Papa 14. Leo, İstanbul'da

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İlk yurt dışı ziyaretini Türkiye'ye gerçekleştiren Katolik dünyasının ruhani lideri Papa 14'üncü Leo Ankara ziyaretinin ardından İstanbul'a geldi. https://haberglobal.com/gundem/papa-14-leo-istanbulda-492921

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00:00As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee,

00:06he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter,

00:10and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea.

00:15They were fishermen.

00:16He said to them,

00:18Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

00:24At once they left their nets and followed him.

00:27He walked along from there and saw two other brothers,

00:32James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.

00:37They were in a boat with their father Zebedee,

00:40mending their nets.

00:42He called them, and immediately they left their boat

00:46and their father and followed him.

00:51The Gospel of the Lord.

00:54Praise to you, O Lord Jesus Christ.

00:57Your Excellencies, dear Brother Priests,

01:27Dear religious sisters and brothers,

01:31pastoral workers,

01:33and all my brothers and sisters,

01:36it is a great joy for me to be with you.

01:41I am grateful to the Lord

01:42that in my first apostolic journey,

01:46he has granted me the grace

01:47to visit this holy land that is Turkey,

01:51a place where the story of the people of Israel meets the birth of Christianity,

01:58where the Old and New Testaments embrace,

02:02and where the pages of numerous councils were written.

02:06The faith that unites us has deep roots.

02:12Obedient to God's call,

02:14our father Abraham set out from Ur of the Chaldeans

02:18and then from the region of Harran in the south of present-day Turkey.

02:22He departed for the promised land.

02:26In the fullness of time after Jesus' death and resurrection,

02:33his disciples also came to Anatolia.

02:36In Antioch, whose bishop was St. Ignatius,

02:40they were called Christians for the first time.

02:43From that city, St. Paul began some of his apostolic journeys

02:49that led to the founding of many communities.

02:54It was likewise in Ephesus,

02:56on the shores of the Anatolian Peninsula,

02:59where, according to some ancient sources,

03:02John, the beloved disciple and evangelist,

03:05lived and died.

03:08Furthermore, we recall with admiration

03:12the great Byzantine history,

03:15the missionary impulse of the Church of Constantinople,

03:19and the spread of Christianity throughout the Levant.

03:23Even today in Turkey,

03:25there are many communities of Eastern Rite Christians,

03:30Armenians, Syrians, and Chaldeans,

03:33as well as those of the Latin Rite.

03:36The ecumenical Patriarchate remains a point of reference,

03:41both for its Greek faithful

03:43and for those of other Orthodox churches.

03:47Dear friends,

03:50your communities emerged from the richness of this long history,

03:54and it is you who are called today

03:57to nurture the seed of faith

04:00handed down to us

04:01by Abraham, the apostles, and the fathers.

04:06The history that precedes you

04:08is not something merely

04:10to be remembered

04:11and then venerated as a glorious past

04:14while we look with resignation

04:17at how small the Catholic Church

04:19has become numerically.

04:22On the contrary,

04:24we are invited to adopt

04:25an evangelical vision

04:27enlightened by the Holy Spirit.

04:29When we look with God's eyes,

04:34we discover that he has chosen

04:35the way of littleness

04:38descending into our midst.

04:41This is the way of the Lord

04:42to which we are all called

04:45to bear witness.

04:47The prophets announce God's promise

04:50by speaking of a small shoot

04:52that will spring forth.

04:53Jesus praises the little ones

04:57who trust in him.

04:59He teaches that God's kingdom

05:01does not impose itself

05:03with displays of power,

05:06but grows like the smallest

05:08of all seeds planted in the earth.

05:12This logic of littleness

05:15is the church's true strength.

05:18It does not lie in her resources

05:20or structures,

05:21nor do the fruits of her mission

05:23depend on numbers,

05:25economic power,

05:27or social influence.

05:30The church instead lives

05:31by the light of the Lamb.

05:34Gathered around him,

05:35she is sent out into the world

05:37by the power of the Holy Spirit.

05:40In this mission,

05:42she is constantly called

05:44to trust in the Lord's promise.

05:48Do not be afraid, little flock,

05:50for it is your Father's good pleasure

05:53to give you the kingdom.

05:57Let's remember also

05:58the words of Pope Francis,

06:00who said,

06:01a Christian community

06:02in which the faithful priests

06:05and bishops

06:05do not follow the path

06:07of littleness

06:08has no future.

06:11The kingdom of God

06:12sprouts in small things,

06:15always in what is small.

06:17The church in Turkiye

06:20is a small community,

06:22yet fruitful

06:23like a seed

06:24and leaven

06:26of the kingdom.

06:27I therefore encourage you

06:29to cultivate

06:29a spiritual attitude

06:31of confident hope,

06:34rooted in faith

06:35and in union with God.

06:38There is a need

06:39to witness to the gospel

06:40with joy

06:41and look to the future

06:43with hope.

06:44Some hopeful signs

06:47are already

06:49clearly present.

06:51Let us ask the Lord,

06:52therefore,

06:52for the grace

06:53to recognize

06:54and to nurture them.

06:57There are other signs,

06:58perhaps,

06:59that we may need

07:00to express creatively

07:01through perseverance

07:03in faith

07:04and in witness.

07:06Among the most beautiful

07:08and promising signs,

07:10I think of the many

07:11young people

07:11who come knocking

07:13at the doors

07:13of the Catholic Church

07:14with their questions

07:16and concerns.

07:18In this regard,

07:20I urge you

07:20to continue

07:21the good pastoral work

07:23that you are doing.

07:25I also encourage you

07:26to listen,

07:28to accompany

07:29young people,

07:30to give special attention

07:32to those areas

07:33where the church

07:34in Turkiye

07:35is called to serve.

07:38Ecumenical

07:38and interreligious dialogue,

07:40transmitting the faith

07:42to the local population

07:44and pastoral service

07:46to refugees

07:47and migrants.

07:49This last aspect

07:51deserves special reflection.

07:54The significant presence

07:55of migrants

07:56and refugees

07:57in this country

07:58presents the church

08:00with the challenge

08:01of welcoming

08:02and serving

08:03some of the most vulnerable.

08:05At the same time,

08:08this church itself

08:09is made up

08:10largely of foreigners

08:11and many of you,

08:13priests,

08:14sisters,

08:14and pastoral workers

08:15come from other lands.

08:18This calls

08:19for a special commitment

08:20to enculturation

08:21so that the language,

08:24customs,

08:24and culture

08:25of Turkiye

08:26become more

08:28and more

08:28your own.

08:30Moreover,

08:31the communication

08:32of the gospel

08:33always passes

08:34through such

08:35enculturation.

08:38I would also like

08:39to recall

08:40that it was

08:41in this land

08:41of years

08:42that the first

08:43eight ecumenical

08:44councils were held.

08:46This year

08:47marks the 1700th

08:49anniversary

08:49of the first

08:50council of Nicaea,

08:53a milestone

08:53in the history

08:54of the church

08:55but also

08:56of humanity

08:57as a whole.

08:59This ever-relevant

09:01event

09:01puts before us

09:03several challenges

09:04that I'd like

09:05to mention.

09:07The first

09:08is the important

09:09challenge

09:09of the church

09:10that the church

09:10puts before us

09:11several challenges

09:12that I'd like

09:12to mention.

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