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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 115
DATE 27-05-2013
Summary:
- FRANCIS: REALITY IS UNDERSTOOD BETTER FROM PERIPHERY
- ANGELUS: WE ARE NOT SLAVES TO THE MAFIA
- POPE: NO WORSE POVERTY THAN PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM EARNING A LIVING
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
FRANCIS: REALITY IS UNDERSTOOD BETTER FROM PERIPHERY
Vatican City, 26 May 2013 (VIS) – “We understand reality better
not from the center, but from the outskirts”, Pope Francis said to the
thousands of persons awaiting him this morning at the Roman parish of Sts.
Elizabeth and Zechariah
in the Prima Porta neighbourhood on the northern outskirts of the city. Upon
arriving, the Holy Father, who was accompanied by Cardinal Agostino Vallini,
vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, and Auxiliary Bishop Guerino Di Tora,
greeted the families
with children who had been baptized during the year and also heard several
confessions. Also with the Pope were his two secretaries, one of whom, one of
whom, Msgr. Alfred Xuereb, was celebrating the 29th anniversary of his
ordination. The pontiff noted
the happy occasion and asked for an applause for Msgr. Xuereb.
At 9:30am, in the square in front of the church, after being welcomed by the
parish pastor, Don Benoni Ambarus, he presided at Mass, during which he
administered the Sacrament of the Eucharist to 16 children and gave communion
to another 28 children who
had made First Communion in the past few weeks.
In his homily, warm and conversational in tone, interspersed with questions
from and answers to the children present, the Pope recalled Mary’s visit
to her cousin Isabel, observing that, as soon as the Virgin heard the news
that her cousin was
also pregnant, Mary--the Gospel says—“set out in haste”,
without waiting or thinking that Isabel “will probably have friends who
will help her.” “It’s beautiful to think this about the
Virgin, our Mother, who
sets out in haste because she has this within her: helping. She goes to help,
not to boast and say to her cousin: ‘Listen, I’m in charge now
because I am the mother of God!’ No she didn’t do that. She went
to help! And Our Lady
is always like that. She is our Mother, who always comes in haste when we need
help. It would be nice to add to the litanies of Our Lady one that says
‘Our Lady who sets out in haste, pray for us!’ … Because
she always
sets
out in haste, she doesn’t forget her children. And when her children are
in difficulty, when they are in need and call upon her, she sets out in haste.
And this gives us a security, the certainty of always having our mother near,
always at our
side. … Our Lady who always comes for us quickly.”
“Our Lady also helps us to understand God well … to understand
Jesus’ life,” the pontiff continued, beginning a conversation with
the children.
“I ask you, children: Who knows who God is? Raise your hands, tell me.
Okay! Creator of the earth. And how many Gods are there? One? But they told me
that there are three: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! … They
are three in one,
three persons in one. And what does the Father do? The Father is the origin:
the Father, who created all things, who created us. What does the Son do?
… He loves us? And what else? He brings the Word of God! Jesus came to
teach us God’s
Word. And what else? What did Jesus do on earth? He saved us! Jesus came to
give his life for us. The Father creates the world; Jesus saves us. And the
Holy Spirit, what does He do? He loves us!”
“Now all the children together: the Father creates everything, He
creates the world. Jesus saves us; and the Holy Spirit? He loves us! And this
is the Christian life: talking with the Father, talking with the Son, and
talking with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus saved us, but He also walks with us in life. … And how does He
walk? What does He do when He walks with us in life? This is hard. The one who
answers it wins the trophy! What does Jesus do when He walks with us? …
First of all He
helps us. He guides us! Very good! He walks with us, helps us, guides us, and
teaches us how to go forward. Jesus also gives us the strength to walk.
… When it’s difficult, right? And even with our homework!
… He gives us strength.
How does Jesus give us strength? … In Communion He gives us strength,
He helps us exactly by giving us strength. … But when you say ‘He
gives us Communion’, does a piece of bread give you so much strength? &h
ellip;
It looks like bread! But it’s not really bread. What is it? It
Jesus’ body. Jesus comes into our hearts.”
“Well, let’s all think about this, all of us. The Father gave us
life; Jesus gave us salvation. He accompanies us, guides us, supports us, and
teaches us. And the Holy Spirit? What does the Holy Spirit give us? He loves
us! He gives us love.
Let us think about God like this and ask Our Lady, Our Lady who is our Mother,
who is always quick to help us, to teach us to understand how God is: how the
Father is, how the Son is, and how the Holy Spirit is.”
After Mass, the Pope greeted the parish pastors and returned to the Vatican to
pray the Angelus.
___________________________________________________________
ANGELUS: WE ARE NOT SLAVES TO THE MAFIA
Vatican City, 26 May 2013 (VIS) – At noon today, the Feast of the Most
Holy Trinity, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his study to pray the
Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square.
“Every year, the light of Easter renews in us the joy and wonder of the
faith,” Pope Francis said. “We recognize that God is not something
vague. Our God is not some smoke. He is concrete; not an abstraction but
having a name:
‘God is love.’ Not some sentimental or affective love, but the
love of the Father who is the origin of all life; the love of the Son who dies
upon the cross and rises again; the love of the Spirit, who renews humanity
and the world.
Understanding that God is love does us much good, because it teaches us to
love, to give ourselves to others as Jesus gave himself to us and walks with
us.”
“The Most Holy Trinity is not a product of human reasoning. It is the
face with which God revealed himself, not from a cathedra on high, but walking
with humanity. It is Jesus who revealed the Father to us and who promised us
the Holy Spirit
… who teaches us everything that we don’t know, who guides us
from within, who gives us good ideas and good inspiration.”
At the end of the Marian prayer, the Pope recalled Don Giuseppe Puglisi,
priest and martyr, who was killed by the mafia in 1993 and proclaimed a
blessed yesterday, Saturday 25 May.
“Don Puglisi,” he continued, “was an exemplary priest,
especially dedicated to pastoral work with young people. Teaching them
according to the Gospel, he snatched them away from a life of crime. For this
[the mafia] tried to defeat him
by killing him. In fact, however, he is the one who won, with the Risen
Christ. I think of the many sufferings of the men and women, and even of
children, who are exploited by the different mafias, who exploit them by
forcing them into work that makes
them slaves, with prostitution, and with many societal pressures. The mafias
are behind this exploitation and slavery.”
“Let us pray to the Lord,” the Holy Father asked, “to
convert the hearts of these people. They cannot do this! Brothers and sisters,
they cannot make us slaves! We must pray to the Lord! Let us … praise
God for Don Giuseppe
Puglisi’s shining witness and let us treasure his example!”
___________________________________________________________
POPE: NO WORSE POVERTY THAN PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM EARNING A LIVING
Vatican City, 25 May 2013 (VIS) – Members of the "Centesimus Annus - Pro
Pontefice" Foundation, which was established 20 years ago by Blessed John Paul
II, were received this afternoon by Pope Francis during their annual
international conference.
This year's theme is “Rethinking Solidarity for Work: Challenges of the
21st Century”.
In his address to them, the Bishop of Rome noted that the foundation bears the
same name as an encyclical published by John Paul II on the centenary
anniversary of “Rerum Novarum” and has, therefore, the Church's
social doctrine as the scope
of its analysis and action. “Rethinking solidarity,” he said,
“doesn't mean questioning the recent Magisterium that, in fact,
demonstrates ever more its vision and its relevance. Rather, 'rethinking'
seems to me to mean two things:
first of all combining the Magisterium with socio-economic development that,
being constant and quick, always presents new aspects and second, 'rethinking'
means going more in depth, reflecting further, to make all of a value's worth
emerge—solidarity in this case—which draws upon the Gospel
profoundly, that is, upon Jesus Christ and thus contains inexhaustible
potential.”
“The current economic and social crisis adds urgency to this
'rethinking'. … It is a phenomenon, like that of unemployment—the
lack and the loss of a job—that is spreading like wildfire in large
areas of the West and that is
alarmingly extending the boundaries of poverty. And there is no worse material
poverty, I would like to emphasize, than that which deprives someone of
earning their living, deprives them of the dignity of work. By now this
'something wrong' is not just
affecting the southern regions of the world, but the entire planet. Hence the
need to 'rethink solidarity', no longer as simple assistance to the poor but
as a global rethinking of the entire system, seeking ways to reform and
correct it in a manner
consistent with fundamental human rights, the rights of all men and women.
This word 'solidarity', which isn't seen in a good light by the economic
world—as if it were a bad word—needs to have its deserved social
citizenship
restored.”
At the end of his address, the Holy Father reiterated that the crisis is not
just an economic or financial one, but rather is rooted in an ethical and
anthropological crisis. “Chasing the idols of power, profit, and money
over and above the value
of the human person has become a basic rule of operation and a decisive
criterion of organization. It has been forgotten, and still we forget, that
above business logic and the parameters of the market lies human being and
that there is something owed
to humans as humans, in virtue of their profound dignity: the opportunity to
live in dignity and to actively participate in the common good.”
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 27 May 2013 (VIS) – This morning, the Holy Father received:
- Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, president of the Pontifical Council for
Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers,
- Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, C.S., president emeritus of the Prefecture for
the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, and
- Bishop Lucio Andrice Muandula of Xai-Xai, Mozambique and president of the
Episcopal Conference of Mozambique.
On Saturday, 25 May, the Holy Father received:
- Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture,
and
- Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, major archbishop of Trivandrum of the
Syro-Malankars, India.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 25 May 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Santa
Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, presented by Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval,
C.SS.R., upon having reached the age limit. He is succeeded by Archbishop
Sergio Alfredo Gualberti
Calandrina, previously coadjutor of the same archdiocese.
- appointed Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, archpriest emeritus of the Saint
Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica, as special envoy to the closing celebration
of the sixth centenary of the discovery of the statue of Santa Maria della
Libera to be held in the
shrine of Cercemaggiore, Italy on 2 July of this year.
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VISnews130527
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 115DATE 27-05-2013
Summary: - FRANCIS: REALITY IS UNDERSTOOD
BETTER FROM PERIPHERY -
ANGELUS: WE ARE NOT SLAVES TO THE MAFIA - POPE: NO WORSE POVERTY THAN
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM EARNING A LIVING - AUDIENCES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
FRANCIS: REALITY IS UNDERSTOOD BETTER FROM PERIPHERY
Vatican City, 26 May 2013 (VIS) – “We understand reality better
not from the center, but from the outskirts”, Pope Francis said to the
thousands of persons awaiting him this morning at the Roman parish of Sts.
Elizabeth and
Zechariah in the Prima Porta neighbourhood on the northern outskirts of the
city. Upon arriving, the Holy Father, who was accompanied by Cardinal Agostino
Vallini, vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, and Auxiliary Bishop Guerino Di
Tora, greeted the
families with children who had been baptized during the year and also heard
several confessions. Also with the Pope were his two secretaries, one of whom,
one of whom, Msgr. Alfred Xuereb, was celebrating the 29th anniversary of his
ordination. The
pontiff noted the happy occasion and asked for an applause for Msgr.
Xuereb.
At 9:30am, in the square in front of the church, after being welcomed by
the parish pastor, Don Benoni Ambarus, he presided at Mass, during which he
administered the Sacrament of the Eucharist to 16 children and gave communion
to another 28 children
who had made First Communion in the past few weeks.
In his homily, warm and conversational in tone, interspersed with questions
from and answers to the children present, the Pope recalled Mary’s visit
to her cousin Isabel, observing that, as soon as the Virgin heard the news
that her cousin was
also pregnant, Mary--the Gospel says—“set out in haste”,
without waiting or thinking that Isabel “will probably have friends who
will help her.” “It’s beautiful to think this about the
Virgin, our Mother, who
sets out in haste because she has this within her: helping. She goes to help,
not to boast and say to her cousin: ‘Listen, I’m in charge now
because I am the mother of God!’ No she didn’t do that. She went
to help! And Our Lady
is always like that. She is our Mother, who always comes in haste when we need
help. It would be nice to add to the litanies of Our Lady one that says
‘Our Lady who sets out in haste, pray for us!’ … Because she
always sets out in haste, she doesn’t forget her children. And when her
children are in difficulty, when they are in need and call upon her, she sets
out in haste. And this gives us a security, the certainty of always having our
mother near,
always at our side. … Our Lady who always comes for us qu
ckly.”
“Our Lady also helps us to understand God well … to understand
Jesus’ life,” the pontiff continued, beginning a conversation with
the children.
“I ask you, children: Who knows who God is? Raise your hands, tell
me. Okay! Creator of the earth. And how many Gods are there? One? But they
told me that there are three: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit!
… They are three in
one, three persons in one. And what does the Father do? The Father is the
origin: the Father, who created all things, who created us. What does the Son
do? … He loves us? And what else? He brings the Word of God! Jesus came
to teach us
God’s Word. And what else? What did Jesus do on earth? He saved us!
Jesus came to give his life for us. The Father creates the world; Jesus saves
us. And the Holy Spirit, what does He do? He loves us!”
“Now all the children together: the Father creates everything, He
creates the world. Jesus saves us; and the Holy Spirit? He loves us! And this
is the Christian life: talking with the Father, talking with the Son, and
talking with the Holy
Spirit. Jesus saved us, but He also walks with us in life. … And how
does He walk? What does He do when He walks with us in life? This is hard. The
one who answers it wins the trophy! What does Jesus do when He walks with us?
… First of
all He helps us. He guides us! Very good! He walks with us, helps us, guides
us, and teaches us how to go forward. Jesus also gives us the strength to
walk. … When it’s difficult, right? And even with our homework!
… He gives us
strength. How does Jesus give us strength? … In Communion He gives us
strength, He helps us exactly by giving us strength. … But when you say
‘He gives us Communion’, does a piece of bread give you so much
strength?
… It looks like bread! But it’s not really bread. What is it? It
Jesus’ body. Jesus comes into our hearts.”
“Well, let’s all think about this, all of us. The Father gave
us life; Jesus gave us salvation. He accompanies us, guides us, supports us,
and teaches us. And the Holy Spirit? What does the Holy Spirit give us? He
loves us! He gives us
love. Let us think about God like this and ask Our Lady, Our Lady who is our
Mother, who is always quick to help us, to teach us to understand how God is:
how the Father is, how the Son is, and how the Holy Spirit is.”
After Mass, the Pope greeted the parish pastors and returned to the Vatican
to pray the Angelus.
Vatican City, 26 May 2013 (VIS) – At noon today, the Feast of the
Most Holy Trinity, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his study to pray
the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square.
“Every year, the light of Easter renews in us the joy and wonder of
the faith,” Pope Francis said. “We recognize that God is not
something vague. Our God is not some smoke. He is concrete; not an abstraction
but having a name:
‘God is love.’ Not some sentimental or affective love, but the
love of the Father who is the origin of all life; the love of the Son who dies
upon the cross and rises again; the love of the Spirit, who renews humanity
and the world.
Understanding that God is love does us much good, because it teaches us to
love, to give ourselves to others as Jesus gave himself to us and walks with
us.”
“The Most Holy Trinity is not a product of human reasoning. It is the
face with which God revealed himself, not from a cathedra on high, but walking
with humanity. It is Jesus who revealed the Father to us and who promised us
the Holy Spirit
… who teaches us everything that we don’t know, who guides us
from within, who gives us good ideas and good inspiration.”
At the end of the Marian prayer, the Pope recalled Don Giuseppe Puglisi,
priest and martyr, who was killed by the mafia in 1993 and proclaimed a
blessed yesterday, Saturday 25 May.
“Don Puglisi,” he continued, “was an exemplary priest,
especially dedicated to pastoral work with young people. Teaching them
according to the Gospel, he snatched them away from a life of crime. For this
[the mafia] tried to defeat
him by killing him. In fact, however, he is the one who won, with the Risen
Christ. I think of the many sufferings of the men and women, and even of
children, who are exploited by the different mafias, who exploit them by
forcing them into work that
makes them slaves, with prostitution, and with many societal pressures. The
mafias are behind this exploitation and slavery.”
“Let us pray to the Lord,” the Holy Father asked, “to
convert the hearts of these people. They cannot do this! Brothers and sisters,
they cannot make us slaves! We must pray to the Lord! Let us … praise
God for Don Giuseppe
Puglisi’s shining witness and let us treasure his example!”
POPE: NO WORSE POVERTY THAN PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM EARNING A LIVING
Vatican City, 25 May 2013 (VIS) – Members of the "Centesimus Annus -
Pro Pontefice" Foundation, which was established 20 years ago by Blessed John
Paul II, were received this afternoon by Pope Francis during their annual
international
conference. This year's theme is “Rethinking Solidarity for Work:
Challenges of the 21st Century”.
In his address to them, the Bishop of Rome noted that the foundation bears
the same name as an encyclical published by John Paul II on the centenary
anniversary of “Rerum Novarum” and has, therefore, the Church's
social doctrine as the
scope of its analysis and action. “Rethinking solidarity,” he
said, “doesn't mean questioning the recent Magisterium that, in fact,
demonstrates ever more its vision and its relevance. Rather, 'rethinking'
seems to me to mean two
things: first of all combining the Magisterium with socio-economic development
that, being constant and quick, always presents new aspects and second,
'rethinking' means going more in depth, reflecting further, to make all of a
value's worth
emerge—solidarity in this case—which draws upon the Gospel
profoundly, that is, upon Jesus Christ and thus contains inexhaustible
potential.”
“The current economic and social crisis adds urgency to this
'rethinking'. … It is a phenomenon, like that of unemployment—the
lack and the loss of a job—that is spreading like wildfire in large
areas of the West and that is
alarmingly extending the boundaries of poverty. And there is no worse material
poverty, I would like to emphasize, than that which deprives someone of
earning their living, deprives them of the dignity of work. By now this
'something wrong' is not just
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