Subject: VISnews 110706
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 125
ENGLISH
WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2011
SUMMARY:
- Pope Visits Exhibition Dedicated to Blessed John Paul II
- Message for World Tourism Day
- Agreement on Status of Catholic Church in Azerbaijan
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
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POPE VISITS EXHIBITION DEDICATED TO BLESSED JOHN PAUL II
VATICAN CITY, 6 JUL 2011 (VIS) - This morning Benedict XVI visited an
exhibition dedicated to Blessed John Paul II. The exhibition is currently
being held in the Charlemagne Wing at the left colonnade of St. Peter's
Square.
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MESSAGE FOR WORLD TOURISM DAY
VATICAN CITY, 6 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The Message for World Tourism Day published
by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant
Peoples was issued today. The Day, which is due to be celebrated on 27
September, has as its theme: "Tourism linking cultures".
The message has been published in Italian, French, English, Spanish and
Portuguese. Extracts from the English-language version are given below:
"The theme of this year, 'Tourism linking cultures', wishes to highlight
the importance that travelling has in the meeting of the different cultures
of the world, especially in our present day world where more than ninety
million people travel internationally, favoured thus by modern means of
communication and lower associated costs".
"It is necessary to ensure that people not only accept the existence of
other cultures - as Benedict XVI affirms - but also desire to be enriched by
them', welcoming the true, good, and beautiful therein".
"However, regarding dialogue, the first condition that is required is that
of knowing how to listen, to want to be questioned by the other, desiring to
discover the message within each monument, cultural manifestation, all of
this being done with respect, without prejudice or exclusion, and avoiding
biased readings. It is thus equally important 'to know how to welcome' as to
'know how to travel'".
"The cultural patrimony of the Church is indeed immense". It "arises from
the experience of faith, of the encounter between culture and the Gospel, as
the fruit of the profound religious experience of the Christian community.
Certainly, the works of art and historical memory have an enormous potential
to evangelise, in as much as they are placed in the context of the 'via
pulchritudinis', the way of beauty, which is 'a privileged and fascinating
path on which to approach the Mystery of God'.
"It must be an objective priority of our pastoral care of tourism to show
the true meaning of this cultural heritage, born from faith and for the
glory of God. ... It is therefore important that we present this patrimony
in its authenticity, illustrating its true religious nature, placing it in
the liturgical context in which and for which it was born.
"As we are conscious that the Church 'exists in order to evangelise', we
must always ask ourselves: How can we welcome people in holy places so that
they come to better know and love the Lord? How can we facilitate an
encounter between God and each one of the people that are there welcomed?".
In this context, the Message highlights "the importance of an adequate
welcome, ... manifested by a variety of elements: from the simplest details
to personal availability to listen, to accompaniment throughout the duration
of the stay.
"In this regard, and with the objective of promoting this inter-cultural
dialogue and taking advantage of our cultural patrimony at the service of
evangelisation, it is fitting to adopt a series of concrete pastoral
initiatives. All of these must be integrated into a broad programme of
interpretation that, together with historical-cultural information,
illustrates in a clear and accessible way the original and profound
religious meaning of these cultural manifestations, using for this modern
and attractive means, and taking advantage of the personal and technological
resources that are at our disposal.
"Among these concrete proposals there is the elaboration of the idea of
tourist travel offering visitation to the places that are most important in
the religious and cultural patrimony of the diocese. Along with this, broad
time periods of open hours should be favoured, thus making available an
adequate welcoming. In this way, the spiritual and cultural formation of
tourist guides is important, and thus one can see the value in the
possibility of creating organisations of Catholic tour guides".
"We cannot allow ourselves to view the tourist visit as simply a step in
pre-evangelisation, but on the contrary, we must see it as a platform to
realise the clear and explicit announcement of Jesus Christ".
The Message concludes by officially announcing "the celebration of the
seventh World Congress on the Pastoral Care of Tourism, that will take place
in Cancun, Mexico, from 23 to 27 April 2012".
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AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AZERBAIJAN
VATICAN CITY, 6 JUL 2011 (VIS) - This morning in the Apostolic Palace of the
Vatican, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States,
and Elmar Mammadyarov, minister for foreign affairs of Azerbaijan, exchanged
the instruments of ratification of the Agreement between the Holy See and
the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The Agreement, which is written in English and Azeri and includes a
preamble and eight articles, regulates the position of the Catholic Church
in Azerbaijan. It comes into force with the exchange of instruments of
ratification, as per article 8 of the Agreement itself.
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AUDIENCES
VATICAN CITY, 6 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience
Archbishop Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelisation of Peoples.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, 6 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Severino Clasen O.F.M. of Aracuai, Brazil, as bishop of
Cacador (area 12,398, population 392,000, Catholics 329,000, priests 54,
permanent deacons 1, religious 97), Brazil.
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Caxias
do Sul, Brazil, presented by Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto, upon having reached
the age limit. He is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Alessandro Carmelo
Ruffinoni C.S.
- Appointed Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio S.J. of Tyler, U.S.A., as bishop
of Mayaguez, (area 1,616, population 518,600, Catholics 418,000, priests 66,
permanent deacons 26, religious 132), Puerto Rico. He succeeds Bishop Ulises
Aurelio Casiano Vargas, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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