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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 136
DATE 11-07-2012
Summary:
- ISLAMIC-CATHOLIC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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ISLAMIC-CATHOLIC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING
Vatican City, 11 July 2012 (VIS) - The Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee held
an extraordinary meeting in Rome on 10 July 2012, corresponding to Shaban 20,
1433. The meeting was presided over for the Catholic side by His Eminence
Cardinal Jean-Louis
Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and
for the Muslim side by H.E. Prof. Dr. Hamid bin Ahmad Al-Rifaie, president of
the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue.
The participants exchanged views about the relations between Christians and
Muslim in the current situation of the world. In order to continue their
deliberations and in the continuity of the dialogue existing since 1995, the
two parties agreed to hold
the next meeting of the Committee in Rome, in the first week of July 2013,
corresponding to the first week of Shaban 1434, for two full working days.
Eight participants from each side will participate in the meeting, which will
have the theme "Believers
in front of Materialism and Secularism".
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 11 July 2012 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Antonio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B., as archbishop of Passo
Fundo (area 12,000, population 537,000, Catholics 425,000, priests 150,
religious 415), Brazil. Archbishop Altieri, formerly bishop of Caraguatatuba,
succeeds Archbishop Pedro
Ercilio Simon, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of
Passo Fundo the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of
the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Bishop Marek Jedraszewski as archbishop of Lodz (area 5,200,
population 1,502,000, Catholics 1,421,500, priests 767, religious 778),
Poland. Formerly auxiliary bishop of Poznan, Poland, he succeeds Archbishop
Wladyslaw Ziolek, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Lodz the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Elias Gonsalves, director of Social Work of the archdiocese of
Bombay, as bishop of the diocese of Amravati (area 46,447, population
10,634,000, Catholics 5,622, priests 32, religious 230), India. The
bishop-elect was born in Chulne of
the Vasai diocese in 1961 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1990. He has a
bachelor's degree in history and economics from Bombay University and a
diploma in social development and community building from the Coady Institute
in Nova Scotia, Canada.
He has served as pastor of several parishes. The diocese of Amravati has been
vacant since 11 November 2010, when Bishop Daniel Lourdes was appointed to the
diocese of Nashik, India.
- Appointed Msgr. Philip Anthony Egan of the clergy of the diocese of
Shrewsbury, as bishop of Portsmouth (area 6,339, population 2,524,000,
Catholics 192,000, priests 189, permanent deacons 43, religious 363), England.
The bishop-elect was born in
Altrincham in the diocese of Chester in 1955 and was ordained to the
priesthood in 1984. After graduate studies in theology at Boston College in
the United States, he served as professor of fundamental theology and academic
dean at St. Mary's College,
Oscott in Birmingham, England. In 2008 he became pastor of Our Lady and St.
Christopher in Stockport and, in 2010, vicar general of the diocese of
Shrewsbury. He succeeds Bishop Crispian Hollis, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the diocese of
Portsmouth the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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VISnews120711
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 136DATE 11-07-2012
Summary: - ISLAMIC-CATHOLIC LIAISON
COMMITTEE MEETING - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 11 July 2012 (VIS) - The Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee
held an extraordinary meeting in Rome on 10 July 2012, corresponding to Shaban
20, 1433. The meeting was presided over for the Catholic side by His Eminence
Cardinal Jean-Louis
Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and
for the Muslim side by H.E. Prof. Dr. Hamid bin Ahmad Al-Rifaie, president of
the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue.
The participants exchanged views about the relations between Christians and
Muslim in the current situation of the world. In order to continue their
deliberations and in the continuity of the dialogue existing since 1995, the
two parties agreed to
hold the next meeting of the Committee in Rome, in the first week of July
2013, corresponding to the first week of Shaban 1434, for two full working
days. Eight participants from each side will participate in the meeting, which
will have the theme
"Believers in front of Materialism and Secularism".
Vatican City, 11 July 2012 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Antonio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B., as archbishop of Passo
Fundo (area 12,000, population 537,000, Catholics 425,000, priests 150,
religious 415), Brazil. Archbishop Altieri, formerly bishop of Caraguatatuba,
succeeds Archbishop Pedro
Ercilio Simon, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of
Passo Fundo the Holy Father accepted, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of
the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Bishop Marek Jedraszewski as archbishop of Lodz (area 5,200,
population 1,502,000, Catholics 1,421,500, priests 767, religious 778),
Poland. Formerly auxiliary bishop of Poznan, Poland, he succeeds Archbishop
Wladyslaw Ziolek, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Lodz the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Appointed Fr. Elias Gonsalves, director of Social Work of the archdiocese
of Bombay, as bishop of the diocese of Amravati (area 46,447, population
10,634,000, Catholics 5,622, priests 32, religious 230), India. The
bishop-elect was born in Chulne
of the Vasai diocese in 1961 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1990. He
has a bachelor's degree in history and economics from Bombay University and a
diploma in social development and community building from the Coady Institute
in Nova Scotia,
Canada. He has served as pastor of several parishes. The diocese of Amravati
has been vacant since 11 November 2010, when Bishop Daniel Lourdes was
appointed to the diocese of Nashik, India.
- Appointed Msgr. Philip Anthony Egan of the clergy of the diocese of
Shrewsbury, as bishop of Portsmouth (area 6,339, population 2,524,000,
Catholics 192,000, priests 189, permanent deacons 43, religious 363), England.
The bishop-elect was born in
Altrincham in the diocese of Chester in 1955 and was ordained to the
priesthood in 1984. After graduate studies in theology at Boston College in
the United States, he served as professor of fundamental theology and academic
dean at St. Mary's College,
Oscott in Birmingham, England. In 2008 he became pastor of Our Lady and St.
Christopher in Stockport and, in 2010, vicar general of the diocese of
Shrewsbury. He succeeds Bishop Crispian Hollis, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the diocese of
Portsmouth 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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