VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 027   
   DATE 06-02-2015   
      
   Summary:   
   - To Italian prefects: fidelity to the law and scrupulous respect for the   
   rights of the person   
   - Francis at the concluding session of Scholas Occurrentes: the young are the   
   future   
   - Consistory on 14 February and courtesy visits to the new cardinals   
   - Showers and barber under Bernini's Colonnade for "homeless pilgrims"   
   - Audiences   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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    To Italian prefects: fidelity to the law and scrupulous respect for the   
   rights of the person   
    Vatican City, 6 February 2015 (VIS) - This morning in the Clementine Hall the   
   Pope received in audience the prefects (governmental representatives) of   
   various Italian cities. In his address, he remarked that their work "implies   
   tenacious dedication to duty and an exhaustive knowledge of relevant issues,   
   along with the flexibility necessary to face the innumerable practical cases   
   that emerge, each one with its own peculiarities".   
    Pope Francis recalled that in recent years, during which migration has had a   
   particular impact, partly as a result of "an increase throughout the world of   
   violent conflicts with their tragic consequences for the people and the   
   economies of many countries", there has been a need for particular delicacy   
   and competence in relation to immigration. The prefects are faced with "the   
   need to identify in the everyday management of situations, frequently in   
   emergencies, the correct application of norms in order to guarantee, along   
   with fidelity to the dictates of the law and current legislation, scrupulous   
   respect for the fundamental rights of every human being".   
    "In this area, as in many others, fruitful collaboration between the   
   Prefectures, dioceses and parishes is of great help; collaboration which, with   
   respect for distinct competences, deserves confirmation, recognition and   
   further development. The Church, as a divine and human entity, works in   
   society in the service of people based on the teaching of Christ and, wishing   
   to carry out her educational and charitable mission in sincere collaboration   
   with the institutions of the State for the development of humanity and the   
   good of the country, is pleased to find in the Prefectures one of the fields   
   in which this synergy for the good of all citizens is made particularly   
   tangible".   
    The Holy Father went on to note that obedience to the law and the criteria of   
   humanity at its foundations, alongside loyalty to institutions, constitute the   
   indispensable framework within which the prefects carry out their work, and   
   are attitudes favourable to the assumption of responsibility. "The crisis of   
   authority experienced by our society in various fields, both public and   
   private and with wide-ranging consequences, especially for the education of   
   the younger generations, numbers among its causes the lack of these   
   fundamental dispositions towards obedience, listening and patience.   
   Furthermore, the exercise of authority always has as its aim the attainment of   
   the common good, finding its most intimate reason for existence and the very   
   possibility of its effectiveness in placing itself in the service of those   
   over whom authority is held".   
    He concluded, "You are therefore called to exercise your professionalism and   
   your humanity, your knowledge and your prudence, without discouragement or   
   pessimism, knowing however that you will not be faced with abstract questions   
   but rather the real face of men and women with their problems and their hopes,   
   that in these years of uncertainty and economic difficulty have become even   
   more pressing".   
      
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    Francis at the concluding session of Scholas Occurrentes: the young are the   
   future   
    Vatican City, 6 February 2015 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon Pope Francis   
   participated in the closing ceremony of the Fourth World Congress organised by   
   Scholas Occurrentes, held in the Vatican from 2 to 5 February on the theme   
   "Responsibility of all in education for a culture of encounter". The   
   international network of schools, "Scholas Occurrentes - schools for   
   encounter" was established with a small number of children in Buenos Aires at   
   the behest of the then-Archbishop Bergoglio and currently involves four   
   hundred state and religious schools in five continents, linked through sports,   
   art and technology. During the ceremony, Pope Francis held a video-conference   
   with seven disabled children from different parts of the world, who whom he   
   said, "Each one of us has a treasure inside. If we keep it locked up, it stays   
   locked up inside; if we share it with others, the treasure multiplies with the   
   treasure that comes from others". The Pope also remarked that, thanks to them,   
   we understand that "life is a beautiful treasure, but it makes sense only if   
   it is given".   
    He went on to speak of a "broken educational pact". "Society, the family, and   
   various institutions delegate education to teachers who, generally underpaid,   
   bear the burden of this responsibility and are berated if the outcome is not   
   successful; however, no-one looks to the various institutions that have broken   
   the educational pact, who have delegated it to the professionalism of   
   teachers". He paid homage to those teachers "who have found themselves with   
   this hot potato in their hands and have made efforts to keep going".   
    Francis explained that the aim of Scholas Occurrentes is to reintegrate the   
   efforts of all in education, and to harmoniously rebuild the educational pact,   
   "as only in this way, if all those of us who are responsible for the education   
   of our young act in together, can we change education". He also emphasised the   
   importance of "harmonising the language of the head with that of the heart and   
   of the hands, so that a person, a boy or a girl, thinks about what he feels   
   and does, feels what he thinks and does, and does what he feels and thinks".   
    He highlighted every person and every people's search for "the beauty we   
   create with our art, our music, our painting, our sculpture, our literature.   
   Educate in beauty, because harmony means beauty, and we cannot achieve harmony   
   in our educational system without having this perception of beauty". He   
   concluded by thanking Scholas Occurrentes for its achievements and, while he   
   acknowledged that many problems remained to be solved, he encouraged the   
   organisation to continue its work. "Joint work and monitoring are necessary,   
   so that this spark may become a flame, and may help to rebuild and harmonise   
   the educational pact. Those who benefit from this are the young, and the young   
   are the future".   
      
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    Consistory on 14 February and courtesy visits to the new cardinals   
    Vatican City, 6 February 2015 (VIS) - On Saturday 14 February in St. Peter's   
   Basilica, the Holy Father will preside at an Ordinary Public Consistory for   
   the creation of new cardinals and the canonisation of Blessed Jeanne-Emilie De   
   Villeneuve, foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate   
   Conception of Castres, Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified (nee Maryam Baouardy)   
   professed nun of the Order of Discalced Carmelites and Blesseed    
   arie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (nee Maryam Sultanah), co-foundress of the   
   Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Rosary of Jerusalem of the Latins.   
    On the same day, in the afternoon, the courtesy visits to the new cardinals   
   will take place in the locations indicated below:   
    Paul VI Hall   
    Atrium: Cardinals Manuel Jose Macario do Nascimento Clemente; Berhaneyesus   
   Demerew Souraphiel, C.M; John Atcherley Dew; Edoardo Menichelli; Pierre Nguyen   
   Van Nhon and Alberto Suarez Inda;   
    Hall: Cardinals Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. ;Francis Xavier Kriengsak   
   Kovithavanij; Francesco Montenegro; Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B;   
   Ricardo Blazquez Perez; Jose Luis Lacunza Maestrojuan, O.A.R; Arlindo Gomes   
   Furtad and Soane Patita Paini Mafi;   
    Apostolic Palace   
    Sala Regia: Cardinals Dominique Mamberti and Luigi De Magistris;   
    Sala Ducal: Cardinals Karl-Joseph Rauber, Luis Hector Villalba and Julio   
   Duarte Langa.   
    On Sunday 15 February, Pope Francis concelebrates Holy Mass with all the   
   cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at 10 a.m.   
      
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    Showers and barber under Bernini's Colonnade for "homeless pilgrims"   
    Vatican City, 6 February 2015 (VIS) - In recent days work has been concluded   
   for the installation of new showers below Bernini's Colonnade, thus completing   
   an extensive project to provide this service for the poor of the city of Rome   
   through the participating parishes, especially those where there already exist   
   canteens for the poor or where there is a greater concentration of homeless   
   people.   
    The project was planned, guided and implemented by the technicians and   
   employees of the Governorate of Vatican City State: three showers and a small   
   "barbershop" have been incorporated in the complete renovation of a section of   
   the bathrooms present under the right wing of the Colonnade.   
    This has been achieved with great sobriety and dignity, but also using modern   
   techniques: every washbasin is equipped with hot water, a soap dispenser and a   
   hot air jet for drying hands, all photocell-activated; instead of tiles, a   
   special resin has been used to coat the walls, which is easy to wash and   
   ensures optimum hygiene.   
    The showers will be available for use every day, except on Wednesday during   
   the general audience and during celebrations in St. Peter's Square and in the   
   Basilica. On Monday, Thursday and Saturday the service and management of the   
   showers is ensured by volunteers from UNITALSI - Rome Section. The barber will   
   be available on Monday from 9 am to 3 pm. The service is provided by various   
   voluntary barbers and final year students from a hairdressing school in Rome.   
    Our homeless pilgrims who wish to use the shower will receive a complete   
   change of underwear and a kit including a towel, soap, toothpaste, a razor,   
   shaving cream and deodorant, in accordance with their specific needs. The   
   majority of the material will be offered free of charge by several companies   
   and private individuals who, having heard of this project, have offered to   
   share their own resources with the needy. The remainder of the material will   
   be purchased as necessary by the Almoner of His Holiness using proceeds from   
   the distribution of parchments for Papal Blessings.   
    On certain days of the week the poor will be received by volunteers, starting   
   with the Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Albertine Sisters who   
   assist the Swiss Guard, the Vincentian Sisters and many other kind-hearted   
   volunteers in Rome who have offered their time and collaboration.   
    The Centro Televisivo Vaticano and the Photographic Service of L'Osservatore   
   Romano will produce video footage and photographs of the new services and will   
   make them available, from their offices, upon request.   
    The Almoner wishes to offer heartfelt thanks to all the Parishes that have   
   participated in this project and, in particular, all those who have   
   contributed to producing the showers below the Colonnade and who will   
   endeavour in various ways to their use to assist the poor.   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 6 February 2015 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in   
   audience:   
    - Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Italy;   
    - His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, Patriarch of Antioch of the   
   Maronites;   
    - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, Peru;   
    - Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 6 February 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:   
    - appointed Fr. Jozef Roszynski, S.V.D., as bishop of Wewak (area 36,917,   
   population 367,000, Catholics 224,000, priests 39, religious 90), Papua New   
   Guinea. The bishop-elect was born in Nidzica, Poland in 1962 and was ordained   
   a priest in 1989. He studied at the Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea   
   and has served in a number of pastoral roles, including parish priest in   
   parishes in Warabung, Wirui and Wewak; member of the provincial council of the   
   Verbites in Papua New Guinea; superior of the the Verbites in the district of   
   Wewak; member of commissions created by the apostolic administrator for the   
   management of finances and for the pastoral care of the vacant diocese in   
   Wewak. He is currently a missionary in the same diocese.   
    - Fr. Denis Chidi Isizoh as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Onitsha (area   
   2,968, population 2,642,000, Catholics 1,761,000, priests 336, religious 730),   
   Nigeria. The bishop-elect was born in Ogbunike, Japan in 1956 and was ordained   
   a priest in 1985. He studied Holy Scriptures at the Pontifical Biblical   
   Institute, Rome, and studied for a doctorate in biblical theology at the   
   Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and has served as a formator at the   
   "All Hallows" minor seminary of Onitsha and chaplain of various institutes and   
   schools. He is currently secretary and assistant to Cardinal Francis Arinze   
   and official at the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.   
      
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