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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 159
DATE 11-09-2012
Summary:
- HOLY SEE'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING
- WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BENEFICIARIES OF THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE ROAD
___________________________________________________________
HOLY SEE'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING
Vatican City, 11 September 2012 (VIS) - In the wake of the recent MONEYVAL
report, the Holy See is continuing to respond to the report's recommendations
and ever more efficaciously pursue transparency and financial trustworthiness,
thus contributing
more effectively to the fight against money laundering.
According to Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J.,
speaking on Vatican Radio today, one powerful sign of commitment to work in
this direction is that the Holy See has hired an international expert in
Anti-Money Laundering and
Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) activities.
Rene Bruelhart, 40, a lawyer originally from Fribourg, Switzerland, spent
eight years as the director of Liechtenstein’s Financial Intelligence
Unit (FIU), and is an expert in AML/CFT. As director of Liechtenstein’s
FIU, he was also
appointed in 2010 as the vice-chair of the Egmont Group, the global network of
FIUs.
Bruelhart began work this month as a consultant to the Holy See in all matters
related to AML/CFT. His role is to assist the Holy See in strengthening its
framework to fight financial crimes. This is based on the clear commitment the
Holy See has
already expressed in its active efforts to address these matters effectively.
___________________________________________________________
WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BENEFICIARIES OF THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE ROAD
Vatican City, 11 September 2012 (VIS) - Under the theme of "Jesus himself came
up and walked by their side", the first Integrated Meeting for the Pastoral
Care of the Road/Street for the Continent of Africa and Madagascar is opening
today in the
Tanzanian capital of Dar-Es-Salaam.
The initiative, which has been promoted by the Pontifical Council for the
Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples in collaboration with
Tanzania's Episcopal Commission for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, will
examine certain crucial issues such
as the position of women and girls who, engaged in voluntary and forced
prostitution in Africa and Madagascar, become victims of new forms of slavery.
"Unfortunately", reads a communique released by the pontifical council,
"insufficient recognition of
the dignity and rights of women means they have fewer opportunities for
formation, work and respect".
The meeting will also examine the situation of street children and
adolescents, a problem which arises from family, social and cultural contrasts
on the continent. The causes which force women and children to live on the
street include poverty, family
violence, tribal and civil conflicts, superstition, organised criminality and
exploitation.
Attention will also be given to the problems and requirements of transport
workers who, on long journeys with low pay and no work or health insurance,
have to face multiple difficulties, such as separation from their families,
long waits at frontiers
and fatigue.
All these issues will be examined in the light of the "Guidelines for the
Pastoral Care of the Road" published by the Pontifical Council for the
Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples in 2007, as well as that of
two documents of Church
Magisterium concerning the African continent and the mission of the Church
there: the Apostolic Exhortations "Ecclesia in Africa" (1995) and "Africae
Munus" (2011).
The meeting is being attended by more than eighty-five people from thirty-one
African nations. They include bishops, priests, religious and lay people,
delegates of various episcopal commissions for migrants and itinerant peoples,
of Caritas
internationalis and of religious institutes which dedicate their efforts to
the pastoral care of people who live on or from the road.
During this afternoon's inaugural session a message will be read out, sent to
the meeting in the Holy Father's name by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio
Bertone S.D.B. The first lecture will be given tomorrow by Bishop Joseph
Kalathiparambil,
secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant Peoples, who will present his dicastery's core document "Guidelines
for the Pastoral Care of the Road", which includes the point of view not only
of the "users" of the
road, but also of the people who are obliged to live there. Bishop
Kalathiparambil will emphasise the Church’s pastoral responsibility to
denounce all forms of injustice, to defend the dignity of those exploited or
mistreated by family or social
situations, and to commit herself to helping them.
___________________________________________________________
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va
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VISnews120911
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 159DATE 11-09-2012
Summary: - HOLY SEE'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO
COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING - WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BENEFICIARIES OF THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE ROAD ___________________________________________________________
HOLY SEE'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING
Vatican City, 11 September 2012 (VIS) - In the wake of the recent MONEYVAL
report, the Holy See is continuing to respond to the report's recommendations
and ever more efficaciously pursue transparency and financial trustworthiness,
thus contributing
more effectively to the fight against money laundering.
According to Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J.,
speaking on Vatican Radio today, one powerful sign of commitment to work in
this direction is that the Holy See has hired an international expert in
Anti-Money Laundering and
Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) activities.
Rene Bruelhart, 40, a lawyer originally from Fribourg, Switzerland, spent
eight years as the director of Liechtenstein’s Financial Intelligence
Unit (FIU), and is an expert in AML/CFT. As director of Liechtenstein’s
FIU, he was also
appointed in 2010 as the vice-chair of the Egmont Group, the global network of
FIUs.
Bruelhart began work this month as a consultant to the Holy See in all
matters related to AML/CFT. His role is to assist the Holy See in
strengthening its framework to fight financial crimes. This is based on the
clear commitment the Holy See has
already expressed in its active efforts to address these matters
effectively.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN, BENEFICIARIES OF THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE ROAD
Vatican City, 11 September 2012 (VIS) - Under the theme of "Jesus himself
came up and walked by their side", the first Integrated Meeting for the
Pastoral Care of the Road/Street for the Continent of Africa and Madagascar is
opening today in the
Tanzanian capital of Dar-Es-Salaam.
The initiative, which has been promoted by the Pontifical Council for the
Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples in collaboration with
Tanzania's Episcopal Commission for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, will
examine certain crucial issues
such as the position of women and girls who, engaged in voluntary and forced
prostitution in Africa and Madagascar, become victims of new forms of slavery.
"Unfortunately", reads a communique released by the pontifical council,
"insufficient recognition
of the dignity and rights of women means they have fewer opportunities for
formation, work and respect".
The meeting will also examine the situation of street children and
adolescents, a problem which arises from family, social and cultural contrasts
on the continent. The causes which force women and children to live on the
street include poverty,
family violence, tribal and civil conflicts, superstition, organised
criminality and exploitation.
Attention will also be given to the problems and requirements of transport
workers who, on long journeys with low pay and no work or health insurance,
have to face multiple difficulties, such as separation from their families,
long waits at frontiers
and fatigue.
All these issues will be examined in the light of the "Guidelines for the
Pastoral Care of the Road" published by the Pontifical Council for the
Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples in 2007, as well as that of
two documents of Church
Magisterium concerning the African continent and the mission of the Church
there: the Apostolic Exhortations "Ecclesia in Africa" (1995) and "Africae
Munus" (2011).
The meeting is being attended by more than eighty-five people from
thirty-one African nations. They include bishops, priests, religious and lay
people, delegates of various episcopal commissions for migrants and itinerant
peoples, of Caritas
internationalis and of religious institutes which dedicate their efforts to
the pastoral care of people who live on or from the road.
During this afternoon's inaugural session a message will be read out, sent
to the meeting in the Holy Father's name by Cardinal Secretary of State
Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. The first lecture will be given tomorrow by Bishop
Joseph Kalathiparambil,
secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant Peoples, who will present his dicastery's core document "Guidelines
for the Pastoral Care of the Road", which includes the point of view not only
of the "users" of the
road, but also of the people who are obliged to live there. Bishop
Kalathiparambil will emphasise the Church’s pastoral responsibility to
denounce all forms of injustice, to defend the dignity of those exploited or
mistreated by family or social
situations, and to commit herself to helping them.
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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