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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 123
DATE 22-06-2012
Summary:
- REMAIN CLOSE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER, POPE TELLS COLOMBIAN BISHOPS
- THE CHURCH IS NOT INDIFFERENT TO PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE
- CARDINAL BERTONE CALLS FOR FREE AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR
HIV/AIDS
- AUDIENCES
___________________________________________________________
REMAIN CLOSE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER, POPE TELLS COLOMBIAN BISHOPS
Vatican City, 22 June 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican the Holy Father
received a first group of prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Colombia,
who have just completed their "ad limina" visit. The Pontiff began his remarks
by praising them
for their "initiatives aimed at fomenting a renewed and fruitful movement of
evangelisation", at the same time he noted that "Colombia is not immune to the
consequences of neglecting God".
"While years ago there was a recognisable and unified social fabric in which
reference to the faith and the inspirations of faith was broadly accepted,
today in vast areas of society this no longer seems to be the case, due to the
crisis in spiritual
and moral values which has had a negative effect on many of your fellow
citizens", the Holy Father told the prelates. And he invited them to contrast
this state of affairs by following "with tenacity and perseverance" the
guidelines of the Episcopal
Conference's Global Plan (2012 - 2020), and by taking advantage of the
reflections to emerge from the forthcoming Synod of Bishops and the Year of
Faith".
"Growing religious pluralism", he went on, "calls for serious consideration.
The increasingly active presence of Pentecostal and Evangelical communities,
not only in Colombia but also in many other regions of Latin America, cannot
be ignored or
underestimated. In this sense, the people of God are clearly called to
purification and the revitalisation of their faith, ... because 'often sincere
people who leave our Church do not do so as a result of what non-Catholic
groups believe, but
fundamentally as a result of their own lived experience; for reasons not of
doctrine but of life; not for strictly dogmatic, but for pastoral reasons; not
due to theological problems, but to methodological problems of our Church'.
What is important,
then, is to become better believers ... so that no one may feel marginalised
or excluded".
Benedict XVI told his audience that they should not fail "to identify the
factors which hinder equitable development in Colombia, seeking to reach out
to those whom iniquitous violence deprives of their freedom". You must, he
told the prelates,
"increase measures and programmes to accompany ... and assist people facing
difficulties, especially the victims of natural disasters, the poor, peasants,
the sick and the afflicted. ... Nor must you neglect those forced to emigrate
from their homeland
because they have lost their job or have difficulty finding employment, people
whose fundamental rights are trampled underfoot and are forced to abandon home
and family under the threat of terror and criminality, or those who have
fallen into the
barbarous networks of drugs or arms dealing. I wish to encourage you to
continue your generous and fraternal service, which is not the result of any
human calculation, but is born of love for God and neighbour: the source
whence the Church draws
the
strength she needs to carry out her task".
"Dear brothers in the episcopate", the Holy Father concluded, "in order that
the Light from on high may still make the Church's prophetic and charitable
efforts in Colombia fruitful, continue to help the faithful to a personal
encounter with Jesus
Christ, ... to meditate assiduously upon the Word of God and to participate
... in the Sacraments, celebrated in accordance with canonical norms and
liturgical texts. All this will help towards an appropriate process of
Christian initiation, inviting
everyone to conversion and sanctity, and helping towards much-need ecclesial
renewal".
___________________________________________________________
THE CHURCH IS NOT INDIFFERENT TO PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE
Vatican City, 22 June 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican the Pope
received a delegation from the Italian agricultural organisation "Coldiretti",
which is currently celebrating its national congress on the theme "Family
agriculture for sustainable
development".
"Society, the economy and work are not exclusively secular environments", the
Pope said, "even less so are they alien to the Christian message. They are,
rather, spaces to be fecundated with the spiritual richness of the Gospel. The
Church, in fact, is
never indifferent to people's quality of life and working conditions; she
feels the need to care for man in the contexts in which he lives and produces,
that these may increasingly become places that are authentically human and
humanising".
"It is in Coldiretti that Catholic teaching on social ethics has found one its
most fertile 'laboratories', thanks to the intuition and far-sighted wisdom of
its founder, Paolo Bonomi. ... Now it is up to you, remaining faithful to the
values you have
acquired, to enter into a courageous dialogue with a changing society. ...
Each of you in his or her own role must commit yourselves to support the
legitimate interests of the categories you represent, ... in order to bring
out the most noble and
salient aspects of the human person: a sense of duty, a capacity for sharing
and sacrifice, solidarity, and observing the just requirement for rest and
corporeal (and, even more so, spiritual) regeneration".
The Holy Father invited the members of Coldiretti to continue their
evangelical witness,"highlighting the values which make working activity a
valuable instrument in the creation of a more just and human form of
coexistence. I am thinking of respect for
the person, the search for the common good, honesty and transparency in the
supply of services, food security, protecting the environment and the
landscape, and the promotion of a spirit of solidarity".
The uncertainty generated by the enduring economic and financial crisis means
that people in the agriculture and fisheries sector are facing "a series of
difficult challenges which you are called to face as Christians, by
cultivating a renewed and
profound sense of responsibility and showing your capacity for solidarity and
sharing", the Pope said. "Considering that at the roots of current economic
difficulties there lies a moral crisis, you must work with solicitude to
ensure that ethical
requirements maintain their primacy over everything else".
"It is on this ethical terrain that families, schools, trade unions and all
other political, cultural and civic institutions must play an important role
of collaboration, ... especially as regards young people. The young are full
of ideas and hopes, and
generously seek to build themselves a future. From adults they expect
worthwhile examples and serious proposals. We must not delude them".
___________________________________________________________
CARDINAL BERTONE CALLS FOR FREE AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR HIV/AIDS
Vatican City, 22 June 2012 (VIS) - This morning Cardinal Secretary of State
Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. delivered the opening address at the eighth
International AIDS Conference, being held at the San Gallicano Institute in
Rome under the title: "Long live
mothers and children".
In his remarks the cardinal noted that maternal mortality in Africa is, to a
large extent, associated with AIDS. "We can no longer tolerate the death of so
many mothers", he said. "We cannot think of thousands of children as a lost
generation. Nothing
is lost; Africa has sufficient resources; it is the continent of hope. Thus we
need to make a joint effort ... to protect women in their role as mothers".
"The Church, which is present in countries where the pandemic exists, is
extremely concerned at this tragedy of our times. It is a tragedy which
swallows many human lives, weakens entire societies, burns up the future. We
must do more. The more the
infection spreads among women, who are the mainstay of families and
communities, the greater the risk of social breakdown in many countries. The
sickness of women, of children, of men, becomes the sickness of a whole
society".
The Cardinal then recalled how thirty per cent of HIV/AIDS treatment centres
in the world are Catholic. Church activities in this field, he said, include
"awareness raising campaigns; prevention and health education programmes;
support for orphans;
distribution of medicines and food; home help; hospitals, centres and
communities for the assistance of AIDS sufferers; collaboration with
governments; assistance in jails; catechism courses; help systems over the
internet, and the creation of support
groups for the sick".
"I would", the secretary of State said, "like to make an appeal to the
international community, to States and to donors: let us ensure that AIDS
sufferers are given prompt, free and effective treatment. Access to treatment
should be universal. Let us do
this beginning with mothers and children. Here, in the name of the Holy
Father, I speak for so many suffering voices, for so many sick people who have
no voice: let us not waste time, but invest in the necessary resources. ...
Studies by the World
Health Organisation confirm that ... universal access to treatment is
possible, scientifically proven and economically viable. It is not a utopia,
it is possible. ... Yet we cannot conceive of universal access to treatment
without taking account of the
weakness - especially the economic weakness - of the majority of African
people. What is needed is free access to treatment".
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 22 June 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience
Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain.
This evening he is scheduled to receive in audience Cardinal Fernando Filoni,
prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120622
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 123DATE 22-06-2012
Summary: - REMAIN CLOSE TO THOSE WHO
SUFFER, POPE TELLS COLOMBIAN
BISHOPS - THE CHURCH IS NOT INDIFFERENT TO PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE - CARDINAL BERTONE CALLS FOR FREE AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR
HIV/AIDS - AUDIENCES
REMAIN CLOSE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER, POPE TELLS COLOMBIAN BISHOPS
Vatican City, 22 June 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican the Holy
Father received a first group of prelates from the Episcopal Conference of
Colombia, who have just completed their "ad limina" visit. The Pontiff began
his remarks by praising
them for their "initiatives aimed at fomenting a renewed and fruitful movement
of evangelisation", at the same time he noted that "Colombia is not immune to
the consequences of neglecting God".
"While years ago there was a recognisable and unified social fabric in
which reference to the faith and the inspirations of faith was broadly
accepted, today in vast areas of society this no longer seems to be the case,
due to the crisis in spiritual
and moral values which has had a negative effect on many of your fellow
citizens", the Holy Father told the prelates. And he invited them to contrast
this state of affairs by following "with tenacity and perseverance" the
guidelines of the Episcopal
Conference's Global Plan (2012 - 2020), and by taking advantage of the
reflections to emerge from the forthcoming Synod of Bishops and the Year of
Faith".
"Growing religious pluralism", he went on, "calls for serious
consideration. The increasingly active presence of Pentecostal and Evangelical
communities, not only in Colombia but also in many other regions of Latin
America, cannot be ignored or
underestimated. In this sense, the people of God are clearly called to
purification and the revitalisation of their faith, ... because 'often sincere
people who leave our Church do not do so as a result of what non-Catholic
groups believe, but
fundamentally as a result of their own lived experience; for reasons not of
doctrine but of life; not for strictly dogmatic, but for pastoral reasons; not
due to theological problems, but to methodological problems of our Church'.
What is important,
then, is to become better believers ... so that no one may feel marginalised
or excluded".
Benedict XVI told his audience that they should not fail "to identify the
factors which hinder equitable development in Colombia, seeking to reach out
to those whom iniquitous violence deprives of their freedom". You must, he
told the prelates,
"increase measures and programmes to accompany ... and assist people facing
difficulties, especially the victims of natural disasters, the poor, peasants,
the sick and the afflicted. ... Nor must you neglect those forced to emigrate
from their homeland
because they have lost their job or have difficulty finding employment, people
whose fundamental rights are trampled underfoot and are forced to abandon home
and family under the threat of terror and criminality, or those who have
fallen into the
barbarous networks of drugs or arms dealing. I wish to encourage you to
continue your generous and fraternal service, which is not the result of any
human calculation, but is born of love for God and neighbour: the source
whence the Church draws the strength she needs to carry out her task".
"Dear brothers in the episcopate", the Holy Father concluded, "in order
that the Light from on high may still make the Church's prophetic and
charitable efforts in Colombia fruitful, continue to help the faithful to a
personal encounter with Jesus
Christ, ... to meditate assiduously upon the Word of God and to participate
... in the Sacraments, celebrated in accordance with canonical norms and
liturgical texts. All this will help towards an appropriate process of
Christian initiation, inviting
everyone to conversion and sanctity, and helping towards much-need ecclesial
renewal".
THE CHURCH IS NOT INDIFFERENT TO PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE
Vatican City, 22 June 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican the Pope
received a delegation from the Italian agricultural organisation "Coldiretti",
which is currently celebrating its national congress on the theme "Family
agriculture for
sustainable development".
"Society, the economy and work are not exclusively secular environments",
the Pope said, "even less so are they alien to the Christian message. They
are, rather, spaces to be fecundated with the spiritual richness of the
Gospel. The Church, in fact,
is never indifferent to people's quality of life and working conditions; she
feels the need to care for man in the contexts in which he lives and produces,
that these may increasingly become places that are authentically human and
humanising".
"It is in Coldiretti that Catholic teaching on social ethics has found one
its most fertile 'laboratories', thanks to the intuition and far-sighted
wisdom of its founder, Paolo Bonomi. ... Now it is up to you, remaining
faithful to the values you
have acquired, to enter into a courageous dialogue with a changing society.
... Each of you in his or her own role must commit yourselves to support the
legitimate interests of the categories you represent, ... in order to bring
out the most noble and
salient aspects of the human person: a sense of duty, a capacity for sharing
and sacrifice, solidarity, and observing the just requirement for rest and
corporeal (and, even more so, spiritual) regeneration".
The Holy Father invited the members of Coldiretti to continue their
evangelical witness,"highlighting the values which make working activity a
valuable instrument in the creation of a more just and human form of
coexistence. I am thinking of respect
for the person, the search for the common good, honesty and transparency in
the supply of services, food security, protecting the environment and the
landscape, and the promotion of a spirit of solidarity".
The uncertainty generated by the enduring economic and financial crisis
means that people in the agriculture and fisheries sector are facing "a series
of difficult challenges which you are called to face as Christians, by
cultivating a renewed and
profound sense of responsibility and showing your capacity for solidarity and
sharing", the Pope said. "Considering that at the roots of current economic
difficulties there lies a moral crisis, you must work with solicitude to
ensure that ethical
requirements maintain their primacy over everything else".
"It is on this ethical terrain that families, schools, trade unions and all
other political, cultural and civic institutions must play an important role
of collaboration, ... especially as regards young people. The young are full
of ideas and hopes,
and generously seek to build themselves a future. From adults they expect
worthwhile examples and serious proposals. We must not delude them".
CARDINAL BERTONE CALLS FOR FREE AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR
HIV/AIDS
Vatican City, 22 June 2012 (VIS) - This morning Cardinal Secretary of State
Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. delivered the opening address at the eighth
International AIDS Conference, being held at the San Gallicano Institute in
Rome under the title: "Long
live mothers and children".
In his remarks the cardinal noted that maternal mortality in Africa is, to
a large extent, associated with AIDS. "We can no longer tolerate the death of
so many mothers", he said. "We cannot think of thousands of children as a lost
generation.
Nothing is lost; Africa has sufficient resources; it is the continent of hope.
Thus we need to make a joint effort ... to protect women in their role as
mothers".
"The Church, which is present in countries where the pandemic exists, is
extremely concerned at this tragedy of our times. It is a tragedy which
swallows many human lives, weakens entire societies, burns up the future. We
must do more. The more the
infection spreads among women, who are the mainstay of families and
communities, the greater the risk of social breakdown in many countries. The
sickness of women, of children, of men, becomes the sickness of a whole
society".
The Cardinal then recalled how thirty per cent of HIV/AIDS treatment
centres in the world are Catholic. Church activities in this field, he said,
include "awareness raising campaigns; prevention and health education
programmes; support for orphans;
distribution of medicines and food; home help; hospitals, centres and
communities for the assistance of AIDS sufferers; collaboration with
governments; assistance in jails; catechism courses; help systems over the
internet, and the creation of support
groups for the sick".
"I would", the secretary of State said, "like to make an appeal to the
international community, to States and to donors: let us ensure that AIDS
sufferers are given prompt, free and effective treatment. Access to treatment
should be universal. Let us
do this beginning with mothers and children. Here, in the name of the Holy
Father, I speak for so many suffering voices, for so many sick people who have
no voice: let us not waste time, but invest in the necessary resources. ...
Studies by the World
Health Organisation confirm that ... universal access to treatment is
possible, scientifically proven and economically viable. It is not a utopia,
it is possible. ... Yet we cannot conceive of universal access to treatment
without taking account of the
weakness - especially the economic weakness - of the majority of African
people. What is needed is free access to treatment".
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
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s/italinde.php
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