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   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 16   
   ENGLISH   
   TUESDAY, 25 JANUARY 2011   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - Celebrations to Be Presided by the Pope: February-April   
   - All the Baptised Must Communicate the Gift of the Gospel   
   - Condolences for Victims of Bomb Attack in Moscow   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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   CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY THE POPE: FEBRUARY-APRIL   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 25 JAN 2011 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of   
   the Supreme Pontiff today published the calendar of celebrations due to be   
   presided by the Holy Father between February and April.   
      
   FEBRUARY   
      
   Wednesday 2: Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the World Day of   
   Consecrated Life. At 5.30 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Vespers with members   
   of institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life.   
      
   Saturday 5: At 10 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Mass and episcopal   
   ordination.   
      
   Monday 21: At midday in the Concistory Hall, concistory for certain causes   
   of canonisation.   
      
   MARCH   
      
   Wednesday 9: Ash Wednesday. At 4.30 p.m. in the basilica of Sant'Anselmo,   
   "statio" and penitential procession. At 5 p.m. in the basilica of Santa   
   Sabina, blessing and imposition of the ashes.   
      
   Sunday 13: First Sunday of Lent. At 6 p.m. in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel   
   of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, beginning of the spiritual exercises of the   
   Roman Curia.   
      
   Saturday 19: At 9 a.m. in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, conclusion of the   
   spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia.   
      
   Sunday 20: Second Sunday of Lent. At 9 am, Mass and dedication of the new   
   Roman parish of "San Corbiniano all'Infernetto - Casal Palocco".   
      
   APRIL   
      
   Sunday 17. Palm Sunday and the Passion of the Lord. At 9.30 a.m. in St.   
   Peter's Square, blessing of palms, procession and Mass.   
      
   Thursday 21. Holy Thursday. At 9.30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Chrism   
   Mass. At 5.30 p.m. in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, beginning of the   
   Easter Triduum with the Mass of the Last Supper.   
      
   Friday 22. Good Friday. At 5 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, celebration of   
   the Lord's Passion. At 9.15 p.m. at the Colosseum, Way of the Cross.   
      
   Saturday 23. Holy Saturday. At 9 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica, Easter vigil.   
      
   Sunday 24. Easter Sunday. Mass in St. Peter's Square at 10.15 a.m. At   
   midday, from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, "Urbi et Orbi"   
   blessing.   
   OCL/                                                                    VIS   
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   ALL THE BAPTISED MUST COMMUNICATE THE GIFT OF THE GOSPEL   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 25 JAN 2011 (VIS) - Made public today was the Pope's Message   
   for the eighty-fifth World Mission Day, which falls this year on Sunday 23   
   October. The theme of the document is: "As the Father has sent me, so I send   
   you".   
      
     The call to take the Gospel to everyone, "with the same enthusiasm as the   
   early Christians", as the Venerable John Paul II wrote in the Jubilee Year   
   2000, "resounds every year in the celebration of World Mission Day", says   
   Benedict XVI in his Message.   
      
     "The announcement of the Gospel is destined for everyone", the Pope   
   writes. The Church "exists to evangelise", he says. "Her activity, in   
   conformity with the word of Christ and under the influence of His grace and   
   charity, becomes fully and truly present in all individuals and all peoples   
   in order to lead them to faith in Christ.   
      
     "This task has lost none of its urgency", he adds. "We cannot rest easy at   
   the thought that, after two thousand, there are people who still do not know   
   Christ, who have not yet heard His message of salvation.   
      
     "What is more, there are growing numbers of people who, though having   
   received the Gospel announcement, have forgotten or abandoned it and no   
   longer identify themselves in the Church; and many environments, even in   
   traditionally Christian societies, are reluctant to open themselves to the   
   word of faith. A cultural shift is taking place, which also draws   
   nourishment from globalisation, from new schools of thought and from the   
   prevailing relativism; a shift which leads to mentalities and lifestyles   
   that ignore the Evangelical message as if    
   God did not exist, and which exalt   
   the search for wellbeing, easy earnings, career and success as the goal of   
   life, even at the expense of moral values".   
      
     The Holy Father recalls how "the universal mission always involves   
   everyone and everything. The Gospel is not the exclusive prerogative of   
   those who received it, but a gift to be shared, a piece of good news to be   
   passed on. This gift-commitment is entrusted not just to the few, but to all   
   baptised people".   
      
     "Evangelisation", he writes, "is a complex process and includes various   
   elements. Among these, missionary activity has always given particular   
   attention to solidarity, ... sustaining the institutions necessary to   
   establish and consolidate the Church, ... and contributing to improving the   
   living conditions of people in countries most affected by problems of   
   poverty, malnutrition especially among children, disease, and lack of   
   healthcare and education services. This too is part of the mission of the   
   Church. In announcing the Gospel, she embraces human life in the fullest   
   sense of the term".   
      
     The Pope continues his Message: "It is unacceptable, as Servant of God   
   Paul VI said, for evangelisation to overlook questions associated with human   
   development, justice, and liberation from all forms of oppression, though   
   obviously while respecting the autonomy of the political sphere. Ignoring   
   the temporal problems of humanity would mean 'forgetting the Gospel lesson   
   of love for our suffering and needy neighbours'. It would not be in keeping   
   with Jesus' own behaviour Who 'went about all the cities and villages,   
   teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom,   
   and curing every disease and every sickness'.   
      
     "Thus, by responsible participation in the mission of Christ, Christians   
   become builders of the peace and solidarity that Christ gives us, and they   
   collaborate in achieving God's plan of salvation for all humankind",   
   Benedict XVI concluded. "May World Mission Day revive in everyone the desire   
   to 'go out' to meet humankind, bringing Christ to everyone".   
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   CONDOLENCES FOR VICTIMS OF BOMB ATTACK IN MOSCOW   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 25 JAN 2011 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio   
   Bertone S.D.B. has sent a telegram of condolence, in the Holy Father's name,   
   to Dimitry Anatolevich Medvedev, president of the Russian Federation, in the   
   wake of yesterday's bomb attack at Domodedovo airport in Moscow, which left   
   many people dead and injured.   
      
     Benedict XVI expresses "profound suffering and firm condemnation at this   
   serious act of violence", and his desire "to transmit his sentiments of   
   spiritual closeness and deep condolence to the relatives of the victims".   
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   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 25 JAN 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Ildo Augusto   
   Dos Santos Lopes Fortes, "fidei donum" priest, chancellor of the diocese of   
   Mindelo, Cape Verde, and pastor of the parish of "Sao Vincente", as bishop   
   of Mindelo (area 2,230, population 166,000, Catholics 149,230, priests 19,   
   religious 58). The bishop-elect was born in Sal, Cape Verde in 1964 and   
   ordained a priest in 1992.   
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