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    VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 47   
   DATE 10-03-2014   
      
   Summary:   
    - ANGELUS: DO NOT ENTER INTO DIALOGUE WITH SATAN -; ONLY GOD'S WORD WILL   
   SAVE US   
    - THE POPE TO TRAVEL TO KOREA IN AUGUST   
    - PRESS RELEASE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ECONOMY   
    - COMMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF   
   MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ECONOMY   
    - MANAGEMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL ASSETS IN THE SERVICE OF THE MISSION OF THE   
   CHURCH   
    - ALL MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE DISCIPLES AND MISSIONARIES   
    - AUDIENCES   
    - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
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   ANGELUS: DO NOT ENTER INTO DIALOGUE WITH SATAN -; ONLY GOD'S WORD WILL   
   SAVE US   
   Vatican City, 10 March 2014 (VIS) -; At midday today, the first Sunday of   
   Lent, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus   
   with the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square. The Bishop of Rome commented   
   that every year the Gospel of the first Sunday of Lent presents Jesus'   
   temptations, and he mentioned that the tempter seeks to divert the Lord from   
   His Father's plan, or rather the way of sacrifice that involves offering   
   Himself in atonement and with love, and attempts to make Him choose the easy   
   path of success and power.   
   "Indeed, the devil, to divert Jesus from the way of the cross, presents   
   Him with false messianic hopes: economic well-being, as indicated by the   
   possibility of turning stones into bread; a miraculous and spectacular style   
   as seen in the idea of throwing Himself off the highest point of the temple of   
   Jerusalem, to be saved by angels, and finally a shortcut to power and   
   domination, in exchange for His open worship of Satan".   
   Jesus, the Pope explained, "firmly rejects all these temptations and   
   reiterates His determination to follow the path set out by the Father, without   
   compromising with sin and with the logic of the world. ... This is why   
   Jesus, instead of entering into a dialogue like Eve, chooses to take refuge in   
   God's Word and responds with the power of this Word. We should remember this   
   when we are tempted ourselves: do not argue with Satan, always defend   
   ourselves with the Word of God. And this will save us".   
   "In his response to Satan, the Lord reminds us, first, that 'man does   
   not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of   
   God', and this gives us strength, supporting us in our battle against the   
   worldly mentality that reduces man to the level of his most basic needs and   
   causing him to lose his hunger for what is true, good and beautiful, the   
   hunger for God and His love. Remember too that it is also written: 'Do not   
   test the Lord your God', because the road of faith also passes through   
   darkness and doubt, and is nourished by patience and perseverance. Finally,   
   remember that it is written: 'The Lord, your God, shall you worship and Him   
   alone shall you serve', that is, we have rid ourselves of idols, of vain   
   things, and build our lives on the essentials".   
   "Lent is a fitting occasion for all of us to undertake a journey of   
   conversion, giving sincere consideration to this Gospel passage",   
   concluded Pope Francis. "Let us renew the promises of our Baptism:   
   renouncing Satan and all his works and seduction, to walk the path of God to   
   reach Easter in the joy of the Spirit".   
      
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   THE POPE TO TRAVEL TO KOREA IN AUGUST   
   Vatican City, 10 March 2014 (VIS) -; This morning the Holy See Press   
   Office issued a press release to communicate that the Holy Father Francis will   
   travel to the Republic of Korea from 14-18 August, on the occasion of the   
   Sixth Asian Youth Day, which will take place in the diocese of Daejeon.   
      
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   PRESS RELEASE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ECONOMY   
   Vatican City, 8 March 2014 (VIS) -; Below is the full text of the press   
   release issued this morning by the Holy See Press Office on the appointment of   
   eight cardinals and seven expert laypersons as members of the Council for the   
   Economy:   
   "Proceeding in the constitution of the new institutions created by the   
   Motu proprio 'Fidelis dispensator et prudens' of 24 February 2014, the Holy   
   Father has appointed eight cardinals and seven expert laypersons as members of   
   the Council for the Economy, to serve for a five-year period:   
   - Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany   
   (coordinator);   
   - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, Peru;   
   - Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, U.S.A.;   
   - Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, archbishop of Durban, South Africa;   
   - Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, France;   
   - Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop of Mexico;   
   - Cardinal John Tong Hon, bishop of Hong Kong, China;   
   - Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of   
   Rome;   
   - Joseph F. X. Zahra, Malta (deputy coordinator);   
   - Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, France;   
   - John Kyle, Canada;   
   - Enrique Llano Cueto, Spain;   
   - Jochen Messemer, Germany;   
   - Francesco Vermiglio, Italy;   
   - George Yeo, Singapore."   
      
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   COMMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF   
   MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ECONOMY   
   Vatican City, 8 March 2014 (VIS) -; "Cardinals Cipriani Thorne,   
   Napier, Rivera Carrera, Tong Hon, and Vallini, along with Cardinal Pell, new   
   Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, were previously all members of the   
   Council for the Study of Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See   
   (Council of 15), which has ceased to exist. Cardinal Marx and Cardinal Pell,   
   as is known, are both members of the Council of Cardinals for the reform of   
   the Apostolic Constitution Pastor bonus, and for assisting the Holy Father in   
   the governance of the universal Church (Council of 8).   
   "The relations between the Council and the Secretariat for the Economy   
   will be defined by the statutes, and in any case the Council is to be   
   understood as a body with its own decision-making authority, not merely an   
   advisory organ of the Secretariat for the Economy.   
   "The members appointed to the Council are from various geographical   
   areas, reflecting, as requested by the Motu proprio Fidelis dispensator et   
   prudens, the universality of the Church. The laypersons, selected on the basis   
   of their professional experience and capacity, will become voting members of a   
   dicastery, one of the governing organs of the Roman Curia. The lay members   
   will work on an entirely voluntary and pro bono basis, and shall receive   
   compensation only for travel and lodgings in Rome.   
   "The constitution of the Council for the Economy is a key step towards   
   the consolidation of the current management structures of the Holy See, with   
   the aim of improving coordination and oversight of economic and administrative   
   matters. The institutions of the Holy See related to these matters will depend   
   on the Council. The latter will adopt practical measures used by other public   
   organisations and shall aim at greater transparency and appropriate management.   
   "The Council will begin work immediately, and its first meeting is   
   scheduled for May".   
      
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   MANAGEMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL ASSETS IN THE SERVICE OF THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH   
   Vatican City, 8 March 2014 (VIS) -; The International Symposium   
   "The administration of the ecclesiastical assets of the Institutes of   
   Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life in the service of the   
   humanum and the mission of the Church" is held at the   
   "Antonianum" Pontifical Athenaeum on 8 and 9 March 2014. To mark   
   the occasion the Holy Father sent a message to the participants in the   
   Congress, in which he writes, "Our time is characterised by significant   
   changes and progress in various fields, with important consequences for the   
   life of humanity. However, although poverty has been reduced, the goals   
   attained have often contributed to the construction of an economy of exclusion   
   and injustice".   
   "The Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life   
   can and must be active agents in living and bearing witness that the principle   
   of gratuity and the logic of giving have a place in economic activity.   
   ... Careful supervision is necessary to ensure that the assets of the   
   Institutes are managed shrewdly and transparently, that they are protected and   
   preserved, linking the charismatic-spiritual dimension to that of economy and   
   efficiency, which has its humus in the administrative tradition of the   
   Institutes, which does not tolerate waste and is attentive to the good use of   
   resources".   
   "The Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life   
   have always been the prophetic voice and living witness to the novelty of   
   Christ ... who became poor so that we might be rich", continues the   
   Pope. It is not a theoretical poverty that we need, but rather the poverty   
   that is learned by touching the flesh of the poor Christ, in the humble, in   
   the poor, in the sick, in children". Pope Francis concludes by   
   encouraging the Institutes and Societies to continue their work in relation to   
   "the poor and all material, moral and spiritual misery, overcoming all   
   selfishness in the logic of the Gospel that teaches us to trust in God's   
   Providence".   
      
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   ALL MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD ARE DISCIPLES AND MISSIONARIES   
   Vatican City, 8 March 2014 (VIS) -; The Holy Father has sent a message to   
   the participants in the Congress, organised by the Vicariate of Rome,   
   celebrated at the Pontifical Lateran University from 7 to 8 March on the   
   theme: "The mission of Christian laypeople in the city". Francis   
   emphasised in his letter various "essential aspects". "The   
   lay faithful, by virtue of their Baptism, are agents in the work of   
   evangelisation and human promotion. Incorporated in the Church, each member of   
   the People of God is inseparably disciple and missionary. We must always   
   depart from this common root of ours, as sons and daughters of the Mother   
   Church".   
   "As a result of this common belonging to the Church and participation in   
   her mission", he continues, "it is important that parishes and lay   
   ecclesial bodies are not opposed to each other. The latter, with their variety   
   and dynamic quality, are a resource for the Church, projecting into different   
   environments and sectors of social life; but it is good for them to maintain a   
   vital link to the organic pastoral ministry of the diocese and the parishes,   
   so as not to construct a partial reading of the Gospel or to uproot themselves   
   from the Mother Church".   
   "I recommend that you make habitual use of the Compendium of the Social   
   Doctrine of the Church, a complete and valuable tool. With the help of this   
   'compass', I encourage you to work for the social inclusion of the poor,   
   always offering religious and spiritual attention to them as a   
   priority", he concludes.   
      
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   AUDIENCES   
   Vatican City, 10 March 2014 (VIS) -; Today, the Holy Father received in   
   audience:   
   On Saturday, 8 March, the Holy Father received in audience:   
   - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.   
   Fourteen prelates of the Spanish Episcopal Conference on their "ad   
   limina" visit:   
   - Archbishop Francisco Javier Martinez Fernandez of Granada;   
   - Bishop Adolfo Gonzalez Montes of Almeria,   
   - Bishop Jose Manuel Lorca Planes of Cartagena;   
   - Bishop Gines Ramon Garcia Beltran of Guadix;   
   - Bishop Ramon del Hoyo Lopez of Jaen;   
   - Bishop Jesus Esteban Catala Ibanez of Malaga;   
   - Archbishop Juan Jose Asenjo Pelegrina of Seville with his auxiliary, Bishop   
   Santiago Gomez Sierra;   
   - Bishop Rafael Zorzosa Boy of Cadiz y Ceuta;   
   - Bishop Demetrio Fernandez Gonzalez of Cordoba;   
   - Bishop Jose Vilaplana Blasco of Huelva;   
   - Bishop Francisco Cases Andreu of the Canary Islands;   
   - Bishop Jose Mazuelos Perez of Jerez de la Frontera;   
   - Bishop Bernardo Alvarez Afonso of San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife.   
      
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   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
   Vatican City, 10 March 2014 (VIS) -; The Holy Father has:   
   - appointed Rev. Michael Fabian McCarthy as bishop of Rockhampton (area   
   415,000, population 402,654, Catholics 101,715, priests 43, religious 117),   
   Australia. The bishop-elect was born in Toowoomba, Australia in 1950 and was   
   ordained a priest in 1978. He has served in a number of pastoral roles,   
   including president of the Pontifical Missionary Works and director of the   
   Office for Migrants and Refugees; priest of the parishes of Laidley and   
   Paradise; dean forane of South Coast; director for the permanent formation of   
   the Clergy; rector of the provincial seminary of Brisbane; administrator of   
   the parish of Wavell Heights; priest of the parish of Redcliffe City, and dean   
   forane of Brisbane Northern Rivers. He is currently priest of the parish of   
   Hendra, and episcopal vicar for the clergy.   
   On Saturday, 8 March, the Holy Father:   
   - appointed Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana as apostolic nuncio in Lituania;   
   - appointed Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci, prelate of Loreto and pontifical   
   delegate for the Marian sanctuary, as pontifical delegate for the Basilica of   
   St. Anthony in Padua.   
   - appointed Msgr. Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen as apostolic nuncio in   
   Sudan, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was   
   born in Eygelshoven, Netherlands in 1961, and was ordained a priest in 1987.   
   He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1994, and has served in   
   the pontifical representations of Sudan, Uruguay, Brazil, Jerusalem, Slovakia,   
   at the office of the United Nations in Geneva and in the apostolic nunciature   
   of Malawi.   
      
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