- "To be credible agents of God's mercy, not only We are called to experience in us the mercy of God, but we also need to get to the other with prayer and a lifestyle that is a sign of God's paternal presence is needed as much today "- said Msgr. Michele alos Castoria participants of the International Week of Reconciliation in San Giovanni Rotondo developed between 14 and 18 March 2011. We have over a hundred participants, Capuchin friars and diocesan priests, from various places in the world (Italy, Romania, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Poland, Malta, India, Ethiopia, USA, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Colombia) in this meeting in collaboration Training of the Secretariat General of our Order and the Shrine of Padre Pio. A meeting that, having as background the example of the "apostle of the confessional, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, has served to point the way to return" qualitatively more effective "encounter with God's mercy in spite of the important obstacles that stand in a secularized culture. In this way the path of reconciliation today assumes a much greater value: a service to the Church and is also the occasion of an ongoing interior renovation.
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