Subject: VISnews 120110
Organization: VIS
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY SECOND YEAR - N. 7
ENGLISH
TUESDAY, 10 JANUARY 2012
SUMMARY:
- Modifications to Rites for the Creation of New Cardinals
- Adequate Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees
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MODIFICATIONS TO RITES FOR THE CREATION OF NEW CARDINALS
VATICAN CITY, 10 JAN 2012 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of
the Supreme Pontiff has introduced certain modifications to the ordinary
public consistories for the creation of new cardinals. The rites followed
until now have been revised and simplified, with the Holy Father's approval.
The modifications chiefly involve the unification of the three phases: the
imposition of the biretta, the consignment of the ring and the assignation
of the title or diaconate. The collect and the concluding prayer have been
modified, and the proclamation of the Word of God made shorter.
On 6 January Benedict XVI announced his intention to create twenty-two new
members of the College of Cardinals, on 18 February, in what will be the
fourth consistory of his pontificate.
In its announcement the Office of Liturgical Celebrations explains that
the liturgical reform which began with Vatican Council II also covered the
rites for imposing the biretta and assigning a title to new cardinals during
consistories, and that the modified form of the celebration was first used
by Paul VI in April 1969. In preparing those new rites the main criterion
adopted was that of giving a liturgical setting to a process which, of
itself, is not part of the liturgy. The creation of new cardinals had to be
inserted into a context of prayer, while at the same time avoiding anything
that could give rise to the idea of a "cardinalatial Sacrament".
Historically speaking, in fact, consistories have never been considered as a
liturgical rite but as a meeting of the Pope with cardinals as part of the
governance of the Church.
Bearing in mind these historical aspects, and in continuity with the
current form and main elements of consistories, the existing practice has
been reviewed and simplified. In the first place, the collect and concluding
prayer of the 1969 rite have been recouped, because they are particularly
rich and derive from the great Roman tradition of prayer. The two prayers,
in fact, speak explicitly of the powers the Lord gave to the Church, in
particular that of Peter. The Pope also prays directly for himself, that he
may carry out his duties well.
The proclamation of the Word of God will also take a shorter form, as used
in the 1969 rite, with a single Gospel reading (Mk 10, 32-45) which is the
same in the two rites. Finally, the consignment of the cardinalatial ring
will be integrated into a single rite. Prior to the 1969 reform, the red hat
was imposed during the public consistory, which was followed by a secret
consistory in which the ring was consigned and the title or diaconate
assigned. Nowadays the distinction between public and secret consistory is
no longer observed and it was deemed more coherent to bring the three phases
of the creation of new cardinals together into a single rite. What remains
unchanged is the following day's concelebration of Mass by the Pope and the
new cardinals, which begins with an expression of homage and gratitude
addressed to the Pope by the first of the new cardinals in the name of all
the others.
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ADEQUATE PASTORAL CARE FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
VATICAN CITY, 10 JAN 2012 (VIS) - The latest edition of the magazine
"Migranti Press" contains an article by Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio,
president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant Peoples, for the forthcoming World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
The Day is to be celebrated on Sunday 15 January under the theme:
"Migrations and New Evangelisation".
Archbishop Veglio highlights the fact that the phenomenon of migration,
which involves many different individuals and peoples with their various
social, cultural and religious characteristics, is "a process which opens
unique opportunities for evangelisation. It offers Christian communities the
chance to bear witness to Jesus Christ, especially through respectful
dialogue and the concrete witness of solidarity. Migrants can also reawaken
drowsy Christian consciences, calling people to a more coherent Christian
life".
For this reason the Holy Father's Message for the World Day of Migrants
and Refugees "invites us to ensure that migrants are given adequate pastoral
care. Thus they may remain firm in their faith, coherent in their Christian
life and powerful witnesses of the Gospel, in order to become authentic
announcers of the evangelical 'kerygma'".
Referring to the Pope's Message, Archbishop Veglio notes that "the mass
media, because of the immediate impact they have on public opinion, must
seriously undertake to supply correct and ample information, avoiding
demagogic terminology which is offensive to the image of forced migrants.
The contribution of the media is necessary in order to make society aware of
new situations, and of the real violations of refugees' rights".
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