CELAM: Pius XII to Pope Francis....
(Vatican Radio) As we know Pope Francis is the first Pontiff from Latin America .
So when on Thursday 25th of April he received in audience representatives
of the Episcopal Council of Latin America and the Caribbean, known as CELAM, he was
on home turf . For the record the group was led by the President of CELAM, the Archbishop of Tlanlnepantla, in Mexico, Carlos Aguiar Retes.
This CELAM encounter takes place on an annual basis and brings to Rome representatives of a body which was first founded by Pope Pius XII in 1955.
Veronica Scarisbrick delved into Vatican Radio's sound archives and came up with recordings of this Pope’s radio message dating back to 1955, as well as sound relating to CELAM and the following popes : Paul VI, John Paul II, now Blessed and Benedict XVI, now Pope Emeritus.
So as Pope Francis is about to travel to Latin America and visit Brazil late July to attend 'World Youth Day' in Rio de Janeiro Veronica Scarisbrick steps back in time to 1955 and beyond.. .
Beginning this feature, which takes us to Medellin in Colombia, Puebla in Mexico , Santo Domingo and Aparecida in Brazil, by shining the spotlight on an image reflected in that 1955 radio message.
That of the landmark statue representing Christ the Redeemer which overlooks Rio de Janeiro.
One in the shadow of which Pope Francis will pray this forthcoming July....
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