Pope Francis : Message to mark 100 years of PIO .
Pope Francis
-LRB- Vatican Radio -RRB- Pope Francis has sent a Message to the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Oriental Institute , Cardinal Leonardo Sandri , who is also the Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches . 
"Keeping intact the attention and application of traditional research ," Pope Francis writes , "This Institute , through research , teaching and testimony , has the task of helping our -LSB- Eastern -RSB- brothers and sisters to strengthen and consolidate their faith in the face of the tremendous challenges they face ," challenges which , in the present day , include strong temptations to leave their native homelands , and often forced displacement under threat of persecution and even martyrdom . 
In his Message , Pope Francis makes note of the high achievements in the twofold mission of research into liturgical , theological , ecclesiological , and spiritual sources of the Christian East , and the preparation of instruments by which to make the riches of the Eastern Christianity more readily available and accessible to Christians in the West .
-LRB- [TGT] has sent a Message to the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Oriental Institute , Cardinal Leonardo Sandri , who is also the Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches . 
"Keeping intact the attention and application of traditional research ," [TGT] writes , "This Institute , through research , teaching and testimony , has the task of helping our -LSB- Eastern -RSB- brothers and sisters to strengthen and consolidate their faith in the face of the tremendous challenges they face ," challenges which , in the present day , include strong temptations to leave their native homelands , and often forced displacement under threat of persecution and even martyrdom . 
In [TGT] Message , [TGT] makes note of the high achievements in the twofold mission of research into liturgical , theological , ecclesiological , and spiritual sources of the Christian East , and the preparation of instruments by which to make the riches of the Eastern Christianity more readily available and accessible to Christians in the West .