VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 156   
   DATE 16-09-2014   
      
   Summary:   
   - Presentation of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, 2015   
   - Appointments to the IOR Board of Superintendence finalised   
   - The Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir to sing in Macao, Hong Kong and Taipei   
      
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    Presentation of the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia, 2015   
    Vatican City, 16 September 2014 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press   
   Office, Archbishops Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for   
   the Family and Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., of Philadelphia, U.S.A.,   
   presented the World Meeting of Families on the theme "Love is our mission: the   
   family fully alive", which will take place in the North American city from 22   
   to 27 September 2015.   
    In his presentation Archbishop Chaput commented on Philadelphia's deep   
   religious roots and expressed his hope that Pope Francis may be present at   
   next year's meeting, at which between ten and fifteen thousand people from all   
   over the world are expected to attend. He also explained that the theme of the   
   Meeting was based on St. Irenaeus' famous words, "the Glory of God is man   
   fully alive". "In like manner, the glory of men and women is their capacity to   
   love as God loves. Life in a family is a summons to embody that love in   
   everyday life".   
    The event in Philadelphia will be accompanied by an official document, a   
   catechesis that "will help parish and diocesan leaders, catechists and other   
   interested persons prepare Catholics across the globe for next year's meeting.   
   ... It develops its teaching in ten simple steps. It starts with the purpose   
   of our creation and moves into the nature of our sexuality; the covenant of   
   marriage; the importance of children; the place of priesthood and religious   
   life in the ecology of the Christian community; the Christian home as a refuge   
   for the wounded heart; the role of the Church; and the missionary witness of   
   Christian families to the wider world".   
    "The text gives us a foundation for all of the different programming that   
   will go into the World Meeting of Families", continued Archbishop Chaput,   
   "from major talks, to panels and breakout sessions, to family entertainment   
   throughout the event. The text is currently available in English and Spanish.   
   Portuguese, French and other language editions are planned this fall through   
   the efforts of the Pontifical Council for the Family. The catechesis also   
   includes the special prayer we commissioned to prepare for the 2015 gathering".   
    In addition, a specially-commissioned oil painting will be displayed in   
   Philadelphia's Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul throughout the World   
   Meeting. By the artist Neil Carlin, it represents the Holy Family - Jesus,   
   Mary and Joseph - along with Mary's parents, Sts. Anne and Joachim. "They are   
   a reminder that, today and throughout history, the Christian family includes   
   both the young and the elderly; it reaches beyond parents and child to include   
   grandparents and many other extended relations".   
    Archbishop Paglia presented the events that will be organised by his   
   dicastery this year and the next, in relation to the theme of the family. On   
   18 September, with the collaboration of Caritas International, a seminar will   
   be held on "Family and poverty", in which it 150 experts on the theme are   
   expected to participate. On 28 September, with the theme "The blessing of   
   longevity", the elderly and grandparents will meet with Pope Francis in St.   
   Peter's Square. From 22 to 24 January 2015, an international congress of   
   associations, movements and groups for the family and for life will meet with   
   the aim of "Reviewing together the Extraordinary Synod on the Family", and on   
   24 March, anniversary of the publication of St. John Paul II's encyclical   
   "Evangelium vitae", a prayer vigil will be held in the Roman basilica of St.   
   Mary Major.   
    Finally, the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family reported that   
   every day until the opening of the Synod (5 October) on the site   
   www.familia.va, there will be a special edition of "Jar  - the spectacle of   
   life", which will present through words and images the main themes of the   
   Synod and explain how they figure in the Instrumentum Laboris. During the   
   assembly there will be a weekly note presenting and summarising the work of   
   the Synod fathers. All this will be supplemented with exclusive interviews   
   with bishops and experts.   
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    Appointments to the IOR Board of Superintendence finalised   
    Vatican City, 16 September 2014 (VIS) - The Commission of Cardinals for the   
   Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) has appointed Mauricio Larrain   
   (Chile) and Carlo Salvatori (Italy) as members of the IOR Board of   
   Superintendence, according to a press release published by the Institute today.   
    On the occasion of the nomination Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello, President   
   of the IOR's Supervisory Commission of Cardinals, said: "The IOR is looking   
   forward to working with these two new board members who will add significant   
   financial experience and global perspective at a time when the role of IOR is   
   being reinforced and confirmed to meet the objectives of the Holy Father."   
   With these appointments, the IOR Board of Superintendence is now complete.   
   Besides Mauricio Larrain and Carlo Salvatori, it is composed of Mr.   
   Jean-Baptiste de Franssu (France), President of the Board, Mr. Clemens Boersig   
   (Germany), Prof. Mary Ann Glendon (USA) and Sir Michael Hintze (UK), who   
   assumed office on 9 July 2014. In addition to these six lay members of the   
   Board, Monsignor Alfred Xuereb, Secretary-General of the Secretariat for the   
   Economy, serves as its non-voting Secretary.   
    As set out in the Institute's revised Statute from 1990, the IOR Board of   
   Superintendence defines strategy and ensures oversight of operations. The   
   members of the Board of Superintendence are nominated in accordance with the   
   new legal framework and for a period of five years. The nomination of a   
   non-voting Secretary and a sixth member to the IOR Board of Superintendence as   
   well as the nomination of a sixth member to the IOR Cardinals' Commission will   
   be formalised upon completion of the current review of the Institute's Statute.   
    Mauricio Larrain is external director of Santander Bank Group Chile and   
   general director of the ESE Business School from the Los Andes University of   
   Chile. He served as the Santander Bank Group Chile's Chairman and General   
   Director from 1992 until 2014 and was president of Santander Chile Holding   
   S.A. And Universita Chile S.A. from 2000 until 2014. During this period,   
   Santander Bank Group Chile was chosen as the Best Bank in Latin America in six   
   different years by the America Economia Magazine.   
    Carlo Salvatori has served as president of the investment bank Lazard Italy   
   since June 2010 and of the insurance company Allianz SpA since May 2012.   
   Furthermore, he is amember of the Board of Directors of the Sacred Heart   
   Catholic University, of the Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, of Chiesi   
   Pharmaceuticals and of the Riso Gallo Group and he also is President of the   
   Christian Union of Business Executives' Milanese section.   
    The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) was founded on 27 June, 1942,   
   by papal decree to serve the Holy See and its customers in the Catholic Church   
   all over the world. Its origins date back to the "Commissione ad Pias Causas"   
   established in 1887 by Pope Leo XIII. The IOR's purpose is set by its Statute,   
   amended by Pope John Paul II in 1990, and related by-laws. It is "to provide   
   for the custody and administration of goods transferred or entrusted to the   
   Institute by physical or juridical persons, designated for religious works or   
   charity. The Institute can accept deposits of assets from entities or persons   
   of the Holy See and of the Vatican City State".   
    The IOR strives to serve the global mission of the Catholic Church by   
   protecting and increasing the patrimony of and providing worldwide payment   
   services to the Holy See and related entities, religious orders, other   
   Catholic institutions, clergy, employees of the Holy See and the accredited   
   diplomatic corps. As of 31 December 2013, the IOR was entrusted with   
   customers' assets (including deposits, assets held in custody and assets held   
   under portfolio management agreements) totalling EUR 5.9bn, and shareholders'   
   equity of EUR 720m. The IOR is situated exclusively on the sovereign territory   
   of the Vatican City State, and is supervised and regulated by the "Autorit  di   
   Informazione Finanziaria" (AIF), the financial supervisory body for the   
   Vatican City State.   
      
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    The Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir to sing in Macao, Hong Kong and Taipei   
    Vatican City, 16 September 2014 (VIS) - The Pontifical Sistine Chapel Choir   
   is to perform for the first time in Macao, Hong Kong and Taipei. The concerts   
   will be made possible through the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese   
   Culture, in collaboration with the Coro Perosi of the Diocese of Macao and the   
   Taipei Philharmonic Foundation. By sharing the rich musical traditions of East   
   and West, these concerts aim to promote cultural exchange through art and   
   music, thereby creating new channels of communication and communion.   
    The concerts, entitled "Reverberating Heavenly Tunes in Greater China", will   
   include pieces from notable composers such as Giovanni Pierluigi da   
   Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Gregorio Allegri and Lorenzo Perosi, whose works   
   historically form part of the repertoire of papal celebrations.   
    The concerts will take place on 19 September 2014 at 6 p.m. in the Cathedral   
   of Macao; 21 September at 8 p.m. at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre; and 23   
   September at 7:30 p.m. at the National Concert Hall in Taipei.   
    In addition, on 21 September at 11 a.m. in the Cathedral of Hong Kong the   
   Sistine Choir will assist, with the authorisation of the Cardinal Secretary of   
   State, at the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist, at which Cardinal John Tong   
   Hon will preside.   
    The Pontifical Sistine Music Chapel Choir (Sistine Choir), which has its   
   origins in the former Roman Schola Cantorum, has for centuries preserved the   
   musical traditions of the Church and is composed of trained vocal musicians   
   who sing at Papal liturgies and at other celebrations convoked by the Holy   
   Father.   
      
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