Subject: VISnews 110430   
   Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede   
   From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt    
      
   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 79   
   ENGLISH   
   SATURDAY, 30 APRIL 2011   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - Providing Correct and Balanced Information   
   - Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for May   
   - Agreement between Holy See and Republic of Azerbaijan   
   - Audiences   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
      
      
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   PROVIDING CORRECT AND BALANCED INFORMATION   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 30 APR 2011 (VIS) - This afternoon at Castelgandolfo the Pope   
   received the participants in the XVII Assembly of the European Broadcasting   
   Union gathered these days in Rome as guests of Vatican Radio, which is   
   celebrating its 80th anniversary this year.   
      
     The Holy Father emphasized that through radio, "pontiffs have been able to   
   transmit, across borders, messages of great importance for humanity. ... It   
   can be said that the entire teaching of the Church in this area - beginning   
   with the addresses of Pius XII, through the documents of the Second Vatican   
   Council, up to my most recent messages on new digital technologies - is   
   marked by a current of optimism, hope, and sincere compassion with those who   
   dedicate themselves in this field to promoting encounter and dialogue, to   
   serve the human community and to contribute to the peaceful development of   
   society".   
      
     "In today's society", he continued, "the basic values of the good of   
   humanity are in play, public opinion ... is often found disoriented and   
   divided". In this context he noted that "it is a duty to provide every day,   
   correct and balanced information and a profound debate that seeks the best   
   shared solutions regarding these questions in a pluralistic society. It is a   
   task that requires great professional honor, correction and respect, an   
   openness to different perspectives, clarity in treating problems, freedom   
   from ideological barriers, and an awareness of the complexity of problems".   
      
     Benedict XVI recalled that the Catholic Church "intends to offer by   
   witnessing to her adherence to the truth that is Christ, yet doing so in a   
   spirit of openness and dialogue. ... Religion contributes by 'purifying'   
   reason, helping it not to fall prey to distortions, such as manipulation by   
   ideology or partial application that fails to take full account of the   
   dignity of the human person". In this sense the Pope invited the   
   professionals in communications to "seek ways of promoting and encouraging   
   dialogue between faith and reason, with a view to serving the common good of   
   the nation".   
      
     While emphasizing the difficulties that need to be faced in their service,   
   the Pope stressed that "the challenges of the modern world on which you have   
   to report are too great and too urgent for you to become discouraged or   
   tempted to give up in the face of such difficulties".   
      
     The Holy Father concluded by encouraging them to put their "contacts and   
   activities at the service of reflection and commitment" with the aim of   
   "ensuring that the instruments of social communication promote dialogue,   
   peace and development of peoples in solidarity, overcoming cultural   
   separation, uncertainties and fears".   
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   BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR MAY   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 30 APR 2011 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention   
   for May is: "That those working in communication media may respect the   
   truth, solidarity, and dignity of all people ".   
      
     His mission intention is: "That the Lord may help the Church in China   
   persevere in fidelity to the Gospel and grow in unity".   
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   AGREEMENT BETWEEN HOLY SEE AND REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 30 APR 2011 (VIS) - Yesterday, Friday 29 April, in the offices   
   of Azerbaijan's State Committee for Work with Religious Associations, Baku,   
   Azerbaijan, an accord was signed between the Holy See and the Republic of   
   Azerbaijan that regulates juridical relations between the Catholic Church   
   and that Nation as made public in a communique published today.   
      
     Signing for the Holy See as plenipotentiary was Archbishop Claudio   
   Gugerotti, apostolic nuncio to that country, and signing on behalf of the   
   Republic of Azerbaijan was Hidayat Orujov, president of the State Committee   
   for Work with Religious Associations.   
      
     The agreement, which entails eight articles, regulates the juridical   
   situation of the Catholic Church in Azerbaijan and, among other things,   
   guarantees the freedom to publicly profess and practice the Catholic faith   
   as well as the right of the Catholic Church to organize and exercise her   
   mission in conformity with ecclesiastic legislation. At the same time it   
   recognizes and registers the juridical person of the Catholic Church and all   
   its institutions, ensuring free communication between the local Catholic   
   community and the Holy See as well as access to the means of communication   
   and the free election, on the part of the Holy See, of an Ordinary with the   
   responsibility of her ecclesiastical constituency.  Finally, it regulates   
   the concession of residence and work visas for ecclesiastical personnel.   
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   AUDIENCES   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 30 APR 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in audience   
   Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop of Milan, Italy.   
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   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 30 APR 2011 (VIS) - Today The Holy Father appointed:   
      
   - Bishop Saul Figueroa Albornoz, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Caracas, as   
   bishop of Puerto Cabello (area 729, population 331,000, Catholics 298,000,   
   priests 25, religious 19), Venezuela.   
      
   - Bishop Piero Coccia, archbishop of Pesaro, as a member of the Pontifical   
   Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples.   
      
   - Johan Ketelers, secretary general of the International Catholic Migration   
   Commission, as a consultant of the same council.   
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