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   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTIETH YEAR - N. 194   
   ENGLISH   
   FRIDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2010   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - Consecrated Life Is of Benefit to the Whole Church   
   - Celebrations to Be Presided by the Pope November - January   
   - Audiences   
   - In Memoriam   
   - Notice   
      
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   CONSECRATED LIFE IS OF BENEFIT TO THE WHOLE CHURCH   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 5 NOV 2010 (VIS) - At midday today in the Vatican the Holy   
   Father received prelates from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil   
   (Region south 2), who have just completed their "ad limina" visit.   
      
     Speaking of consecrated people, the Pope suggested that "they 'can be   
   compared to a plant with many branches which sinks its roots into the Gospel   
   and brings forth abundant fruit in every season of the Church's life'.   
   Because charity is the first fruit of the Holy Spirit and the greatest of   
   all the charisms", he said, "a religious community enriches the Church (of   
   which it is a living part), first and foremost through love: loving its   
   particular Church, enriching her with its own charism and opening her to a   
   more universal dimension".   
      
     Referring then to the problem of "the diminishing numbers and increasing   
   age of the members of many religious institutes, which is evident in some   
   parts of the world", the Pope noted that "some people are asking themselves   
   whether consecrated life continues to be a proposal capable of attracting   
   young men and women".   
      
     Yet consecrated life, he went on to explain, "has its origins in the Lord   
   Himself, Who chose a lifestyle of chastity, poverty and obedience. For this   
   reason, it can never disappear or die in the Church for it was decided by   
   Jesus Himself as an irremovable part of His Church. Hence the call to a   
   general commitment to vocational pastoral care. If consecrated life is of   
   benefit to the whole Church, something that concerns us all, then pastoral   
   care that seeks to promote vocations to the consecrated life must also be a   
   duty felt by all: bishops, priests, religious and lay people".   
      
     "As the Conciliar Decree 'Perfectae caritatis' says, 'adaptation and   
   renewal depend greatly on the education of religious'. This affirmation is   
   vital for all forms of consecrated life. The formative capacity of a   
   religious institute, both in its initial stage and in later phases, is   
   fundamental for any process of renewal".   
      
     Benedict XVI concluded by asking the bishops to transmit "the Pope's   
   heartfelt gratitude to consecrated people, telling them that he prays for   
   them, and that he particularly recalls the elderly and sick, and those going   
   through moments of crisis, solitude, suffering or confusion, as well as the   
   young who today knock at their doors and ask to be allowed to commit   
   themselves to Jesus Christ through radical dedication to the Gospel".   
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   CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY THE POPE NOVEMBER - JANUARY   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 5 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of   
   the Supreme Pontiff today published the calendar of celebrations to be   
   presided over by the Holy Father between the end of November 2010 and   
   January 2011:   
      
   NOVEMBER   
      
    - Saturday 20: At 10.30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Ordinary Public   
   Consistory for the creation of new cardinals.   
      
    - Sunday 21: Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time and Solemnity of Christ   
   the King, at 9.30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Mass and conferral of   
   cardinals' rings.   
      
    - Saturday 27: At 6 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, First Vespers for the   
   first Sunday of Advent.   
      
   DECEMBER   
      
    - Wednesday 8: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin   
   Mary. At 4 p.m. in Rome's Piazza di Spagna, homage to Mary Immaculate.   
      
    - Sunday 12: Third Sunday of Advent, pastoral visit to the Roman parish of   
   St. Maximilian Kolbe. At 9 a.m., celebration of the Eucharist.   
      
    - Thursday 16: At 6 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Vespers with students of   
   Roman universities.   
      
    - Friday 24: Vigil of the Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord. At 10 p.m.,   
   Mass in the Vatican Basilica.   
      
    - Saturday    
   25: Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord. At midday from the   
   central loggia of the Vatican Basilica, "Urbi et Orbi" blessing.   
      
    - Friday 31: At 6 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, First Vespers and "Te Deum"   
   of thanksgiving for the past year.   
      
   JANUARY 2011   
      
    - Saturday 1: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and forty-fourth World Day   
   of Peace. Mass in the Vatican Basilica at 10 a.m.   
      
    - Thursday 6: Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord. Mass in the Vatican   
   Basilica at 10 a.m.   
      
    - Sunday 9: Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. Mass in the Sistine Chapel at   
   10 a.m., conferment of the Sacrament of Baptism upon a number of children.   
      
    - Tuesday 25: Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. At 5.30 p.m.   
   in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, celebration of Vespers.   
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   AUDIENCES   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 5 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate   
   audiences twelve prelates from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil,   
   on their "ad limina" visit:   
      
       - Archbishop Moacyr Jose Vitti C.S.S. of Curitiba, accompanied by   
   Auxiliary Bishops Joao Carlos Seneme C.S.S. and Rafael Biernaski.   
      
       - Bishop Antonio Wagner da Silva S.C.I. of Guarapuava, accompanied by   
   Bishop emeritus Giovanni Zerbini S.D.B.   
      
       - Bishop Joao Alves dos Santos O.F.M. Cap. of Paranagua.   
      
       - Bishop Sergio Arthur Braschi of Ponta Grossa.   
      
       - Bishop Ladislau Biernaski C.M. of Sao Jose dos Pinhais.   
      
       - Bishop Joao Bosco Barbosa de Sousa O.F.M. of Uniao da Vitoria.   
      
       - Archbishop Orlando Brandes of Londrina.   
      
       - Bishop Celso Antonio Marchiori of Apucarana.   
      
       - Bishop Getulio Teixeira Guimaraes S.V.D. of Cornelio Procopio.   
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   IN MEMORIAM   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 5 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent   
   weeks:   
      
    - Bishop Francisco Batistela C.SS.R., emeritus of Bom Jesus da Lapa,   
   Brazil, on 20 October at the age of 79.   
      
    - Bishop Jesus Mateo Calderon Barrueto O.P., emeritus of Puno, Peru, on 28   
   October at the age of 90.   
      
    - Bishop Aldo Lazzarin Stella O.S.A., former apostolic vicar of Aysen,   
   Chile, on 16 October at the age of 83.   
      
    - Bishop Emmanuel Le Phong Thuan of Can Tho, Vietnam, on 17 October at the   
   age of 79.   
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   NOTICE   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 5 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Vatican Information Service will   
   transmit special bulletins on Saturday 6 November and on Sunday 7 November,   
   for the occasion of the Pope's apostolic trip to Spain.   
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