Subject: VISnews 120113
Organization: VIS
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY SECOND YEAR - N. 10
ENGLISH
FRIDAY, 13 JANUARY 2012
SUMMARY:
- Pope Receives Inspectorate for Public Security in Vatican
- Feast of St. Anthony Abbot in the Vatican
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts
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POPE RECEIVES INSPECTORATE FOR PUBLIC SECURITY IN VATICAN
VATICAN CITY, 13 JAN 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI today received members of the
General Inspectorate for Public Security in the Vatican in a traditional
meeting that takes place every year in January for the exchange of New Year
greetings.
"Defending public order, especially in an area so heavily frequented by
tourists and pilgrims from all over the world, is no simple task", the Pope
remarked. "The See of Peter is the centre of Christianity, and many
Catholics wish to come here at least once in their lives to pray at the
tombs of the Apostles. The presence, both of the Holy See and of such large
numbers of cosmopolitan visitors who come to be at the heart of the Catholic
Church, is certainly not a problem for the city of Rome or for Italy as a
whole; rather, it is a source of richness and a reason to be proud".
"Unfortunately, the year that has just passed was marked by episodes of
violence and intolerance. In various parts of the world Christians have been
the target of vendettas and attacks, paying their adherence to Christ and
the Church with their lives. In my message for the World Day of Peace this
year, I underlined the importance of educating young people in justice and
peace, two terms much used in our world, though often inappropriately.
"Justice", the Holy Father added, "is not a mere human convention. When,
in the name of supposed justice, the criteria of utility, profit and
material possession come to dominate, the value and dignity of human beings
can be trampled underfoot. Justice is a virtue which guides the human will,
prompting us to give others what is due to them by reason of their existence
and their actions. Likewise, peace is not the mere absence of war, or the
result of man's actions to avoid conflict; it is, above all, a gift of God
which must be implored with faith, and which has the way to its fulfilment
in Jesus. True peace must be constructed day after day with compassion,
solidarity, fraternity and collaboration on everyone's part".
"As police men and women", the Holy Father told his audience, "always be
true promoters of justice and sincere builders of peace. Let us pray to the
Mother of God, Queen of Peace, to support our intentions and activities with
her maternal intercession. To her we entrust this year of 2012, that
everyone may live in mutual respect and strive after the common good, in the
hope that no act of violence will be committed in the name of God, supreme
guarantor of justice and peace".
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FEAST OF ST. ANTHONY ABBOT IN THE VATICAN
VATICAN CITY, 13 JAN 2012 (VIS) - Tuesday 17 January is the Feast of St.
Anthony Abbot, patron of livestock farmers and protector of animals. As in
other years, the Italian Association of Livestock Farmers (AIA) will hold
its traditional exhibition of farm animals in front of St. Peter's Square.
Mass for the farmers and their families will be celebrated in the Vatican
Basilica at 11 a.m., followed by a procession of horses in Via della
Conciliazione. Finally, Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of the papal
basilica of St. Peter's in the Vatican, vicar general of His Holiness for
Vatican City and president of the Fabric of St. Peter's, will impart a
blessing upon those present. It is expected that, as in previous years, many
Roman citizens will come with their pets to attend the event.
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AUDIENCES
VATICAN CITY, 13 JAN 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
- Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for
the Clergy.
- Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for
Social Communications.
- Archbishop-Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi - Nocera Umbra - Gualdo
Tadino. Italy.
This evening he is scheduled to receive in audience Cardinal William
Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, 13 JAN 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Pascal Wintzer, apostolic administrator of the
archdiocese of Poitiers, France, as archbishop of the same archdiocese (area
12,990, population 778,171, Catholics 659,000, priests 273, permanent
deacons 40, religious 493).
- Appointed Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj, auxiliary of Madras and
Myalpore, India, as bishop of Dharmapuri (area 8,327, population 2,999,731,
Catholics 54,316, priests 83, religious 307). India. He succeeds Bishop
Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj S.D.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care
of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.
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