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    VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - N° 157   
   DATE 07-09-2012   
      
   Summary:   
    - YOUNG CHURCHES: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH   
    - AUDIENCES   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
      
   YOUNG CHURCHES: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH   
   Vatican City, 7 September 2012 (VIS) - This morning in Castelgandolfo Benedict   
   XVI received a group of around one hundred recently-consecrated bishops of   
   circumscriptions in mission territories. The prelates are currently   
   participating in a congress   
   organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.   
   In his remarks to them the Pope observed that all the communities they serve   
   as pastors - although in different situations in Africa, Asia, America or   
   Oceania - are "committed to initial evangelisation and the consolidation of   
   the faith. ... Your   
   communities are almost all of recent foundation, and possess the merits and   
   defects associated with their brief history", he said. "The faith attracts   
   high levels of participation and joy, it is vivacious and creative but often   
   not yet well rooted.   
   Enthusiasm and apostolic zeal alternate with episodes of instability and   
   incoherence. ... Nonetheless these Churches are maturing, thanks to pastoral   
   activity but thanks also to that gift of 'communio sanctorum' which opens the   
   way to an authentic   
   osmosis of grace between ancient and recently founded Churches, as well as   
   between the Church in heaven and the pilgrim Church on earth".   
   The Holy Father also turned his attention to the falling numbers of   
   missionaries which, he noted, is compensated by an increase in diocesan and   
   regular clergy. Thus the growing numbers of local priests produces "a new form   
   of missionary cooperation as   
   some young Churches have begun sending their priests to sister Churches who   
   lack clergy, either within the same country or to other countries on the same   
   continent. This communion must always animate the work of evangelisation", he   
   said.   
   "The young Churches, then, represent a sign of hope for the future of the   
   universal Church. It is in this context, dear brethren, that I encourage you   
   to spare no efforts or courage in your pastoral activities. ... The Church is   
   born of the mission and   
   grows with the mission. ... A correct inculturation of the faith will help you   
   to incarnate the Gospel in the cultures of peoples, and to take from them what   
   is good. This is a long and difficult process which must not in any way   
   compromise the specific   
   nature and integrity of the Christian faith".   
   The Holy Father told the new bishops to "observe the world with the eyes of   
   faith, in order to understand it deeply; and have a generous heart, ready to   
   enter into communion with the women and men of our time. Do not fail in your   
   primary responsibility   
   as men of God, called to prayer and to the service of the Word for the benefit   
   of the flock. ... The world today needs people who speak to God in order to be   
   able to speak of God. Only in this way will the Word of salvation produce   
   fruit".   
   "Your Churches well know the context of social instability which so worryingly   
   affects people's daily lives. Food, health and educational emergencies raise   
   questions before ecclesial communities and affect them directly. ... As well   
   as natural   
   calamities, we see cultural and religious discrimination, ... the fruit of   
   fundamentalisms which are based on an incorrect view of man and which lead us   
   to undervalue, or ignore outright, the right to religious freedom and respect   
   for the weakest,   
   especially children, women and people with disabilities. Finally, mention must   
   be made of re-emerging contrasts between ethnic groups and castes, which lead   
   to unjustifiable violence. Have faith in the Gospel, in its power to renew, in   
   its capacity to   
   reawaken consciences and to work from within to redeem people and create a new   
   fraternity. Spreading the Word of the Lord will cause the gift of   
   reconciliation to flourish and favour the unity of peoples".   
   In closing Benedict XVI highlighted the fact that "the faith is a gift to be   
   welcomed into our hearts and lives, one for which we must always thank the   
   Lord. But faith is donated in order to be shared; it is a talent given that it   
   may bear fruit, a   
   light that must not remain hidden". And he concluded by calling on the bishops   
   "to be aware of the absolute priority of the task of evangelisation".   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
      
   AUDIENCES   
   Vatican City, 7 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in   
   audience seven prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Colombia on their "ad   
   limina" visit:   
   - Archbishop Ivan Antonio Marin Lopez of Popayan, apostolic administrator of   
   the apostolic vicariate of Guapi.   
   - Bishop Arturo de Jesus Correa Toro of Ipilaes.   
   - Bishop Luis Alberto Parra Mora of Mocoa-Sibundoy.   
   - Bishop Julio Enrique Prado Bolanos of Pasto.   
   - Bishop Gustavo Giron Higuita O.C.D. of Tumaco.   
   - Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales Garcia of Santa Fe de Antioquia.   
   - Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahita Sandoval of Apartado.   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
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 VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE 
YEAR XXII - N° 157DATE 07-09-2012

Summary:
 - YOUNG CHURCHES: HOPE FOR THE   
   FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSAL   
   CHURCH
 - AUDIENCES

____________________________   
   ______________________________ 

   
   
YOUNG CHURCHES: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
   
   
Vatican City, 7 September 2012 (VIS) - This morning in Castelgandolfo   
   Benedict XVI received a group of around one hundred recently-consecrated   
   bishops of circumscriptions in mission territories. The prelates are currently   
   participating in a congress   
   organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.
   
   
In his remarks to them the Pope observed that all the communities they   
   serve as pastors - although in different situations in Africa, Asia, America   
   or Oceania - are "committed to initial evangelisation and the consolidation of   
   the faith. ... Your   
   communities are almost all of recent foundation, and possess the merits and   
   defects associated with their brief history", he said. "The faith attracts   
   high levels of participation and joy, it is vivacious and creative but often   
   not yet well rooted.   
   Enthusiasm and apostolic zeal alternate with episodes of instability and   
   incoherence. ... Nonetheless these Churches are maturing, thanks to pastoral   
   activity but thanks also to that gift of 'communio sanctorum' which opens the   
   way to an authentic   
   osmosis of grace between ancient and recently founded Churches, as well as   
   between the Church in heaven and the pilgrim Church on earth".
   
   
The Holy Father also turned his attention to the falling numbers of   
   missionaries which, he noted, is compensated by an increase in diocesan and   
   regular clergy. Thus the growing numbers of local priests produces "a new form   
   of missionary cooperation   
   as some young Churches have begun sending their priests to sister Churches who   
   lack clergy, either within the same country or to other countries on the same   
   continent. This communion must always animate the work of evangelisation", he   
   said.
   
   
"The young Churches, then, represent a sign of hope for the future of the   
   universal Church. It is in this context, dear brethren, that I encourage you   
   to spare no efforts or courage in your pastoral activities. ... The Church is   
   born of the mission   
   and grows with the mission. ... A correct inculturation of the faith will help   
   you to incarnate the Gospel in the cultures of peoples, and to take from them   
   what is good. This is a long and difficult process which must not in any way   
   compromise the   
   specific nature and integrity of the Christian faith".
   
   
The Holy Father told the new bishops to "observe the world with the eyes of   
   faith, in order to understand it deeply; and have a generous heart, ready to   
   enter into communion with the women and men of our time. Do not fail in your   
   primary   
   responsibility as men of God, called to prayer and to the service of the Word   
   for the benefit of the flock. ... The world today needs people who speak to   
   God in order to be able to speak of God. Only in this way will the Word of   
   salvation produce   
   fruit".
   
   
"Your Churches well know the context of social instability which so   
   worryingly affects people's daily lives. Food, health and educational   
   emergencies raise questions before ecclesial communities and affect them   
   directly. ... As well as natural   
   calamities, we see cultural and religious discrimination, ... the fruit of   
   fundamentalisms which are based on an incorrect view of man and which lead us   
   to undervalue, or ignore outright, the right to religious freedom and respect   
   for the weakest,   
   especially children, women and people with disabilities. Finally, mention must   
   be made of re-emerging contrasts between ethnic groups and castes, which lead   
   to unjustifiable violence. Have faith in the Gospel, in its power to renew, in   
   its capacity to   
   reawaken consciences and to work from within to redeem people and create a new   
   fraternity. Spreading the Word of the Lord will cause the gift of   
   reconciliation to flourish and favour the unity of peoples".
   
   
In closing Benedict XVI highlighted the fact that "the faith is a gift to   
   be welcomed into our hearts and lives, one for which we must always thank the   
   Lord. But faith is donated in order to be shared; it is a talent given that it   
   may bear fruit, a   
   light that must not remain hidden". And he concluded by calling on the bishops   
   "to be aware of the absolute priority of the task of evangelisation".
   
   
___________________________________________________________ 
   
   
AUDIENCES
   
   
Vatican City, 7 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in   
   audience seven prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Colombia on their "ad   
   limina" visit:
   
   
- Archbishop Ivan Antonio Marin Lopez of Popayan, apostolic administrator   
   of the apostolic vicariate of Guapi.
   
   
- Bishop Arturo de Jesus Correa Toro of Ipilaes.
   
   
- Bishop Luis Alberto Parra Mora of Mocoa-Sibundoy.
   
   
- Bishop Julio Enrique Prado Bolanos of Pasto.
   
   
- Bishop Gustavo Giron Higuita O.C.D. of Tumaco.
   
   
- Archbishop Orlando Antonio Corrales Garcia of Santa Fe de Antioquia.
   
   
- Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahita Sandoval of Apartado.
   
   
___________________________________________________________ 

   
   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
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 http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi   
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