{"id":4079,"date":"1990-01-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"1990-01-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/pontifices\/visit-to-the-parish-of-saints-fabian-and-venancio-4-14-1990\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:01:02","slug":"visit-to-the-parish-of-saints-fabian-and-venancio-4-14-1990","status":"publish","type":"pontifices","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/words-of-the-popes\/s-john-paul-ii\/visit-to-the-parish-of-saints-fabian-and-venancio-4-14-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit to the parish of Saints Fabi\u00e1n and Venancio 1-14-1990"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Visit to the parish of Saints Fabi\u00e1n and Venancio 1-14-1990<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">St. John Paul II<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Juan_Pablo_II_visita_parroquia_Santos_Fabian_Venancio_1990-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Juan_Pablo_II_visita_parroquia_Santos_Fabian_Venancio_1990-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Juan_Pablo_II_visita_parroquia_Santos_Fabian_Venancio_1990.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rome, January 14, 1990 *<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The world opens up,<\/em><br\/><em>looks for a more Christian human dimension<\/em><br\/><em>and waits for the answer of the truth that is Christ \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The meeting of Holy Father was festive with the numerous representatives of the Neocatechumenal Communities of the parish. Festive, above all, by the presence<\/em>&#13;\n<em>of children who, as usual, underline the dimension of \u201cFamily\u201d as an important moment of the community that runs through the Neocatechumenal Way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>After a few words of the presentation led by Giuseppe, one of the catechists of the community, the Holy Father has led the following speech:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I wish the year 1990 as a new year&#13;\nfor your Way. Certainly the previous year, 1989, has left us with&#13;\nmany surprising things, especially in Europe. Many environments,&#13;\nmany countries have opened up, but all of that is just a challenge.&#13;\nThis world that opens, that breaks with a less Christian tradition and&#13;\nless human, looking for the Christian and more human, she waits, along with her&#13;\npopulations, the Word of Truth, the Word of the Gospel, the&#13;\nWord of Communion with Christ. At the same time we are here in the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Juan_Pablo_II_visita_parroquia_Santos_Fabian_Venancio_1990_2-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Juan_Pablo_II_visita_parroquia_Santos_Fabian_Venancio_1990_2-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Camino_Neocatecumenal_Juan_Pablo_II_visita_parroquia_Santos_Fabian_Venancio_1990_2.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday I spoke to the Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See and told them that&#13;\nthis moment is a challenge for Western European countries, because&#13;\nthey must re-embrace the true values, seek again the&#13;\nChristian roots of their identity and walk towards Christ. In this way,&#13;\nyou, dear ones, also have a challenge, a challenge before you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish you this new year to be a new year for your Way, fruitful with the grace of the Lord, with the light of the Holy Spirit and with the presence of the Virgin and Mother.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(*) Cfr. \u00abL\u2018Osservatore Romano\u00bb, 19 January 1990.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit to the parish of Saints Fabi\u00e1n and Venancio 1-14-1990 St. John Paul II Rome, January 14, 1990 * &#8220;The world opens up,looks for a more Christian human dimensionand waits for the answer of the truth that is Christ \u201d The meeting of Holy Father was festive with the numerous representatives of the Neocatechumenal Communities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_hide_header":false,"_hide_footer":false,"fecha_discurso":"1990-01-14","lugar":"","tipo_documento":"","_nck_seo_title":"","_nck_seo_description":"","footnotes":""},"papa":[285],"class_list":["post-4079","pontifices","type-pontifices","status-publish","hentry","papa-s-john-paul-ii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pontifices\/4079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pontifices"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pontifices"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pontifices\/4079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37175,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pontifices\/4079\/revisions\/37175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"papa","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/papa?post=4079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}