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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 112
DATE 06-06-2012
Summary:
- WORLD MEETING IN MILAN: AN EPIPHANY OF THE FAMILY
- PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF ELIZABETH II
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
- NOTICE
___________________________________________________________
WORLD MEETING IN MILAN: AN EPIPHANY OF THE FAMILY
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI focused his catechesis during
this morning's general audience on his recent trip to Milan, his first
pastoral trip as Peter's Successor to that Italian archdiocese where he had
participated in the seventh
World Meeting of Families.
The Holy Father recalled the first stage of his journey, which had taken him
to Piazza del Duomo, heart and symbol of Milan, where he had exhorted the
hundreds of thousands gathered to greet him "to live the faith as part of
their individual and
community experience, their private and public life, so as to create a stable
and authentic 'well being' on the basis of the family, which must be
rediscovered as mankind's most important heritage".
That evening the Holy Father had attended a concert at the La Scala opera
house, in which "the notes of Beethoven's ninth symphony expressed that
aspiration to universality and fraternity which the Church tirelessly seeks by
announcing the Gospel; a
fraternity which bursts forth in the famous 'Hymn to Joy'". At the end of the
concert, he said, "I spoke of the contrast between this ideal and the dramatic
events of history, and of the need for a God Who is near, Who shares our
sufferings, as my
thoughts went to so many of our brothers and sisters who are suffering because
of the earthquake". Benedict XVI also recalled how he had spoken of the family
in the third millennium. "It is in families that we first experience how human
beings are not
created to live closed in themselves, but in relation with others. It is in
the family that the light of peace begins to burn in people's hearts, so as to
illuminate our world".
On Saturday, addressing priests, religious, seminarians and Church leaders in
the cathedral of Milan, the Pope had reaffirmed "the importance of celibacy
and consecrated virginity, which was to dear to the great St. Ambrose. ...
These are a luminous
sign of love for God and for our brothers and sisters, founded on an
increasingly intimate relationship with Christ in prayer and expressed in the
total gift of self".
Benedict XVI then went on to recall how, in the stadium of San Siro, he had
invited young people who had recently received or were about to receive the
Sacrament of Confirmation "to say their free and responsible 'yes' to the
Gospel of Jesus, and to
welcome the gifts of the Holy Spirit which mould them as Christians and enable
them to live the Gospel and to be active members of the community".
During his meeting with representatives of government, industry and the world
of culture, the Pope had emphasised the fact that "the legislation and
activities of State institutions must always be at the service of individuals,
safeguarding them in all
aspects, beginning with the right to life which must never be deliberately
suppressed, and reconsigning the specific identity of the family founded on
marriage between a man and a woman".
At the "Celebration of Witnesses" in Milan's Bresso Park the Holy Father had
responded to questions put to him by a number of families. "I wanted to
provide a sign of the open dialogue that exists between families and the
Church, between the world and
the Church", he said to the faithful at his general audience. "I was greatly
struck by the moving testimonies of couples and children from different
continents on the important issues of our day: the economic crisis, the
difficulty in reconciling work
and family, the spread of separation and divorce, and existential questions
which touch adults, young people and children alike. I wish to recall what I
have often said in the past in defence of family time, which is threatened by
the imposition of
work-related commitments. Sunday is the day of the Lord, the day of man, a day
in which everyone must be free, free for the family and free for God. By
defending Sunday we defend man's freedom".
At Mass on Sunday 3 June for the close of the seventh World Meeting of
Families, also celebrated in Bresso Park which "was transformed into a kind of
open-air cathedral", Benedict XVI had launched a "call to build ecclesial
communities increasingly
similar to families, capable of reflecting the beauty of the Blessed Trinity
and of evangelising not just with the word but by irradiation, with the power
of a love that is lived, because love is the only power that can transform the
world".
More than one million people had attended the gathering in Milan meeting which
was, the Holy Father concluded, "an 'epiphany' of the family. Families were
present in their many different forms, but also in that unicity which is their
fundamental
identity: a communion of love founded upon marriage and called to be a shrine
of life, a small Church, a cell of society. A message of hope went out from
Milan to the whole world, a message backed up by real experience that it is
possible and joyful,
though demanding, to experience a faithful love 'forever', open to life; it is
possible to participate as families in the mission of the Church and in the
construction of society. ... May the experience of Milan bring abundant fruits
to the Church and
favour increased attention to the cause of the family, which is the cause of
man and of civilisation".
___________________________________________________________
PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF ELIZABETH II
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - Made public today was a message sent by the
Holy Father to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom who is currently
celebrating her Diamond Jubilee (sixty years since she became monarch). The
English-language text
bears the date of 23 May.
"I write to offer my warmest congratulations to Your Majesty on the happy
occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of your reign. During the past sixty years you
have offered to your subjects and to the whole world an inspiring example of
dedication to duty and
a commitment to maintaining the principles of freedom, justice and democracy,
in keeping with a noble vision of the role of a Christian monarch.
"I retain warm memories of the gracious welcome accorded to me by Your Majesty
at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh at the beginning of my apostolic visit to the
United Kingdom in September 2010, and I renew my thanks for the hospitality
that I received
throughout those four days. Your personal commitment to cooperation and mutual
respect between the followers of different religious traditions has
contributed in no small measure to improving ecumenical and inter-religious
relations throughout your
realms.
"Commending Your Majesty and all the royal family to the protection of
Almighty God, I renew my heartfelt good wishes on this joyful occasion and I
assure you of my prayers for your continuing health and prosperity".
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Jose Gilson O.F.M. Cap., definitor general of the Order of
Friars Minor Capuchins in Rome, as bishop of Erexim (area 5,586, population
211,685, Catholics 168,800, priests 64, permanent deacons 15, religious 133),
Brazil. The bishop-elect
was born in Ibirama, Brazil in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1988. He has held
a number of offices in his order including master of postulants, bursar and
minister provincial of Curitiba. He has also worked as professor of
ecclesiastical history at the
"Studium Theologicum" of Curitiba. He succeeds Bishop Gironimo Zanandrea,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Archbishop Julio Murat, apostolic nuncio to Zambia, also as
apostolic nuncio to Malawi.
___________________________________________________________
NOTICE
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - No VIS bulletin will be transmitted
tomorrow, Solemnity of Corpus Christi and a holiday in the Vatican. Service
will resume on Friday 8 June.
___________________________________________________________
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va
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VISnews120606
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 112DATE 06-06-2012
Summary: - WORLD MEETING IN MILAN: AN
EPIPHANY OF THE FAMILY -
PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF ELIZABETH II - OTHER PONTIFICAL
ACTS - NOTICE
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI focused his catechesis
during this morning's general audience on his recent trip to Milan, his first
pastoral trip as Peter's Successor to that Italian archdiocese where he had
participated in the
seventh World Meeting of Families.
The Holy Father recalled the first stage of his journey, which had taken
him to Piazza del Duomo, heart and symbol of Milan, where he had exhorted the
hundreds of thousands gathered to greet him "to live the faith as part of
their individual and
community experience, their private and public life, so as to create a stable
and authentic 'well being' on the basis of the family, which must be
rediscovered as mankind's most important heritage".
That evening the Holy Father had attended a concert at the La Scala opera
house, in which "the notes of Beethoven's ninth symphony expressed that
aspiration to universality and fraternity which the Church tirelessly seeks by
announcing the Gospel; a
fraternity which bursts forth in the famous 'Hymn to Joy'". At the end of the
concert, he said, "I spoke of the contrast between this ideal and the dramatic
events of history, and of the need for a God Who is near, Who shares our
sufferings, as my
thoughts went to so many of our brothers and sisters who are suffering because
of the earthquake". Benedict XVI also recalled how he had spoken of the family
in the third millennium. "It is in families that we first experience how human
beings are not
created to live closed in themselves, but in relation with others. It is in
the family that the light of peace begins to burn in people's hearts, so as to
illuminate our
world".
On Saturday, addressing priests, religious, seminarians and Church leaders
in the cathedral of Milan, the Pope had reaffirmed "the importance of celibacy
and consecrated virginity, which was to dear to the great St. Ambrose. ...
These are a luminous
sign of love for God and for our brothers and sisters, founded on an
increasingly intimate relationship with Christ in prayer and expressed in the
total gift of self".
Benedict XVI then went on to recall how, in the stadium of San Siro, he had
invited young people who had recently received or were about to receive the
Sacrament of Confirmation "to say their free and responsible 'yes' to the
Gospel of Jesus, and to
welcome the gifts of the Holy Spirit which mould them as Christians and enable
them to live the Gospel and to be active members of the community".
During his meeting with representatives of government, industry and the
world of culture, the Pope had emphasised the fact that "the legislation and
activities of State institutions must always be at the service of individuals,
safeguarding them in
all aspects, beginning with the right to life which must never be deliberately
suppressed, and reconsigning the specific identity of the family founded on
marriage between a man and a woman".
At the "Celebration of Witnesses" in Milan's Bresso Park the Holy Father
had responded to questions put to him by a number of families. "I wanted to
provide a sign of the open dialogue that exists between families and the
Church, between the world
and the Church", he said to the faithful at his general audience. "I was
greatly struck by the moving testimonies of couples and children from
different continents on the important issues of our day: the economic crisis,
the difficulty in reconciling
work and family, the spread of separation and divorce, and existential
questions which touch adults, young people and children alike. I wish to
recall what I have often said in the past in defence of family time, which is
threatened by the imposition of
work-related commitments. Sunday is the day of the Lord, the day of man, a day
in which everyone must be free, free for the family and free for God. By
defending Sunday we defend man's
freedom".
At Mass on Sunday 3 June for the close of the seventh World Meeting of
Families, also celebrated in Bresso Park which "was transformed into a kind of
open-air cathedral", Benedict XVI had launched a "call to build ecclesial
communities increasingly
similar to families, capable of reflecting the beauty of the Blessed Trinity
and of evangelising not just with the word but by irradiation, with the power
of a love that is lived, because love is the only power that can transform the
world".
More than one million people had attended the gathering in Milan meeting
which was, the Holy Father concluded, "an 'epiphany' of the family. Families
were present in their many different forms, but also in that unicity which is
their fundamental
identity: a communion of love founded upon marriage and called to be a shrine
of life, a small Church, a cell of society. A message of hope went out from
Milan to the whole world, a message backed up by real experience that it is
possible and joyful,
though demanding, to experience a faithful love 'forever', open to life; it is
possible to participate as families in the mission of the Church and in the
construction of society. ... May the experience of Milan bring abundant fruits
to the Church and
favour increased attention to the cause of the family, which is the cause of
man and of civilisation".
PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF ELIZABETH II
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - Made public today was a message sent by
the Holy Father to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom who is currently
celebrating her Diamond Jubilee (sixty years since she became monarch). The
English-language text
bears the date of 23 May.
"I write to offer my warmest congratulations to Your Majesty on the happy
occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of your reign. During the past sixty years you
have offered to your subjects and to the whole world an inspiring example of
dedication to duty
and a commitment to maintaining the principles of freedom, justice and
democracy, in keeping with a noble vision of the role of a Christian
monarch.
"I retain warm memories of the gracious welcome accorded to me by Your
Majesty at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh at the beginning of my apostolic visit
to the United Kingdom in September 2010, and I renew my thanks for the
hospitality that I received
throughout those four days. Your personal commitment to cooperation and mutual
respect between the followers of different religious traditions has
contributed in no small measure to improving ecumenical and inter-religious
relations throughout your
realms.
"Commending Your Majesty and all the royal family to the protection of
Almighty God, I renew my heartfelt good wishes on this joyful occasion and I
assure you of my prayers for your continuing health and prosperity".
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Fr. Jose Gilson O.F.M. Cap., definitor general of the Order of
Friars Minor Capuchins in Rome, as bishop of Erexim (area 5,586, population
211,685, Catholics 168,800, priests 64, permanent deacons 15, religious 133),
Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Ibirama, Brazil in 1957 and ordained a priest in
1988. He has held a number of offices in his order including master of
postulants, bursar and minister provincial of Curitiba. He has also worked as
professor of ecclesiastical
history at the "Studium Theologicum" of Curitiba. He succeeds Bishop Gironimo
Zanandrea, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Archbishop Julio Murat, apostolic nuncio to Zambia, also as
apostolic nuncio to Malawi.
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - No VIS bulletin will be transmitted
tomorrow, Solemnity of Corpus Christi and a holiday in the Vatican. Service
will resume on Friday 8 June.
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
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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