capital is guided by people. Favour the growth of an economy of honesty".   
    "The economy of honesty - in this age in which the wind of corruption blows in   
   all places. You are required not only to be honest - this is normal - but to   
   spread and entrench honesty everywhere. A struggle against corruption",   
   remarked   
   the Pope, suggesting as a final point "active participation in globalisation so   
   that it may be a globalisation of solidarity".   
    "You are the largest Cooperative Credit Bank in Italy", he recalled. "The most   
   important challenge you face is to grown while continuing to be truly   
   cooperative, rather, becoming even more so. This means promoting the active   
   participation of your members. Work together and work for others. ... Banking   
   is   
   delicate enterprise that requires great rigour. But a cooperative bank must   
   have   
   something more: it must seek to humanise the economy, uniting efficiency with   
   solidarity".   
    In social doctrine there is an important word: "solidarity. As cooperative   
   credit banks you have put the principle of subsidiarity into practice when you   
   faced the difficulties of the crisis with your means, joining forces and not at   
   the expense of others. This is subsidiarity: not placing a burden on   
   institutions and therefore on the country when it is possible to face problems   
   with one's own strengths, responsibly". It is also important for cooperatives   
   to   
   allocate resources to charity and mutual funds and to be aware of where income   
   is produced, "with attention to keep people, the young and families, at the   
   centre".   
    "At the origin of rural savings banks it was expected that the credit   
   cooperative would be able to stimulate further initiatives of cooperation",   
   observed Francis. "This spirit remains valid. The BCC can be the nucleus around   
   which a large network can be built, allowing the birth of businesses that   
   create   
   employment ... there are many people without work. Businesses that create work   
   in   
   order to support families, and to experiment with microcredit and other ways of   
   humanising the economy, and above all to give every man and woman the   
   opportunity to have the dignity of work", he concluded.   
      
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    Pope's message for the opening of the plenary Assembly of the Council of   
   Episcopal Conferences of Europe   
    Vatican City, 12 September 2015 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon the Holy Father   
   send a message to Cardinal Peter Erdo, president of the Council of Episcopal   
   Conferences of Europe, which holds its plenary assembly in the Holy Land from   
   11   
   to 16 September. The following is the full text of the message:   
    "I send fraternal greetings and prayerful good wishes to you and all the   
   members of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences gathering in the Holy   
   Land from 11 to 16 September 2015. As you reflect on the life of the Church in   
   your various countries, I pray that your time together may be above all a time   
   of deep prayer and solidarity. May your rest in the Lord renew you in holiness   
   of life and in apostolic zeal for those entrusted to your care. May it also   
   rekindle for you the freshness of the Gospel, from which 'new avenues arise,   
   new   
   paths of creativity open up, with different forms of expression, more eloquent   
   sings and words with new meaning for today's world'. I especially entrust to   
   your prayers the upcoming General Synod, that the Church may respond with ever   
   greater urgency and generosity to the needs of the family. Invoking the   
   intercession of Mary, our Mother, I willingly impart my Apostolic Blessing to   
   all of you as a pledge of wisdom and strength in Jesus Christ our Lord".   
      
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    Holy Father's calendar for September to November 2015   
    Vatican City, 12 September 2015 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations   
   of the Supreme Pontiff has published the following calendar of liturgical   
   celebrations at which the Holy Father will preside from September to November:   
    SEPTEMBER   
    Saturday 19 to Monday 28: Apostolic trip to Cuba and the United States of   
   America.   
    OCTOBER   
    Saturday 3: at 7 p.m. in St. Peter's Square, prayer vigil in preparation for   
   the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.   
    Sunday 4, 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time: at 10 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica,   
   Holy Mass for the opening of the 14th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of   
   Bishops.   
    Sunday 18, 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time: at 10.15 a.m. in the Vatican   
   Basilica,   
   Holy Mass for the canonisation of Blesseds Vincenzo Grossi, Mary of the   
   Immaculate Conception, and the couple Louis and Marie-Azelie Martin.   
    Sunday 25, 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time: at 10 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica,   
   Holy Mass for the conclusion of the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod   
   of Bishops.   
    NOVEMBER   
    Sunday 1, Solemnity of All Saints: Holy Mass at 4 p.m. in the Verano Cemetery,   
   Rome   
    Monday 2, All Souls Day: at 6 p.m. in the Vatican Grottoes, a moment of prayer   
   for deceased Supreme Pontiffs.   
    Thursday 5: at 11.30 a.m. at the altar of the Cathedra in the Vatican   
   Basilica,   
   Holy Mass for the souls of cardinals and bishops who died during the year.   
    Sunday 15: at 4 p.m., visit to the Evangelical and Lutheran Church of Rome.   
    Wednesday 25 to Monday 30: Apostolic trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central   
   African Republic.   
      
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    Cor Unum convenes meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Syria and Iraq   
    Vatican City, 14 September 2015 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" has   
   organised a meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Syria and Iraq to be held on   
   17 September, which will be attended in particular by the Catholic charitable   
   organisations active in the Middle East and the bishops of the region.   
    The meeting, supported by more than 30 organisations, will be divided into two   
   parts. During the morning, after the introduction by Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso,   
   secretary of the Pontifical Council, there will be addresses from Cardinal   
   Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, and the   
   United Nations under-secretary general for Humanitarian Affairs. There will   
   then   
   be a presentation of the report on humanitarian aid provided by ecclesial   
   entities in the context of the crisis in Syria and Iraq (2014-2015), prepared   
   by   
   "Cor Unum".   
    In the afternoon, following the presentation by Msgr. Khaled Akasheh, director   
   of the Office for Islam of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue,   
   and updates from the local Churches by Archbishop Mario Zenari, apostolic   
   nuncio   
   in Syria, Bishop Antoine Audo, president of Caritas Syria and Bishop Shlemon   
   Warduni, president of Caritas Iraq, the meeting will focus on concrete aspects   
   of cooperation between the various actors in Syria, Iraq and the neighbouring   
   countries.   
    The aim of the meeting, following the itinerary adopted during the last three   
   years, will be to evaluate the work carried out so far by Catholic charitable   
   organisations in the context of the crisis; to share information on the   
   evolution of the crisis and the Church's responses to the humanitarian   
   situation; to discuss key issues that have emerged and to identify future   
   priorities; to analyse the situation of Christian communities resident in the   
   countries affected by war, promoting synergy between ecclesial organisms,   
   religious congregations and dioceses; and to analyse the activity of the   
   "Humanitarian Focal Point", instituted by Catholic charitable agencies within   
   "Cor Unum" last year.   
    The crisis in Syria and Iraq is at the centre of the attention of the   
   international community due to the seriousness of the situation caused by war.   
   The Holy See, aside from its diplomatic activity, participates actively in aid   
   programmes and in offering humanitarian assistance. Since 2011, according to   
   available data, the crisis has claimed over 250 thousand victims and has caused   
   a million injuries. There are currently over 12 million people in need of aid   
   in   
   Syria and more than eight million in Iraq; there are 7.6 million internally   
   displaced people in Syria and more than three million in Iraq, and four million   
   Syrian refugees throughout the Middle East: in particular, there are 1.9 in   
   Turkey, 1.1 in Lebanon, and more than 600 thousand in Jordan.   
      
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    The Courtyard of Francis, from 23 to 27 September in Assisi   
    Vatican City, 14 September 2015 (VIS) - From 23 to 27 September the Italian   
   city of Assisi will be the seat of the "Courtyard of Francis", a place of   
   encounter and dialogue, that will welcome political and institutional figures,   
   artists and intellectuals, and all other men and women who wish to listen and   
   to   
   participate.   
    The initiative, which develops from the "Courtyard of the Gentiles" organised   
   by the Pontifical Council for Culture some years ago, proposes, in the   
   birthplace of the saint who "was not afraid to speak with the Sultan of Egypt,   
   to embrace a leper, to involve all of creation in a choral chant", to delve   
   into   
   the deepest identity of people, "way beyond differences of faith, ideas,   
   behaviour and political and social alliances", as Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi   
   explained today in a press conference held in the Holy See Press Office.   
    The other speakers at the Conference were the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, the   
   director of the Museum of Bardo Moncef Ben Moussa, the architect Santiago   
   Calatrava and the philosopher Massimo Cacciari.   
      
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    Cardinal Kurt Koch, Pope's special envoy to the 1500th anniversary of the   
   Swiss   
   Abbey of Saint-Maurice   
    Vatican City, 13 September 2015 (VIS) - In a letter published today, written   
   in   
   Latin and dated 8 August, the Holy Father appoints Cardinal Kurt Koch president   
   of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, as his special envoy   
   to   
   the closing celebration of the 1500th anniversary of the founding of the Abbey   
   of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, to be held on 22 September.   
    The mission accompanying the cardinal will be composed of Bishop Markus Buchel   
   of Sankt Gallen and president of the Conference of Swiss Bishops, and Rev. Dom   
   Marc de Pothuau,O.Cist., Cistercian Abbey of Hauterive, Fribourg.   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 14 September 2015 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in   
   audience Archbishop Martin Krebs, apostolic nuncio in New Zealand, Fiji, Cook   
   Islands, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Federated States of   
   Micronesia, Vanuatu and Tonga, and apostolic delegate for the Pacific Ocean.   
    On Saturday 12 September 2015, the Holy Father received in audience:   
    - Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic   
   Education (for Educational Institutions), accompanied by the secretary of the   
   same dicastery, Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani;   
    - Archbishop Guido Pozzo, secretary of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia   
   Dei";   
    - Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, Italy, president of the   
   Italian Episcopal Conference;   
    - Rev. Fr. Raul Reinaldo Troncoso.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 14 September 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:   
    - Msgr. Angelo De Donatis as auxiliary of the diocese of Rome (area 849,   
   population 2,885,272, Catholics 2,365,923, priests 4,834, permanent deacons   
   122,   
   religious 27,524). The bishop-elect was born in Casarano, Italy in 1954 and was   
   ordained a priest in 1980. He holds a licentiate in moral theology from the   
   Pontifical Gregorian University, and has served in a number of roles, including   
   parish vicar in the parishes of San Saturnino and Santissima Annunziata a   
   Grottaperfetta and officer of the General Secretariat of the Vicariate. He is   
   currently archivist of the Secretariat of the College of Cardinals; director of   
   the Clergy Office of the Vicariate of Rome and spiritual director of the   
   Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, pastor of San Marco Evangelista in   
   Campidoglio,   
   Rome, and assistant for the diocese of Rome at the National Association of   
   Families of Clergy.   
    On Saturday 12 September the Holy Father appointed:   
    - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjit Patabendige Don, archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka,   
   as   
   his special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress of India, to be held in   
   Mumbai from 12 to 15 November 2015.   
      
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