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好啦好啦，您做校長，代表校方收回道歉啦

French Catholic school board apologizes for dress code crackdown at Orléans high school

Students from Béatrice-Desloges Catholic High School protest the implementation of a dress code
Students from Béatrice-Desloges Catholic High School protest the implementation of a dress code PHOTO BY ERROL MCGIHON /POSTMEDIA
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The dress-code crackdown displayed by administrators at a French Catholic high school in Orléans on Thursday “is not acceptable,” according to board’s director of education, who apologized for the clothing blitz that singled out several girls.

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Marc Bertrand issued a public statement on Saturday, a day after hundreds of students protested outside of Béatrice-Desloges high school condemning the inspections.

“All students must absolutely be treated with dignity and respect,” Bertrand said in the statement. “No student should be subject to such a check of their clothing and even less be challenged in front of their peers. The strategy employed by the school last Thursday unfortunately does not reflect these values ​​which are very dear to the CECCE (Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est).”

Bertrand confirmed much of what students reported: staff took students, mostly girls, into the hallway to check the length of their shorts. Some students were asked to bend their knee to check if their shorts met the school dress code, which says the shorts and skirts must go down to at least mid-thigh.

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No student was told to bend over and there were no shorts measurements taken with a ruler, Bertrand’s statement said.

Protesting students described their embarrassment being brought into the hall for a clothing inspection.

Bertrand said many students felt degraded and humiliated.

Students from Béatrice-Desloges Catholic High School protest on Friday, May 13, 2022, in response to a dress-code blitz the day before.
Students from Béatrice-Desloges Catholic High School protest on Friday, May 13, 2022, in response to a dress-code blitz the day before. PHOTO BY ERROL MCGIHON /Postmedia
There was another layer of controversy when Ottawa police showed up. Officers arrested one boy, who they said didn’t go to the school, with trespassing and he was later released without charges.

According to Bertrand, police were at the protest for public safety.

“Many of the students dispersed into the adjacent street where vehicles were circulating at the point where the traffic was stopped,” Bertrand said. “The police services then arrived on the scene to ensure the safety of the students.”

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A small group of students who don’t attend a school in the French Catholic board showed up to the protest, Bertrand said. Police intervened when they refused to cooperate, he said.

No student of Béatrice-Desloges was charged, Bertrand said.

According to Bertrand, the students “calmly returned to the school” after superintendent of education Jason Dupuis addressed them at 12:45 p.m.

Dupuis will be at the school again on Monday if students want to share their concerns.

“The administration of the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est is sincerely sorry for this outcome and wishes to apologize to the students and families who have been disturbed by these events,” Bertrand said in his statement. “Follow-ups are underway with all of the CECCE schools to ensure that such a situation does not happen again.”

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Sophie Labbee, 18, was one of the students who staged a protest in front of Beatrice-Desloges high school Friday.
Sophie Labbee, 18, was one of the students who staged a protest in front of Beatrice-Desloges high school Friday. PHOTO BY JACQUIE MILLER /Postmedia
Grade 12 student Sophie Labbée said Saturday she’s grateful that the school board admitted what happened on Thursday was wrong.

“I think that we all appreciate the apology because I think this is the first time the school board has acknowledged that they did something wrong and it’s not an answer that protects themselves instead of students,” Labbée said. “I think we have to find out and see how legitimate it is, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction.”

Danika Verdon, a Grade 11 student, said she was slightly surprised to see an apology from the school board. Students still want to see consequences for teachers involved the dress code inspections, Verdon said.

The dress-code crackdown drew scorn from local politicians, who addressed it on social media.

Coun. Catherine Kitts, whose Cumberland ward includes the high school, questioned the police intervention and added, “School action against young women who were aggressively targeted for dress code violations also appears wildly inappropriate.”

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Stephen Blais, the incumbent Liberal candidate for Orléans in the Ontario election, said, “Women should never be judged for what they wear.”

The French Catholic school board trustee for the zone, Dan Boudria, said, “Our students should be treated with dignity and respect. Such a situation should never happen again.”

Asked about the school controversy during his stop at the Tulip Festival on Saturday, Mayor Jim Watson said it was “very distressing” for the students and their families.

“I don’t have all of the facts and I’m not sure (about) a call for a police presence, but that’s the call by the school board and the police to make,” Watson said.

“My hope is that they come to some amicable solution so this thing doesn’t fester and ruin the good relationship teachers and students should have with one another.”

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Students call for an end to high-school dress codes after girls singled out in incident at Ottawa Ca ...
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學校係咪都應教導學生, 社會上不同埸合都有不同dress code, 要懂尊重。
唔通踢對膠拖背心就去出席喪禮咩?
做保險ｓａｌｅｓ唔著西裝上班？
咁既態度出嚟社會做野，　好快就被炒魷。

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Students call for an end to high-school dress codes after girls singled out in incident at Ottawa Ca ...
沙文 發表於 2022/5/18 00:07

其實依家天主教學校的校服裙仔都已經ＯＫ寛鬆喇喎，　
咁都話長，　要短啲。。。。咁真係令男生好難專心上堂架喎


你以為個個男生都係唐僧咩

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Students call for an end to high-school dress codes after girls singled out in incident at Ottawa Catholic school
MAY 15, 2022
Students and politicians are calling for an end to high-school dress codes after dozens of girls at a public Catholic school in Ottawa were singled out during an enforcement blitz that they say left them humiliated.

Students at École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges said staff went classroom to classroom on a hot day last week to check whether shorts and skirts were long enough to meet the dress code requirements. Roughly 50 girls were sent to the principal’s office, where they were told to go home and change, or sift through the lost-and-found items for different clothes.

About 400 students protested outside the school on Friday, calling for changes to the dress code, and at one point Ottawa police officers were called in.

The Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est, or CECCE, dress code states that shorts and skirts must be of “an appropriate length” (mid-thigh) and that the underwear must not show, among other rules.

On Saturday, the board apologized to students and families for the method of enforcement, which targeted mostly girls – they were told to bend their knees upward to check whether their clothes were long enough – and promised to review its dress code policy.

“All students must be treated with dignity and respect. No student should be subjected to such a check on their clothing, let alone be questioned in front of their peers,” read a statement from Marc Bertrand, the board’s director of education.

Ottawa Councillor Catherine Kitts said she was taken aback by the incident, and noted it was hard to see how dress codes could exist without discriminating against girls, in particular.

“When it comes to a dress code at schools, there is always going to be an element of subjectivity that ultimately will unfairly target young women and girls,” Ms. Kitts said.

“Our message to our youth should not be that what they’re wearing is of greater concern than what they’re learning.”

Cloe Dumoulin, a 15-year-old student at the school, said she was told to zip up her top further because her tank top she was wearing made her chest distracting.

“They told me to cover up because I have a bigger chest area. … They claimed that it’s distracting to boys,” she said.

Ms. Kitts also said she was in touch with the Ottawa police chief and called for a review of their use of force while policing the student protest. A student from another school was arrested for trespassing, but was later released without charges or a ticket.

Farrah Khan, manager of Consent Comes First, an organization that supports victims of sexual assault at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly known as Ryerson University), said dress code enforcement blitzes and subsequent protests take place every year when the weather gets hotter. She argued for them to be abolished.

“This is not a new issue, people have been calling out how draconian these dress codes are and how often they’re used to shame, blame and police young women’s bodies,” Ms. Khan said, adding that Black, Indigenous and transgender people are also disproportionately affected by dress codes.

“It feeds into rape culture – the idea that as a young woman, it’s your responsibility to protect yourself and take on the shame.”

CECCE superintendent Jason Dupuis said he’ll be at the school on Monday to meet with students, who are vowing to stage more protests if the school doesn’t change the dress code.

“It’s a question about finding this middle ground where students can feel like we can go to school without any sense of wondering whether what they’re wearing is okay,” Mr. Dupuis said.

Hailey Forster, a 15-year-old student who was made to change clothes last week, said it was upsetting that girls were unfairly targeted by the current rules.

“Some guys wear short shorts as well, it’s not just girls. Some guys wear muscle shirts and when guys show their shoulders it’s okay but not for the girls,” she said. “I just want equality.”

Pope at Canonization: Like new saints, let's live God's dream joyfully
During the canonization Mass, Pope Francis proclaims ten new saints in St. Peter's Square. In his homily, he reminds the faithful to recognize how God loves us unconditionally and how the path to holiness is "so simple" and requires seeing Jesus in others.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov

As God had a dream for the new saints, He has a dream for our lives, which we are called to welcome with joy and live throughout our daily lives.
Pope Francis gave this encouragement during the Canonization Mass for ten new saints in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, reminding the some fifty-thousand faithful gathered in the Vatican how God has a dream for each and every one of our lives.

Canonization Mass
Canonization Mass
Canonization of 10 New Saints
At the beginning of the liturgical celebration, the Pope proclaimed ten new saints: Titus Brandsma; Lazzarus Devasahayam; César de Bus; Luigi Maria Palazzolo; Giustino Maria Russolillo; Charles de Foucauld; Maria Rivier; Maria Francesca of Jesus Rubatto; Maria of Jesus Santocanale; Maria Domenica Mantovani.

The Holy Father began recalling how in today's Gospel according to St. John, Jesus told His disciples, “Even as I have loved you, so you must love one another."

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This, the Pope said, is the legacy that Christ bequeathed to us, "the ultimate criterion for discerning whether or not we are truly His disciples, the commandment of love."

The Pope considered two elements of this Commandment: Jesus’ love for us, and the love He asks us to show to others.

Pope at Canonization Mass
Pope at Canonization Mass
Love, defines our being Christian
Jesus loved us so much, the Pope reminded, that He gave the total gift of Himself.
“Let us never forget this. Our abilities and our merits are not the central thing, but rather the unconditional, free and unmerited love of God.”

Our Christian lives, the Pope said, "do not begin with doctrine and good works, but with the amazement born of realizing that we are loved, prior to any response on our part."

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The Pope warned that the world frequently tries to convince us that we are valued only for what we can produce, but yet the Gospel reminds us that we are loved.  Being loved, he highlighted, is an integral part of our Christian identity and our strength.

Rethinking the meaning of holiness
Acknowledging this truth requires a conversion in the way we often think of holiness.  

"At times, by over-emphasizing our efforts to do good works," the Pope observed, "we have created an ideal of holiness excessively based on ourselves, our personal heroics, our capacity for renunciation, our readiness for self-sacrifice in achieving a reward.  In this way, we have turned holiness into an unattainable goal.  We have separated it from everyday life, instead of looking for it and embracing it in our daily routines."

“Being disciples of Jesus and advancing on the path of holiness means first and foremost letting ourselves be transfigured by the power of God’s love.”

The love that we receive from the Lord, the Pope said, is the force that transforms our lives, and opens our hearts and enables us to love.
"In practice, what does it mean to live this love? " the Pope asked.  "To love means this: to serve and to give one’s life.  To serve, that is, not to put our own interests first: to clear our systems of the poison of greed and competitiveness; to fight the cancer of indifference and the worm of self-referentiality; to share the charisms and gifts that God has given us."

Specifically, we should ask ourselves, “What do I do for others?”

Small acts of daily love
Giving one's life, the Pope said, is about more than simply offering something of ours to others, "it is about giving them our very selves." It requires, he underscored, "surmounting our selfishness in order to make our lives a gift, by looking after the needs of those at our side, by making an effort to help others, or just by listening patiently, spending time with them, making a phone call."

Holiness, does not consist of a few heroic gestures, but of many small acts of daily love.

“Are you called to the consecrated life? Be holy by living out your commitment with joy. Are you married? Be holy by loving and caring for your husband or wife, as Christ does for the Church. Do you work for a living? Be holy by labouring with integrity and skill in the service of your brothers and sisters. Are you a parent or grandparent? Be holy by patiently teaching the little ones how to follow Jesus. Are you in a position of authority? Be holy by working for the common good and renouncing personal gain (Gaudete et Exsultate, 14).”

Our calling, the Pope said, is to serve others and offer our lives without expecting anything in return.

Pope at Canonization Mass
Pope at Canonization Mass
God's dream for your life
“That was how our fellow travellers canonized today lived their holiness. By embracing with enthusiasm their vocation – as a priest, as a consecrated women, as a lay person – they devoted their lives to the Gospel. They discovered an incomparable joy and they became brilliant reflections of the Lord of history.”

The Holy Father called on faithful to follow their example, in pursing our own call to holiness,  a form of holiness all our own, "not a photocopy of someone else's holiness."  

Pope Francis concluded by reminding the faithful that "God has a dream for your life.  Welcome that dream, and pursue it with joy."

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法国神父鸡奸9岁男孩持续5年 还说上帝同意了
2022年5月13日
2019年11月4日，91岁的法国神父马塔索利（Roger Matassoli）被发现死在了位于瓦兹省Agnetz小镇的家中。一个十字架深深卡在了他的喉咙里，尸检报告如是说：

腹部、颅骨和面部受到猛烈打击，死亡原因为窒息。

随后，一个名叫亚历山大（Alexandre）的19岁年轻人被捕，当时他开着马塔索利神父的车子出逃，精神错乱，直接被送进了医院。

当他走上法庭接受审判的时候，却表示：自己什么都不记得了……

剧情的反转在一个月后。

2019年12月5日，嫌疑人亚历山大的父亲在接受采访时声称：

我儿子，甚至是我小时候，都受到过马塔索利神父的性侵和虐待，是他毁掉了我的家。

就酱，一场谋杀案牵扯出了数桩耻辱痛苦的儿童性侵案，马塔索利事件就此而生。

受欢迎的马塔索利神父

曾经的马塔索利在一个叫做Saint-André-Fari­vil­lers的小村子里当神父。

彼时，他40岁左右，总是穿着合身的衬衫，剪裁得体的裤子，坚持日常锻炼，有着小麦色的肌肤，看起来很英俊。

不仅如此，他还用拉丁语做弥撒，语速很快，也很有趣，有无数人都争先恐后地来参加早间礼拜，每个星期五，他都被邀请吃午饭，孩子们也会不遗余力地讨好他。在小村子里，他是名人，甚至成为了一个嫉妒的对象。

或许正是因为如此，才让长久以来的罪恶被深深地掩埋了。

他说：上帝同意了。

而马塔索利神父被杀，恰好为这场罪恶打开了一个缺口，受害者们开始有勇气从沉默中走出，说出自己的遭遇。

55岁的米歇尔（Michel）就是其中之一。

今年3月13日，米歇尔参加了瓦兹教区组织的一个会议，天主教会内的性暴力受害者们都出席了会议，在那里，他第一次讲出了那些不堪回忆的过去。

他与马塔索利神父的最初记忆可以追溯到1970年代中期，那时他只有8岁，是唱诗班里的一名小男孩。

每周，他都会去Saint-André-Fari­vil­lers的长老会，自1967年开始，马塔索利神父就一直住在那。

第一年，什么也没发生。他和唱诗班里的其他四五个小伙伴经常去长老会的花园里玩，那里有好吃的，也有孩子们都爱的小火车。

第二年，年近50岁的马塔索利神父开始每周三单独接待他。在那个时候，米歇尔的父母压根就没觉得有什么不对，他们乐于将自己的孩子交给神父，非常高兴能找到一位能够向他们灌输良好礼仪和基督教慈善的家庭教师，谁会产生怀疑？

起初的单独相处不过是学习射击步枪或修剪教区的草坪，但铺垫之后总有下一次。

马塔索利神父让米歇尔和他一起洗了澡，然后带他去了一楼的一个房间，四处都是黑暗。

这就是开始的那一刻，他们躺在床上，抚摸，穿透。

之后，这样的痛苦每周都会有一次，从米歇尔9岁直到14岁，整整持续了5年。

对于这一切，马塔索利神父威胁米歇尔不准告诉任何人，并解释：

我获得了耶稣的同意，是他把我送到地球。

至于为什么只持续到了14岁，马塔索利神父表示：

你变得太老了……

从那之后，米歇尔解脱了，但他受到的创伤却丝毫未减，一直到神父去世，他都不敢说自己遭遇了什么：

我很惭愧，害怕不被相信，或者说，我只是相信在某种程度上这是我的错。他以为他是上帝，但他是魔鬼的化身。

但即便不提这场长达五年的破碎记忆，米歇尔成年之后的生活也依旧受到了影响。

他一直尽可能避开马塔索利神父，但结婚和施洗总是要去教堂的，难免会碰面。在马塔索利神父的办公室里，神父就很卑劣地当着米歇尔的妻子问：

你没告诉你老婆什么吗？

此后，米歇尔和家人在一起（电视剧）的时候，就变得咄咄逼人，然后把自己孤立起来，不再和他们一起去度假。

他甚至在自己一个女儿8岁的时候就离开了她，后来那个孩子被诊断出患有双相情感障碍。

其实，在米歇尔被性侵后的很长一段时间里，他都以为自己是唯一被选中的那个，所以他羞愧内疚沉默，直到马塔索利神父被杀，他才敢痛哭着揭露出这些秘密。

而这一刻，他用了近40年的时间。

他说：我是上帝的化身。

雅克（Jacques）是另一位受害者。

同Michel一样，他从6岁开始遭遇马塔索利神父的性侵，结束这一切的时候也是14岁，但相比之下，雅克的命运更凄惨，因为他再也等不到正义了。

雅克的故事，还是他的姐姐柯莱特讲出来的。

1967年，科莱特还只有8岁。她是十三口之家中的第八个孩子，父母是农民，既谦虚又虔诚。每天晚上睡觉前，一家人都会围坐在壁炉旁，面朝十字架祈祷。

彼时，她是羡慕家里的男孩子的。因为他们可以去长老会做园艺、除草或砍柴，作为奖励，他们也有权享用可口可乐或橙子酒，这是当时现代社会的最高境界。

他们有时也会登上被称为“天堂之钥”的阁楼，有时也能去参加童子军营地，在帐篷下展示男子气概和信仰。

每个人都爱马塔索利神父，没有人会起疑心。

初次怀疑是在1984年初，那时柯莱特已经28岁了。

他们一家人路过市政垃圾场时，科莱特的一位堂兄在垃圾堆中发现了一张奇怪的照片：

马塔索利神父未着寸缕，一只脚搁在椅子上，大方地拍着果照。

当时科莱特的父亲很是惊讶，他直接去长老院寻求解释，马塔索利神父尴尬的笑着：

那是我服兵役时的一个玩笑，仅此而已。

柯莱特把这一幕记在心里，然后跟她的兄弟们聊了起来，她想：没准儿他们知道些什么内幕，毕竟以前他们经常去长老会玩。

果然，已经20岁的保罗（Paul）最先松了口，他讲述了当他们还是孩子的时候，马塔索利神父是如何鼓励他们和他一起洗澡的。

听到这话，已经22岁，性格腼腆矜持的雅克，突然泪流满面：

在我6岁到14岁的年岁里，神父不仅仅跟我一起洗澡，他还会抚摸我，用各种暗示的姿势给我拍照，有时在长老会，有时在童子军营。

更明目张胆的是，有时在周五的午餐时间里，神父还会把我抱在腿上，趁没人注意的时候，把手伸进我的内裤。

他说，他是上帝的化身。

我曾经把这件事告诉一个朋友，但他一直大笑，无论如何，父母永远不会相信我。

柯莱特立刻就察觉出了不对劲，她打算和她的姐姐奥迪尔（Odile）一起上诉。

但是，在当时的小村子里，马塔索利神父太有影响力了。奥迪尔思虑再三，开车开了25公里，在另外一个小镇的公共电话亭里给巴黎司法警察局打电话。

然而，Saint-André-Farivillers村依赖于Creil市的司法警察进行调查，这场投诉没有任何进展，没有邻里调查，没有传票，柯莱特和奥迪尔在那一刻确信：神父受到当局的信任，他甚至有时间删除有危害的照片。

几个月后，调查被撤销，马塔索利神父屹立不倒：

只有上帝才能审判我。

神父的逍遥法外，让雅克寸步难行。

他独自住在巴黎郊区的一间简陋公寓里，在邮政分拣中心找到了一份工作。但他的精神状态不断恶化，变得粗暴，变得无法发表连贯的言论。

几天后，27岁的他又一次发疯，偷了一辆自行车，然后掉进了塞纳河，溺水身亡。

柯莱特说：

如果雅克的生活没有被这些恋童癖行为摧毁，他今天可能还活着。

是谁纵容了神父？

其实，漫长几十年的时间里，马塔索利神父不可能滴水不漏。

1986年，当时36岁的让-保罗（Jean-Paul）就写信给Beauvais教区，讲述他在9岁时曾遭到马塔索里神父侵犯的事。

彼时的副主教乔治·德布罗意（Georges de Broglie）回应：

我们收到了你的来信，它引起了我们的注意，几天后，我们将更详细地回应您报告的事实。

但几个月过去了，石沉大海。

直到2000年底，托马佐主教（Guy Thomazeau）才有空写个回复：

在我在这个部门工作的六年里，我没有收到任何马塔索利神父的受害者或任何有关他的邮件。我不记得有人对我发表过任何关于他的评论。

看吧，就好像教会必须在信徒面前受到保护一样，没有人会揭穿这一切。

不过，几十年里线索还是有的。

村里的几位居民曾看到神父带着孩子在他家赤身裸体地走来走去；也看到年轻人在做园艺的时候除了简单的围裙，其他的什么也没穿；

1990年代，一位当地猎人在路上看见神父把一只手放在方向盘上，另一只手放在孩子的内裤里。

可他们都选择了沉默，在这片人人皆知的土地上，让这一切变成了谣言。

所幸，2018年，让-保罗终于决定采取法律行动，要求梵蒂冈展开规范调查。

在不到六个月的时间里，就找到了五名受害者，检察官也最终传唤了马塔索利神父。

本以为就算时间流逝，正义也一定会来。

但命运就是如此，法律没来，马塔索利神父的死期却先来了。

忽然想起去年10月，法国独立委员会公布的那份爆炸性的、指向明确的天主教教会内部儿童性侵报告：

70多年来，天主教会内部，大约有2900至3200名恋童癖者，他们是神父、神职人员；遭受虐待的受害者至少有10000人。

而这只是最低程度的估算。

哎，这世间的罪恶啊，总是深不见底。

Pope expresses closeness to people with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Pope Francis draws attention to the rare genetic disorder known as Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, and encourages an Italian volunteer association in its efforts to raise awareness.
By Devin Watkins
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which affects around 1 in 10,000 to 30,000 newborns and leads to slow growth, intellectual disability, and bone abnormalities in the upper body.

Pope Francis met on Saturday with members of the “Cornelia de Lange Association”, an Italian non-profit association, to spread the word about the genetic condition.

He especially greeted an Italian man named Vincenzo Placida, who ran nearly 700 km to arrive at the papal audience.

Mr. Placida began his journey in Vigonovo, near the northern city of Venice, to raise awareness about the Syndrome, by which his daughter Valentina is affected, and to raise money for the association dedicated to helping people like her.

Pope Francis with Vincenzo Placida
Pope Francis with Vincenzo Placida
Near to the most vulnerable
The Pope expressed his closeness to all who live with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome.

“This rare genetic condition causes discomfort and great difficulties for those who are affected by it and for their family members. I express my closeness and understanding to them, and encourage them not to grow disheartened by the obstacles they face in their journey.”

Pope Francis also thanked the Association’s volunteers for their work to be near “to our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.”

“A culture of solidarity offers a concrete expression of how to build a fraternal society, which has the human person as its center,” he said.

Making society more Christian
The Pope added that volunteers demonstrate the love of God and love of neighbor, in response to Jesus’ invitation in the Gospel.

“The charity of God makes us realize that others are brothers and sisters to be welcomed. For this reason, as you volunteers carry out your caring activities, you also contribute to giving a more human and more Christian face to our society.”

Pope Francis wrapped up his greetings to the Cornelia de Lange Association with an encouragement to serve others in a spirit of tenacity and unity.

“May you be witnesses to goodness and tenderness!” he said.

Pope Francis: Church a 'field hospital for vulnerable'
Pope Francis encourages members of the French social organization "Village of Francis" to continue embracing the Church "as a field hospital" and to look to Christ as their model.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov

Jesus Christ alone fills our thirsty hearts.

Pope Francis stressed this when receiving inhabitants and participants of the Village de Francois in the Vatican on Saturday.

Addressing those gathered as 'friends' and saying he was happy to welcome them, the Pope admitted he initially had some doubts about the project.

“When Étienne Villemain [the Executive Director], "the enfant terrible," who brought this project together with so many others, first told me about it, I could not help but tell him that I was wary of what the Holy Spirit might inspire in him... And now I am happy to see that the project is going ahead!”

According to its website, the Village de François develops and runs innovative shared living spaces, i.e. the 'villages,' in France, which bring together vulnerable people and those who care for them around three axes: living together; economic activity; and integral ecology.

The team behind the "Village de François" is composed of a team of social entrepreneurs, "green tech" company managers, association leaders, urban and landscape architects, and eco-builders.

Church as a 'field hospital'
"The Village de François," the Pope said, "is an ecclesial place that goes out of the usual framework" to propose something else.

"It is the Church as a 'field hospital,' concerned more with those who suffer than with defending its own interests, taking the risk of novelty, in order to be more faithful to the Gospel," he said.

The definition of the world as a global "village" has become a commonplace; yet, he lamented that so many people "are left on the margins of this so-called village, reserved for a privileged elite."

"I hope that the Village de François," the Pope said, "will contribute to rediscovering what a true village is: a fabric of concrete human relations, in mutual support, in attention to those in need, in the coexistence of generations and in the concern to respect the Creation that surrounds us."

Pope Francis meets members of Village de Francois
Pope Francis meets members of Village de Francois
The Village de François, the Pope observed, was imagined on the basis of the conviction that 'everything is linked', noting they have this "concrete experience of this by associating the environment and respect for human life from conception to natural death, prayer and fraternity, and also by bringing different generations together."

“I count on your testimony to show that life according to the Gospel is found in the balanced consideration of all these aspects.”

The Pope warned against our tendency "to mobilise ourselves with great zeal for very legitimate causes," but then lose sight of the bigger picture.

"Concrete experience however shows us," he underscored, "that it is the human person as a whole that needs to be loved, accompanied and included in a network of enriching and constructive relationships."

Jesus should be our model
The Pope went on to say such relationships have "an absolute model" and "a source" from which they can develop.

“You have settled in an ancient Trappist abbey: I see in this as a call for you to place at the centre of your experience, in addition to a simple and laborious life, the care and development of the inner life, of the relationship with Jesus Christ, Who alone can fill our thirsty hearts.”

When Jesus, in the Gospel according to St. John, says: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life," the Pope observed that Christ himself experienced, in first person, what they realise in the Village de François.

Jesus, the Holy Father pointed out, "was frail, in His mother's arms and on the Cross; He worked as a craftsman; He lived in the rhythm of the seasons and of nature; He grew up in a village where generations mingled; He prayed, forgave and loved His neighbour."
“To you, I entrust Him as a model and an inspiration in your project and your daily life.”

Pope Francis concluding by thanking them and reassuring them of his prayers on this "challenging, yet joyful and liberating journey."

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「上帝反對離婚」？生前遭家暴卻拒絕離開牧師丈夫，著名福音歌手之死引發社會論戰
西非奈及利亞知名福音歌手恩瓦楚庫上個月過世，而親友透露她是家暴受害者，並聲稱她死於家暴造成的傷害，他們生前勸她離婚，但她拒絕了，表示「上帝反對離婚」。恩瓦楚庫之死對奈及利亞社會造成衝擊，性別暴力、宗教教義譴責離婚的議題引發廣泛討論。

4月8日，奈及利亞42歲知名福音歌手恩瓦楚庫（Osinachi Nwachukwu）在首都阿布賈（Abuja）一間醫院去世，她的丈夫、經紀人兼牧師彼得（Peter Nwachukwu）聲稱手恩瓦楚庫罹患了未公開的疾病，但她的親友後來聲稱她死於家暴造成的傷害。

根據英國《衛報》（The Guardian）報導，恩瓦楚庫的家人說她去世前已經接受了數週的治療，他們聲稱有一次醫生在她的胸部周圍發現了遭到毆打而產生的血塊。


恩瓦楚庫的親友表示，他們曾懇求她離開丈夫，但她拒絕了，認為離婚是罪過，並堅稱他會改變。她的姐姐梅德（Favor Made）4月向當地媒體表示：「她覺得上帝反對離婚，我們告訴她，分離不是罪，只是為了讓她活下去。」

恩瓦楚庫的4個孩子向奈及利亞當局表示，母親不斷遭到父親暴力對待，他們說父親要他們發誓保密。認識這對夫婦的人表示彼得是這段關係的支配者，控制著恩瓦楚庫的財務與決定。4月11日，奈及利亞警方逮捕了彼得，而他否認了所有的家暴指控，並聲稱妻子之死與他無關，警方表示正等待屍檢結果以確定恩瓦楚庫的死因。

教宗移民與難民日文告：移民不是入侵者，其貢獻使社會富饒
聖座新聞室5月12日公布並介紹了教宗方濟各第108屆世界移民與難民日文告：“與移民和難民共建未來”。教宗指出，“他們的勞動、他們的吃苦能力、他們的青春活力及滿腔熱情使接納他們的團體變得富饒”。本屆移民與難民日將於今年9月25日舉行。
（梵蒂岡新聞網）聖座新聞室5月12日召開新聞發布會，公布並介紹了教宗方濟各為第108屆世界移民與難民日撰寫的文告。這篇文告於5月9日在聖若望拉特朗大殿簽署，主題為“與移民和難民共建未來”。本屆移民與難民日將於今年9月25日舉行。教宗以末世論的觀點談論當前的移民處境，指出“歷史的悲劇提醒我們，人類距離我們的目的地，新耶路撒冷聖城，天主與人同在的帳幕（默廿一3）仍是這麽遙遠”。

移民的苦難呼喚我們加倍努力，建設一個“人人享有和平及尊嚴的世界”。然而，“要使這種奇妙的和諧盛行於世，人們就必須接受基督的救恩，接受愛的福音，這樣才能消除現世的不平等和歧視”。教宗在文告中强調，“任何人都不能被排除”，天主的計劃“在本質上是包容的”，將“存在的邊緣的居民置於中心”。

因此，應把移民、難民、離鄉背井的人和人口販運的受害者置於中心。教宗表示：“天主的國應與他們一起建設，因為沒有他們，就不會是天主所希望的王國。接納最脆弱的群體，是在天主的王國内獲得十足公民身份的必要條件。”

與移民和難民共建未來，也意味著承認和重視他們每一個人能為建設進程帶來的貢獻。教宗引述依撒意亞先知的話，强調“不要把外邦的子民看作入侵者和破壞者，而應視為修建耶路撒冷城垣勤奮肯幹的勞動者”。因此，外邦人的到來是一種“致富的來源”。

另一方面，歷史本身告訴我們，“對我們的社會和經濟成長而言，移民和難民的貢獻是基本重要的。今天也是如此”。教宗寫道：“他們的勞動、他們的吃苦能力、他們的青春活力及滿腔熱情使接納他們的團體變得富饒。但他們的貢獻若透過有針對性的計劃受到珍重和支持，那將會更加巨大。若為他們提供機會，一種巨大的潛力就能隨時發揮出來。”

教宗表示，當然，“移民和難民的存在也是一個重大挑戰”，但更重要的是，這為"所有人在文化和精神上的成長是一個時機"。由於他們的存在，“我們能在人性上成熟，共同建設一個更廣泛的我們”。這樣一來，便產生“不同觀點和傳統之間富有成果的對照空間”，發現“我們不曾瞭解的宗教和靈性上的豐富内涵”。

事實上，天主教徒移民和難民的到來“為接納他們團體的教會生活提供了新活力”。“分享信仰和不同的虔敬表達，為圓滿地活出天主子民的公教信仰是絕佳的機會”。

教宗於是呼籲全體信徒，尤其是青年，“若我們願意與我們的在天之父合作，建設未來，我們就要與我們的移民和難民兄弟姐妹們携手行動。我們要在當下共建未來！因為未來始於當下，從我們每一個人開始”。

“我們不可將需要在今天做決定的責任留給今後的世代，好能去實現天主關於世界的計劃，祂的正義、兄弟情誼及和平的王國才能到來。”

教宗在文告結尾撰寫的禱文中，祈求天主使“在有排拒的地方，盛開兄弟情誼的花朵”，使我們衆人與“邊緣地區的所有居民”一起成為“祢的王國的建設者”。

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好似中世紀時麻甩佬要出門，　就用貞操帶銷住老婆個大門。
你也會如此對你老婆？ ...
beebeechan 發表於 2022/5/14 01:31

    當個老婆失去公信力，人人皆知她是淫娃，連佢自己都唔知幾時會搞隔離屋阿陳，你又會點對你老婆？

beebeechan

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    閹割神父才是改革王道，其他一切皆是虛言。
抽刀斷水 發表於 2022/5/14 01:03

好似中世紀時麻甩佬要出門，　就用貞操帶銷住老婆個大門。
你也會如此對你老婆？

抽刀斷水

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    閹割神父才是改革王道，其他一切皆是虛言。

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兒童性侵醜聞層出不窮 天主教會失去公信力面臨改革壓力
2022-05-13 14:00
羅馬天主教會近年屢次被踢爆性侵兒童問題嚴重，讓天主教會失去公信力。而梵蒂岡所面臨的改革壓力也不只這一樁，還有神父短缺、年齡出現斷層，又以歐洲地區最嚴重。另外，女性在天主教會中依舊無法執掌神職人員，也遭到詬病。
天主教教宗方濟各與樞機主教奧萊特，500位主教、神父及神職人員與會出席，重新思考作為天主教徒的聖召。

天主教教宗方濟各表示，「獨身是天主教拉丁禮教會保存的恩典，是成聖的手段，必須建立在健康關係，而這包含尊重和良善才能與主教共融。」


天主教教宗方濟各。（圖／美聯社）
近來，天主教會性醜聞不斷，守獨身被視為罪惡的濫觴，甚至跟孌童畫上等號。日前，德國一家法律事務的調查報告指出，天主教前教宗本篤十六世，在1980年代擔任總主教期間，對神職人員性侵兒童案知情而不作為。

教廷樞機主教奧萊特表示，「這是表達我們誠心悔過，並再次向受害者請求寬恕的最適當機會，他們的生活被侵害者和犯罪行為所摧殘，為了保護涉案場所的機構和罪犯，這些罪行被隱藏了太久的時間，沒有得到認真對待，受害者因而受苦。」

法國去年發布一項橫跨70年的調查，指出有超過20萬名兒童遭染指，顯示出天主教機構「有系統性地掩蓋」。

反虐待倡議者尤吉尼奧說：「在世界許多國家，這些獨立調查委員會採取有效的行動，讓教會克服各種阻力，去承認這是制度上的失敗，無論是案件數量還是掩蓋真相，甚至是管理不善。」

仿效「#MeToo」運動，9個來自義大利的組織組成聯盟施壓教會，要求公開所有檔案並給予受害者應有的賠償。

WIC組織主席拉扎里尼表示，「必須開放所有教區、修道院和寺院的檔案，還要開闢新的管道讓受害者發聲。」

天主教會除了要擺脫性侵醜聞的陰霾，還得面臨另一大挑戰，就是神職人員老化的問題，尤其在歐洲地區，神父年齡出現斷層。


（圖／美聯社）
神父帕內羅神父說：「我今年76歲，當了52年神父，我們看到了一些變化，我來自庫內奧，在我那個年代，大約50年前有很多神父，但現在數量已經變得很少。」

除了服從上級神職人員的指派，還要保持獨身，也就是不能結婚、不能談戀愛，讓許多人卻步。而在亞洲地區，許多神職人員也非自願踏上這條路，不少人是出於家庭的壓力。

神父孔麥克說：「在韓國文化中，我們總是聽父母的話，例如當我年輕的時候、我小的時候，如果我週日不去教堂就沒有午餐吃，所以我不得不去。」

儘管教廷一度傳出要鬆綁獨身制度，甚至開放已婚男性當神父，但目前尚未有任何定案。至於女性在天主教會内的角色問題，也備受關注。

修女法蒂瑪說：「在我的教區看到牧師就像是英雄一樣，但更讓我獲得啟發的是修女們，她們做了很多，也奉獻不少，卻從來沒有因為犧牲奉獻而得到應有的認可。」

全球修女數量在2020年也顯著下降，比2019年減少一萬多人，其中歐洲地區最明顯，減少了4.3%。在不斷變動的時代，天主教保守派面臨重重考驗，要如何挽回大眾對教會的信任，恐怕得透過改革力量。

奇卡總主教：團結一致共同應對最弱勢群體的緊急需求
聖座常駐聯合國糧農組織、國際農業發展基金和世界糧食計劃署觀察員奇卡總主教，在波蘭羅玆舉行的第33屆聯合國糧農組織歐洲區域會議上發言。他指出，戰爭的後果對食品和原材料價格的上漲產生了影響，並有可能由於糧食短缺以及人口中最貧困階層無法獲得金錢與物質資源而產生新的社會緊張局勢
（梵蒂岡新聞網）聯合國糧農組織、國際農業發展基金和世界糧食計劃署於5月10日至13日在波蘭羅玆舉行第33屆聯合國糧農組織歐洲區域會議，聖座駐這三個機構的常駐觀察員奇卡（Fernando Chica Arellano）總主教出席會議並發表講話。他籲請與會人士，為“結束敵對行動”和恢復和平而不斷祈禱。

奇卡總主教在講話中首先指出，由於人們非理性、兇殘和不合理地使用暴力，因而導致在波蘭邊境、歐洲的中心以及其他地方發生戰爭衝突，這些情形使教宗痛心疾首。

總主教接著表示，“軍事行動的地區讓人們不得不放棄農田工作，對農作物造成巨大破壞，由於某些地區人口的流失、自然資源和基礎設施的破壞造成農業勞動力的不足”，其結果“導致供應鏈惡化，食品和原材料價格上漲，並有可能由於糧食短缺以及人口中最貧困階層無法獲得金錢與物質資源而產生新的社會緊張局勢”。這還對“那些依賴烏克蘭和俄羅斯出口的脆弱經濟國家產生負面的影響”。

這位聖座的觀察家解釋道，這是一個“不健康的惡性循環”，影響著地球上最貧困的人口，他們中的大多數人生活在農村地區，並且“日益受到自然資源和原材料分配不均擴大的影響，從而導致極端和中度貧困程度的增加”。

在結束講話前，奇卡總主教向與會人士表達聖座的期望，“願各國重回對話和談判；願所有國家團結一致，共同應對所有弱勢人群的需求，特別是難民、長者、殘障人士和兒童的緊迫營養需求”。最後，他對那些所有效法波蘭而慷慨給予被迫逃離家園的人們提供人道主義援助的國家表示感謝。

Wives of Ukrainian soldiers appeal to Pope Francis for help
Two Ukrainian women, whose husbands are fighting Russia’s invasion of their homeland, meet with Pope Francis and describe to journalists their husbands’ plight in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
By Salvatore Cernuzio and Francesca Merlo

Katheryna Prokopenko and Yulya Fedosiuk came to the Vatican and met with Pope Francis on the sidelines of the Wednesday General Audience.

Their soldier husbands are holed up in the Azovstal steel plant, which has become the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol and the focus of heavy Russian shelling.

The two women met the Pope for only a few moments, but later told journalists they were “historic” ones.

Hoping for help
Katheryna and Yulya hail from Kyiv and Lviv but are making their way to Germany as refugees.

They spoke to reporters as representatives of the 500-odd wives of Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the steel plant, saying their hearts are weighed down by worry.

“I can't even explain what I felt at that moment,” said Yulya, describing their encounter with the Pope. “I was a little nervous, because it was a historic moment, and we all hope that it will help save the lives of our husbands and soldiers in Azovstal. We hope this meeting will give us a chance to save their lives."

She and Katheryna expressed their hopes that Ukrainian fighters can be evacuated from Mariupol to another country. If given sufficient guarantees, the soldiers say they are “are ready to lay down their arms.”

"We are all ready to help them, I hope,” said Yulya. “We will do everything we can to save them.”

Situation in Azvostal steel plant
The two young Ukrainian women said they spoke to Pope Francis in English and offered him details about the situation in Azvostal, where about 700 soldiers are wounded, with gangrenous or amputated limbs.

Many, they said, have died but have not received a Christian burial. Their bodies are decomposing in the extensive tunnel system under the steel plant.

The women added that many civilians remain trapped underground there, mostly families of soldiers who are afraid of being evacuated. They fear their husbands will be tortured and killed.

Katheryna and Yulya with the Pope
Katheryna and Yulya with the Pope
Scarce supplies
The soldiers face a scarcity of supplies, with little food, water, and medical supplies. Mariupol has no functioning hospitals due to Russia’s extensive shelling campaign on the port city.

"The situation is terrible, and we all feel it,” said the Ukrainian women. “We are following from here. Every day we receive terrible news from our husbands.”

One called his wife Tuesday night. She said Wednesday she would do anything to save his life.

"I apologize for being so nervous," she told reporters, adding that two days ago her husband asked her to look up an article on how to live without water as long as possible. "That is their situation!"

Pope’s promise of prayers
Katheryna and Yulya asked the Pope for help so that humanitarian corridors could be set up in the near future to evacuate those who remain in Mariupol.

Pope Francis assured them of his prayers and shook hands with the two women. They pleaded with the Pope to visit Ukraine, perhaps Zaporizhzhia, or talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin to mediate an end to the "cruel" war.

Appeal to the international community
The two Ukrainian women also appealed to the international community to form "a strong coalition" that would allow Mariupol soldiers and civilians to reach a third country.

Asked which country, they said, "It depends on those who have the courage to take them in. It could be Turkey, Switzerland, or any other country that wants to be the first to evacuate, help, and rescue them. We are waiting for that. If our husbands could go somewhere else, we would go with them. Then we hope to go back to Kyiv and the Ukraine we love. It is important for us; we don't want to be refugees."

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