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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 34
DATE 18-02-2013
Summary:
- SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN THE VATICAN
- POPE: AT CORE OF TEMPTATION ALWAYS LIES INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF GOD
- AUDIENCE WITH ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER
- HOLY SEE AND GUATEMALA: COOPERATION TO RESOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS
- RENEWAL OF COMMISSION OF CARDINALS FOR THE IOR
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN THE VATICAN
Vatican City, 17 February 2013 (VIS) – At 6:00pm today, the first day of
Lent, the spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia, which the Holy Father
participates in, began in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Vatican's
Apostolic Palace. The Lenten
exercises will conclude on Saturday morning, 23 February. This year the
meditations are led by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical
Council for Culture.
During the retreat all papal audiences are suspended, including the weekly
general audience of Wednesday, 20 February.
___________________________________________________________
POPE: AT CORE OF TEMPTATION ALWAYS LIES INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF GOD
Vatican City, 17 February 2013 (VIS) – More than one hundred and fifty
thousand people attended Benedict XVI's second-to-last Angelus in St. Peter's
Square today. The Pope, who appeared at the window of his study at noon,
focuses his Sunday
meditation on Lent, "a time of conversion and penitence in preparation for
Easter."
"The Church, who is mother and teacher," he said, "calls on all of her members
to renew their spirit, to reorient themselves toward God, renouncing pride and
selfishness in order to live in love. In this Year of Faith, Lent is a
favourable time to
rediscover faith in God as the fundamental criterion of our lives and the life
of the Church. This always implies a struggle, spiritual combat, because the
spirit of evil, naturally, opposes our sanctification and tries to turn us
from God's path.
… Jesus, after having received 'investiture' as the Messiah?'anointed'
by the Spirit?at his Baptism in the Jordan, was led by the same Spirit into
the desert to be tempted by the devil. On beginning his public ministry, Jesus
had to unmask and
reject the false images of the Messiah proposed to him by the tempter. But
these temptations are also the false images of humanity that have always
harassed our consciences, disguising themselves as convenient and effective,
even good proposal
s."
"The core of these temptations," Benedict XVI explained, "always consists in
instumentalizing God for our own interests, giving more importance to success
or material goods. The tempter is sly: he doesn't push us directly toward
evil, but toward a false
good, making us believe that power and that which satisfies our basic needs
are the true realities. In this way, God becomes secondary; He is reduced to a
means, becomes unreal, no longer counts, disappears. In the final analysis,
faith is what is at
stake in temptation because God is at stake. In the decisive moments of our
lives, but on closer inspection in every moment, we are faced with a choice:
do we want to follow the 'I' or God? Do we want to seek out selfish interests
or the true Good, that
which is truly good?"
"As the Church Fathers teach us, temptation forms part of Jesus' 'descent'
into our human condition, into the abyss of sin and its consequences. It is a
descent that Jesus follows to its very end, even to death on the cross and the
hell of extreme
distance from God. … As St. Augustine teaches, Jesus has taken
temptation from us in order to give us victory over it. Therefore we too have
no fear of facing the battle against the spirit of evil. What is important is
that we face it with him,
with Christ the Victor," the pontiff concluded.
After the Marian prayer the Pope thanked everyone for their prayers and
affection, which he has felt in these days. "I ask," he said, "that you
continue to pray for me and for the next Pope, as well as for the spiritual
exercises that I will begin with
the members of the Roman Curia this afternoon." He also greeted the "beloved
city of Rome", seeing that among those filling St. Peter's Square there was a
delegation from the municipality headed by the mayor.
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCE WITH ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) – This afternoon at 6:00pm, the
Pope received Senator Mario Monti, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, in
a private farewell audience that, according to a communique published today,
was both particularly
cordial and intense.
Prime Minister Monti expressed once again the gratitude and affection of the
Italian people for the Holy Father's high-minded religious and moral teaching,
for his attention to social problems, and for sharing the hopes of Italy and
Europe.
___________________________________________________________
HOLY SEE AND GUATEMALA: COOPERATION TO RESOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) - This morning, the Holy Father received
in audience Mr. Otto Fernando Perez Molina, president of the Republic of
Guatemala. President Perez Molina then met with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
S.D.B., secretary of State
of His Holiness, accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for
Relations with States.
The cordial relations between the Holy See and Guatemala were evident during
the talks, as well as the appreciation for the Church's unique contribution in
that country's development, especially in the areas of education, the
promotion of human and
spiritual values, and social and charitable activity. The latter has been
particularly evident during, among other situations, the recent earthquake
that affected the Guatemalan people.
Later in the conversations, the need to continue working together in solving
social problems of poverty, drug trafficking, organized crime, and emigration
was agreed upon and, in conclusion, talk also turned to the importance of the
defence of human
life from the moment of conception.
___________________________________________________________
RENEWAL OF COMMISSION OF CARDINALS FOR THE IOR
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father renewed,
for a five-year period, the Commission of Cardinals for oversight of the
Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR).
The new oversight commission is composed of: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
S.D.B., secretary of State (president of the commission); Cardinal Jean-Louis
Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue;
Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer,
archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo,
archbishop of Ranchi, India; and Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, president of the
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), who takes the
place of Cardinal Attilio
Nicora, president of the Financial Information Authority (AIF).
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received
in separate audiences:
- Mr. Otto Perez Molina, president of the Republic of Guatemala, with his wife
and entourage,
- thirteen prelates from the Lombardy region of the Italian Episcopal
Conference on their "ad limina" visit:
Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, with auxiliaries:
Bishop Erminio De Scalzi, titular of Arbanum,
Bishop Luigi Stucchi, titular of Horrea,
Bishop Mario Enrico Delpini, titular of Stephaniacum, as well as:
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop emeritus of Milan and apostolic
administrator of Vigevano, and
Bishop Giovanni Giudici of Pavia,
Bishop Dante Lafranconi of Cremona,
Bishop Luciano Monari of Brescia,
Bishop Giuseppe Merisi of Lodi,
Bishop Diego Coletti of Como,
Bishop Francesco Beschi of Bergamo,
Bishop Oscar Cantoni of Crema,
Bishop Roberto Busti of Mantova, and
- Senator Mario Monti, prime minister of the Republic of Italy.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father appointed:
Fr. Wieslaw Krotki, O.M.I., as bishop of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson (area
2,300,000, population 32,090, Catholics 8,570, priests 10, religious 2),
Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Istebna, now in the Silesia Province of
southern Poland in 1964 and was
ordained a priest in 1990. Immediately after ordination for the Missionary
Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Obra, Poland, he was sent to the missions in the
Great North of Canada where he has served in several roles for the order and
to various missions.
From 1999 to 2005 he was superior of the Oblate Delegation of Hudson Bay and,
since 2001, has been a missionary to the Inuit community of Igloolik. He
succeeds Bishop Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I., whose resignation from the pastoral
care of the same diocese
the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
Fr. Titus Joseph Mdoe as auxiliary bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (area 40,000,
population 5,329,000, Catholics 1,618,000, priests 262, religious 712),
Tanzania. The bishop-elect was born in Lushoto, Tanga, Tanzania in 1961 and
was ordained a priest in 1986.
He has served in several pastoral and administrative roles for the Diocese of
Tanga, Tanzania, and from 2010 has been the deputy principal for
Administration and Finance at Stella Maris Mtwara University College
constituency of St. Augustine University
in the Diocese of Mtwara, Tanzania. The Holy Father has assigned him the
Titular See of Bahanna.
Archbishop Aldo Cavalli as apostolic nuncio to Malta. Archbishop Cavalli,
titular of Vibo Valentia, was previously apostolic nuncio to Colombia.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews130218
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 34DATE 18-02-2013
Summary: - SPIRITUAL EXERCISES IN THE
VATICAN - POPE: AT CORE OF
TEMPTATION ALWAYS LIES INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF GOD - AUDIENCE WITH
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER - HOLY SEE AND GUATEMALA: COOPERATION TO RESOLVE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS - RENEWAL OF COMMISSION OF CARDINALS FOR THE IOR -
AUDIENCES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 17 February 2013 (VIS) – At 6:00pm today, the first day
of Lent, the spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia, which the Holy Father
participates in, began in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Vatican's
Apostolic Palace. The
Lenten exercises will conclude on Saturday morning, 23 February. This year the
meditations are led by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical
Council for Culture.
During the retreat all papal audiences are suspended, including the weekly
general audience of Wednesday, 20 February.
POPE: AT CORE OF TEMPTATION ALWAYS LIES INSTRUMENTALIZATION OF GOD
Vatican City, 17 February 2013 (VIS) – More than one hundred and
fifty thousand people attended Benedict XVI's second-to-last Angelus in St.
Peter's Square today. The Pope, who appeared at the window of his study at
noon, focuses his Sunday
meditation on Lent, "a time of conversion and penitence in preparation for
Easter."
"The Church, who is mother and teacher," he said, "calls on all of her
members to renew their spirit, to reorient themselves toward God, renouncing
pride and selfishness in order to live in love. In this Year of Faith, Lent is
a favourable time to
rediscover faith in God as the fundamental criterion of our lives and the life
of the Church. This always implies a struggle, spiritual combat, because the
spirit of evil, naturally, opposes our sanctification and tries to turn us
from God's path.
… Jesus, after having received 'investiture' as the Messiah?'anointed'
by the Spirit?at his Baptism in the Jordan, was led by the same Spirit into
the desert to be tempted by the devil. On beginning his public ministry, Jesus
had to unmask and
reject the false images of the Messiah proposed to him by the tempter. But
these temptations are also the false images of humanity that have always
harassed our consciences, disguising themselves
as convenient and effective, even good proposals."
"The core of these temptations," Benedict XVI explained, "always consists
in instumentalizing God for our own interests, giving more importance to
success or material goods. The tempter is sly: he doesn't push us directly
toward evil, but toward a
false good, making us believe that power and that which satisfies our basic
needs are the true realities. In this way, God becomes secondary; He is
reduced to a means, becomes unreal, no longer counts, disappears. In the final
analysis, faith is what is
at stake in temptation because God is at stake. In the decisive moments of our
lives, but on closer inspection in every moment, we are faced with a choice:
do we want to follow the 'I' or God? Do we want to seek out selfish interests
or the true Good,
that which is truly good?"
"As the Church Fathers teach us, temptation forms part of Jesus' 'descent'
into our human condition, into the abyss of sin and its consequences. It is a
descent that Jesus follows to its very end, even to death on the cross and the
hell of extreme
distance from God. … As St. Augustine teaches, Jesus has taken
temptation from us in order to give us victory over it. Therefore we too have
no fear of facing the battle against the spirit of evil. What is important is
that we face it with him,
with Christ the Victor," the pontiff concluded.
After the Marian prayer the Pope thanked everyone for their prayers and
affection, which he has felt in these days. "I ask," he said, "that you
continue to pray for me and for the next Pope, as well as for the spiritual
exercises that I will begin
with the members of the Roman Curia this afternoon." He also greeted the
"beloved city of Rome", seeing that among those filling St. Peter's Square
there was a delegation from the municipality headed by the mayor.
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) – This afternoon at 6:00pm, the
Pope received Senator Mario Monti, Prime Minister of the Italian Republic, in
a private farewell audience that, according to a communique published today,
was both
particularly cordial and intense.
Prime Minister Monti expressed once again the gratitude and affection of
the Italian people for the Holy Father's high-minded religious and moral
teaching, for his attention to social problems, and for sharing the hopes of
Italy and Europe.
HOLY SEE AND GUATEMALA: COOPERATION TO RESOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) - This morning, the Holy Father
received in audience Mr. Otto Fernando Perez Molina, president of the Republic
of Guatemala. President Perez Molina then met with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
S.D.B., secretary of
State of His Holiness, accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary
for Relations with States.
The cordial relations between the Holy See and Guatemala were evident
during the talks, as well as the appreciation for the Church's unique
contribution in that country's development, especially in the areas of
education, the promotion of human and
spiritual values, and social and charitable activity. The latter has been
particularly evident during, among other situations, the recent earthquake
that affected the Guatemalan people.
Later in the conversations, the need to continue working together in
solving social problems of poverty, drug trafficking, organized crime, and
emigration was agreed upon and, in conclusion, talk also turned to the
importance of the defence of human
life from the moment of conception.
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father renewed,
for a five-year period, the Commission of Cardinals for oversight of the
Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR).
The new oversight commission is composed of: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
S.D.B., secretary of State (president of the commission); Cardinal Jean-Louis
Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue;
Cardinal Odilo Pedro
Scherer, archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo,
archbishop of Ranchi, India; and Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, president of the
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), who takes the
place of Cardinal
Attilio Nicora, president of the Financial Information Authority (AIF).
Vatican City, 16 February 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father appointed:
Fr. Wieslaw Krotki, O.M.I., as bishop of Churchill-Baie d'Hudson (area
2,300,000, population 32,090, Catholics 8,570, priests 10, religious 2),
Canada. The bishop-elect was born in Istebna, now in the Silesia Province of
southern Poland in 1964 and
was ordained a priest in 1990. Immediately after ordination for the Missionary
Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Obra, Poland, he was sent to the missions in the
Great North of Canada where he has served in several roles for the order and
to various
missions. From 1999 to 2005 he was superior of the Oblate Delegation of Hudson
Bay and, since 2001, has been a missionary to the Inuit community of Igloolik.
He succeeds Bishop Reynald Rouleau, O.M.I., whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the
same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
Fr. Titus Joseph Mdoe as auxiliary bishop of Dar-es-Salaam (area 40,000,
population 5,329,000, Catholics 1,618,000, priests 262, religious 712),
Tanzania. The bishop-elect was born in Lushoto, Tanga, Tanzania in 1961 and
was ordained a priest in
1986. He has served in several pastoral and administrative roles for the
Diocese of Tanga, Tanzania, and from 2010 has been the deputy principal for
Administration and Finance at Stella Maris Mtwara University College
constituency of St. Augustine
University in the Diocese of Mtwara, Tanzania. The Holy Father has assigned
him the Titular See of Bahanna.
Archbishop Aldo Cavalli as apostolic nuncio to Malta. Archbishop Cavalli,
titular of Vibo Valentia, was previously apostolic nuncio to Colombia.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
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