In the initial trimester of 2014, AIF conducted the first ordinary on-site   
   inspection of the IOR to verify the implementation of the measures taken to   
   prevent and counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism pursuant   
   to the Law XVIII of 8 October 2013.   
    T?he inspection has shown substantial progress made by the IOR over the past   
   12 months. As a result of the inspection, AIF has developed an action plan for   
   the full adaption of procedures to the requirements of Law XVIII and the   
   implementation of further organizational and procedural improvements.   
    About the Financial Intelligence Authority - AIF   
    The Financial Intelligence Authority is the competent authority of the Holy   
   See/Vatican City State for supervision and financial intelligence for the   
   prevention and countering of money-laundering and financing of terrorism.   
    Established by Pope Benedict XVI with the Apostolic Letter in form of Motu   
   Proprio of 30 December 2010, AIF carries out its institutional activity   
   according to the Statute attached to the above mentioned Motu Proprio and the   
   Law n. CXXVII of 30 December 2010, as subsequently amended and integrated.   
    In July 2013, AIF became a member of the Egmont Group. Currently, AIF has   
   signed Memoranda of Understanding for the international exchange of   
   information with financial intelligence units of other states, such as   
   Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Monaco, the Netherlands, Slovenia,   
   Spain and the United States of America.   
      
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    FRANCIS: THE PROBLEM OF CONFLICTS IS HOW TO FACE THEM   
    Vatican City, 18 May 2014 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father, as usual on Sunday,   
   appeared at the window of his study in the Vatican Apostolic Palace to pray   
   the Regina Coeli with the faithful and pilgrims present in St. Peter's Square.   
   The Pope commented on the day's Gospel reading from the Acts of the Apostles,   
   and emphasised that in the early days of the Church there were tensions and   
   disagreements. "In life, there are conflicts; the problem is how to face them.   
   ... Problems cannot be solved by acting as if they do not exist".   
    Pope Francis talked about how the Apostles, when faced with difficulties,   
   took control of the situation and therefore overcame their problems. "By   
   sharing, discussing and praying, all problems in the Church can be resolved,   
   with the certainty that gossip, envy and jealousy never lead to concord,   
   harmony and peace. There too it was the Holy Spirit who crowned this   
   understanding and this enables us to understand that, when we let ourselves be   
   guided by the Holy Spirit, it leads us to harmony, unity and respect for   
   different gifts and talents". The Holy Father asked the Virgin Mary to "help   
   us to be docile to the Holy Spirit, so that we might be mutually respectful   
   and converge ever more deeply in faith and charity, with our hearts open to   
   the needs of our brethren".   
    Before concluding, the Holy Father asked those present to pray a Hail Mary   
   for the victims of the floods in the Balkans and for all those who continue to   
   work to overcome these moments of despair. The Pontiff also mentioned that   
   today in the city of Iasi, Romania, Bishop Anton Durcovici, martyr to the   
   faith, was proclaimed a Blessed. He greeted students from various Catholic   
   schools, the voluntary associations celebrating the national Day for cancer   
   patients, and all those present, wishing them a good Sunday.   
      
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    CLOSE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER AS WITNESSES OF THE RESURRECTION   
    Vatican City, 17 May 2014 (VIS) -, This morning the Holy Father received in   
   audience the Silent Workers of the Cross Association - Volunteer Centres of   
   Suffering, on their pilgrimage to Rome to commemorate the centenary of the   
   birth of their founder, Blessed Luigi Novarese. Pope Francis began by   
   recalling one of the Beatitudes: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will   
   be comforted", and commented that "with this prophetic word Jesus referred to   
   a condition of earthly life that no-one fails to experience".   
    "There are those who mourn because they are in ill-health; there are those   
   who weep because they are alone or misunderstood. There are many reasons for   
   suffering. Jesus experienced affliction and humiliation in this world. He   
   gathered together human sufferings, He took them on in His flesh, He lived   
   them in full, one by one. He knew every type of affliction, both moral and   
   physical. ... He experienced hunger and fatigue, the bitterness of being   
   misunderstood, He was betrayed and abandoned, flogged and crucified. But in   
   declaring 'blessed those who mourn', Jesus did not intend to declare happy an   
   unfavourable or onerous condition of life. Suffering is not a value itself,   
   but rather a reality that Jesus teaches us to approach with the right   
   attitude".   
    Pope Francis emphasised that there are correct and incorrect ways of living   
   with pain and suffering. "The wrong attitude is that of living pain in a   
   passive way, allowing oneself to be overcome by inertia, and resignation. The   
   reaction of rebellion and denial, too, is not the right approach. Jesus   
   teaches us to experience pain, accepting the reality of life with trust and   
   hope, loving God and neighbour even in suffering: love transforms everything".   
   He remarked that this is exactly what Blessed Luigi Novarese taught, in   
   "educating the sick and disabled to bring meaning to their suffering as part   
   of an apostolic action carried out with faith and love for others", and added   
   that with this charism they are "a gift for the Church. ... united with the   
   Risen Christ, you are active subjects in the work of salvation and   
   evangelisation".   
    In conclusion, Francis encouraged them to "stay close to those who suffer in   
   your parishes, as witnesses to the Resurrection. In this way you enrich the   
   Church and collaborate with the mission of the pastors, praying and offering   
   your suffering also for them".   
      
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    CARDINAL BENIAMINO STELLA TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS DIACONATE   
    Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of   
   the Supreme Pontiff today announced that on Sunday, 25 May, at 11.30 a.m.,   
   Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, will   
   take possession of the diaconate of Sts. Cosmas and Damian (Via dei Fori   
   Imperiali, 1).   
      
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    EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF SYNOD UNDER-SECRETARY   
    Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - On Friday, 30 May, at 5 p.m. in the Vatican   
   Basilica, the Holy Father Francesco will confer episcopal ordination to Msgr.   
   Fabio Febene, under-secretary of the Synod of Bishops.   
      
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    CARDINAL FILONI, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY   
    Vatican City, 17 May 2014 (VIS) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the   
   Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has been appointed by the Holy   
   Father as his special envoy to the celebrations commemorating the 500th   
   anniversary of the foundation of the diocese of Funchal in Madeira, Portugal,   
   which will take place from 13 to 16 June 2014.   
      
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    AUDIENCES   
    Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in audience:   
    - Thirteen prelates of the Mexican Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina"   
   visit:   
    Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos of Acapulco;   
    Bishop Maximino Martinez Miranda of Ciudad Altamirano;   
    Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga of Tlapa;   
    Bishop Jose Antonio Fernandez Hurtado of Tuxtepec;   
    Bishop Jose de Jesus Martinez Zepeda of Irapuato;   
    Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda of Morelia, with his auxiliaries, Bishop   
   Carlos Suarez Cazares and Bishop Juan Espinoza Jimenez;   
    Bishop Miguel Patino Velasquez of Apatzingan;   
    Bishop Armando Antonio Ortiz Aguirre of Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas;   
    Bishop Jose Luis Castro Medellin, M. S. F., of Tacambaro;   
    Bishop Javier Navarro Rodriguez of Zamora, with his auxiliary, Bishop Jaime   
   Calderon Calderon.   
    On Saturday, 17 May, the Holy Father received in audience:   
    - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;   
    - Twenty-two prelates of the Mexican Episcopal Conference on their "ad   
   limina" visit:   
    Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Tlalnepantla, with his auxiliaries, Bishop   
   Francisco Ramirez Navarro and Bishop Efrain Mendoza Cruz;   
    Bishop Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragon of Cuautitlan;   
    Bishop Oscar Roberto Dominguez Couttolenc, M.G., of Ecatepec;   
    Bishop Hector Luis Morales Sanchez of Netzahualcoyotl;   
    Bishop Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia of Teotihuacan;   
    Bishop Juan Manuel Mancilla Sanchez of Texcoco;   
    Bishop Victor Rene Rodriguez Gomez of Valle de Chalco;   
    Bishop Oscar Armando Campos Contreras of Tehuantepec;   
    Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello of Antequera with his auxiliary, Bishop   
   Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero of Cissa;   
    Bishop Eduardo Porfirio Patino Leal of Cordoba;   
    Bishop Juan Navarro Castellanos of Tuxpan;   
    Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Campo of Veracruz;   
    Bishop Juan Pedro Juarez Melendez of Tula;   
    Archbishop Fabio Martinez Castilla of Tuxtla Gutierrez with his auxiliary,   
   Bishop Jose Luis Mendoza Corso.   
    Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de Las Casas with coadjutor   
   Bishop Enrique Diaz Diaz.   
    Bishop Leopoldo Gonzalez Gonzalez of Tapachula;   
    Bishop Jose Trinidad Zapata Ortiz of Papantla.   
      
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    OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
    Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:   
    - appointed Metropolitan Archbishop Jose Luis Mollaghan of Rosaria, Argentina   
   as member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with   
   responsibility for the Commission for the examination of appeals by clergy   
   accused of "delicta graviora", to be established.   
    On Saturday, 17 May, the Holy Father:   
    - appointed Bishop Wojciech Polak, auxiliary of Gniezno and secretary general   
   of the Polish Episcopal Conference, as metropolitan archbishop of Gniezno   
   (area 8,122, population 664,608, Catholics 656,716, priests 527, religious   
   306), Poland, and primate of Poland. He succeeds Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk,   
   whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, upon having   
   reached the age limit, was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, archbishop of Florence, Italy, as   
   member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.   
      
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