Subject: VISnews 111003
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 168
ENGLISH
MONDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2011
SUMMARY: 1 - 3 OCTOBER
- Pope to Bishops: Seek New Paths of Evangelisation
- The Responsibilities of People in Positions of Authority
- Audiences
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POPE TO BISHOPS: SEEK NEW PATHS OF EVANGELISATION
VATICAN CITY, 1 OCT 2011 (VIS) - The Pope has exhorted European bishops
"courageously to identify new missionary paths of evangelisation, especially
in serving the new generations". These words are contained in a message
signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. and addressed
to Cardinal Peter Erdo, president of the Council of European Episcopal
Conferences (CCEE). The council, which is currently celebrating the fortieth
anniversary of its foundation, is holding its plenary assembly in Tirana,
Albania, from 29 September to 2 October.
Benedict XVI describes the CCEE as "a vital structure connecting the
European episcopates, which for forty years has promoted fruitful
collaboration in pastoral and ecumenical activities".
The council has chosen to dedicate its assembly this year to the subject
of the new evangelisation, also in view of the Synod on that subject called
by the Pope for October 2012. In the opening session of the plenary,
Cardinal Erdo recalled how the mission of the CCEE "is to support the Church
throughout the continent of Europe, focusing particular attention on those
Churches which, during the course of last century, suffered greatly under
the dictatorship of atheist regimes. ... Today we can confidently affirm
that the rebirth of the Church in those countries is proof of Divine
Providence and of faith in Christ, Who was crucified and rose again".
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THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY
VATICAN CITY, 2 OCT 2011 (VIS) - Late yesterday Benedict XVI returned to the
Vatican following his summer stay at Castelgandolfo. At midday today he
appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with faithful
gathered in St. Peter's Square.
The Pope commented on today's Gospel reading which ends with a
particularly severe admonition addressed by Jesus to the chief priests and
Pharisees: "The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a
people that produces the fruits of the kingdom".
"These words", Holy Father explained, "make us think of the great
responsibility of those who, in all ages, are called to work in the vineyard
of the Lord, especially in positions of authority. They encourage us to
pledge total faithfulness to Christ. He is 'the stone that the builders
rejected' because they judged Him to be an enemy to the law and a danger to
public order. But, although rejected and crucified, He rose again, becoming
the cornerstone upon which every human life all over the world can rest with
absolute confidence. ... Firmly anchored in the faith to the cornerstone
that is Christ, let us abide in Him. ... Only in Him, for Him and with Him
can we build the Church, the people of the new Covenant".
"The Lord is always near and operates in human history", the Pope said.
"He accompanies us with the presence of His angels, whom the Church today
venerates as 'Guardian Angels'; in other words, ministers of God's concern
for each man and woman. From life's beginning until the hour of death, human
life is under their incessant protection. ... The angels crowned ... our
Blessed Lady of the Rosary who on the first Sunday of October, at this very
moment, in the Shrine of Pompeii and all over the world, receives fervent
prayers that evil be defeated and that God's goodness be revealed in all its
fullness".
After praying the Angelus, the Holy Father reminded those present that Sr.
Antonia Maria Verna, foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of Charity of
the Immaculate Conception, is due to be beatified this afternoon in the
Italian town of Ivrea. "She was", he said, "an exemplary model of a
consecrated woman and educator".
Finally the Holy Father had words of encouragement for "the volunteer
institutions and associations which work to dismantle architectural
barriers".
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AUDIENCES
VATICAN CITY, 3 OCT 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate
audiences:
- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
- Seven prelates from the Indonesian Episcopal Conference, on their "ad
limina" visit:
- Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso S.C.I. of Palembang.
- Bishop Hilarius Moa Nurak S.V.D. of Pangkal-Pinang.
- Bishop Andreas Henrisusanta S.C.I. of Tanjungkarang.
- Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun O.F.M.Cap. of Pontianak.
- Bishop Blasius Pujaraharja of Ketapang.
- Bishop Giulio Mencuccini C.P. of Sanggau.
- Bishop Agustinus Agus of Sintang.
On Saturday 1 October, he received in separate audiences ten prelates from
the Indonesian Episcopal Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Johannes Liku Ada' of Makassar.
- Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi M.S.C. of Amboina.
- Bishop Joseph Theodorus Suwatan M.S.C. of Manado.
- Archbishop Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga O.F.M.Cap. of Medan.
- Bishop Ludovikus Simanullang O.F.M.Cap. of Sibolga.
- Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra M.S.C. of Merauke.
- Bishop Aloysius Murwito O.F.M. of Agats.
- Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar O.F.M. of Jayapura.
- Bishop Datus Hilarion Lega of Manokwari-Sorong.
- Bishop John Philip Sakil of Timika.
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