Pope Francis went on to thank, personally and on behalf of the Church, the   
   families and religious groups and various associations present for the work   
   they carry out every day with persons affected by autism, and encouraged   
   scholars and researchers in the arduous task of discovering therapies and   
   support mechanisms in the treatment and above all the prevention of these   
   disorders. He concluded, "All this is to be done with the necessary attention   
   to the rights of those affected, considering their needs and their potential,   
   and always safeguarding the dignity of every person".   
      
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    Ecclesial movements and new communities: conserve freshness of charism,   
   respect freedom and seek communion   
    Vatican City, 22 November 2014 (VIS) - Conserve the freshness of charism,   
   respect freedom and always seek communion were the three directions that Pope   
   Francis outlined at the Third World Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New   
   Communities, organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity and based on   
   the theme "The joy of the Gospel, a missionary joy".   
    "The movements and communities you represent are now being projected into the   
   phase of ecclesial maturity, which requires a vigilant attitude of permanent   
   conversion, to render the evangelising impulse increasingly alive and   
   fruitful", said the Holy Father, who received the participants in the congress   
   this morning in the Clementine Hall. Conversion and mission he said, are   
   "intimately connected. Indeed, without an authentic conversion of heart and   
   mind, the Gospel cannot be proclaimed; at the same time, if we are not open to   
   mission, conversion is not possible and faith becomes sterile".   
    With regard to the first indication, conserving the freshness of charism,   
   Francis remarked that "as time goes by, there is a greater temptation to   
   become comfortable, to become hardened in set ways of doing things, which,   
   while reassuring, are nonetheless sterile. However, realities are more   
   important than ideas; even if a certain institutionalisation of the charism is   
   necessary for its survival, we ought not delude ourselves into thinking that   
   external structures can guarantee the working of the Holy Spirit. The newness   
   of your experiences does not consist in methods or forms, which are important,   
   but rather in your willingness to respond with renewed enthusiasm to the   
   Lord's call".   
    A further issue is how to welcome and accompany people today, especially the   
   young. "Men and women today experience serious identity problems and have   
   difficulty making proper choices; as a result, they tend to be conditioned and   
   to delegate important decisions about their own lives to others. We need to   
   resist the temptation of usurping individual freedom, of directing them   
   without allowing for their growth in genuine maturity. Moral or spiritual   
   progress that manipulates a person's immaturity is only an apparent success,   
   and one destined to fail. Christian education instead requires a patient   
   accompaniment which is capable of waiting for the right moment for each   
   person, as the Lord does with each one of us. Patience is the only way to love   
   truly and to lead others into a sincere relationship with the Lord".   
    Finally, movements must not forget that "the most precious good, the seal of   
   the Holy Spirit, is communion". ... For the world to believe that Jesus is   
   Lord, it needs to see communion among Christians. If, on the other hand, the   
   world sees divisions, rivalries and back-biting, regardless of the cause, how   
   can we evangelise? Remember this further principle: 'Unity prevails over   
   conflict', because our brothers and sisters are always of greater value than   
   our personal attitudes; indeed, it is for our brothers and sisters that Christ   
   has shed his blood. In addition, real communion cannot exist in Movements or   
   in New Communities unless these are integrated within the greater communion of   
   our Holy Mother, the hierarchical Church. The whole is greater than the part,   
   and the part only has meaning in relation to the whole. Communion also   
   consists in confronting together and in a united fashion the most pressing   
   questions of our day, such as life, the family, peace, the fight against   
   poverty in all its forms, religious freedom and education", concluded the Holy   
   Father.   
      
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    Telegram for the death of Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini   
    Vatican City, 22 November 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram to   
   Vinicio Angelini for the death of Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini last night at the   
   age of 98. He offers his condolences to the family of the deceased cardinal,   
   to the diocesan community of Rome and to the Benedictine Sisters of the   
   Reparation of the Holy Face, and expresses his affection for "this dear and   
   esteemed pastor, who exercised his long and intense ministry to build up the   
   Church in Rome, in Italy and in the world, first as part of Catholic Action,   
   then with praiseworthy apostolic zeal in hospitals and nursing homes in Rome,   
   and finally as president of the Pontifical Council for Health Workers (for   
   Health Pastoral Care)".   
    He continues, "I raise fervent prayers to the Lord that, by the intercession   
   of the Mary Salus Populi Romani, He may receive this generous and   
   distinguished man of the Church in joy and eternal peace, and I impart the   
   comfort of my heartfelt apostolic blessing to those who mourn his passing".   
      
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    Private meeting between the Pope and the president of the Italian Republic   
    Vatican City, 22 November 2014 (VIS) - The director of the Holy See Press   
   Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., announced yesterday that the Holy Father   
   received in audience the president of the Italian Republic, Giorgio   
   Napolitano. The meeting, of a strictly private nature, took place in very   
   cordial atmosphere and lasted over an hour.   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 24 November 2014 (VIS) - This afternoon the Holy Father is   
   scheduled to receive in audience Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, president of the Arab   
   Republic of Egypt, and entourage.   
    On Saturday 22 November, the Holy Father received in audience:   
    - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 24 November 2014 (VIS) - 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:   
    - appointed Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor   
   Unum", as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of   
   the Sacraments.   
    - appointed Bishop Donald J. Hying, auxiliary of the archdiocese of   
   Milwaukee, U.S.A., as bishop of Gary (area 4,680, population 809,000,   
   Catholics 189,000, priests 129, permanent deacons 64, religious 123), U.S.A.   
   He succeeds Bishop Dale J. Melczek, whose resignation from the pastoral care   
   of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy   
   Father.   
    - appointed Fr. Victor Hlolo Phalana as bishop of Klerksdorp (area 34,800,   
   population 1,500,000, Catholics 27,000, priests 24, permanent deacons 4,   
   religious 11), South Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Erasmus, South   
   Africa in 1961, and was ordained a priest in 1988. He holds a licentiate in   
   spirituality from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and studied   
   African culture at the Catholic University of East Africa in Nairobi. He has   
   served in a number of pastoral and academic roles, including parish priest in   
   the parishes of "Christ the King", Mabopane, "Good Shepherd" and "St. Peter"   
   in Winterveldt; professor in the preparatory seminary of Hammanskraal and Cape   
   Town; spiritual director of the St. Peter philosophical seminary; teacher at   
   the St. John Vianney major seminary, and teacher at the Lumuko Pastoral   
   Institute. He is currently vicar general of the archdiocese of Pretoria and   
   administrator of the Cathedral of Pretoria.   
    On Saturday 22 November, the Holy Father:   
    - appointed Bishop Kieran O'Reilly of Killaloe, Ireland as metropolitan   
   archbishop of Cashel and Emly (area 3,082, population 83,710, Catholics   
   82,118, priests 139, religious 196), Ireland. He succeeds Archbishop Dermot   
   Clifford, whose resignation from the patoral care of the same archdiocese upon   
   reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Bishop Jean-Pierre Batut, auxiliary of Lyon, France, as bishop of   
   Blois (area 6,422, population 340,729, Catholics 185,100, priests 98,   
   permanent deacons 9, religious 121), France. He succeeds Bishop Maurice Le   
   Begue de Germiny, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese   
   upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Rev. Fr. William Nolan as bishop of Galloway (area 9,332,   
   population 520,000, Catholics 47,700, priests 39, permanent deacons 3,   
   religious 41), Scotland. The bishop-elect was born in Motherwell, Scotland in   
   1954 and was ordained a priest in 1977. He holds a degree in moral theology   
   from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and has served in a number of   
   pastoral and administrative roles, including vice rector of the Pontifical   
   Scottish College in Rome, and in the diocese of Motherwell, parish priest of   
   "Our Lady of Lourdes", East Kilbride; judge of the National Ecclesiastical   
   Tribunal of Scotland; head of continuing formation of clergy in the diocese,   
   and deputy president of the presbyteral council. He is currently vicar general   
   of Motherwell. He succeeds Bishop John Cunningham, whose resignation from the   
   pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by   
   the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Rev. Fr. Stephen Marmion Lowe as bishop of Hamilton (area 49,700,   
   population 678,000, Catholics 96,500, priests 49, religious 73), New Zealand.   
   The bishop-elect was born in Hokitika, New Zealand in 1962 and was ordained a   
   priest in 1996. He studied spirituality at the Pontifical Gregorian   
   University, Rome, and has served in a number of pastoral roles, including   
   parish priest of Timaru North and chaplain of the Roncalli College,   
   Christchurch. He is currently director of formation at the Holy Cross national   
   seminary in Auckland, parish priest of Ponsonby and administrator of Herne Bay   
   in the diocese of Auckland. He succeeds Bishop Denis George Browne, whose   
   resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age   
   limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - appointed Rev. Fr. John Yaw Afoakwa as bishop of Obuasi (area 6,350,   
   population 1,394,910, Catholics 102,260, priests 84, religious 31), Ghana. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Akrokerry, Ghana in 1955 and was ordained a priest in   
   1992. He holds a B.A. in religious education from the Pontifical Urbanian   
   University, Rome, a B.A. in religion with sociology from the University of   
   Ghana in Accra, and an M.Sc. in Education from the Le Moyne College, Syracuse,   
   U.S.A. He has served in a number of pastoral and academic roles, including   
   teacher and chaplain at the Christ the King Secondary School in Obuasi;   
   director of the diocesan Catechetics Office and the diocesan department of   
   social communications; rector of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church in   
   Akaporiso; and parish vicar at the Blessed Trinity Parish in the diocese of   
   Rochester, U.S.A.. He currently teaches at the Bodwesango Senior High School,   
   and is rector of the St. Louis Rectorate and chaplain of the St. Louis Clinic,   
   Bodwesango.   
    - appointed Rev. Fr. Henryk Wejman as auxiliary of the archdiocese of   
   Szczecin-Kamien (area 12,754, population 1,053,713, Catholics 1,000,000,   
   priests 663, religious 250), Poland. The bishop-elect was born in Recz, Poland   
   in 1959 and was ordained a priest in 1984. He holds a licentiate in theology   
   of spirituality and a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of   
   St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, and has served in a number of pastoral   
   and academic roles, including: teacher and spiritual director in the major   
   seminary of Szczecin, parish priest in the St. Albert Chmielowski parish, and   
   adjunct professor in the Institute of philosophy of the University of Szczecin   
   and the "Adam Mickiewicz" University of Poznan. He is currently professor of   
   moral and spiritual theology and dean of the faculty of theology of the   
   University of Sczcecin, and member of the College of Consultors and the   
   presbyteral council.   
    - accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of   
   Cap-Haitien, Haiti, presented by Archbishop Louis Kebreau, S.D.B., upon   
   reaching the age limit. He is succeeded by Archbishop Max Leroy Mesidor,   
   currently coadjutor of the same archdiocese.   
    - appointed Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, archbishop of Vienna, Austria, as   
   his special envoy at the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the   
   liberation of the Greek-Catholic Church in Ukraine, to be held in Kiev on 10   
   December 2014.   
      
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