VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 079   
   DATE 28-04-2015   
      
   Summary:   
   - The Pope greets UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon at the Pontifical Academy of   
   Sciences   
   - "Cor Unum" to send 100,000 dollars to earthquake-stricken Nepal   
   - Audiences   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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    The Pope greets UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon at the Pontifical Academy of   
   Sciences   
    Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - Shortly after 9 a.m. this morning in the   
   Casina Pio IV, seat of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Holy Father   
   briefly met with the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon, present at   
   the Academy for the subsequent opening presentation of the international   
   workshop "Protect the Earth, dignify humanity. The moral dimensions of climate   
   change and sustainable development".   
    During the private audience the secretary of the United Nations, as he   
   explained in the following press conference, expressed to the Pope his   
   gratitude   
   for having agreed to address the Assembly of the United Nations this coming 25   
   September and remarked that he was looking forward to the Holy Father's   
   discourse on the occasion and to his forthcoming encyclical. He also   
   illustrated   
   various aspects of the United Nations' current commitment not only to   
   environmental issues, but also to migrants and the dramatic humanitarian   
   situations in the areas of the world affected by conflicts.   
      
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    "Cor Unum" to send 100,000 dollars to earthquake-stricken Nepal   
    Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - Following the earthquake that struck the   
   territory of Nepal with extraordinary vehemence last weekend, the Pontifical   
   Council "Cor Unum" has undertaken to send a first contribution of 100 thousand   
   dollars for aid to the population on behalf of the Holy Father.   
    This sum, which will be sent to the local Church, will be used to support aid   
   operations for the displaced and other affected persons, and is intended as a   
   first and immediate concrete expression of Pope Francis' "spiritual closeness   
   and paternal encouragement" towards those afflicted, as he assured during the   
   Regina Coeli of Sunday 26 April. Episcopal conferences and Catholic charitable   
   entities are already extensively involved in humanitarian works.   
    According to the data currently available but not yet definitive, there have   
   been more than 4,300 victims so far and approximately 7 million affected in 34   
   districts of Nepal, a million homeless, and around 2 million children in need   
   of   
   assistance. Numerous villages are isolated and aid has not yet reached them.   
   The   
   government has estimated that roughly 400 thousand buildings have been   
   destroyed.   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in private   
   audience Rafael Correa Delgado, president of the Republic of Ecuador, and   
   entourage.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:   
    - Rev. Fr. Edward Mapunda as bishop of Singida (area 49,341, population   
   1,500,000, Catholics 238,307, priests 67, religious 437), Tanzania. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Mango, Tanzania in 1964, and was ordained a priest in   
   1997. He holds a Master's degree in education from the University of   
   Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and has served as formator and subsequently vice-rector   
   of the minor seminary of Singida. He is currently bursar and diocesan delegate   
   for health.   
    - Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the   
   Apostolic   
   Signatura, as president of the Commission for Lawyers.   
      
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