{"id":3909,"date":"2021-06-19T16:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/?p=3909"},"modified":"2021-10-21T19:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T19:21:21","slug":"pope-francis-speaks-to-deacons-and-their-families-about-the-vocation-of-deacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/pope-francis-speaks-to-deacons-and-their-families-about-the-vocation-of-deacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis speaks to deacons and their families about the vocation of deacons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an address to deacons and their families in Rome on June 19, Pope Francis\u2019 first point of emphasis was the distinction of the diaconate from the priesthood &#8212; that deacons are ordained \u201cnot unto the priesthood, but unto a ministry of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis difference is not insignificant,\u201d he said. \u201cThe mere fact of emphasizing this difference helps to overcome the scourge of clericalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis then said the diaconate &#8220;leads us to the center of the mystery of the Church.&#8221; Just as the Church must be\u00a0<em>missionary<\/em>\u00a0y\u00a0<em>synodal<\/em>, he said, it must also be\u00a0<em>diaconales<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeacons remind the Church that what Saint Theresa discovered is true: the Church has a heart enflamed by love. Yes, a humble heart throbbing with service. Deacons remind us of this when, like the deacon Saint Francis, they bring God\u2019s closeness to others without imposing themselves, serving with humility and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2021\/june\/documents\/20210619-diaconi.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=encouraged_by_priests_speaking_out&amp;utm_term=2021-07-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read the pope&#8217;s full address here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an address to deacons and their families in Rome on June 19, Pope Francis\u2019 first point of emphasis was the distinction of the diaconate from the priesthood &#8212; that deacons are ordained \u201cnot unto the priesthood, but unto a ministry of service.\u201d \u201cThis difference is not insignificant,\u201d he said. \u201cThe mere fact of emphasizing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"witness-tag":[],"class_list":["post-3909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"witness-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/witness-tag?post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}