Subject: VISnews 110401
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 63
ENGLISH
FRIDAY, 1 APRIL 2011
SUMMARY:
- Second Lenten Sermon in Redemptoris Mater Chapel
- Telegram for the Death of Cardinal Vithayathil
- Law to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
- Challenges Facing Jewish and Catholic Leaders
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
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SECOND LENTEN SERMON IN REDEMPTORIS MATER CHAPEL
VATICAN CITY, 1 APR 2011 (VIS) - In the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel of the
Vatican Apostolic Palace at 9 a.m. today, in the presence of the Holy
Father, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the Pontifical
Household, delivered the second of his Lenten sermons. The theme of his
meditations this year is: "Above all, clothe yourselves with love". The
first sermon was delivered on Friday 24 March and the next two are due to be
given on Friday 8 and Friday 15 April.
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TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL VITHAYATHIL
VATICAN CITY, 1 APR 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram to
Bishop Bosco Puthur of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia of Ernakulam-Angamaly
of the Syro-Malabars, India, for the death at the age of 83 of Cardinal
Varkey Vithayathil C.SS.R., Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
"I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Cardinal Varkey
Vithayathil, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly. I offer you, the
clergy, religious and lay faithful of the entire Syro-Malabar Church my
deepest condolences and the assurance of my prayers. I recall with gratitude
the cardinal's dedication and service to the Syro-Malabars and to the
universal Church. I join you and all who mourn him, including the members of
the late cardinal's family, in commending his soul to the infinite mercy of
God our loving Father. To all assembled for the solemn funeral liturgy, I
cordially impart my apostolic blessing as a pledge of consolation and
strength in the Lord".
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LAW TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING
VATICAN CITY, 1 APR 2011 (VIS) - At midday the Holy See Press Office
published an informative note announcing that "today, 1 April, marks the
coming into force of Law 127 concerning the prevention and countering of the
laundering of proceeds from criminal activities and of the financing of
terrorism. The Law was published on 30 December 2010 together with the
Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI's "Motu Proprio" Apostolic Letter on the same
subject. The Law and the Motu Proprio constitute an event of great
importance which has wide-reaching moral and pastoral implications".
Today's note also explains how "the offices and organisations obliged to
respect the new Law include the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), as
well as other institutions dependent on Vatican City State and on the Holy
See, or that are associated with the latter.
"The Regulation concerning the transportation of money in cash also comes
into force today", the note adds. This new rule "does not forbid carrying
sums greater than 10,000 (ten thousand) euro when entering or leaving
Vatican City State, but it does stipulate that they be declared to the
offices and organisations obligated by the anti-money laundering
legislation, where an operation is to be carried out, or to the Corps of the
Gendarmerie at the entrance to the State. ... The failure or partial failure
to meet this obligation to declare will be punished with an administrative
sanction".
Finally the note explains that "last month Marcello Condemi and Francesco
Di Pasquale, respectively substitute president and director of the Financial
Information Authority, participated on behalf of the Holy See and of the
Financial Information Authority itself at the third meeting on the
application of the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search,
Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of
Terrorism. The convention was signed in Warsaw, Poland, in 2005".
Condemi and Di Pasquale "also had the opportunity to meet with members of
MONEYVAL, an office of the Council of Europe charged with examining
anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism laws, including those of the Holy
See. In coming days they will attend the thirty-fifth plenary assembly of
MONEYVAL in Strasbourg, during which attention will also be given to the
Holy See's proposal to submit its own anti-money laundering and
anti-terrorism measures for examination by that office".
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CHALLENGES FACING JEWISH AND CATHOLIC LEADERS
VATICAN CITY, 1 APR 2011 (VIS) - The Bilateral Commission of Delegations of
the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See's Commission for Religious
Relations with the Jews celebrated its tenth meeting in Jerusalem from 29 to
31 March. The meeting - presided by Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen and by
Cardinal Jorge Maria Mejia, archivist and librarian emeritus of Holy Roman
Church - discussed the challenges of faith and religious leadership in
secular society.
At the end of its meeting the commission published an English-language
communique stating that the deliberations "sought to define the challenges
that modern secular society faces. In addition to its many benefits; rapid
technological advancement, rampant consumerism, and a nihilistic ideology
with an exaggerated focus on the individual at the expense of the community
and collective wellbeing, have led to a moral crisis. Together with the
benefits of emancipation, the last century has witnessed unparalleled
violence and barbarity. Our modern world is substantially bereft of a sense
of belonging, meaning and purpose".
Religious leaders, the text continues, "have a critical role in responding
to these realities, in providing both hope and moral guidance derived from
the awareness of the Divine Presence and the Divine Image in all human
beings. ... The biblical description of Moses was presented as a paradigm of
religious leadership who, through his encounter with God, responds to the
Divine call with total faith, loving his people, declaring the Word of God
without fear, embodying freedom and courage, and an authority that comes
from obeying God always and unconditionally, and listening to all, ready for
dialogue".
"The bilateral commission expressed the hope that the outstanding matters
in the negotiations between the Holy See and the State of Israel would soon
be resolved, and bilateral agreements speedily ratified for the benefit of
both communities. The Catholic delegation took the opportunity to reiterate
the historic teaching of the Vatican Council II Declaration 'Nostra Aetate'
regarding the Divine Covenant with the Jewish People, ... and recalled the
prayer for peace of Pope Benedict XVI when receiving the bilateral
delegation in Rome on March 12 2009".
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AUDIENCES
VATICAN CITY, 1 APR 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate
audiences:
- Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, accompanied by Bishop Alan Stephen Hopes, auxiliary
of Westminster, England, and by Msgr. Keith Newton, ordinary of the Personal
Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
- Bishop Bosco Puthur of the Major Archiepiscopal Curia of
Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India, on his "ad limina" visit,
accompanied by Auxiliary Bishops Thomas Chakiath and Sebastian Adayanthrath.
- Bishop George Punnakottil of Kothamangalam of the Syro-Malabars, India,
on his "ad limina" visit.
- Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars, India, on
his "ad limina" visit.
- Bishop Joseph Arumachadath M.C.B.S. of Bhadravathi of the Syro-Malabars,
India, on his "ad limina" visit.
- Bishop Jose Porunnedom of Mananthavady of the Syro-Malabars, India, on
his "ad limina" visit.
- Bishop George Njaralakatt of Mandya of the Syro-Malabars, India, on his
"ad limina" visit.
- Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars,
India, on his "ad limina" visit.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, 1 APR 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Peter Holiday
of the clergy of the archdiocese of Johannesburg, South Africa, pastor of
Our Lady of the Wayside in Maryvale, as bishop of Kroonstad (area 30,248,
population 946,000, Catholics 87,230, priests 19, religious 14), South
Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Durban, South Africa in 1952 and
ordained a priest in 1992.
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