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從國內外不同的電視頻道及新聞發佈中，我們看到許多因教宗到訪引起人們熱烈反應而引發保安問題的相關新聞。新聞報導中亦有多則有關昨晚反對市長卡布拉爾就普世青年節所花費公帑的抗議而引發的暴力衝突，以及昨午地下鐵路關閉所產生問題的新聞。無可否認，這些事確實在里約熱內盧發生，然而好的事情亦同時發生！這就是由青年而來的新聞！
年青朝聖者滿佈街上，充滿信心地克服無可避免的困難。他們構成里約熱內盧市內及周邊地區廣大而矚目的群體。溫幗儀修母昨天早上在記者會中表示：「來自五大洲的青年，成為重大的標記。對人們來說，看到青年在基督的喜樂中，就是希望的標記。」里約熱內盧市民、巴西國民以及世界其他角落的人，正透過不同的電視及互聯網途徑，接收並了解這個標記。 昨天早上，聖保羅會省省會長 Edson Donizete Castilho 神父與財務長，以及兩名 Niterói 聖羅撒會院的神學生一同乘坐計程車，當 Edson Donizete Castilho 神父向計程車司機支付車資時，司機說：「你對我無所欠奉！今天我決定幫助你們普世青年節盛會的參與者。」 昨天早上於 Niterói 慈幼會院舉行的記者會中，總會長及母佑會修母作出對青年的論述（請參閱昨天報道：We had to be present at WYD）。 在 Parco Quinta da Boa Vista 舉行的聖召展覽中，不同的修會、運動組織及新成立團體，都向在場青年表達他們的神恩及靈修，並邀請他們辨別聖召，在在顯示出人們熱切渴望積極參與里約熱內盧普世青年節。 總會長出席聖召展覽，而部份總部議員則在里約熱內盧各地參與活動。查偉思神父走到一些慈幼大家庭（包括聖母聖心慈幼修女會及新曲團體）及其他修會攤位前參觀。多名修道者及司鐸認出他，並趁機會向他致候。一名修士觀察到，「一個修會的總會長出席普世青年節，與青年近距離接觸，真是件美事。」
展覽中每每看到青年人表現的熱忱，尤其在巴西慈幼會及母佑會的聯合攤位中，當中溫幗儀修母亦是訪客之一。 在場出現了突發的有趣場面，就是查偉思神父攀上了一棵樹，確實難以置信，而一些來自Indápolis in Mato Grosso 初學院的學生，亦緊隨其後！ 青年人確實是里約熱內盧的大新聞！ Rio de Janeiro: young people are the real news (ANS - Brazil –Rio de Janeiro, 24 July 2013) – Despite the problems caused by the closure of some metro lines, the 28th World Youth Day began with Mass celebrated by Archbishop Orani João Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro. Viewing the television channels and the pages of the newspapers, both national and international, we find plenty of news of the problems created for the people responsible for the Pope’s security. There are reports of episodes of violence on the margins of yesterday evening’s protests against governor Sergio Cabral and the public money spent on WYD, and the problems caused by the closure of the metro yesterday afternoon. No one can deny that these things happen in Rio, but there is something else happening in Rio at the same time! The young people are making news! Young pilgrims are flooding the streets and showing great courage in overcoming the difficulties they inevitably meet. They constitute a huge and very significant presence in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding areas. Mother Yvonne Reungoat said at yesterday morning’s press conference: “the presence of young people from the five continents is a great sign. For the people to see young people who are happy to be Christians is a sign of hope.” It is up to the people of Rio de Janeiro, and Brazil and the rest of the world, who are following proceedings on television and internet, to receive and understand that sign. Yesterday morning, when Fr Edson Donizete Castilho, Provincial of Sao Paolo, offered to pay the taxi driver who had brought him and the provincial Economer and two students of theology to the Santa Rosa Institute in Niterói, the taxi driver said, “You owe me nothing! Today I have decided to help you people who are participating in the great event of the WYD.” At the press conference yesterday morning at the Salesian House in Niterói, the Rector Major and the Mother General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians spoke about young people (see link below to yesterday’s report http://www.infoans.org/1.asp?sez=1&doc=9476&Lingua=2). The enthusiasm and desire to play an active part in the WYD at Rio de Janeiro were very evident at the Vocations Fair being held at the Parco Quinta da Boa Vista, where congregations, movements and new communities are presenting their charism and spirituality to the young people, inviting them to discern their vocation. The Rector Major went there, along with some of the General Councillors who were present in Rio de Janeiro. Fr Chávez stopped at some stands of the Salesian Family (like that of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and that of Canção Nova) and of some other orders. Frequently he was recognised by religious and priests who took the opportunity to greet him. One religious observed, “It is nice to see the Superior General of a Religious Order participating in WYD to be close to the young people.” There were expressions of enthusiasm on the part of the young people, especially at the stand shared by the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of Brazil, where Mother Yvonne Reungoat was also a visitor. An interesting unplanned episode occurred when Fr Chávez literally climbed a tall tree, followed by some of the novices from the Salesian Novitiate in Indápolis in Mato Grosso! The young people are the real news from Rio de Janeiro! |
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