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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 91
DATE 10-05-2012
Summary:
- JEWS AND CATHOLICS: DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND COOPERATION
- ST. JOHN OF AVILA, SOON TO BE A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
- PRESENTATION OF THE FIFTIETH INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
- DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
JEWS AND CATHOLICS: DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND COOPERATION
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican Benedict XVI
welcomed a delegation from the Latin American Jewish Congress, "the first
group representing Jewish organisations and communities in Latin America which
I have met here in the
Vatican", the Pope said. He went on to recall that "dynamic Jewish communities
exist throughout Latin America, especially in Argentina and Brazil, living
alongside a large Catholic majority. Beginning with the years of Vatican
Council II relations
between Jews and Catholics have become stronger, also in your own region, and
various initiatives are afoot to make our mutual friendship deeper".
The Holy Father reaffirmed that the Vatican Council II Declaration "Nostra
aetate" continues "to be the basis and the guide for our efforts towards
promoting greater understanding, respect and cooperation between our
communities. The Declaration not
only took up a clear position against all forms anti-Semitism, but also laid
the foundations for a new theological evaluation of the Church’s
relationship with Judaism, expressing the confidence that an appreciation of
the spiritual heritage that
Jews and Christians share will lead to increasing understanding and esteem".
"In considering the progress made in the last fifty years of Jewish-Catholic
relations throughout the world, we cannot but give thanks to the Almighty for
this evident sign of His goodness and providence. Thanks to the increase of
trust, respect and
goodwill, groups whose relations were originally characterised by a certain
lack of trust, have little by little become faithful partners and friends,
even good friends, capable of facing crises together and overcoming conflicts
in a positive manner. Of
course there is still a great deal to be done to shake off the burdens of the
past, to foment better relations between our communities and to respond to the
increasing challenges believers have to face in the modern world. Nonetheless,
the fact that we
are jointly committed to a path of dialogue, reconciliation and cooperation is
a reason for thanksgiving".
"In a world increasingly threatened by the loss of spiritual and moral values
- the values that can guarantee respect for human dignity and lasting peace -
sincere and respectful dialogue among religions and cultures is crucial for
the future of our
human family. I hope that your visit today will be a source of encouragement
and renewed trust when we come to face the challenge of forming stronger ties
of friendship and collaboration, and of bearing prophetic witness to the power
of God's truth,
justice and love, for the good of all humanity", the Holy Father concluded.
___________________________________________________________
ST. JOHN OF AVILA, SOON TO BE A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - "I am very happy to receive you on this day
on which you are commemorating fifty years at the current site of the
Pontifical Spanish College of St. Joseph, and on the liturgical memory of St.
John of Avila, patron of
the Spanish secular clergy whom I will soon declare a Doctor of the universal
Church", said Benedict XVI to students, rectors superiors and religious of
that Roman seminary whom he received in audience this morning.
"The formation of priests is always one of the Church's most important
priorities", the Pope went on. "Having been sent to Rome to continue your
priestly studies you must concentrate, not so much on your own individual
good, as on serving the holy
people of God, who need pastors who commit themselves to the service of
sanctifying the faithful with ability and competence. ... Remember, however,
that the priest renews his own life and draws strength for his ministry
through contemplating the Divine
Word, and through intense dialogue with the Lord. He is aware that he cannot
bring his brothers and sisters to Christ, nor see Him in the poor and the
sick, unless he first discovers Him in fervent and constant prayer. ... The
path of priestly formation
is also a school of missionary communion: with Peter's Successor, with your
bishop and with your fellow priests, and always at the service of the
particular and the universal Church".
"Dear priests, may the life and doctrine of the Holy Master St. John of Avila
illuminate and support you during your stay at the Pontifical Spanish College
of St. Joseph. His profound knowledge of Holy Scripture, the Fathers, the
Councils, liturgy and
sound theology, accompanied by his faithful and filial love for the Church,
made him a true renovator at a difficult time in ecclesiastical history". Pope
Benedict went on to quote words pronounced by Paul VI when he canonised that
Spanish saint in
1970. "His was a far-sighted and ardent spirit which, in addition to
denouncing evils and suggesting canonical remedies, also cultivated a school
of intense spirituality"
"The teaching of the Apostle of Andalucia focuses on the mystery of Christ,
Priest and Good Shepherd, experienced in harmony with the Lord's own
sentiments and in imitation of St. Paul. ... I invite you, then, to exercise
your priestly ministry with the
same apostolic zeal that characterised him, with the same austerity of life,
and with the same filial affection as he had for the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Mother of priests", the Holy Father concluded.
___________________________________________________________
PRESENTATION OF THE FIFTIETH INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - "The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and
with one another" is the theme of the fiftieth International Eucharistic
Congress, due to be held in the Irish capital Dublin from 10 to 17 June. The
initiative was presented
this morning in the Holy See Press Office by Archbishop Piero Marini,
president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic
Congresses; Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, and Fr. Vittore Boccardi
S.S.S. of the secretariat of the
Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.
"The Roman Ritual 'De sacra Communione et de cultu mysterii eucharistici extra
Missam' establishes what an International Eucharistic Congress actually is",
Archbishop Marini explained. That document, "enacting the principles of
Vatican Council II,
defines the Congress as a 'statio orbis'; in other words, a 'a pause for
commitment and prayer to which a particular community invites the universal
Church'. During that time the celebration of the Eucharist becomes the centre
and vertex of all forms of
piety, ... of theological and pastoral reflections, of social commitment".
"By a noteworthy coincidence", the archbishop went on, "the fiftieth
International Eucharistic Congress of Dublin coincides with the fiftieth
anniversary of the opening of Vatican Council II; and it is to the Council
that the Congress will refer because
the theme chosen - 'The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another
- has been taken from paragraph 7 of the Dogmatic Constitution 'Lumen
gentium'. That theme reminds the baptised that it is by participating in the
Eucharist that we construct
communion with Christ and, at the same time, with one another; in other words,
the most authentic face of the Church. ... Progressive emphasis on the
ecclesiology of communion 'according to which the Eucharist has a causal
influence at the very origins
of the Church', is replete with pastoral, ecclesial and ecumenical
consequences, which will be studied in Dublin at a theological symposium to be
held before the Congress".
Archbishop Marini explained that the event will be attended by thousands of
faithful from all over the world who, apart from celebrating the Eucharist
together, will pray and participate in a number of processions, eighteen
general conferences and 150
workshops and discussion groups, examining important religious themes and
experiencing "authentic ecclesial solidarity".
For his part Archbishop Martin recalled that Dublin had also hosted the
thirty-first International Eucharistic Congress in 1932. "The Church in
Ireland in 1932 was very different to the Church in Ireland today", he said.
"The Eucharistic Congress must
address its participants in the context of the culture in which they live". In
2012 it must "reflect and present the Church in Ireland, a Church which has
faced and continues to face enormous challenges, but a Church which is alive,
energetic and
anxious to start a journey of renewal.
"There are divisions within the Irish Church", he added, "sometimes unhealthy
divisions. I believe it is helpful to look back to 1932 and to Irish society
of the time, which less than a decade previously had been lacerated by a harsh
civil war lasting
two years. It is a fact of great honour to my predecessor Archbishop Edward
Byrne that he celebrated the Congress as a moment of reconciliation and
rediscovered unity. For the first time in the newly independent Ireland, men
and woman on both sides of a
bitter divide met to work together on a shared project. The Eucharist has the
power to reconcile. Communion with Christ nourishes communion and
reconciliation with others".
Archbishop Martin went on: "The fiftieth International Eucharistic Congress of
Dublin will again be a moment of renewal and reconciliation; an event
reawakening awareness among all Catholics of the central place of the
Eucharist in the life of the
Church, the true summit to which all Church activities strive, the source
whence all Church life pours forth". The Congress will remind the Church in
Ireland "of the centrality of spiritual renewal and of the significance of the
Church as the Body of
Christ", he said.
The archbishop of Dublin also announced that the Congress will have an
ecumenical aspect, with the participation of other Christian Churches in
Ireland. The event will conclude in Croke Park on 17 June with a Mass
celebrated by Cardinal Marc Ouellet
P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and pontifical delegate to the
Congress. During the Mass a televised message from the Pope will be broadcast.
___________________________________________________________
DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience
Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints. During the audience he extended the liturgical cult of St. Hildegard
of Bingen (1089-1179)
to the universal Church, inscribing her in the catalogue of saints. He also
authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:
MIRACLES
- Servant of God Tommaso da Olera (ne Tommaso Acerbis), Italian professed
layman of the Order of St. Benedict (1563-1631).
- Servant of God Maria Troncatti, Italian professed sister of the Congregation
of the Daughters of Our Lady of Help (1883-1969).
MARTYRDOM
- Servants of Gods Frederic Bachstein and thirteen companions of the Order of
Friars Minor, killed in hatred of the faith at Prague, Czech Republic in 1611.
- Servants of God Raimundo Castano Gonzalez and Jose Maria Gonzalez Solis,
professed priests of the Order of Friars Preachers, killed in hatred of the
faith at Bilbao, Spain in 1936.
- Servants of God Jaime Puig Mirosa and eighteen companions of the
Congregation of the Sons of the Sacred Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and
Sebastian Llorens Telarroja, layman, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain
between 1936 and 1937.
- Servant of God Odoardo Focherini, Italian layman, killed in hatred of the
faith at Hersbruck, Germany in 1944.
HEROIC VIRTUES
- Servant of God Raffaello Delle Nocche, Italian bishop of Tricarico and
founder of the Sisters Disciples of the Eucharistic Jesus (1877-1960).
- Servant of God Frederic Irenej Baraga, Slovene American, first bishop of
Marquette (1797-1868).
- Servant of God Pasquale Uva, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the
Congregation of Sisters Handmaidens of Divine Providence (1883-1955).
- Servant of God Baltazar Manuel Pardal Vidal, Spanish diocesan priest and
founder of the Secular Institute of the Daughters of Mary's Nativity
(1886-1963).
- Servant of God Francesco Di Paola Victor, Brazilian diocesan priest
(1827-1905).
- Servant of God Jacques Sevin, French professed priest of the Society of
Jesus (Jesuits) and founder of the Catholic Scouts of France and of the
Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem (1882-1951).
- Servant of God Maria Josefa of the Blessed Sacrament (nee Maria Josefa Recio
Martin), founder of the Congregation of Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus (1846-1883).
- Servant of God Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, American professed sister of the
Congregation of the Sisters of Chraity of St. Elizabeth (1901-1927).
- Servant of God Emilia Engel, German member of the Secular Institute of
Sisters of Maria of Schonstatt, (1893-1955).
- Servant of God Rachele Ambrosini, Italian lay woman (1925-1941).
- Servant of God Maria Bolognesi, Italian lay woman (1924-1980).
On 14 March, the Supreme Pontiff authorised the Congregation for the Causes of
Saints to promulgate the decree regarding the heroic virtues of Servant of God
Felix Francisco Jose de la Concepcion Varela Morales, Cuban diocesan priest
(1788-1853).
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Jose Roberto Ospina Leongomez, auxiliary of Bogota,
Colombia, as bishop of Buga (area 3,997, population 626,000, Catholics
563,000, priests 107, permanent deacons 3, religious 160), Colombia. He
succeeds Bishop Hernan Giraldo
Jaramillo, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Bishop Andrew Yeom Soo jung, auxiliary and vicar general of the
archdiocese of Seoul, Korea, as archbishop of the same archdiocese (area 606,
population 10,575,446, Catholics 1,417,695, priests 905, religious 2,380). He
succeeds Cardinal
Nicholas Cheong Jinsuk, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 91DATE 10-05-2012
Summary: - JEWS AND CATHOLICS: DIALOGUE,
RECONCILIATION AND
COOPERATION - ST. JOHN OF AVILA, SOON TO BE A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
- PRESENTATION OF THE FIFTIETH INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS -
DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS - OTHER PONTIFICAL
ACTS ___________________________________________________________
JEWS AND CATHOLICS: DIALOGUE, RECONCILIATION AND COOPERATION
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican Benedict XVI
welcomed a delegation from the Latin American Jewish Congress, "the first
group representing Jewish organisations and communities in Latin America which
I have met here in the
Vatican", the Pope said. He went on to recall that "dynamic Jewish communities
exist throughout Latin America, especially in Argentina and Brazil, living
alongside a large Catholic majority. Beginning with the years of Vatican
Council II relations
between Jews and Catholics have become stronger, also in your own region, and
various initiatives are afoot to make our mutual friendship deeper".
The Holy Father reaffirmed that the Vatican Council II Declaration "Nostra
aetate" continues "to be the basis and the guide for our efforts towards
promoting greater understanding, respect and cooperation between our
communities. The Declaration not
only took up a clear position against all forms anti-Semitism, but also laid
the foundations for a new theological evaluation of the Church’s
relationship with Judaism, expressing the confidence that an appreciation of
the spiritual heritage that
Jews and Christians share will lead to increasing understanding and
esteem".
"In considering the progress made in the last fifty years of
ewish-Catholic relations throughout the world, we cannot but give thanks to
the Almighty for this evident sign of His goodness and providence. Thanks to
the increase of trust, respect and
goodwill, groups whose relations were originally characterised by a certain
lack of trust, have little by little become faithful partners and friends,
even good friends, capable of facing crises together and overcoming conflicts
in a positive manner. Of
course there is still a great deal to be done to shake off the burdens of the
past, to foment better relations between our communities and to respond to the
increasing challenges believers have to face in the modern world. Nonetheless,
the fact that we
are jointly committed to a path of dialogue, reconciliation and cooperation is
a reason for thanksgiving".
"In a world increasingly threatened by the loss of spiritual and moral
values - the values that can guarantee respect for human dignity and lasting
peace - sincere and respectful dialogue among religions and cultures is
crucial for the future of our
human family. I hope that your visit today will be a source of encouragement
and renewed trust when we come to face the challenge of forming stronger ties
of friendship and collaboration, and of bearing prophetic witness to the power
of God's truth,
justice and love, for the good of all humanity", the Holy Father concluded.
ST. JOHN OF AVILA, SOON TO BE A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - "I am very happy to receive you on this
day on which you are commemorating fifty years at the current site of the
Pontifical Spanish College of St. Joseph, and on the liturgical memory of St.
John of Avila, patron of
the Spanish secular clergy whom I will soon declare a Doctor of the universal
Church", said Benedict XVI to students, rectors superiors and religious of
that Roman seminary whom he received in audience this morning.
"The formation of priests is always one of the Church's most important
priorities", the Pope went on. "Having been sent to Rome to continue your
priestly studies you must concentrate, not so much on your own individual
good, as on serving the holy
people of God, who need pastors who commit themselves to the service of
sanctifying the faithful with ability and competence. ... Remember, however,
that the priest renews his own life and draws strength for his ministry
through contemplating the Divine
Word, and through intense dialogue with the Lord. He is aware that he cannot
bring his brothers and sisters to Christ, nor see Him in the poor and the
sick, unless he first discovers Him in fervent and constant prayer. ... The
path of priestly formation
is also a school of missionary communion: with Peter's Successor, with your
bishop and with your fellow priests, and always at the service of the
particular and the universal Church".
"Dear priests, may the life and doctrine of the Holy Master St. John of
Avila illuminate and support you during your stay at the Pontifical Spanish
College of St. Joseph. His profound knowledge of Holy Scripture, the Fathers,
the Councils, liturgy
and sound theology, accompanied by his faithful and filial love for the
Church, made him a true renovator at a difficult time in ecclesiastical
history". Pope Benedict went on to quote words pronounced by Paul VI when he
canonised that Spanish saint in
1970. "His was a far-sighted and ardent spirit which, in addition to
denouncing evils and suggesting canonical remedies, also cultivated a school
of intense spirituality"
"The teaching of the Apostle of Andalucia focuses on the mystery of Christ,
Priest and Good Shepherd, experienced in harmony with the Lord's own
sentiments and in imitation of St. Paul. ... I invite you, then, to exercise
your priestly ministry with
the same apostolic zeal that characterised him, with the same austerity of
life, and with the same filial affection as he had for the Blessed Virgin
Mary, Mother of priests", the Holy Father concluded.
PRESENTATION OF THE FIFTIETH INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
Vatican City, 10 May 2012 (VIS) - "The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and
with one another" is the theme of the fiftieth International Eucharistic
Congress, due to be held in the Irish capital Dublin from 10 to 17 June. The
initiative was presented
this morning in the Holy See Press Office by Archbishop Piero Marini,
president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic
Congresses; Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, and Fr. Vittore Boccardi
S.S.S. of the secretariat of the
Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses.
"The Roman Ritual 'De sacra Communione et de cultu mysterii eucharistici
extra Missam' establishes what an International Eucharistic Congress actually
is", Archbishop Marini explained. That document, "enacting the principles of
Vatican Council II,
defines the Congress as a 'statio orbis'; in other words, a 'a pause for
commitment and prayer to which a particular community invites the universal
Church'. During that time the celebration of the Eucharist becomes the centre
and vertex of all forms of
piety, ... of theological and pastoral reflections, of social commitment".
"By a noteworthy coincidence", the archbishop went on, "the fiftieth
International Eucharistic Congress of Dublin coincides with the fiftieth
anniversary of the opening of Vatican Council II; and it is to the Council
that the Congress will refer
because the theme chosen - 'The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one
another - has been taken from paragraph 7 of the Dogmatic Constitution 'Lumen
gentium'. That theme reminds the baptised that it is by participating in the
Eucharist that we
construct communion with Christ and, at the same time, with one another; in
other words, the most authentic face of the Church. ... Progressive emphasis
on the ecclesiology of communion 'according to which the Eucharist has a
causal influence at the
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