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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - # 95
DATE 25-04-2013
Summary:
- MASS AT SANCTAE MARTHAE: PREACHING GOSPEL TO WORLD WITHOUT SPIRIT OF
CONQUEST
- POPE FRANCIS TELEPHONES PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
- COMMUNIQUE FROM PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
MASS AT SANCTAE MARTHAE: PREACHING GOSPEL TO WORLD WITHOUT SPIRIT OF CONQUEST
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - The Pope presided over Mass this morning,
the feast of the Evangelist St. Mark, at the Domus Sanctae Marthae. Among
those present were members of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops,
accompanied by their
secretary general, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic.
Francis, noting that today's Gospel narrates Jesus' Ascension, emphasized
that, before he was taken up into heaven, the Lord sent his Apostles to
proclaim the Gospel "to the ends of the earth, not just in Jerusalem or in
Galilee. ... The
horizon is wide and, as you can see, this is the nature of the Church's
missionary action. The Church goes forward with this proclaiming to all, to
all the world. But she does not go forward alone: she goes with Jesus. ... The
Lord works with all
those who preach the Gospel."
The Bishop of Rome also referenced the First Letter of Peter, which defines
the Christian style of preaching; "humility, service, charity, fraternal love.
But-'Lord, we have to conquer the world!' That word, 'conquer', doesn't
belong. We
have to preach to the world. The Christian cannot be like the soldiers who,
when they win the battle, make a clean sweep of everything. The Christian
announces the Gospel by his witness more than by his words, and this goes two
ways...: a great spirit
is not frightened by great things, of going forward toward unending horizons,
and the humility of being aware of the little things."
___________________________________________________________
POPE FRANCIS TELEPHONES PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon, around 6:00pm, the
Holy Father Francis, of his own initiative, called the President of the
Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, to thank him for his telegram of
greetings and well wishes on
the Pope's saint's day. The Pope expressed his appreciation with these words:
"Mr. President, I called to thank you for your example. You have been an
example for me. With your conduct, you have brought to life the fundamental
principle of
coexistence: that unity is greater than conflict. I am touched by your
decision."
Last week, Giorgio Napolitano, who is 87 years old, accepted the petition to
be a candidate for the presidency of the Italian Republic owning to
inconclusive general elections in February caused by the severe institutional
crisis the country is
undergoing. On Monday, 20 April, he became the first president of the Republic
to be re-elected to a second term, a majority of votes in the Italian
Parliament supporting his candidacy.
___________________________________________________________
COMMUNIQUE FROM PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for the Family, in
a note issued today, declares that "there is no basis to the news, circulated
by some press agencies, that a document on distributing communion to remarried
divorced persons is being prepared."
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - This morning, the Holy Father received in
separate audiences:
- Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council for
Legislative Texts,
six members of the presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM):
- Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Tlalnepantla, Mexico, president,
- Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia, first vice
president,
- Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil,
second vice president,
- Bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales. auxiliary of Valparaiso, Chile,
secretary general,
- Bishop Carlos Maria Collazzi Irazabal, S.D.B., of Mercedes, Uruguay,
president of the economic council, and
- Fr. Leonidas Ortiz Losada, adjunct secretary general, and
- Rabbi Isaac Sacca, Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Community of Buenos Aires,
Argentina and president of Menora (international youth organization), with his
entourage.
This afternoon, the Holy Father is scheduled to receive Cardinal Franc Rode,
C.M., prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life
and Societies of Apostolic Life.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Besancon,
France, presented by Archbishop Andre Lacrampe, in accordance with canon 401
para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- appointed Fr. Rafael Valdivieso Miranda as bishop of Chitre (area 6,146,
population 203,000, Catholics 199,000, priests 28, permanent deacons 3,
religious 37), Panama. The bishop-elect, previously rector of the San Jose
Major Seminary of Panama, was
born in David, Panama in 1968 and was ordained a priest in 1995. He succeeds
Bishop Fernando Torres Duran, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews130425
VATICAN
INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - # 95DATE 25-04-2013Summary: - MASS AT SANCTAE
MARTHAE: PREACHING GOSPEL TO WORLD WITHOUT
SPIRIT OF CONQUEST - POPE FRANCIS TELEPHONES PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
- COMMUNIQUE FROM PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY - AUDIENCES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS___________________________________________________________
MASS AT SANCTAE MARTHAE: PREACHING GOSPEL TO WORLD WITHOUT SPIRIT OF CONQUEST
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - The Pope presided over Mass this morning,
the feast of the Evangelist St. Mark, at the Domus Sanctae Marthae. Among
those present were members of the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops,
accompanied by their
secretary general, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic.
Francis, noting that today's Gospel narrates Jesus' Ascension, emphasized
that, before he was taken up into heaven, the Lord sent his Apostles to
proclaim the Gospel "to the ends of the earth, not just in Jerusalem or in
Galilee. ... The
horizon is wide and, as you can see, this is the nature of the Church's
missionary action. The Church goes forward with this proclaiming to all, to
all the world. But she does not go forward alone: she goes with Jesus. ... The
Lord works with all
those who preach the Gospel."
The Bishop of Rome also referenced the First Letter of Peter, which defines
the Christian style of preaching; "humility, service, charity, fraternal love.
But-'Lord, we have to conquer the world!' That word, 'conquer', doesn't
belong. We
have to preach to the world. The Christian cannot be like the soldiers who,
when they win the battle, make a clean sweep of everything. The Christian
announces the Gospel by his witness more than by his words, and this goes two
ways...: a great spirit
is not frightened by great things, of going forward toward unending horizons,
and the humility of being aware of the little things."
___________________________________________________________
POPE FRANCIS TELEPHONES PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon, around 6:00pm, the
Holy Father Francis, of his own initiative, called the President of the
Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, to thank him for his telegram of
greetings and well wishes
on the Pope's saint's day. The Pope expressed his appreciation with these
words: "Mr. President, I called to thank you for your example. You have been
an example for me. With your conduct, you have brought to life the fundamental
principle of
coexistence: that unity is greater than conflict. I am touched by your
decision."
Last week, Giorgio Napolitano, who is 87 years old, accepted the petition to
be a candidate for the presidency of the Italian Republic owning to
inconclusive general elections in February caused by the severe institutional
crisis the country is
undergoing. On Monday, 20 April, he became the first president of the Republic
to be re-elected to a second term, a majority of votes in the Italian
Parliament supporting his candidacy.
___________________________________________________________
COMMUNIQUE FROM PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for the Family, in
a note issued today, declares that "there is no basis to the news, circulated
by some press agencies, that a document on distributing communion to remarried
divorced persons is being prepared."
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - This morning, the Holy Father received in
separate audiences:
- Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council for
Legislative Texts,
six members of the presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM):
- Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Tlalnepantla, Mexico, president,
- Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia, first vice
president,
- Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa of Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil,
second vice president,
- Bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales. auxiliary of Valparaiso, Chile,
secretary general,
- Bishop Carlos Maria Collazzi Irazabal, S.D.B., of Mercedes, Uruguay,
president of the economic council, and
- Fr. Leonidas Ortiz Losada, adjunct secretary general, and
- Rabbi Isaac Sacca, Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Community of Buenos Aires,
Argentina and president of Menora (international youth organization), with his
entourage.
This afternoon, the Holy Father is scheduled to receive Cardinal Franc Rode,
C.M., prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life
and Societies of Apostolic Life.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 25 April 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Besancon,
France, presented by Archbishop Andre Lacrampe, in accordance with canon 401
para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- appointed Fr. Rafael Valdivieso Miranda as bishop of Chitre (area 6,146,
population 203,000, Catholics 199,000, priests 28, permanent deacons 3,
religious 37), Panama. The bishop-elect, previously rector of the San Jose
Major Seminary of Panama,
was born in David, Panama in 1968 and was ordained a priest in 1995. He
succeeds Bishop Fernando Torres Duran, whose resignation from the pastoral
care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.
___________________________________________________________ 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/vis/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican Information
Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente citando la fonte:
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