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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 70
DATE 03-04-2012
Summary:
- CHRISTIANS AND BUDDHISTS: INCREASING DIALOGUE THROUGH EDUCATION
- RITE FOR THE BLESSING OF A CHILD IN THE WOMB
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
CHRISTIANS AND BUDDHISTS: INCREASING DIALOGUE THROUGH EDUCATION
Vatican City, 3 April 2012 (VIS) - Made public today was the annual Message to
Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh, issued by the Pontifical Council for
Inter-religious Dialogue. The message is signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
and Archbishop Pier
Luigi Celata, respectively president and secretary of the council.
Vesakh is the main Buddhist feast and commemorates the three fundamental
moments in the life of Gautama Buddha. According to tradition, the historical
Buddha was born, achieved enlightenment and passed away during the full moon
of the month of May. Thus
Vesakh is a mobile feast which this year falls on 5 and 6 May, while in China
it is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month of the Chinese
calendar, which this year corresponds to 28 April. On those days, Buddhists
decorate their houses with
flowers and perfume them with incense, visit local temples and listen to the
teaching of the monks.
This year's message is entitled: "Christians and Buddhists: Sharing
Responsibility for Educating the Young Generation on Justice and Peace through
Inter-religious Dialogue": Extracts from the English-language version of the
text are given below.
"Today, more and more in classrooms all over the world, students belonging to
various religions and beliefs sit side-by-side, learning with one another and
from one another. This diversity gives rise to challenges and sparks deeper
reflection on the
need to educate young people to respect and understand the religious beliefs
and practices of others, to grow in knowledge of their own, to advance
together as responsible human beings and to be ready to join hands with those
of other religions to
resolve conflicts and to promote friendship, justice, peace and authentic
human development.
"With His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, we acknowledge that true education can
support an openness to the transcendent as well as to those around us. Where
education is a reality there is an opportunity for dialogue, for
inter-relatedness and for
receptive listening to the other. In such an atmosphere, young people sense
that they are appreciated for who they are and for what they are able to
contribute; they learn how to grow in appreciation of their brothers and
sisters whose beliefs and
practices are different from their own. When that happens there will be joy in
being persons of solidarity and compassion called to build a just and
fraternal society giving thus hope for the future.
"As Buddhists you pass on to young people the wisdom regarding the need to
refrain from harming others and to live lives of generosity and compassion, a
practice to be esteemed and recognised as a precious gift to society. This is
one concrete way in
which religion contributes to educating the young generation, sharing the
responsibility and cooperating with others.
"As a matter of fact, young people are an asset for all societies. By their
genuineness, they encourage us to find an answer to the most fundamental
questions about life and death, justice and peace, the meaning of suffering,
and the reasons for hope.
Thus they help us to progress in our pilgrimage towards Truth. By their
dynamism, as builders of the future, they put pressure on us to destroy all
the walls which unfortunately still separate us. By their questioning they
nurture the dialogue between
religions and cultures.
"Dear friends, we join our hearts to yours and pray that together we will be
able to guide the young people by our example and teaching to become
instruments of justice and peace. Let us share the common responsibility we
have towards the present and
future generations, nurturing them to be peaceful and to be peace makers".
___________________________________________________________
RITE FOR THE BLESSING OF A CHILD IN THE WOMB
Vatican City, 3 April 2012 (VIS) - Beginning in the second week of May when
many countries around the world celebrate Mother's Day, the text of the "Rite
for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb", having received the approval of the
Holy See, will be
made available in parishes throughout the United States. The announcement was
made recently in a note issued by the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops informing the faithful that the the text - printed in both English and
Spanish - has
received the "recognitio" of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the
Discipline of the Sacraments.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and chairman of
the episcopal conference's Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has explained
that the blessing was prepared to "support parents awaiting the birth of their
child, to encourage
parish prayers for and recognition of the precious gift of the child in the
womb, and to foster respect for human life within society". The blessing may
be imparted either during the liturgy or outside of Mass and the text will
eventually be included in
the Book of Blessings, after it has been revised.
The blessing of unborn children was promoted by Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz
of Louisville. When bishop of Knoxville he had asked the Committee on Pro-Life
Activities to see whether a blessing existed for a child in the womb. When
none was found, the
committee began preparing a text which was presented to the Divine Worship
Committee in March 2008. In November of the same year the full body of bishops
approved the prayer and it was sent to the Holy See for the "recognitio".
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 3 April 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Jose Carlos Cabrero Romero of Zacatecas, Mexico, as
archbishop of San Luis Potosi (area 19,428, population 1,925,000, Catholics
1,845,000, priests 264, permanent deacons 10, religious 985), Mexico. He
succeeds Archbishop Luis Morales
Reyes, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Castor Oswaldo Azuaje Perez O.C.D., auxiliary of Maracaibo,
Venezuela, as bishop of Trujillo (area 7,400, population 788,000, Catholics
746,000, priests 117, permanent deacons 23, religious 93), Venezuela. He
succeeds Bishop Vicente
Ramon Hernandez Pena, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 70DATE 03-04-2012
Summary: - CHRISTIANS AND BUDDHISTS:
INCREASING DIALOGUE THROUGH
EDUCATION - RITE FOR THE BLESSING OF A CHILD IN THE WOMB - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
CHRISTIANS AND BUDDHISTS: INCREASING DIALOGUE THROUGH EDUCATION
Vatican City, 3 April 2012 (VIS) - Made public today was the annual Message
to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh, issued by the Pontifical Council for
Inter-religious Dialogue. The message is signed by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
and Archbishop Pier
Luigi Celata, respectively president and secretary of the council.
Vesakh is the main Buddhist feast and commemorates the three fundamental
moments in the life of Gautama Buddha. According to tradition, the historical
Buddha was born, achieved enlightenment and passed away during the full moon
of the month of May.
Thus Vesakh is a mobile feast which this year falls on 5 and 6 May, while in
China it is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month of the Chinese
calendar, which this year corresponds to 28 April. On those days, Buddhists
decorate their houses
with flowers and perfume them with incense, visit local temples and listen to
the teaching of the monks.
This year's message is entitled: "Christians and Buddhists: Sharing
Responsibility for Educating the Young Generation on Justice and Peace through
Inter-religious Dialogue": Extracts from the English-language version of the
text are given below.
"Today, more and more in classrooms all over the world, students belonging
to various religions and beliefs sit side-by-side, learning with one another
and from one another. This diversity gives rise to challenges and sparks
deeper reflection on the
need to educate young people to respect and understand the religious beliefs
and practices of others, to grow in knowledge of their own, to advance
together as responsible human beings and to be ready to join hands with those
of other religions to
resolve conflicts and to promote friendship, justice, peace and authentic
human development.
"With His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, we acknowledge that true education
can support an openness to the transcendent as well as to those around us.
Where education is a reality there is an opportunity for dialogue, for
inter-relatedness and for
receptive listening to the other. In such an atmosphere, young people sense
that they are appreciated for who they are and for what they are able to
contribute; they learn how to grow in appreciation of their brothers and
sisters whose beliefs and
practices are different from their own. When that happens there will be joy in
being persons of solidarity and compassion called to build a just and
fraternal society giving thus hope for the future.
"As Buddhists you pass on to young people the wisdom regarding the need to
refrain from harming others and to live lives of generosity and compassion, a
practice to be esteemed and recognised as a precious gift to society. This is
one concrete way in
which religion contributes to educating the young generation, sharing the
responsibility and cooperating with others.
"As a matter of fact, young people are an asset for all societies. By their
genuineness, they encourage us to find an answer to the most fundamental
questions about life and death, justice and peace, the meaning of suffering,
and the reasons for
hope. Thus they help us to progress in our pilgrimage towards Truth. By their
dynamism, as builders of the future, they put pressure on us to destroy all
the walls which unfortunately still separate us. By their questioning they
nurture the dialogue
between religions and cultures.
"Dear friends, we join our hearts to yours and pray that together we will
be able to guide the young people by our example and teaching to become
instruments of justice and peace. Let us share the common responsibility we
have towards the present and
future generations, nurturing them to be peaceful and to be peace makers".
Vatican City, 3 April 2012 (VIS) - Beginning in the second week of May when
many countries around the world celebrate Mother's Day, the text of the "Rite
for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb", having received the approval of the
Holy See, will be
made available in parishes throughout the United States. The announcement was
made recently in a note issued by the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops informing the faithful that the the text - printed in both English and
Spanish - has
received the "recognitio" of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the
Discipline of the Sacraments.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and chairman of
the episcopal conference's Committee on Pro-Life Activities, has explained
that the blessing was prepared to "support parents awaiting the birth of their
child, to encourage
parish prayers for and recognition of the precious gift of the child in the
womb, and to foster respect for human life within society". The blessing may
be imparted either during the liturgy or outside of Mass and the text will
eventually be included in
the Book of Blessings, after it has been revised.
The blessing of unborn children was promoted by Archbishop Joseph Edward
Kurtz of Louisville. When bishop of Knoxville he had asked the Committee on
Pro-Life Activities to see whether a blessing existed for a child in the womb.
When none was found,
the committee began preparing a text which was presented to the Divine Worship
Committee in March 2008. In November of the same year the full body of bishops
approved the prayer and it was sent to the Holy See for the "recognitio".
Vatican City, 3 April 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Jose Carlos Cabrero Romero of Zacatecas, Mexico, as
archbishop of San Luis Potosi (area 19,428, population 1,925,000, Catholics
1,845,000, priests 264, permanent deacons 10, religious 985), Mexico. He
succeeds Archbishop Luis
Morales Reyes, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Castor Oswaldo Azuaje Perez O.C.D., auxiliary of
Maracaibo, Venezuela, as bishop of Trujillo (area 7,400, population 788,000,
Catholics 746,000, priests 117, permanent deacons 23, religious 93),
Venezuela. He succeeds Bishop
Vicente Ramon Hernandez Pena, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the
same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
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