VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 141   
   DATE 27-07-2015   
      
   Summary:   
   - Angelus: Jesus counters market logic with the logic of giving   
   - Appeal for the liberation of Dall'Oglio and Orthodox bishops abducted in   
   Syria   
   - Pope's message to the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians   
   - Telegram for the death of Cardinal William Wakefield Baum   
   - Cardinal Meisner, Pope's special envoy to the inauguration of the Maria Radna   
   convent complex in Timisoara   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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    Angelus: Jesus counters market logic with the logic of giving   
    Vatican City, 26 July 2015 (VIS) - At midday today Pope Francis appeared at   
   the   
   window of his study in the Vatican Apostolic Palace to pray the Angelus with   
   the   
   faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square. He commented on the day's Gospel   
   passage, which narrates "the great sign of the multiplication of the loaves",   
   when Jesus finds Himself on the shores of the Sea of Galilee surrounded by the   
   multitude, drawn by the "signs He was performing on the sick".   
    Francis remarked that God's merciful power acts in Christ, curing every malady   
   of the body and the spirit. But He is not merely a healer, He is also a   
   teacher;   
   He teaches from the "cathedra" represented by the mount and tests His   
   disciples,   
   asking them how they can give food to all the people present. The apostle   
   Philip   
   makes a rapid calculation, confirming that by organising a collection they   
   could   
   raise at most two hundred denari to buy bread, which would not be sufficient to   
   feed five thousand people.   
    "The disciples reason in 'market' terms, but Jesus substitutes the logic of   
   buying with the logic of giving", explained the Pope. "And at this point   
   Andrew,   
   the brother of Simon Peter, presents a boy who offers all he has: five loaves   
   and two fishes, which are certainly not enough for so many people, Andrew   
   says".   
   But this was exactly what Jesus was expecting, and so He tells the disciples to   
   ask the people to be seated, takes the loaves and fishes, blesses them, gives   
   thanks to the Father and distributes them.   
    "These gestures anticipate those of the Last Supper, which gives Jesus' bread   
   its truest meaning. God's bread is Jesus Himself. Making Communion with Him, we   
   receive His life in us and become children of the heavenly Father and brothers   
   among ourselves. In this communion we encounter Jesus, truly alive and risen!   
   Participating in the Eucharist means entering into Jesus' logic, the logic of   
   gratuity, of sharing. And poor though we may be, we can all give something.   
   'Making Communion' means drawing from Christ the grace that makes us capable of   
   sharing what we are and what we have with others".   
    The crowd is astonished by the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves,   
   "but the gift that Jesus offers is the fullness of life for famished mankind.   
   Jesus satisfies not only material hunger, but also the most profound hunger for   
   the meaning of life: our hunger for God. Faced with suffering, loneliness,   
   poverty and the difficulties of so many people, what can we do? Complaining   
   resolves nothing, but we can offer what little we have, like the boy in the   
   Gospel. We all surely have a little time, some kind of talent, some kind of   
   expertise to offer. Who among us does not have their 'five loaves and two   
   fishes'? We all have it! If we are willing to place it in the Lord's hands, it   
   would be enough to bring to the world a little more love, peace, justice and   
   above all, joy. How much we are in need of joy in the world! God is capable of   
   multiplying our little gestures of solidarity and letting us participate in His   
   gift".   
      
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    Appeal for the liberation of Dall'Oglio and Orthodox bishops abducted in Syria   
    Vatican City, 26 July 2015 (VIS) - Following the Angelus prayer, the Pope   
   recalled that registration began today for the 31st World Youth Day, to be held   
   in 2016 in Krakow, Poland. He was the first to register as a pilgrim by means   
   of   
   an electronic device brought to him by a boy and girl, before the faithful in   
   St. Peter's Square. "The Day will coincide with the Year of Mercy", he   
   observed,   
   "and will be, in a certain sense, a jubilee of youth called upon to reflect on   
   the theme 'Blessed are the merciful, for they will find mercy'. I invite the   
   young from all over the world to live this pilgrimage either by going to Krakow   
   or by participating in this moment of grace within their communities".   
    He continued, "In a few days' time it will be the second anniversary of the   
   kidnapping of Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio. I wish to make a heartfelt and urgent   
   appeal   
   for the liberation of this esteemed religious man. Similarly, I do not forget   
   the Orthodox bishops abducted in Syria, nor all the other people kidnapped in   
   war zones. I hope that the competent authorities, both local and international,   
   may redouble their efforts to enable freedom to be restored to these brothers   
   of   
   ours. With affection and participation in their suffering, let us remember them   
   in prayer, and pray together to Our Lady".   
    After praying the "Hail Mary" for these abducted people with all those present   
   in the square, the Pope concluded by commenting that today the Church   
   celebrates   
   the feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim, the parents of the Virgin Mary and   
   therefore   
   Jesus' grandparents. "On this occasion, I would like to greet all grandmothers   
   and grandfathers, and to thank them for their valuable presence in families and   
   for the new generations. Let us greet and applaud all those grandparents who   
   are   
   living, and also those who look upon us from Heaven".   
      
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    Pope's message to the new Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians   
    Vatican City, 27 July 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has granted ecclesiastical   
   communion to His Beatitude Gregoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan, as requested by the   
   latter following his election as Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians by the   
   Synod of the Patriarchal Church on 24 July. The new patriarch succeeds His   
   Beatitude Nerses Pierre XIX Tarmouni, who died on 25 June.   
    The Pope took the opportunity to send a message of congratulations to His   
   Beatitude Gregoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan, in which he commented that his election   
   comes at a moment when the Church faces new difficulties and challenges,   
   especially the situation of many Armenian Catholic faithful in the Middle East.   
   "However, illuminated by the light of faith in the Risen Christ, our outlook on   
   the world is full of hope and mercy, for we are certain that the Cross of Jesus   
   is the tree that gives life".   
    "I am sure that Your Beatitude, in communion with the venerable Synod Fathers,   
   with the help of the Holy Spirit and with evangelical wisdom, will know how to   
   be the 'Pater et Caput", the Good Shepherd to that part of the People of God   
   entrusted to you. The many Armenian martyrs and St. Gregory of Narek, Doctor of   
   the Church, will not fail to intercede on your behalf".   
    Finally, the Pope entrusted the Patriarch and his ministry to Jesus Christ and   
   to the protection of the Holy Mother of God, and imparted his apostolic   
   benediction to all the Patriarchate.   
      
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    Telegram for the death of Cardinal William Wakefield Baum   
    Vatican City, 25 July 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram of   
   condolences to the cardinal archbishop of Washington, U.S.A., Donald Wuerl, for   
   the death of Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, archbishop emeritus of the same   
   archdiocese and major penitentiary emeritus, on 23 July at the age of 88.   
    In his text the Pope expresses his gratitude for the late cardinal's years of   
   episcopal service in Springfield-Cape Girardeau and in Washington, and for his   
   long service to the Apostolic See as Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic   
   Education and major penitentiary. The Holy Father commends the late cardinal's   
   soul to God, the Father of all mercies, and imparts his apostolic blessing to   
   all who mourn his passing.   
      
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    Cardinal Meisner, Pope's special envoy to the inauguration of the Maria Radna   
   convent complex in Timisoara   
    Vatican City, 25 July 2015 (VIS) - In a letter published today, written in   
   Latin and dated 20 May 2015, the Holy Father appointed Cardinal Joachim   
   Meisner,   
   archbishop emeritus of Cologne, Germany, as his special envoy to the   
   inauguration of the convent complex at the Shrine of Maria Radna in Timisoara,   
   Romania, to take place on 2 August, the day of the Portiuncula. In the text,   
   the   
   Pope mentions the fame of the Marian shrine, an ancient Franciscan convent, and   
   expresses his pleasure at the restoration works, fruit of collaboration between   
   the citizens of Timisoara, several dioceses in Germany, and the European Union.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 25 July 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:   
    - accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tumaco,   
   Colombia, presented by Bishop Gustavo Giron Higuita, O.C.D., upon reaching the   
   age limit.   
    - appointed Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin as papal legate at the   
   celebration of the fifth centenary of the evangelisation of East Timor, to be   
   held in Dili, East Timor, on 15 August 2015.   
    - appointed Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Italy, as special   
   envoy   
   to the Mass to be held in Bobbio, Italy on 30 August, on the occasion of the   
   Eighteenth Meeting of the Colombanian Community, on the 1400th anniversary of   
   the death of St. Colombanus.   
    - appointed Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for   
   Promoting Christian Unity, as special envoy to the concluding celebrations of   
   the 1500th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice,   
   Switzerland, to take place on 22 September 2015.   
      
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