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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
ANNO XXII - N° 44
DATA 27-02-2012
Summary:
- SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF THE POPE AND THE ROMAN CURIA
- LENT: PRAYER, PENANCE AND CHARITY TO RENEW OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
- MARRIAGE, THE ONLY WORTHY "PLACE" IN WHICH TO PRODUCE CHILDREN
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF THE POPE AND THE ROMAN CURIA
Vatican City, 26 February 2012 (VIS) - The Pope and the Roman Curia began
their annual spiritual exercises this evening, the first Sunday of Lent.
This year's meditations are being directed by Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo
Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, who will focus
on the theme of "the communion of Christians with God".
The exercises are being held in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel of the
Vatican's Apostolic Palace, and will come to an end on Saturday 3 March.
During the retreat all audiences are suspended, including the weekly general
audience of Wednesday 29 February.
___________________________________________________________
LENT: PRAYER, PENANCE AND CHARITY TO RENEW OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Vatican City, 26 February 2012 (VIS) - In his reflections before praying the
Angelus this morning with faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Benedict
XVI commented on the Gospel reading from this Sunday's liturgy, St. Mark's
narrative of the
temptation of Jesus in the wilderness.
"The Lord chose to undergo the attack of the tempter so as to defend us with
His help and instruct us with His example", said the Holy Father quoting a
text written by St. Leo the Great. This episode teaches us that man is never
free from temptation,
but we can become stronger than any enemy "by following the Lord every day
with patience and humility, learning to build our lives not without Him or as
if He did not exist, but in Him and with Him, because He is the source of true
life. The temptation
to remove God, to regulate ourselves and the world counting only on our own
abilities, has always been present in the history of man", the Pope said.
In Christ, God addresses man "in an unexpected way, with a closeness that is
unique, tangible and full of love. God became incarnate and entered man's
world in order to take sin upon Himself, to overcome evil and to bring man
back into God's world. But
His announcement was accompanied by a request to respond to such a great gift.
Indeed, Jesus said "repent, and believe in the good news'. This is an
invitation to have faith in God and to convert every day of our lives to His
will, orienting our every
action and our every thought towards what is good. The period of Lent is a
good time to renew and strengthen our relationship with God through daily
prayer, acts of penance and works of fraternal charity".
Following the Angelus the Pope greeted pilgrims in a number of different
languages, asking them to pray for him as he and the Roman Curia retire for
their Lenten spiritual exercises, which begin this evening.
___________________________________________________________
MARRIAGE, THE ONLY WORTHY "PLACE" IN WHICH TO PRODUCE CHILDREN
Vatican City, 25 February 2012 (VIS) - At midday today, the Holy Father
received 200 scientists and members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, which
is currently celebrating its eighteenth general assembly on the theme: "The
diagnosis and treatment of
infertility". This subject, said the Pope, "has particular scientific
importance, and is an expression of the concrete possibility of fruitful
dialogue between ethics and biomedical research".
"Research into diagnosis and therapy is the most scientifically correct
approach to the question of infertility, as well as being the most respectful
of the human condition of the people involved", said Benedict XVI. "Indeed,
the union of a man and a
woman, in that community of love and life which is marriage, represents the
only worthy 'place' for a new human being to be called into existence".
The Pope explained how "the human and Christian dignity of procreation does
not lie in a 'product', but in its bond with the conjugal act: that expression
of the spouses' love for one another, that union which is not only biological
but also spiritual.
... An infertile couple's legitimate aspirations to become parents must
therefore, with the help of science, find a response which is fully respectful
of their dignity as people and as spouses". Yet, the Holy Father said, the
field of human procreation
seems to be dominated "by scientism and the logic of profit", which often
"restrict many other areas of research.
"The Church is attentive to the suffering of infertile couples", he added,
"and her concern for them is what leads her to encourage medical research.
Science, nonetheless, is not always capable of responding to the needs of many
couples, and so I would
like to remind those who are experiencing infertility that their matrimonial
vocation is not thereby frustrated. By virtue of their baptismal and
matrimonial vocation, spouses are always called to collaborate with God in the
creation of a new humanity.
The vocation to love, in fact, is a vocation of self-giving and this is
something which no bodily condition can impede. Therefore, when science cannot
provide an answer, the light-giving response comes from Christ".
Benedict XVI invited the participants in the general assembly to continue to
develop "a science which is intellectually honest and dedicated to the
continual search for the good of mankind. ... Indifference towards truth and
goodness is a dangerous
threat to authentic scientific progress", he warned. In conclusion, the Pope
encouraged his audience to dialogue with faith because "it was Christian
culture - rooted in the affirmation of the existence of Truth, and the
intelligibility of reality in
the light of Supreme Truth - which enabled modern scientific knowledge to
develop in mediaeval Europe, a knowledge which in earlier cultures had
remained in the bud".
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 25 February 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for
Bishops, accompanied by Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary of the same
congregation.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 25 February 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Arrigo Miglio of Ivrea, Italy, as archbishop of Cagliari
(area 4,041, population 572,615, Catholics 567,615, priests 247, permanent
deacons 37, religious 919), Italy. He succeeds Archbishop Giuseppe Mani, whose
resignation from the
pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having
reached the age limit.
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of
Medellin, Colombia, presented by Bishop Gilberto Jimenez Narvaez, upon having
reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop John F. Du of Dumaguete, Philippines, as metropolitan
archbishop of Palo (area 4,620, population 1,762,000, Catholics 1,362,000,
priests 161, religious 191), Philippines.
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE ANNO XXII - N° 44DATA 27-02-2012
Summary: - SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF THE POPE
AND THE ROMAN CURIA -
LENT: PRAYER, PENANCE AND CHARITY TO RENEW OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD -
MARRIAGE, THE ONLY WORTHY "PLACE" IN WHICH TO PRODUCE CHILDREN -
AUDIENCES - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS ___________________________________________________________
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF THE POPE AND THE ROMAN CURIA
Vatican City, 26 February 2012 (VIS) - The Pope and the Roman Curia began
their annual spiritual exercises this evening, the first Sunday of Lent.
This year's meditations are being directed by Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo
Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, who will focus
on the theme of "the communion of Christians with God".
The exercises are being held in the "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel of the
Vatican's Apostolic Palace, and will come to an end on Saturday 3 March.
During the retreat all audiences are suspended, including the weekly general
audience of Wednesday 29
February.
LENT: PRAYER, PENANCE AND CHARITY TO RENEW OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Vatican City, 26 February 2012 (VIS) - In his reflections before praying
the Angelus this morning with faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square,
Benedict XVI commented on the Gospel reading from this Sunday's liturgy, St.
Mark's narrative of the
temptation of Jesus in the wilderness.
"The Lord chose to undergo the attack of the tempter so as to defend us
with His help and instruct us with His example", said the Holy Father quoting
a text written by St. Leo the Great. This episode teaches us that man is never
free from temptation,
but we can become stronger than any enemy "by following the Lord every day
with patience and humility, learning to build our lives not without Him or as
if He did not exist, but in Him and with Him, because He is the source of true
life. The temptation
to remove God, to regulate ourselves and the world counting only on our own
abilities, has always been present in the history of man", the Pope said.
In Christ, God addresses man "in an unexpected way, with a closeness that
is unique, tangible and full of love. God became incarnate and entered man's
world in order to take sin upon Himself, to overcome evil and to bring man
back into God's world.
But His announcement was accompanied by a request to respond to such a great
gift. Indeed, Jesus said "repent, and believe in the good news'. This is an
invitation to have faith in God and to convert every day of our lives to His
will, orienting our
every action and our every thought towards what is good. The period of Lent is
a good time to renew and strengthen our relationship with God through daily
prayer, acts of penance and works of fraternal charity".
Following the Angelus the Pope greeted pilgrims in a number of different
languages, asking them to pray for him as he and the Roman Curia retire for
their Lenten spiritual exercises, which begin this evening.
MARRIAGE, THE ONLY WORTHY "PLACE" IN WHICH TO PRODUCE CHILDREN
Vatican City, 25 February 2012 (VIS) - At midday today, the Holy Father
received 200 scientists and members of the Pontifical Academy for Life, which
is currently celebrating its eighteenth general assembly on the theme: "The
diagnosis and treatment
of infertility". This subject, said the Pope, "has particular scientific
importance, and is an expression of the concrete possibility of fruitful
dialogue between ethics and biomedical research".
"Research into diagnosis and therapy is the most scientifically correct
approach to the question of infertility, as well as being the most respectful
of the human condition of the people involved", said Benedict XVI. "Indeed,
the union of a man and a
woman, in that community of love and life which is marriage, represents the
only worthy 'place' for a new human being to be called into existence".
The Pope explained how "the human and Christian dignity of procreation does
not lie in a 'product', but in its bond with the conjugal act: that expression
of the spouses' love for one another, that union which is not only biological
but also
spiritual. ... An infertile couple's legitimate aspirations to become parents
must therefore, with the help of science, find a response which is fully
respectful of their dignity as people and as spouses". Yet, the Holy Father
said, the field of human
procreation seems to be dominated "by scientism and the logic of profit",
which often "restrict many other areas of research.
"The Church is attentive to the suffering of infertile couples", he added,
"and her concern for them is what leads her to encourage medical research.
Science, nonetheless, is not always capable of responding to the needs of many
couples, and so I
would like to remind those who are experiencing infertility that their
matrimonial vocation is not thereby frustrated. By virtue of their baptismal
and matrimonial vocation, spouses are always called to collaborate with God in
the creation of a new
humanity. The vocation to love, in fact, is a vocation of self-giving and this
is something which no bodily condition can impede. Therefore, when science
cannot provide an answer, the light-giving response comes from Christ".
Benedict XVI invited the participants in the general assembly to continue
to develop "a science which is intellectually honest and dedicated to the
continual search for the good of mankind. ... Indifference towards truth and
goodness is a dangerous
threat to authentic scientific progress", he warned. In conclusion, the Pope
encouraged his audience to dialogue with faith because "it was Christian
culture - rooted in the affirmation of the existence of Truth, and the
intelligibility of reality in
the light of Supreme Truth - which enabled modern scientific knowledge to
develop in mediaeval Europe, a knowledge which in earlier cultures had
remained in the bud".
Vatican City, 25 February 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for
Bishops, accompanied by Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary of the same
congregation.
Vatican City, 25 February 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Arrigo Miglio of Ivrea, Italy, as archbishop of Cagliari
(area 4,041, population 572,615, Catholics 567,615, priests 247, permanent
deacons 37, religious 919), Italy. He succeeds Archbishop Giuseppe Mani, whose
resignation from the
pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having
reached the age limit.
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese
of Medellin, Colombia, presented by Bishop Gilberto Jimenez Narvaez, upon
having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop John F. Du of Dumaguete, Philippines, as metropolitan
archbishop of Palo (area 4,620, population 1,762,000, Catholics 1,362,000,
priests 161, religious 191), Philippines.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
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/italinde.php
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