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COUPLES

FOR CHRISTFACE TO FACE WITH POPE BENNY


ednesday, May 23, 2012, was an ordinary morning but it was special for the 20,000 people gathered at the St. Peters Square for the weekly Papal General Audience. For Couples for Christ, it was even more special because the morning spelled overflowing blessings for the community. On that morning, thirty-nine leaders from CFC USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, UK, the Netherlands and the Philippines, including Chairman Ricky Cuenca and his wife Irma, and IC member and ANCOP Chairman Joe Yamamoto, were at the Vatican to attend the weekly Papal General Audience. Two spiritual chaplains, Fr. Marbendear Marallas, CFC Rome Chaplain and Fr. Domingo Salonga, Pontificio Collegio Filippino Chaplain & CFC supporter from the Diocese of Malolos, joined the party from CFC. During the general audience, Pope Benny, as The Holy Father is fondly referred to, exhorted the faithful on understanding the beauty, goodness and deep consolation from recognizing God as Father. After that, Pope Benedict XVI invoked the Holy Spirits gifts of wisdom, joy and peace to all English-speaking visitors, including those from the Philippines. What made the day extra special for Couples for Christ was when CFC Chairman Ricky Cuenca and CFC Church Integration Office Coordinator Clarke Nebrao were presented to the Holy Father in a special audience. Ricky Cuenca submitted to the Holy Father a copy of the Pearl Book, the 30th Anniversary Commemorative Book produced by CFC last year on the occasion

of the communitys pearl or 30th anniversary. Pope Benedict XVI affirmed Couples for Christ with these words: Couples for Christ, you are doing good. You are doing good. He then proceeded to confer His blessings on the community via the two leaders. Commenting on this momentous occasion on the CFC Facebook page, Cuenca shared, CFC is truly blessed by the Lord! It is by God's Grace that the Pope received us (in a special audience). CFC is one with the Catholic Church, an affirmation of our recognition by the Vatican and a fresh anointing by the Holy Spirit! God is good! CFC On Fire! In another message, Nebrao revealed, I was with Archbishop Harvey, the Prefect of the Papal Household, and he told me that Pope Benny read the entire Pearl Book from cover to cover on the afternoon of May 23 after the audience. He was amazed at the stories of transformation and faithfulness of the community. As CFC enters into the next 30 years of being a community, this fresh anointing and affirmation that the Holy Father has conferred on Couples for Christ will be a wellspring and source of life as the community fulfills its mission of being families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth.

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