for World Youth Day
2013-07-10 Vatican Radio
http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-grants-indulgences-for-world-youth-da
As in :shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach2 Timothy 4:3-4
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for
themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn
aside to myths.
2 Timothy 4:3-4
Yes. :)
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