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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 118
DATE 31-05-2013
Summary:
- UNITED NATION'S ROLE IN RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS BY PEACEFUL
MEANS, KEY THEME OF POPE'S AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDENT FOR 67TH SESSION OF UN'S
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- CORPUS CHRISTI: GOD'S SOLIDARITY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE US
- FR. LOMBARDI'S NOTE ON POPE'S MORNING MASSES AT DOMUS SANCTAE MARTHAE
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
UNITED NATION'S ROLE IN RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS BY PEACEFUL MEANS,
KEY THEME OF POPE'S AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDENT FOR 67TH SESSION OF UN'S GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – This morning in the Vatican Apostolic
Palace, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the president for the
67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Vuk
Jeremic, who then went
on to meet with the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.,
accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with
States.
During the course of the cordial conversations, some issues of mutual interest
were discussed, in particular, the resolution of international conflicts
through peaceful means, with specific reference to the Middle East and the
serious humanitarian
emergencies those conflicts have caused. In this context, the importance of
reconciliation between the communities that make up the various societies and
respect for the rights of ethnic and religious minorities were emphasized.
Attention was also given
to the problem of human trafficking and the plight of refugees and migrants.
Regarding the present global economic crisis, mention was made of the role
that the General Assembly of the United Nations could undertake in its
programs—that would be
environmentally friendly and, at the same time, capable of reducing the
distance between the rich and the poor—for an agenda of sustainable
development after 2015.
Today’s meeting confirmed the Holy See’s appreciation for the
United Nation’s central role in seeking the common good of humanity.
Also, the Catholic Church’s contribution, with the means proper to her
and respectful of her
identity, in promoting the complete dignity of the human person as well as
peace and a culture of encounter was not overlooked, with the hopes that such
values might always inspire the General Assembly’s debates and
deliberations.
___________________________________________________________
CORPUS CHRISTI: GOD'S SOLIDARITY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE US
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – Yesterday in the Basilica of St. John
Lateran, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. He
then led, on foot, the Eucharistic procession that wound along Rome's Via
Merulana, until
reaching the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. Following are ample extracts from
the Holy Father's homily, which focused on the Gospel story of the
multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
“In the Gospel we have just heard, there is an expression of Jesus that
always strikes me: 'Give them some food yourselves'. ... who are the ones whom
we should feed? ... the crowd, the multitude. Jesus is in the midst of the
people. He welcomes
them; talks to them; heals them. He shows them God's mercy. In their midst, He
chooses the twelve Apostles to be with him and, like him, to immerse
themselves in the concrete situations of the world. The people follow him and
listen to him because Jesus
speaks and acts in a new way, with the authority of someone who is authentic
and consistent; someone who speaks and acts truthfully; someone who gives the
hope that comes from God; one who is revelation of the face of the God who is
love. And the people
joyfully bless God.”
“This evening we are that crowd in the Gospel. We also strive to follow
Jesus to listen to him, to enter into communion with him in the Eucharist, to
accompany him, so that He might accompany us. Let us ask ourselves: how do I
follow Jesus? Jesus
speaks in silence, in the Mystery of the Eucharist, and every time He reminds
us that following him means going out of ourselves and making our lives not
our possession, but a gift to him and to others.”
“The invitation that Jesus extends to his disciples to feed the
multitude themselves is born of two elements: most of all from the crowd that,
having followed Jesus, now finds itself outside, far from inhabited areas, as
evening falls, and then,
from the disciples' concern, who asked Jesus to dismiss the crowd so that they
might seek food and lodging in the nearby towns. Faced with the crowd's needs,
the disciples' solution is for everyone to take care of themselves. ... How
many times do we
Christians have this temptation! We do not care for the needs of others,
dismissing them with a pitiful, 'May God help you'. … But Jesus’
solution goes in another direction … He asks the disciples to seat the
people in communities of
fifty persons. He raises his eyes to heaven, recites the blessing, breaks the
loaves, and gives them to the disciples to distribute.”
“It is a moment of profound communion. The crowd, whose thirst has been
quenched by the word of the Lord, is now nourished by his bread of life.
… This evening, we too are gathered around the Lord’s table ...
It is in listening to his
Word, in nourishing ourselves with his Body and his Blood, that He makes us
transforms us from a multitude into a community, from anonymity to communion.
The Eucharist is the sacrament of communion, which brings us out from our
selfishness to live
together our journey in his footsteps, our faith in him. We all ought,
therefore, to ask ourselves before the Lord: How do I live the Eucharist? Do I
live it anonymously or as a moment of true communion with the Lord and also
with the many brothers and
sisters who share this same table?”
The multiplication of the loaves [is born of] Jesus' invitation to his
disciples: 'Feed them yourselves', 'give', share. What do the disciples share?
What little they have: five loaves and two fishes. But it is precisely those
loaves and fishes that, in
God’s hands, feed the whole crowd. And it is precisely the disciples,
bewildered by the inability of their means, by the poverty of what they have
at their disposal, who invite the people to sit down and— trusting
Jesus' word
of—distribute the loaves and fishes that feed the crowd. This tells us
that in the Church, but also in society, a keyword that we need not fear is
'solidarity', that is, knowing how to place what we have at God’s
disposal, our humble
abilities, because only in sharing them, in giving them, that our lives will
be fruitful, will bear fruit. Solidarity: a word upon which the spirit of the
world looks unkindly!”
“Tonight, once again, the Lord gives us the bread which is his body. He
makes a gift of himself. We also experiencing “God's solidarity”
with humanity, ... a solidarity that never ceases to amaze us. God draws near
to us. In the
sacrifice of the Cross He lowers himself, entering into the darkness of death
in order to give us his life, which conquers evil, selfishness, and death.
This evening too, Jesus gives himself to us in the Eucharist. He shares our
journey, or rather, He
becomes food, real food that sustains our lives even at the times when the
going is rough, when obstacles slow our steps. In the Eucharist, the Lord
makes us follow his path, the path of service, sharing, and giving—and
what little we have, what
little we are, if shared, becomes wealth, because the power of God, which is
love, descends into our poverty to transform it.”
“Discipleship, communion, and sharing. Let us pray that our
participation in the Eucharist may always inspire us: to follow the Lord every
day, to be instruments of communion, to share what we are with Him and with
our neighbour. Then our lives
will be truly fruitful.”
___________________________________________________________
FR. LOMBARDI'S NOTE ON POPE'S MORNING MASSES AT DOMUS SANCTAE MARTHAE
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – The Director of the Holy See Press
Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., clarified a few points relative to the
broadcast and publication of the daily Mass that Pope Francis celebrates in
the chapel of the Domus
Sanctae Marthae as well as the homilies that he gives.
“First of all,” said Fr. Lombardi, “it is necessary to keep
in mind the character that the Holy Father himself attributes to the morning
celebration of Mass at St. Martha's. It is a Mass attended by a, not small,
group of faithful
(usually over 50 persons), but the Pope wants to maintain its familiar
atmosphere. That is why, notwithstanding the requests that have been received,
he has specifically requested that the live video and audio not be
broadcast.”
“Regarding his homilies, they are not given from a written text but
spontaneously and in Italian, a language that the Pope knows well but which
isn't his mother tongue. A 'complete' publication, therefore, would
necessarily entail a transcription
and a reworking of the text at various points, given that the written form is
different from the spoken one, which in this case is the original form chosen
intentionally by the Holy Father. In short, it would entail editing by the
Holy Father himself,
but the result would clearly be 'something else', which isn't what the Holy
Father intends to do [with his daily homily] each morning.”
The Director of the Holy See Press Office stated that careful consideration
was given to how to make the wealth of the Pope's homilies available without
changing their nature. The Vatican's newspaper, “L'Osservatore
Romano” as well as
Vatican Radio offer a summary of the Pope's words and Vatican Television
broadcasts a brief video that corresponds to the paragraphs chosen by Vatican
Radio. He also noted that the difference between the Pope's public and private
activities must be
recognized. In the former, Pope Francis' complete texts are released, while in
the latter it is necessary to “respect the particular character of the
situation, the spontaneity and familiarity of the Holy Father's expressions.
The solution that
was chosen respects, above all, the Pope's wishes and the nature of the
morning celebrations while, at the same time, allowing a wide public to have
access to the main messages that the Holy Father offers the faithful in those
circumstances.&r
dquo;
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father received:
- Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelization of Peoples, and
- Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., secretary of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and titular of Tibica.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father:
- appointed Bishop Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva as bishop of the Diocese of
San Francisco (area 19,611, population 222,000, Catholics 217,000, priests 40,
religious 34), Argentina. Bishop Buenanueva was previously auxiliary of
Mendoza,
Argentina, and titular of Rusubbicari. On the Argentine Episcopal Conference
he currently serves as president of the Commission for Ministers.
- appointed Fr. Jean-Pierre Delville as bishop of Liege (area 3,862,
population 1,044,000, Catholics 213,987, priests 33, religious 94), Belgium.
The bishop-elect, of the clergy of the same diocese, was born in Liege in 1951
and was
ordained a priest in 1980. Since ordination he has served in several pastoral
and academic roles, most recently as vicar of the parish of Saint-Lambert in
Liege and tenured professor in the Theology Faculty of the Universite
catholique of Louvain in
Louvain-le-Neuve, Belgium. He succeeds Bishop Aloysius Jousten, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- appointed Fr. Peter Brown, C.Ss.R., as bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago (area
197, population 68,000, Catholics 14,000, priests 18, permanent deacons 27,
religious 9), American Samoa. Bishop-elect Brown was born in Christchurch, New
Zealand, in 1947 and was ordained a priest in 1981. Since ordination he has
served in several pastoral, missionary, and institutional roles, most recently
as regional superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in New Zealand. He succeeds
Bishop John Quinn
Weitzel, M.M., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese
the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the Archdiocese
of Cochabamba, Bolivia, presented by Bishop Angel Gelmi Bertocchi, titular of
Forum Clodii, upon having reached the age limit.
- accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of
Motherwell, Scotland, presented by Bishop Joseph Devine, upon having reached
the age limit.
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VISnews130531
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 118DATE 31-05-2013
Summary: - UNITED NATION'S ROLE IN
RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS BY
PEACEFUL MEANS, KEY THEME OF POPE'S AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDENT FOR 67TH SESSION
OF UN'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY - CORPUS CHRISTI: GOD'S SOLIDARITY NEVER CEASES
TO AMAZE US - FR. LOMBARDI'S NOTE ON POPE'S MORNING MASSES AT DOMUS
SANCTAE MARTHAE -
AUDIENCES - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
UNITED NATION'S ROLE IN RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS BY PEACEFUL
MEANS, KEY THEME OF POPE'S AUDIENCE WITH PRESIDENT FOR 67TH SESSION OF UN'S
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – This morning in the Vatican
Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the president
for the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency
Mr. Vuk Jeremic, who then
went on to meet with the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone,
S.D.B., accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations
with States.
During the course of the cordial conversations, some issues of mutual
interest were discussed, in particular, the resolution of international
conflicts through peaceful means, with specific reference to the Middle East
and the serious humanitarian
emergencies those conflicts have caused. In this context, the importance of
reconciliation between the communities that make up the various societies and
respect for the rights of ethnic and religious minorities were emphasized.
Attention was also given
to the problem of human trafficking and the plight of refugees and migrants.
Regarding the present global economic crisis, mention was made of the role
that the General Assembly of the United Nations could undertake in its
programs—that would be
environmentally friendly and, at the same time, capable of reducing the
distance between the rich and the poor—for an agenda of sustainable
development after 2015.
Today’s meeting confirmed the Holy See’s appreciation for the
United Nation’s central role in seeking the common good of humanity.
Also, the Catholic Church’s contribution, with the means proper to her
and respectful of her
identity, in promoting the complete dignity of the human person as well as
peace and a culture of encounter was not overlooked, with the hopes that such
values might always inspire the General Assembly’s debates and
deliberations.
CORPUS CHRISTI: GOD'S SOLIDARITY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE US
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – Yesterday in the Basilica of St.
John Lateran, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus
Christi. He then led, on foot, the Eucharistic procession that wound along
Rome's Via Merulana, until
reaching the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. Following are ample extracts from
the Holy Father's homily, which focused on the Gospel story of the
multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
“In the Gospel we have just heard, there is an expression of Jesus
that always strikes me: 'Give them some food yourselves'. ... who are the ones
whom we should feed? ... the crowd, the multitude. Jesus is in the midst of
the people. He
welcomes them; talks to them; heals them. He shows them God's mercy. In their
midst, He chooses the twelve Apostles to be with him and, like him, to immerse
themselves in the concrete situations of the world. The people follow him and
listen to him
because Jesus speaks and acts in a new way, with the authority of someone who
is authentic and consistent; someone who speaks and acts truthfully; someone
who gives the hope that comes from God; one who is revelation of the face of
the God who is love.
And the people joyfully bless God.”
“This evening we are that crowd in the Gospel. We also strive to
follow Jesus to listen to him, to enter into communion with him in the
Eucharist, to accompany him, so that He might accompany us. Let us ask
ourselves: how do I follow Jesus?
Jesus speaks in silence, in the Mystery of the Eucharist, and every time He
reminds us that following him means going out of ourselves and making our
lives not our possession, but a gift to him and to others.”
“The invitation that Jesus extends to his disciples to feed the
multitude themselves is born of two elements: most of all from the crowd that,
having followed Jesus, now finds itself outside, far from inhabited areas, as
evening falls, and
then, from the disciples' concern, who asked Jesus to dismiss the crowd so
that they might seek food and lodging in the nearby towns. Faced with the
crowd's needs, the disciples' solution is for everyone to take care of
themselves. ... How many times do
we Christians have this temptation! We do not care for the needs of others,
dismissing them with a pitiful, 'May God help you'. … But Jesus’
solution goes in another direction … He asks the disciples to seat the
people in communities
of fifty persons. He raises his eyes to heaven, recites the blessing, breaks
the loaves, and gives them to the disciples to distribute.”
“It is a moment of profound communion. The crowd, whose thirst has
been quenched by the word of the Lord, is now nourished by his bread of life.
… This evening, we too are gathered around the Lord’s table ...
It is in listening to
his Word, in nourishing ourselves with his Body and his Blood, that He makes
us transforms us from a multitude into a community, from anonymity to
communion. The Eucharist is the sacrament of communion, which brings us out
from our selfishness to live
together our journey in his footsteps, our faith in him. We all ought,
therefore, to ask ourselves before the Lord: How do I live the Eucharist? Do I
live it anonymously or as a moment of true communion with the Lord and also
with the many brothers and
sisters who share this same table?”
The multiplication of the loaves [is born of] Jesus' invitation to his
disciples: 'Feed them yourselves', 'give', share. What do the disciples share?
What little they have: five loaves and two fishes. But it is precisely those
loaves and fishes that,
in God’s hands, feed the whole crowd. And it is precisely the disciples,
bewildered by the inability of their means, by the poverty of what they have
at their disposal, who invite the people to sit down and— trusting
Jesus' word
of—distribute the loaves and fishes that feed the crowd. This tells us
that in the Church, but also in society, a keyword that we need not fear is
'solidarity', that is, knowing how to place what we have at God’s
disposal, our humble
abilities, because only in sharing them, in giving them, that our lives will
be fruitful, will bear fruit. Solidarity: a word upon which the spirit of the
world looks unkindly!”
“Tonight, once again, the Lord gives us the bread which is his body.
He makes a gift of himself. We also experiencing “God's so
idarity” with humanity, ... a solidarity that never ceases to amaze us.
God draws near to us. In the
sacrifice of the Cross He lowers himself, entering into the darkness of death
in order to give us his life, which conquers evil, selfishness, and death.
This evening too, Jesus gives himself to us in the Eucharist. He shares our
journey, or rather, He
becomes food, real food that sustains our lives even at the times when the
going is rough, when obstacles slow our steps. In the Eucharist, the Lord
makes us follow his path, the path of service, sharing, and giving—and
what little we have, what
little we are, if shared, becomes wealth, because the power of God, which is
love, descends into our poverty to transform it.”
“Discipleship, communion, and sharing. Let us pray that our
participation in the Eucharist may always inspire us: to follow the Lord every
day, to be instruments of communion, to share what we are with Him and with
our neighbour. Then our lives
will be truly fruitful.”
FR. LOMBARDI'S NOTE ON POPE'S MORNING MASSES AT DOMUS SANCTAE MARTHAE
Vatican City, 31 May 2013 (VIS) – The Director of the Holy See Press
Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., clarified a few points relative to the
broadcast and publication of the daily Mass that Pope Francis celebrates in
the chapel of the Domus
Sanctae Marthae as well as the homilies that he gives.
“First of all,” said Fr. Lombardi, “it is necessary to
keep in mind the character that the Holy Father himself attributes to the
morning celebration of Mass at St. Martha's. It is a Mass attended by a, not
small, group of faithful
(usually over 50 persons), but the Pope wants to maintain its familiar
atmosphere. That is why, notwithstanding the requests that have been received,
he has specifically requested that the live video and audio not be
broadcast.”
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