Subject: VISnews 110930
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 167
ENGLISH
FRIDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2011
SUMMARY:
- Cardinal Kasper, Envoy to Speyer Cathedral Anniversary
- Vatican Radio Celebrates Eighty Years of Activity
- Lack of Ethics in Economic Structures Worsens the Crisis
- Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for October
- Audiences
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CARDINAL KASPER, ENVOY TO SPEYER CATHEDRAL ANNIVERSARY
VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2011 (VIS) - Made public today was a Letter, written in
Latin and dated from Castelgandolfo on 21 September, in which Benedict XVI
appoints Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity, as his special envoy to celebrations
marking the 950th anniversary of the dedication of Speyer Cathedral in
Germany, due to take place on 2 October.
In his Letter the Pope dwells on the significance the cathedral, which was
built between 1030 and 1061, has had in German history, also underlining its
important role in confirming the faith of the German faithful and their
union with Peter's Successor. The Holy Father likewise greets Bishop
Karl-Heinz Wiesemann of Speyer and express the hope that the forthcoming
commemoration will be a time of grace. He concludes by inviting participants
in the forthcoming celebration to practise the great Christian virtues of
faith, hope and charity, like the Virgin Mary to whom the cathedral is
dedicated.
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VATICAN RADIO CELEBRATES EIGHTY YEARS OF ACTIVITY
VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2011 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio
Bertone S.D.B. yesterday presided at Mass at the Grotto of Our Lady of
Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens for the feast of the patron of Vatican Radio.
The Mass was concelebrated by, among others, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. and
Fr. Andrzej Koprowski S.J., respectively director general and director of
programmes of Vatican Radio which this year celebrates eighty years of
activity.
In his homily Cardinal Bertone gave a brief overview of the history of
Vatican Radio, and expressed the hope that it may continue to be "a
typically ecclesiastical medium of communication; that is, attached to the
Church in the same way that the vine shoot is attached to the vine which
nourishes it".
Following Mass, Cardinal Bertone conferred pontifical medals on six
employees of the radio "for their faithful service to the Pope and the
Church", while Fr. Lombardi gave Cardinal Bertone the first copy of a
two-volume work, "Eighty Years of the Radio of the Pope", which is due to be
presented on 4 October.
The introduction to the work was written by Fr. Lombardi himself. "The aim
of this book", he writes, "is to help people remember and understand how
Vatican Radio (both as an institution and as a community of people) has
accompanied the last seven pontificates with the awareness that it has a
mission to accomplish, a message to spread and a duty continually to seek
and find new instruments to broadcast it". Vatican Radio constantly seeks to
combine "commitment to evangelisation, inculturation of the message for the
various peoples of the world, and the technical know-how to make that
message reach 'unto the ends of the earth'".
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LACK OF ETHICS IN ECONOMIC STRUCTURES WORSENS THE CRISIS
VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2011 (VIS) - On 27 September Archbishop Dominique
Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, addressed the sixty-sixth
General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, focusing his remarks on
the principal challenges facing the international community: humanitarian
emergencies, lack of religious freedom and the economic crisis.
On the first of these subjects, Archbishop Mamberti recalled how "in
certain parts of the world, such as the Horn of Africa, we find ourselves
facing grave and dramatic humanitarian crises which cause millions of
people, mostly women and children, to flee there homes, and many have fallen
victim to drought, hunger and malnutrition. The Holy See wishes to renew its
appeal to the international community, an appeal repeatedly voiced by
Benedict XVI, to increase and support humanitarian policies in those areas".
Christians are the most persecuted religious group
The secretary for Relations with States then went on to consider the
question of respect for religious freedom, which he described as "the
fundamental way to build peace, to ensure recognition of human dignity and
to protect the rights of man".
"Unfortunately, many situations exist in which the right to religious
freedom is denied to followers of various religions. At the same time we are
seeing an increase in religiously motivated intolerance, and we note that
Christians are currently the religious group suffering the greatest number
of persecutions on account of their faith. Lack of respect for religious
freedom is a threat to security and peace", the archbishop said.
The solution to the problem lies "in a shared commitment to recognise and
promote the religious freedom of each individual and each community". This
requires "sincere inter-religious dialogue, promoted and practised by
representatives of the various religious and supported by governments and
international institutions".
Archbishop Mamberti then turned his attention to the global economic
crisis. "We know that a fundamental part of the current plight is a lack of
ethics in economic structures", he said. "The economy cannot function only
through market self-regulation, and even less so through agreements limited
to balancing the interests of the most powerful groups. It needs an ethical
raison d'etre to ensure that it works for mankind. The idea of producing
goods and services ... without seeking to do good - in other words, without
ethics - has shown itself to be an illusion, either ingenuous or cynical,
but always with fatal results. All economic decisions have moral
consequences. The economy needs ethics ... focused on the person and capable
of offering prospects to the new generations".
"The Holy See has repeatedly highlighted the need for fresh and profound
reflection on the significance and objectives of economic activity, and for
a clear-sighted revision of global financial and commercial structures in
order to correct their dysfunctions and distortions. This revision of
international economic rules must take place within the framework of a
global model for development".
Such a model has to take account of the notion of "family of nations" so
as to pay greater attention to the needs of poorer peoples. "By its nature a
family is a community founded on interdependence and mutual trust. ... Its
full development is based not on the supremacy of the strongest, but on care
for the weakest, ... and its responsibility extends to future generations".
Thus, Archbishop Mamberti concluded, "development strategies must be created
which focus on people, favouring solidarity and responsibility towards
everyone, including future generations".
On 26 September, the day prior to addressing the United Nations General
Assembly, Archbishop Mamberti received a doctorate "honoris causa" from St.
John's University in New York.
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BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER
VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2011 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention
for October is: "That the terminally ill may be supported by their faith in
God and the love of their brothers and sisters".
His mission intention is: "That the celebration of World Mission Day may
foster in the People of God a passion for evangelisation with the
willingness to support the missions with prayer and economic aid for the
poorest Churches".
BXVI-PRAYER INTENTIONS/ VIS 20110930 (80)
AUDIENCES
VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate
audiences ten prelates from the Indonesian Episcopal Conference, on their
"ad limina" visit:
- Archishop Vincentius Sensi of Ende.
- Bishop Silvester San of Depansar.
- Bishop Franciscus Kopong Kung of Larantuka.
- Bishop Gerulfus Kherubim Pareira S.V.D. of Maumere.
- Bishop Hubertus Leteng of Ruteng.
- Archbishop Ignatus Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta, Military
Ordinary.
- Bishop Cosmas Michael Angkur O.F.M. of Bogor.
- Archishop Peter Turang of Kupang.
- Bishop Dominikus Saku of Atambua.
- Bishop Edmund Woga C.SS.R. of Weetebula.
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