VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 040   
   DATE 25-02-2015   
      
   Summary:   
   - Clarification of the Pope's use of the expression "avoid Mexicanisation" in   
   a private and informal email   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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    Clarification of the Pope's use of the expression "avoid Mexicanisation" in a   
   private and informal email   
    Vatican City, 25 February 2015 (VIS) - The Director of the Holy See Press   
   Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., announced yesterday afternoon that the   
   Secretariat of State has sent a Note to the Mexican ambassador to the Holy See   
   to clarify that in using the expression "avoid Mexicanisation", the Pope did   
   not in any way intend to offend the Mexican population, for whom he holds   
   special affection, nor to underestimate the commitment of the Mexican   
   government in its fight against narcotics trafficking.   
    As is known, the expression "avoid Mexicanisation" was used by the Pope in an   
   email of a strictly private and informal nature, in response to an Argentine   
   friend who is deeply involved in the battle against drug abuse, who had used   
   the phrase.   
    The Note demonstrates that evidently the Pope intended only to emphasise the   
   seriousness of the phenomenon of the drug trafficking that afflicts Mexico and   
   other countries in Latin America. It is precisely this importance that has   
   made the fight against drug trafficking a priority for the government; to   
   combat violence and restore peace and serenity to Mexican families, acting on   
   the causes at the root of this scourge.   
    It is a phenomenon that, like others in Latin America, that the Pope has   
   drawn attention to on various occasions, including in his encounters with the   
   bishops, emphasising the need to adopt policies of cooperation and   
   collaboration at all levels.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 25 February 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:   
    - Fr. Joseo Aristeu Vieira as bishop of Luz (area 24,990, population 494,000,   
   Catholics 397,000, priests 75, religious 47), Brazil. The bishop-elect was   
   born in Rio Vermelho, Brazil in 1952 and was ordained a priest in 1979. He   
   served in a number of pastoral roles, including parish priest, spiritual   
   director and professor of the "Sagrado Coracao de Jesus" provincial seminary   
   in Diamantina; and coordinator of vocational pastoral ministry and works for   
   priestly vocations. He is currently parish priest of the " Imaculada   
   Conceicao" parish in Buritizeiro, Brazil.   
    - Fr. Luiz Goncalves Knupp as bishop of Tres Lagoas (area 57,876, population   
   252,000, Catholics 190,000, priests 17, permanent deacons 12, religious 54),   
   Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Mandaguari, Brazil in 1967 and was   
   ordained a priest in 1999. In the course of his pastoral ministry he has   
   served as parish administrator, parish priest; spiritual director of the   
   seminaries of theology, philosophy and preparation in Maringa. located in   
   Londrina. He is currently parish priest of the "Nossa Senhora de Fatima"   
   parish in Marialva, Brazil.   
    - Fr. Janusz Danecki, O.F.M. Conv., as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Campo   
   Grande (area 43,762, population 913,096, Catholics 543,292, priests 106,   
   permanent deacons 3, religious 280), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in   
   Lowicz, Poland in 1951, gave his solemn vows in 1975 and was ordained a priest   
   in 1977. He exercised his pastoral ministry in the Franciscan parishes of   
   Niepokalanow and Lodz before transferring to Brazil as a missionary, where he   
   has served as formator of postulants and Superior of the "Jardim da Imaculada"   
   community in Luziania; national director of the Militia Immaculatae, parish   
   priest; rector of the Franciscan seminary in Brasilia, guardian of the convent   
   and secretary of the Custodian; provincial vicar and formator in Brasilia. He   
   is currently parish priest of the "Nossa Senhora de Fatima" parish in Jurua,   
   Brazil.   
      
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