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    VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXIII - N° 124   
   DATE 10-06-2013   
      
   Summary:   
    - UPCOMING VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY TO POPE   
    - ANGELUS: JESUS' COMPASSION IS LIKE A MOTHER'S LOVE   
    - MESSAGE TO GERMAN NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS   
    - FRANCIS TO YOUTH OF MACERATA: BE OPEN TO GOD'S SURPRISES   
    - TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE INDICATIONS FOR FREEDOM   
    - OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN REPUBLIC TO POPE   
    - CARDINAL TAGLE TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TITULAR CHURCH   
    - AUDIENCES   
    - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
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   UPCOMING VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY TO POPE   
   Vatican City, 10 June 2013 (VIS) – In a press release today, the   
   Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity states that the Archbishop of   
   Canterbury, Justin Welby, will be in Rome to visit Pope Francis on Friday, 14   
   June.   
   “This brief visit”, reads the release, “is of particular   
   interest since it is the first meeting of the Archbishop and the Pope since   
   their inaugurations, which took place at about the same time, just over two   
   months ago.”   
   “This visit is an opportunity for the Archbishop and Pope Francis to   
   review the present state of relations between the Roman Catholic Church and   
   Anglican Communion. In particular, the interest shown by Archbishop Welby in   
   global justice and the   
   ethical regulation of financial markets so that they do not oppress men and   
   women, is echoed in the constant teaching of the Holy Father. Ever since his   
   experience as an executive in an oil company, Archbishop Welby has placed   
   great emphasis on   
   reconciliation, and has continued to press for the resolution of conflicts   
   within the Church and society. This also evokes Pope Francis’ own call   
   to build bridges between people of every nation, so that they may be seen not   
   as rivals and threats,   
   but as brothers and sisters.”   
   “Anglicans and Catholics also must work together to provide clear moral   
   guidance to society and Archbishop Justin has collaborated closely with the   
   Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, to safeguard marriage and   
   other Christian   
   values in society. It is a sign of their close relations that Archbishop   
   Nichols will accompany the Archbishop of Canterbury on this visit.”   
   “Following the audience, and brief speeches, there will be a short   
   service of mid-day prayer presided over by the Holy Father and the Archbishop   
   of Canterbury. Earlier in the day, at the Archbishop’s own request, he   
   will visit the   
   Excavations beneath St Peter’s Basilica to pray at the tomb of St Peter,   
   as his predecessor Archbishop Rowan Williams did on his first visit to Rome.   
   He has also asked particularly for a time of prayer before the tomb of Blessed   
   John Paul II.   
   Following this, Archbishop Welby will call upon Cardinal Koch at the   
   Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, to renew the acquaintance   
   made at the time of the Archbishop’s inauguration at Canterbury, and to   
   learn about the workings of   
   the Pontifical Council.”   
      
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   ANGELUS: JESUS' COMPASSION IS LIKE A MOTHER'S LOVE   
   Vatican City, 9 June 2013 (VIS) – Pope Francis appeared at the window of   
   his study at noon today to pray the Angelus with the thousands of faithful   
   gathered in St. Peter's Square. He first noted that the month of June is   
   traditionally dedicated to   
   the Sacred Heart of Jesus, “the greatest human expression of divine   
   love”.   
   “Popular piety,” he said, “embraces many symbols and the   
   Heart of Jesus is the ultimate symbol of God's mercy. It is not, however, an   
   imaginary symbol but a real symbol that represents the centre, the source from   
   which flows the   
   salvation for all of humanity.” Among various references in the Gospels   
   to the Heart of Jesus, the Pope emphasized the witness of Christ's death   
   according to St. John. When Jesus was already dead, a soldier pierced his side   
   with a lance and   
   immediately blood and water flowed out. “John recognized in that,   
   apparently random, sign the fulfilment of the prophecies: from the heart of   
   Jesus, the Lamb sacrificed upon the Cross, spring forth forgiveness and life   
   for all humanity.”   
   “But Jesus' mercy is not just a feeling. It is a force that gives life,   
   that brings humanity back to life! Today's Gospel reading says the same thing,   
   in the story of the widow of Nain. Jesus, with his disciples, is arriving in   
   Nain, a village in   
   Galilee, at exactly the moment of a funeral. A young man, the only son of a   
   widowed woman is being carried out to be buried. Jesus' gaze immediately fixes   
   upon the crying mother. The Gospel writer Luke tells us: 'When the Lord saw   
   her, He was moved with   
   pity for her'. This compassion is God's love for humanity. It is mercy, that   
   is, God's attitude in contact with human misery, with our indigence, our   
   suffering, our anguish. The biblical term 'compassion' recalls the maternal   
   womb: indeed, a mother   
   feels a reaction all her own when faced with her children's pain. That is how   
   God loves us, Scripture says.”   
   “And what is the fruit of this love, this mercy? It is life! Jesus said   
   to the widow of Nain: 'Do not weep', and he called to the dead son and woke   
   him as if from sleep. Let's think about this. It's beautiful. God's mercy   
   gives life to the man,   
   raises him from the dead. The Lord always looks upon us with mercy …   
   awaits us with mercy. Let us not be afraid to draw near to him! He has a   
   merciful heart! If we show him our inner wounds, our sins, He always forgives   
   us. He is pure   
   mercy!”   
   After the Marian prayer, the Bishop of Rome noted that today, in Krakow,   
   Poland, two Polish nuns are being beatified: Zofia Czeska-Maciejowska, who   
   founded the Congregation of the Virgins of the Presentation of the Blessed   
   Virgin Mary in the first half   
   of the 17th century, and Malgorzata Lucja Szewczyk, who founded the   
   Congregation of the Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God (Seraphic   
   Sisters) in the 19th century. “With the Church in Krakow, let us give   
   thanks to the Lord!”   
   Lastly he addressed a group of pilgrims from the Italian city of Ortona where   
   relics of the Apostle Thomas are venerated, thanking them for the journey   
   “from Thomas to Peter” that they had undertaken.   
      
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   MESSAGE TO GERMAN NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS   
   Vatican City, 9 June 2013 (VIS) – This morning at the beginning of the   
   Mass closing the German National Eucharistic Congress that took place in   
   Cologne, Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president emeritus of the Pontifical   
   Council “Cor   
   Unum” and the Holy Father's special envoy to the event, read the message   
   that Pope Francis had written to those participating in the Congress.   
   The theme of the Congress was “Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?”,   
   Peter's question to Jesus after his words in the synagogue in Capernaum when   
   He announced that He was the Bread of Life, scandalizing many who then stopped   
   following him.   
   “We, members of today's Church, also ask ourselves this question,“   
   the Pope wrote. “Our answer, like that of the Apostle, can only be the   
   person of Jesus. Yes, He lived two thousand years ago. However, we can   
   encounter him in our time   
   when we listen to his Word and are close to him, in a unique way, in the   
   Eucharist. … May the Mass not become a superficial routine for us! May   
   we always draw more and more from its depth! It is precisely what puts us   
   within Christ's immense work   
   of salvation, sharpening our spiritual sight with his love, [becoming part] of   
   his 'prophecy in action' in the Upper Room with which He initiated his gift of   
   Himself upon the Cross and his irrevocable victory over sin and death.”   
   “This is the same question that some contemporaries are asking   
   who—either lucidly or with foreboding—are still in search of the   
   Father of Jesus Christ. The Redeemer wants to meet them through us …   
   With our lives and our words we   
   must proclaim to them what we have recognized together with Peter and the   
   Apostles: 'Lord, You have the words of eternal life.' … All of us,   
   bishops, priests, deacons, religious, and lay persons, have the duty to bring   
   God to the world and the   
   world to God.”   
      
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   FRANCIS TO YOUTH OF MACERATA: BE OPEN TO GOD'S SURPRISES   
   Vatican City, 9 June 2013 (VIS) – Yesterday at 8:30pm, the Holy Father   
   called Bishop Giancarlo Vecerrica of Fabriano-Matelica, who was together with   
   thousands of youth in the Helvia Recina Stadium before the Mass celebrated by   
   Cardinal Marc   
   Ouellet, P.S.S., to initiate the 35th pilgrimage on foot from Macerata to   
   Loreto. This year the theme of the pilgrimage is “What can truly satisfy   
   human desire?” and it is promoted by the Communion and Liberation   
   movement.   
   Pope Francis addressed the youth, from Italy and around the world, who were   
   about to walk the 28 kilometres (over 17 miles) praying the Rosary and singing   
   together. “All of life is a pilgrimage,” said the Pope.   
   “What is important is   
   meeting Jesus on the path of life. … Let yourselves be guided by Jesus.   
   … So many times, even for us, faith is an obvious presupposition of   
   living. We say 'I believe in God'—and that's good—but, how do you   
   live this on the path   
   of life? Faith must become a present experience.”   
   “When we encounter the Lord,” the Holy Father continued, “He   
   surprises us. The Lord can be called the Lord of surprises. Be open to God's   
   surprises. For you too, this evening's event, which grows every year, is a   
   surprise. It is the   
   sign that nothing is impossible with God. How else could you explain that from   
   the 300 of you in 1978 you would have become the 90,000 of last year?”   
   “When you get tired,” Francis added, “and the temptation to   
   go your own way arises, think of this: repeat your 'yes', pray that each one   
   of you might recognize in your body and your spirit the very humanity that   
   needs Christ's   
   humanity, the only one that can truly satisfy human desire.”   
   The Holy Father bid them farewell, reminding the youth to continue forward   
   with hope. “Please,” he said, “don't let yourselves be   
   robbed of hope. It is the Lord who gives it to you.”   
      
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   TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE INDICATIONS FOR FREEDOM   
   Vatican City, 9 June 2013 (VIS) – “The Ten Commandments are not a   
   limitation, but an indication for freedom.” This was the heart of Pope   
   Francis' video message that was broadcast yesterday at 9:40pm local time to   
   the thousands gathered   
   in Milan's Cathedral Square to participate in the “Ten Squares for Ten   
   Commandments” initiative promoted by the “Renewal in the   
   Spirit” movement in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for   
   Promoting the New Evangelization as   
   part of the Year of Faith.   
   Milan is the fourth city to host the initiative, which began under the   
   pontificate of Benedict XVI in September of 2013, following events in Rome,   
   Naples, and Verona. In the coming months, Pope Francis will send video   
   messages to participants gathering   
   in squares in Bari, Genoa, Cagliari, Florence, Palermo, Bologna, and Turin.   
   “The Ten Commandments,” the pontiff affirmed, “are a gift   
   from God. The word 'commandment' isn't fashionable. To today's persons, it   
   recalls something negative, someone's will that imposes limits, that places   
   obstacles to our lives.   
   … Unfortunately history, even recent history, is marked by tyranny,   
   ideologies, mindsets that have been imposed and oppressive, that haven't   
   sought the good of humanity but rather power, success, and profit. The Ten   
   Commandments, however, come   
   from a God who created us out of love, from a God who established a covenant   
   with humanity, a God who only wants the good of humanity. Let us trust in God!   
   … The Ten Commandments show us a path to travel and also constitute a   
   sort of 'moral code'   
   for building just societies that are made for men and women. How much   
   inequality there is in the world! How much hunger for food and for truth! How   
   much moral and material poverty resulting from the rejection of God and from   
   putting s   
    o many   
   idols in his place! Let us be guided by these Ten Words that enlighten and   
   guide those seeking peace, justice, and dignity.”   
   “It is important to remember when God, through Moses, gave the people of   
   Israel the Ten Commandments. At the Red Sea the people had experienced great   
   deliverance. They had seen first hand the power and faithfulness of God, the   
   God who liberates.   
   Now God himself, upon Mount Sinai, indicates to his people and to all of us   
   the way to remain free, a path that is engraved upon the human heart as a   
   universal moral Law. We shouldn't see the Ten Commandments as restriction upon   
   our freedom; no, not   
   that way. We should see them as signs for our freedom. … They teach us   
   how to avoid the slavery to which the many idols that we ourselves build   
   reduce us. … They teach us to open ourselves to a wider dimension than   
   the material one; to   
   live with respect for others; overcoming the greed of power, possessions, and   
   money; to be honest and sincere in our relationships; to protect all of   
   creation and to nurture our planet with high, noble, and spiritual ideals.   
   Following the   
     Ten   
   Commandments means being faithful to ourselves, to our most authentic nature,   
   and walking towards the true freedom that Christ taught us in the   
   Beatitudes.”   
      
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   OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT OF ITALIAN REPUBLIC TO POPE   
   Vatican City, 8 June 2013 (VIS) – The official state visit of the   
   President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, to Pope Francis “once again   
   confirms—even after troubled and painful events—the normalcy and   
   excellence of relations   
   between Italy and the Holy See”. The dialogue between the two “has   
   the good of the Italian people as its principle goal and has its historically   
   unique role in Europe and the world as its ideal backdrop”.   
   Those were the words of the Bishop of Rome this morning on receiving for the   
   first time in his pontificate the representative of Italy's highest   
   institution. He thanked the president, as well as all the entire Italian   
   population, for the warm welcome   
   that they have given him, saying that they have made him feel “at home   
   again”. At the same time the pontiff expressed the wish that Italy might   
   always be “a welcoming home for all”.   
   President Napolitano, the first head of state to officially visit Pope   
   Francis, arrived in the Vatican shortly before 11:00am, accompanied by the   
   Italian minister of Foreign Affairs, Emma Bonino, and Italy's ambassador to   
   the Holy See, Francesco Maria   
   Greco. Upon arriving he was greeted by the Prefect of the Papal Household,   
   Archbishop Georg Ganswein, and an honour guard of the Swiss Guard in the San   
   Damaso Courtyard. After a private conversation with the Pope in the Sala del   
   Tronetto (“little   
   throne room”) of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, they moved to the Library   
   where they both delivered speeches.   
   The Pope noted that, after the conciliation and the inclusion of the Lateran   
   Pacts in the Italian Constitution and further, in a new light after the Second   
   Vatican Council and the revision of the Treaty, relations between Italy and   
   the Holy See have   
   developed well. “In Italy,” he added, “the collaboration   
   between State and Church, always focused on the interest of the people and of   
   society, is carried out in the daily relationship between civil agencies and   
   those of the Catholic   
   community, represented by the Bishops and their offices, and in a very   
   particular way, by the Bishop of Rome. Thus, even this first visit of the   
   President to the Pope can be effectively expressed with the image of the two   
   hills, the Quirinal and the   
   Vatican, that look upon one another with esteem and fondness.”   
   The Pope then observed that 2013 marks the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of   
   Milan, a symbol for many of the first affirmation of the principle of   
   religious freedom, noting that, a century ago, the commemoration of the Edict   
   of Milan represented   
   “a stage in the historical process that favoured the awareness and the   
   contribution of Catholics in the construction of Italian society. … In   
   today's world, religious freedom is more often asserted than accomplished.   
   … The serious   
   outrages inflicted on this primary right are a source of serious   
   concern.”   
   “Against every attack, the unanimous reaction of the world's countries   
   must be seen reaffirming the inviolable dignity of the human person. It is the   
   duty of all to defend religious freedom and to promote it for all. In sharing   
   the protection of   
   this moral good is also found a guarantee of the growth and development of the   
   entire community.” Continuing, he mentioned the “profound and   
   persistent” world crisis, which also affects Italy, “emphasizing   
   the economic and social   
   problems, which weigh especially upon the weakest part of society”. He   
   noted some particularly troubling phenomena such as “the weakening of   
   family and social ties, the decreasing population, the prevalence of   
   mentalities favouring profit   
   over work, and the insufficient attention paid to younger generations and   
   their formation”.   
   “In this difficult context, which certainly is not easy, it is essential   
   to guarantee and to develop the overall system of the democratic institutions   
   to which Italian Catholics have decisively, loyally, and creatively   
   contributed in recent   
   decades. In a time of crisis such as this one it is, therefore, urgent that a   
   new consideration of political commitment, above all among young persons,   
   might arise and that believers and non-believers together might collaborate in   
   promoting a society in   
   which injustice can be overcome and every person can be welcomed and can   
   contribute to the common good. … The distance between the letter and   
   the spirit of laws and democratic institutions is always to be recognized and   
   we need the commitment of   
   all involved to bridge it every time again. We Catholics also have the duty to   
   always strive more along the serious journey of spiritual conversion so that   
   we might every day draw closer to the Gospel, which compels us to concretely   
   and   
   effectively serve persons and society.”   
   The Pope ended his discourse repeating that “what faith assures us of is   
   true even in the civil sphere: we must never lose hope. How many examples of   
   this have our parents and grandparents given us, facing the hardships of their   
   times with great   
   courage and spirit of sacrifice. On various occasions, Benedict XVI repeated   
   that the current crisis should be an opportunity for the fraternal renewal of   
   human relationships. Even the Italian people, drawing confidently and   
   creatively from their rich   
   Christian tradition and from the examples of their patron saints, Francis of   
   Assisi and Catherine of Siena, … can and must overcome every division   
   and grow in justice and peace, continuing thus to play their unique role in   
   the European context   
   and in the family of nations, and working to create a culture of   
   encounter.”   
   After the addresses, the head of the Italian State met with Cardinal Tarcisio   
   Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State, and with the diplomatic corps accredited   
   to the Holy See. Before leaving, he went to the Vatican Basilica where he   
   visited the Chapel of   
   the Pieta.   
      
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   CARDINAL TAGLE TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS TITULAR CHURCH   
   Vatican City, 10 June 2013 (VIS) – The Office of Liturgical Celebrations   
   of the Supreme Pontiff today announced that this coming Saturday, 15 June, at   
   6:30pm, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, archbishop of Manila, Philippines,   
   will take possession   
   of the title of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle in Piazza San Felice da   
   Cantalice, 20.   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
      
   AUDIENCES   
   Vatican City, 10 June 2013 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father received:   
      - the credential letters of the new ambassador of Mexico to the Holy See,   
   His Excellency Mr. Mariano Palacios Alcocer,   
      - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the   
   Evangelization of Peoples,   
      - Bishop Javier Echevarria Rodriguez, prelate of personal prelature Opus   
   Dei and titular of Cilibia.   
      - Her Excellency Ms. Anna Suchocka, ambassador of Poland; His Excellency   
   Mr. Almir Franco de Sa' Barbuda, ambassador of Brazil; and His Excellency Mr.   
   Alejandro Emilio Valladares Lanza, ambassador of Honduras on their farewell   
   visits.   
   On Saturday, 8 June, Pope Francis received Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S.,   
   prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
      
   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
   Vatican City, 8 June 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:   
      - appointed Fr. Jeremiah Madimetja Masela as bishop of Polokwane (area   
   69,533, population 2,658,000, Catholics 94,700, priests 27, permanent deacons   
   8, religious 50), South Africa. The bishop-elect, previously apostolic   
   administrator   
   of the diocese, was born in Bergzich, Western Cape, South Africa and was   
   ordained a priest in 1958. Since ordination he has served in several parochial   
   and diocesan roles, most recently as vicar general of the diocese and pastor   
   of Doorspruit. He has   
   been the apostolic administrator of the diocese since 2011.   
   On Saturday, 8 June, the Holy Father:   
      - appointed Bishop Giuseppe Petrocchi as metropolitan archbishop of   
   L'Aquila (area 1,516, population 112,500, Catholics 111,100, priests 118,   
   permanent deacons 8, religious 167), Italy. Bishop Petrocchi, previously of   
   Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy, succeeds Archbishop Giuseppe Molinari,   
   whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy   
   Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.   
      - appointed Archbishop Miroslaw Adamczyk, apostolic nuncio to Liberia, as   
   apostolic nuncio to Gambia.   
      - appointed Bishop Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B., of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris of the   
   Armenians, France, as apostolic visitor to Armenian Catholic faithful resident   
   in Western Europe without their own ordinary. He succeeds Bishop Gregoire   
   Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B., whose resignation from the same office the Holy Father   
   accepted in accordance with canon 210 para. 1 of the Code of Canons of the   
   Eastern Churches (CCEO).   
      
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