kindness".   
    "The Eucharist as the theme chosen rightly points out nourishes us. As I   
   underlined in the homily of Corpus Domini, 'the Eucharist actualises the   
   Covenant that sanctifies us, purifies us and unites us in the marvellous   
   Communion with God. Thus we learn that the Eucharist is not only a reward for   
   the good but also the strength for the weak and for sinners. It is forgiveness   
   and sustenance which helps us on our journey'".   
    "Human beings all over the word today need nourishment. And this nourishment   
   is   
   not just to satisfy physical hunger. There are other hungers - for love, for   
   immortality of life, for affection, for being cared for, for forgiveness, for   
   mercy. This hunger can be satiated only by the bread that comes from above.   
   Jesus himself is the living bread that gives life to the world. His body   
   offered   
   for our sake on the cross, his blood shed for the pardon of the sins of   
   humanity   
   is made available to us in the bread and wine to the Eucharist transformed in   
   the consecration".   
    "But the Eucharist does not end with the partaking of the bread and blood of   
   the Lord. It leads us to solidarity with others. The communion with the Lord is   
   necessarily a communion with our fellow brothers and sisters. And therefore the   
   one who is fed and nourished by the very body and blood of Christ cannot remain   
   unaffected when he sees his brothers suffering want and hunger. Those nourished   
   by the Eucharist are called to bring the joy of the gospel to those who have   
   not   
   received it. Strengthened by the living Bread we are called to bring hope to   
   those who live in darkness and in despair".   
      
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    Message to Cardinal Rylko: the conciliar basis of the vocation and mission of   
   the laity   
    Vatican City, 12 November 2015 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for the Laity,   
   in   
   collaboration with the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, has organised a   
   study day dedicated to the theme "Vocation and mission of the laity: fifty   
   years   
   after the Decree 'Apostolicam Actuositatem'".   
    On this occasion, Pope Francis sent a message to Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko,   
   president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, and to all the participants   
   in the event, in which he remarks that the Day enters within the context of the   
   50th anniversary of the conclusion of Vatican Council II, an "extraordinary   
   event of grace, that ... led also, among its many fruits, to a new way of   
   looking   
   at the vocation and mission of the laity in the Church and in the world, which   
   is magnificently expressed primarily in the two great conciliar Constitutions   
   Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes. ... The Council, therefore, does not look   
   upon   
   the laity as if they were members of a 'second order', in the service of the   
   hierarchy and as simple executors of orders from above, but rather as Christ's   
   disciples who, by virtue of their Baptism and their natural integration 'in the   
   world', are called upon to inspire every environment, every activity,and every   
   human relationship according to the spirit of the Gospel. ... Within the   
   overreaching framework of this conciliar doctrine, we find the Decree   
   Apostolicam Actuositatem, which looks more closely at the nature and scope of   
   the lay apostolate. This document clearly reminds us that ... the announcement   
   of   
   the Gospel is not reserved to some 'mission professionals', but should instead   
   be the profound wish of all the lay faithful".   
      
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    Declaration by Fr. Federico Lombardi on current investigations in the Vatican   
    Vatican City, 12 November 2015 (VIS) - The director of the Holy See Press   
   Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., made the following declaration late   
   yesterday afternoon:   
    "The Vatican Gendarmerie, in their role as judicial police, have informed the   
   Vatican prosecutors that the activity carried out by the journalists Gianluigi   
   Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi may constitute complicity in the crime of   
   disseminating confidential news and documents, pursuant to Law No. IX of   
   Vatican   
   City State, of 13 July 2013 (article 116 bis).   
    Since the beginning of the investigation the prosecution has obtained pieces   
   of   
   evidence indicating the collaboration in offence by the journalists, who are   
   now   
   therefore under investigation.   
    The investigators are also examining some other situations regarding persons   
   who, for reasons of office, could have cooperated in the acquisition the   
   reserved documents in question.   
      
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    Communique from the Holy See Press Office on the activity of APSA   
    Vatican City, 12 November 2015 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office yesterday   
   issued the following communique:   
    "Various articles have been published by news agencies and in the press   
   referring in a biased and inaccurate way to the content of a confidential   
   document, based on the assumption that in the past the Administration of the   
   Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) has been used for illegal financial   
   activity. The Vatican legal authorities have opened an investigation into the   
   circulation of this document. APSA has always collaborated with the competent   
   bodies, is not under investigation and continues to conduct its activities in   
   accordance with current regulations".   
      
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    Communique by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on ownership   
   of real estate   
    Vatican City, 12 November 2015 (VIS) - The following is the full text of the   
   communique issued yesterday afternoon by the Congregation for the   
   Evangelisation   
   of Peoples on news relating to its ownership of real estate.   
    "The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, also known as 'Propaganda   
   Fide', adheres fully to the Holy Father Francis' line of thought and guidance   
   with regard to the life and reform of the Roman Curia; in addition, it his   
   committed to pursuing the institutional aims set forth in the Apostolic   
   Constitution 'Pastor Bonus', as well as respecting the will of donors who over   
   the years have contributed to its missionary work. Therefore, it welcomes all   
   the administrative reforms anticipated by the Secretary for the Economy and   
   submits all the budgets and final accounts to the latter.   
    Certain insinuations on the part of certain sectors of the media, which   
   circulate news not corresponding to the truth, are therefore unacceptable. It   
   has been written, for example, that the Congregation offers luxury properties   
   for rent at low prices as favours, and even that it hosts a spa or is the   
   proprietor of the Hotel Priscilla.   
    The real estate belonging to the Congregation, donated for the Missions, is   
   rented at market value; there are exceptions in the case of situations of   
   poverty. The aforementioned properties are rented in accordance with current   
   Italian legislation, to which both the Congregation as the owner and the   
   recipient are subject.   
    The income deriving from the rent of these properties, for which regular tax   
   is   
   paid in Italy (in 2014 the Dicastery paid IMU - imposta municipale unica,   
   property tax, of 2,169,200 euros in Rome alone) is destined principally for the   
   maintenance of the Congregation, the Pontifical Urbanian University, the   
   Pontifical Collegio Urbano, the missionary institutions and young Churches in   
   the mission territories.   
    Propaganda Fide is grateful to the benefactors who, with its help, make it   
   possible for the Gospel to be announced and provide support for innumerable   
   educational, social and healthcare initiatives in the poorest countries.   
    We wish to clarify that, should such dissemination of false or biased   
   information recur, this Congregation will be obliged to protect its image in   
   the   
   appropriate forums".   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 12 November 2015 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in   
   audience:   
    - prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, on their "ad Limina"   
   visit:   
    - Archbishop Stanislav Zvolensky of Bratislava, with his auxiliary, Bishop   
   Josef Hal'ko;   
    - Bishop Marian Chovanec of Banska Bystrica;   
    - Bishop Viliam Judak of Nitra;   
    - Bishop Jan Orosch of Trnava;   
    - Bishop Tomas Galis of Zilina;   
    - Archbishop Bernard Bober of Kosice, with the archbishop emeritus Alojz Tkac;   
    - Bishop Stanislav Stolarik of Rozanava;   
    - Bishop Stefan Secka of Spis;   
    - Archbishop Jan Babjak, S.J., of Presov for Catholics of Byzantine rite, with   
   his auxiliary Bishop Milan Lach;   
    - Bishop Peter Rusnak of Bratislava for Catholics of Byzantine rite;   
    - Bishop Milan Chautur, C.SS.R., of Kosice for Catholics of Byzantine rite;   
   and   
    - Bishop Frantisek Rabek, military ordinary.   
    Yesterday, 11 November, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal   
   Dominique   
   Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 12 November 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop   
   Marcel Damphousse of Alexandria-Cornwall, Canada, as bishop of Sault Sainte   
   Marie (area 265,000, population 436,000, Catholics 239,200, priests 90,   
   permanent deacons 66, religious 174), Canada. He succeeds Bishop Jean-Louis   
   Plouffe, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon   
   reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
      
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