ourselves or leading us merely to inner balance, enable us always to start   
   again   
   from Jesus, and constitute a genuine school for growth in love for God and   
   neighbour".   
    "Starting from her encounter with Jesus, St. Teresa lived 'another life'; she   
   transformed herself into a tireless communicator of the Gospel. Keen to serve   
   the Church, and faced with the great problems of her time, she did not limit   
   herself to being an observer of the situations surrounding her. ... In this way   
   she began the Teresian reform in which she asked her sisters not to waste time   
   discussing 'matters of little importance' with God while "the world is in   
   flames'. This missionary and ecclesial dimension has always distinguished the   
   Discalced Carmelites. As she did during her times, St. Teresa opens up new   
   horizons to us today; she calls us to a great enterprise, to look upon the   
   world   
   through Christ's eyes, to seek what He seeks and to love what He loves".   
    "St. Teresa knew that neither prayer nor mission could sustain an authentic   
   community life. Therefore, the foundation she laid in her monasteries was   
   fraternity. ... She was very careful to warn her sisters of the danger of   
   self-referentiality in fraternal life", emphasising the need to "'place what we   
   are at the service of others. To avoid such risks, the Saint of Avila reminded   
   her sisters above all of the virtue of humility, which is neither outward   
   neglect nor inner timidness of the soul; instead, it involves each person being   
   aware of their own possibilities and of what God can achieve in us. The   
   contrary   
   is what she refers to as a 'false point of honour', a source of gossip,   
   jealousy   
   and criticism, that seriously harm relations with others. ... With these noble   
   roots, Teresian communities are called to become houses of communion, able to   
   bear witness to the fraternal and maternal love of the Church, presenting to   
   the   
   Lord the needs of the world, riven by divisions and wars".   
      
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    Pope's telegram for the death of the Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian   
   Church of the East   
    Vatican City, 28 March 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram of   
   condolences to His Beatitude Mar Aprem Locum Tenens of the Assyrian Church of   
   the East for the death of the His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch   
   of the Assyrian Church of the East.   
    The Pope assures the Assyrian faithful of the spiritual closeness of all   
   Catholics, and remarked that the Christian world has lost "an important   
   spiritual leader, a brave and prudent pastor, who faithfully served his   
   community in extremely difficult times".   
    His Holiness Mar Dinka "suffered greatly as a result of the tragic situation   
   in   
   the Middle East, especially in Iraq and in Syria", he continues, "resolutely   
   calling attention to the plight of our Christian brothers and sisters and other   
   religious minorities suffering daily persecution. I recall how we spoke of this   
   at length during the recent visit of His Holiness to Rome. I give heartfelt   
   thanks to Almighty God for the enduring commitment of His Holiness to improving   
   relations among Christians and in particular between the Catholic Church and   
   the   
   Assyrian Church of the East. May the Lord receive him and grant him eternal   
   repose, and may the memory of his long and devoted service to the Church live   
   on   
   as a challenge and an inspiration to us all".   
      
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    Francis prays for flood victims in Chile and Peru   
    Vatican City, 28 March 2015 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin   
   has sent a telegram on behalf of the Holy Father to Archbishpo Ivo Scapolo,   
   apostolic nuncio in Chile, on account of the floodings and landslides caused by   
   intense rainfall, that have already claimed six lives and left 19 people   
   missing   
   and thousands injured in the north of Chile; in southern Peru a further six   
   people have been killed. The torrential rains have caused a total of at least   
   4,000 victims in both countries.   
    "Due to the severe flooding that has affected areas of Peru and Chile, causing   
   casualties and heavy damage to property, the Holy Father offers prayers for the   
   eternal repose of the deceased and asks for the Lord to grant consolation and   
   strength to those affected by this disaster.   
    The Holy Father furthermore exhorts all institutions and persons of good will,   
   motivated by sentiments of fraternal solidarity and Christian charity, to offer   
   assistance to overcome these difficult moments, and offers them his heartfelt   
   blessing".   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 30 March 2015 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in   
   audience:   
    - Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo, secretary of the Congregation for the   
   Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life;   
    - Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity;   
    - Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, Italy, president of the   
   Italian Episcopal Conference;   
    - Msgr. Jean-Louis Brugues, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church;   
    - Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter in   
   the Vatican; vicar general of His Holiness for Vatican City State; president of   
   the Fabric of St. Peter;   
    - Bishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 30 March 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:   
    - Fr. Alberto Vera Arejula, O. de M., as auxiliary of the diocese of Xai-Xai   
   (area 75,709, population 1,664,000, Catholics 298,000, priests 27, religious   
   81), Mozambique. The bishop-elect was born in Aguilar del Rio Alhama, Spain in   
   1957, gave his solemn vows in 1981, and was ordained a priest in the same year.   
   He studied theology and psychology and, in his pastoral ministry has served in   
   a   
   number of roles including parish vicar, formator of postulants and promoter of   
   vocations in the Vicariate of Central America in Guatemala; provincial   
   counsellor and head of youth and vocational pastoral ministry for the Province   
   of Aragon, Spain; formator of the community, superior of the Community of   
   Matola-Mozambiqye, rector of studies of the Mercedarian Seminary, parish   
   priest,   
   primary and secondary school director, and diocesan counsellor for Caritas in   
   Maputo, Mozambique. He is currently provincial delegate for the Mercedarian   
   Fathers in Mozambique and parish priest in Xai-Xai.   
    On Sunday, 29 March, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura,   
   auxiliary of the archdiocese of Osaka, Japan, as bishop of Nagoya (area 25,306,   
   population 12,379,569, Catholics 26,666, priests 115, permanent deacons 3,   
   religious 268), Japan. He succeeds Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura, whose   
   resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age   
   limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    On Saturday, 28 March, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the   
   pastoral care of the diocese of Makurdi, Nigeria, presented by Bishop   
   Athanasius   
   Atule Usuh, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law. He   
   is   
   succeeded by Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F., coadjutor of the same   
   diocese.   
      
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