Subject: VISnews 111121
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From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 203
ENGLISH
MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2011
SUMMARY: 20 - 21 NOVEMBER
- Africa Can Teach Authentic Values to the Whole World
- Plenary of the International Theological Commission
- Other Pontifical Acts
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AFRICA CAN TEACH AUTHENTIC VALUES TO THE WHOLE WORLD
VATICAN CITY, 20 NOV 2011 (VIS) - At 4 p.m. today, the Pope arrived by car
at the Cardinal Bernardin Gantin airport of Cotonou for the departure
ceremony at the end of his apostolic trip to Benin. The event was attended
by representatives from the civil authorities, the bishops of the country
and numerous faithful.
Following an address from Thomas Yayi Boni, president of Benin, the Holy
Father spoke to thank the authorities, bishops, volunteers and all the
people of Benin "for their warm and enthusiastic welcome", and for the
efforts they had made to ensure the success of his visit.
"I wanted to visit Africa once more; it is a continent for which I have a
special regard and affection, for I am deeply convinced that it is a land of
hope", Benedict XVI said. "Here are found authentic values which have much
to teach our world; they need only to spread and blossom with God's help and
the determination of Africans themselves. The Post-Synodal Apostolic
Exhortation 'Africae munus' can greatly assist in this, for it opens up
pastoral horizons and will lead to creative initiatives. I entrust it to the
faithful of Africa as a whole, to study carefully and to translate into
concrete actions in daily life. Cardinal Gantin, that eminent son of Benin
whose greatness was so widely acknowledged that this airport bears his name,
took part with me in a number of Synods. He made a vital and
much-appreciated contribution to them. May he accompany the implementation
of this document!
"During my visit I was able to meet various components of Benin's society
and many members of the Church", the Pope added. "These numerous meetings,
very different in nature, testify to the possibility of a harmonious
coexistence within the nation, and between Church and State. Good will and
mutual respect not only aid dialogue, but are essential for building unity
between individuals, ethnic groups and peoples. The word 'fraternity' is the
first of the three words found on your national emblem. Living in unity as
brethren, while respecting legitimate differences, is not something utopian.
Why should an African country not show the rest of the world the path to be
taken towards living an authentic fraternity in justice, based on the
greatness of the family and of labour? May Africans be able to experience
reconciliation in peace and justice! These are the prayerful good wishes
which I express to you, with confidence and hope, before I leave Benin". In
his final act before departing, the Holy Father entrusted the entire
continent to the intercession of Our Lady of Africa.
The papal plane landed at Rome's Ciampino airport at 10 p.m., whence the
Holy Father returned to the Vatican.
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PLENARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION
VATICAN CITY, 21 NOV 2011 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office released the
following communique today.
"The International Theological Commission, presided by Cardinal William
Joseph Levada, is due to hold its plenary session from 28 November to 2
December. The meeting will be held at the 'Domus Sanctae Marthae' in the
Vatican under the chairmanship of Msgr. Charles Morerod O.P., secretary
general of the commission whom the Pope recently appointed as bishop of
Lausanne, Geneve et Fribourg, Switzerland.
"During the plenary, the commission will continue its examination of three
important themes. The first is the question of methodology in modern
theology, its perspectives, principles and criteria. A significant
contribution to this subject has already been made in the earlier five-year
period 2004-2008. The second theme concerns monotheism, and the third the
significance of the Church's Social Doctrine in the broader context of
Christian doctrine".
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, 21 NOV 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Filippo Santoro of Petropolis, Brazil, as metropolitan
archbishop of Taranto (area 1,056, population 408,481, Catholics 405,542,
priests 236, permanent deacons 16, religious 384), Italy. He succeeds
Archbishop Benigno Luigi Papa O.F.M. Cap., whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having
reached the age limit.
- Gave his assent to the canonical election by the Synod of Bishops of the
Greek-Catholic Romanian Church of Fr. Claudiu-Lucian Pop, rector of the "Pio
Romeno" Pontifical College in Rome, as a bishop of the major archiepiscopal
curia. The bishop-elect was born in Piscolt, Romania in 1972 and ordained a
priest in 1995. Before coming to Rome he worked in pastoral ministry in the
Greek-Catholic Romanian mission in Paris, France.
- Appointed Archbishop Santos Abril y Castello, vice chamberlain of Holy
Roman Church, as archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Mary Major.
- Appointed Msgr. Cesare Burgazzi, official of the Section for General
Affairs of the Secretariat of State, as bureau chief of the same section.
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