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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 27
DATE 07-02-2013
Summary:
- POPE: YOUTH CONDITIONS AND CULTURE, INESCAPABLE POINT OF REFERENCE FOR
PASTORAL OUTREACH
- TO FRATERNITY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO: HELP VOCATIONS GROW
- AUDIENCES
___________________________________________________________
POPE: YOUTH CONDITIONS AND CULTURE, INESCAPABLE POINT OF REFERENCE FOR
PASTORAL OUTREACH
Vatican City, 7 June 2013 (VIS) – This morning, Benedict XVI received
participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture,
which has the theme of "Emerging Youth Cultures". The Pope expressed his hopes
that their work will
be fruitful and contribute to "the Church's work in the lives of young people,
which is a complex and articulated reality that can no longer be understood
from within a homogeneous cultural basis but only in a horizon … that
is made up of a
plurality of viewpoints, perspectives, and strategies."
The Pope then spoke of the "widespread climate of instability" that is
affecting the cultural, political, and economic areas?noting in the latter,
the difficulty of young persons to find employment?and that has psychological
and relational
repercussions. "The uncertainty and fragility that characterize so many young
people often pushes them to the margins, making them almost invisible and
absent from society's cultural and historical processes. … The
affective and emotional sphere,
… strongly affected by this climate … gives birth to apparently
contradictory phenomena like the spectacularization of private life and a
narcissistic selfishness. Even the religious dimension, the experience of
faith and membership in the
Church are often lived from an individualistic and emotional perspective."
"Nevertheless, positive data are not lacking, such as volunteering, "profound
and sincere faith experiences, … the efforts undertaken, in many parts
of the world, to build societies capable of respecting the freedom and dignity
of others,
beginning with the smallest and weakest. All of this," he emphasized,
"consoles us and helps us to draw a more accurate and objective picture of
youth cultures. We cannot, therefore, be content with reading the cultural
phenomena of the youth according
to consolidated paradigms, paradigms that have become cliches. Nor can we
analyse them in ways that are no longer useful, that are based on outdated and
inadequate cultural categories. Ultimately, we are facing a very complex but
fascinating reality
that must be thoroughly understood and loved with great empathy, a reality
wherein we must pay very close attention to the bottom lines and to what is to
come."
The Pope referred to the youth of many Third World countries that, with their
cultures and needs, represent "a challenge to the global consumer society and
to the culture of established privileges, which benefit a small group of the
population of the
Western world. Consequently, youth cultures are also 'emerging', in the sense
that they demonstrate a profound need, a cry for help, or even a 'provocation'
that cannot be ignored or neglected either by civil society or by the
ecclesial community."
Benedict XVI repeated his concerns for the so-called "educational emergency",
which accompanies the other emergencies affecting the different dimensions of
the human person and our fundamental relationships "as the growing
difficulties in the labour
market or in the effort over time to be faithful to responsibilities assumed.
From this would follow, for the future of the world and of all of humanity, a
not merely economic and social impoverishment, but a human and spiritual one
as well. If the
young no longer hope or progress, if they don't put their energy, their
vitality, and their capacity for anticipating the future into the dynamic of
history, then we will find ourselves a humanity that is locked in itself,
lacking confidence and a
positive attitude toward the future."
"Although we are aware of the many problematic situations, which also touch
upon the spheres of faith and membership in the Church, we wish to renew our
faith in the young and reaffirm that the Church looks to their condition and
their cultures as an
essential and inescapable reference point for pastoral outreach. … The
Church has confidence in the young. She hopes in them and in their energy. She
needs their vitality in order to continue living the mission entrusted to her
by Christ with
renewed enthusiasm. I very much hope, therefore, that the Year of Faith will
be, also for the younger generations, a precious opportunity to rediscover and
strengthen the friendship with Christ from which springs the joy and
enthusiasm to profoundly
change cultures and societies."
___________________________________________________________
TO FRATERNITY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO: HELP VOCATIONS GROW
Vatican City, 7 June 2013 (VIS) – "Education is always fundamental for
the truth to grow," the Pope said to members of the Priestly Fraternity of St.
Charles Borromeo during an audience that took place yesterday in the Vatican.
The Fraternity is a
Society of Apostolic Life born from the Communion and Liberation movement
founded, before he was ordained a priest, by Massimo Camisasca, now bishop of
Reggio Emilia-Guastella, Italy. Present at the audience were the current
Superior General, Fr Paolo
Sottopietra, the president of the Communion and Liberation Fraternity, Julian
Carron, and 18 priests from the missions to the different continents.
"I knew the faith, the joy, the strength and wealth of ideas, and the
creativity of the faith" of the founder of Communion and Liberation, Don Luigi
Giussani," the Holy Father said. From that "grew a great friendship between us
and, through him, I have
also known your community better. I am glad that his successor is with us and
that this great work that inspires so many people?so many lay persons, men and
women, and so many priests?continues, helping to spread the Gospel and to grow
the Kingdom of
God."
"I have also met Massimo Camisasca. We've talked of many things. I have seen
his artistic creativity, his capacity to see and interpret the signs of the
times and his great gift as an educator and priest. … It is nice to
know that, here, a new
priestly fraternity is growing in the spirit of St. Charles Borromeo, that
great example of a Shepherd who is truly compelled by the love of Christ,
seeking the littlest ones, loving them and thus truly building faith and
making the Church grow."
"Your fraternity is now large, a sign that there are vocations," he concluded.
"But our openness to meeting, accompanying, guiding, and helping vocations to
grow is also necessary. This is what I am grateful for to Fr. Camisasca, who
has done a great
job as an educator. Today, education is always fundamental for the truth to
grow, so that our being as children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus
Christ might grow."
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 7 February 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in
separate audiences:
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister-President of the state of the Saarland,
Germany, with her entourage, and
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation
of Peoples
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 27DATE 07-02-2013
Summary: - POPE: YOUTH CONDITIONS AND
CULTURE, INESCAPABLE POINT OF
REFERENCE FOR PASTORAL OUTREACH - TO FRATERNITY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO:
HELP VOCATIONS GROW - AUDIENCES
POPE: YOUTH CONDITIONS AND CULTURE, INESCAPABLE POINT OF REFERENCE FOR
PASTORAL OUTREACH
Vatican City, 7 June 2013 (VIS) – This morning, Benedict XVI received
participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture,
which has the theme of "Emerging Youth Cultures". The Pope expressed his hopes
that their work
will be fruitful and contribute to "the Church's work in the lives of young
people, which is a complex and articulated reality that can no longer be
understood from within a homogeneous cultural basis but only in a horizon
… that is made up of a
plurality of viewpoints, perspectives, and strategies."
The Pope then spoke of the "widespread climate of instability" that is
affecting the cultural, political, and economic areas?noting in the latter,
the difficulty of young persons to find employment?and that has psychological
and relational
repercussions. "The uncertainty and fragility that characterize so many young
people often pushes them to the margins, making them almost invisible and
absent from society's cultural and historical processes. … The
affective and emotional sphere,
… strongly affected by this climate … gives birth to apparently
contradictory phenomena like the spectacularization of private life and a
narcissistic selfishness. Even the religious dimension, the experience of
faith and membership in the
Church are often lived from an individualistic and emotional perspective."
"Nevertheless, positive data are not lacking, such as volunteering,
"profound and sincere faith experiences, … the efforts undertaken, in
many parts of the world, to build societies capable of respecting the freedom
and dignity of others,
beginning with the smallest and weakest. All of this," he emphasized,
"consoles us and helps us to draw a more accurate and objective picture of
youth cultures. We cannot, therefore, be content with reading the cultural
phenomena of the youth according
to consolidated paradigms, paradigms that have become cliches. Nor can we
analyse them in ways that are no longer useful, that are based on outdated and
inadequate cultural categories. Ultimately, we are facing a very complex but
fascinating reality
that must be thoroughly understood and loved with great empathy, a reality
wherein we must pay very close attention to the bottom lines and to what is to
come."
The Pope referred to the youth of many Third World countries that, with
their cultures and needs, represent "a challenge to the global consumer
society and to the culture of established privileges, which benefit a small
group of the population of the
Western world. Consequently, youth cultures are also 'emerging', in the sense
that they demonstrate a profound need, a cry for help, or even a 'provocation'
that cannot be ignored or neglected either by civil society or by the
ecclesial community."
Benedict XVI repeated his concerns for the so-called "educational
emergency", which accompanies the other emergencies affecting the different
dimensions of the human person and our fundamental relationships "as the
growing difficulties in the labour
market or in the effort over time to be faithful to responsibilities assumed.
From this would follow, for the future of the world and of all of humanity, a
not merely economic and social impoverishment, but a human and spiritual one
as well. If the
young no longer hope or progress, if they don't put their energy, their
vitality, and their capacity for anticipating the future into the dynamic of
history, then we will find ourselves a humanity that is locked in itself,
lacking confidence and a
positive attitude toward the future."
"Although we are aware of the many problematic situations, which also touch
upon the spheres of faith and membership in the Church, we wish to renew our
faith in the young and reaffirm that the Church looks to their condition and
their cultures as an
essential and inescapable reference point for pastoral outreach. … The
Church has confidence in the young. She hopes in them and in their energy. She
needs their vitality in order to continue living the mission entrusted to her
by Christ with
renewed enthusiasm. I very much hope, therefore, that the Year of Faith will
be, also for the younger generations, a precious opportunity to rediscover and
strengthen the friendship with Christ from which springs the joy and
enthusiasm to profoundly
change cultures and societies."
TO FRATERNITY OF ST. CHARLES BORROMEO: HELP VOCATIONS GROW
Vatican City, 7 June 2013 (VIS) – "Education is always fundamental
for the truth to grow," the Pope said to members of the Priestly Fraternity of
St. Charles Borromeo during an audience that took place yesterday in the
Vatican. The Fraternity
is a Society of Apostolic Life born from the Communion and Liberation movement
founded, before he was ordained a priest, by Massimo Camisasca, now bishop of
Reggio Emilia-Guastella, Italy. Present at the audience were the current
Superior General, Fr
Paolo Sottopietra, the president of the Communion and Liberation Fraternity,
Julian Carron, and 18 priests from the missions to the different
continents.
"I knew the faith, the joy, the strength and wealth of ideas, and the
creativity of the faith" of the founder of Communion and Liberation, Don Luigi
Giussani," the Holy Father said. From that "grew a great friendship between us
and, through him, I
have also known your community better. I am glad that his successor is with us
and that this great work that inspires so many people?so many lay persons, men
and women, and so many priests?continues, helping to spread the Gospel and to
grow the Kingdom
of God."
"I have also met Massimo Camisasca. We've talked of many things. I have
seen his artistic creativity, his capacity to see and interpret the signs of
the times and his great gift as an educator and priest. … It is nice to
know that, here, a new
priestly fraternity is growing in the spirit of St. Charles Borromeo, that
great example of a Shepherd who is truly compelled by the love of Christ,
seeking the littlest ones, loving them and thus truly building faith and
making the Church grow."
"Your fraternity is now large, a sign that there are vocations," he
concluded. "But our openness to meeting, accompanying, guiding, and helping
vocations to grow is also necessary. This is what I am grateful for to Fr.
Camisasca, who has done a great
job as an educator. Today, education is always fundamental for the truth to
grow, so that our being as children of God and brothers and sisters of Jesus
Christ might grow."
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
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