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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 165
DATE 17-09-2012
Summary:
- CHRIST’S DISCIPLES MUST GIVE AUTHENTIC WITNESS OF THEIR UNITY
- COURAGEOUSLY RESIST ANYTHING THAT COULD DESTROY OR UNDERMINE PEACE
- FIRST HEARING OF THE ACCUSED IN THE "VATILEAKS" CASE
___________________________________________________________
CHRIST’S DISCIPLES MUST GIVE AUTHENTIC WITNESS OF THEIR UNITY
Vatican City, 17 September 2012 (VIS) - Yesterday evening the Holy Father met
with Orthodox Patriarchs, representatives of Protestant communities and
Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon. The encounter took place at the Syrian
Catholic Patriarchate in
Charfet, Beirut, famous for its library which contains more than 3,000
manuscripts in Syriac and Arabic.
Having listened to some welcome remarks addressed to him by His Beatitude
Ignace Youssif III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, the Holy
Father expressed his thanks to those present who, he said, "represent the
diversity of the Church in the
East. ... My thoughts also go to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt and to
the Ethiopian Orthodox who have had the recent sadness of losing their
respective Patriarchs. I wish to assure them of my fraternal closeness and of
my prayers".
Benedict XVI continued: "Allow me to acknowledge here the testimony of faith
shown by the Syrian Antiochene Church in the course of its glorious history, a
testimony to an ardent love for Christ, which has caused it to write some
heroic pages of this
history, right up to the present, by remaining committed to the faith even to
the point of martyrdom. I encourage this Church to be for the peoples of the
region a sign of the peace that comes from God as well as a light that keeps
their hope alive. I
extend this encouragement to all the Churches and ecclesial communities
present in the region".
"Our encounter this evening", he went on, "is an eloquent sign of our profound
desire to respond to the call of Christ, 'that all may be one'. In these
unstable times, so inclined to the violence which your region knows so well,
it is even more
necessary that Christ’s disciples give an authentic witness to their
unity, so that the world may believe in their message of love, peace and
reconciliation. This is a message that all Christians, and we in particular,
have been commissioned to
hand on to the world, a message of inestimable value in the present context of
the Middle East.
"Let us work without ceasing so that the love of Christ may lead us little by
little into full communion with each other", the Pope added. "In this regard,
by means of common prayer and mutual commitment, we must constantly return to
our one Lord and
Saviour. For, as I wrote in the Apostolic Exhortation 'Ecclesia in Medio
Oriente' which I have the pleasure of consigning to you, 'Jesus draws into
unity those who believe in and love Him; He gives them the Spirit of His
Father as well as Mary, His
mother'".
The Holy Father concluded his remarks by entrusting the members of the various
Churches and communities to the Blessed Virgin. "May she intercede with her
Son for us, so that we may be delivered from every evil and from all forms of
violence, and so
that the Middle East may at last know a time of reconciliation and peace. May
the words of Jesus that I have so often cited during this journey - My peace I
give to you - be for all of us the common sign that we will give in the name
of Christ to the
peoples of this beloved region, which longs to see those words fulfilled!"
___________________________________________________________
COURAGEOUSLY RESIST ANYTHING THAT COULD DESTROY OR UNDERMINE PEACE
Vatican City, 17 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father's apostolic trip to
Lebanon came to an end yesterday afternoon with the departure ceremony at the
international airport of Beirut. Among those present to bid him farewell were
Michel Sleiman,
president of Lebanon, the country's four Catholic Patriarchs, various Lebanese
bishops and representatives of the civil and religious authorities.
In his address, the Pope expressed his thanks "to the entire Lebanese people
who form a beautiful and rich mosaic and who have shown the Successor of Peter
their enthusiasm by the efforts, both general and specific, of each community.
I cordially thank
our venerable sister Churches and the Protestant communities. I thank in
particular representatives of the Muslim communities. Through my stay here, I
have noticed how much your presence has contributed to the success of my
journey. In these troubled
times, the Arab world and indeed the entire world will have seen Christians
and Muslims united in celebrating peace.
"It is a tradition in the Middle East to receive a guest with consideration
and respect as you have done", he added. "I thank you all. But, to that
consideration and respect, you added something else, which can be compared to
one of those renowned
oriental spices which enriches the taste of food: your warmth and your
affection, which make me wish to return. I thank you for that especially".
"In his wisdom, Solomon asked Hiram of Tyre to build a house for the name of
God, a sanctuary for all eternity. And Hiram ... sent wood taken from the
cedars of Lebanon. ... Lebanon was present in the sanctuary of God. May the
Lebanon of today, and her
inhabitants, also dwell in the sanctuary of God! May Lebanon continue to be a
place where men and women can live in harmony and peace with each other, in
order to give the world not only a witness to the presence of God, ... but
also a witness to the
communion between people, ... whatever their political, social, or religious
standpoint".
The Pope continued: "I pray to God for Lebanon, that she may live in peace and
courageously resist all that could destroy or undermine that peace. I hope
that Lebanon will continue to permit the plurality of religious traditions and
not listen to the
voices of those who wish to prevent it. I hope that Lebanon will fortify the
communion among all her inhabitants, whatever their community or religion,
that she will resolutely reject all that could lead to disunity, and with
determination choose
brotherhood".
"The Virgin Mary, venerated with devotion and tenderness by the faithful of
the religious confessions here present, is a sure model for going forward in
hope along the path of a lived and authentic brotherhood. Lebanon understood
this well when, some
time ago, she proclaimed 25 March as a holiday, thus allowing everyone to live
more deeply their unity in serenity. May the Virgin Mary, whose ancient
shrines are so numerous in your country, continue to accompany and inspire you!
"May God bless Lebanon and all the Lebanese! May He never cease to draw them
to Himself so as to offer them a share in His eternal life! May he fill them
with His joy, His peace and His light! May God bless all the Middle East!"
Having completed his farewell address, the Pope boarded his flight for Rome,
landing at 9.40 p.m. at Ciampino airport whence he travelled to the Apostolic
Palace at Castelgandolfo.
___________________________________________________________
FIRST HEARING OF THE ACCUSED IN THE "VATILEAKS" CASE
Vatican City, 17 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today
released the following communique.
"Giuseppe della Torre, president of the Tribunal of Vatican City State, today
issued a decree ruling that the first hearing of the trial of Paolo Gabriele
and Claudio Sciarpelletti, will take place at 9.30 a.m. on 29 September. The
two accused were sent
for trial by the examining magistrate on 13 August. The hearing will take
place in the audience hall of the Tribunal of Vatican City State. The parties
concerned have been notified of the decree".
___________________________________________________________
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va
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VISnews120917
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 165DATE 17-09-2012
Summary: - CHRIST’S DISCIPLES MUST
GIVE AUTHENTIC WITNESS OF THEIR
UNITY - COURAGEOUSLY RESIST ANYTHING THAT COULD DESTROY OR UNDERMINE
PEACE - FIRST HEARING OF THE ACCUSED IN THE "VATILEAKS" CASE ___________________________________________________________
CHRIST’S DISCIPLES MUST GIVE AUTHENTIC WITNESS OF THEIR UNITY
Vatican City, 17 September 2012 (VIS) - Yesterday evening the Holy Father
met with Orthodox Patriarchs, representatives of Protestant communities and
Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon. The encounter took place at the Syrian
Catholic Patriarchate in
Charfet, Beirut, famous for its library which contains more than 3,000
manuscripts in Syriac and Arabic.
Having listened to some welcome remarks addressed to him by His Beatitude
Ignace Youssif III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, the Holy
Father expressed his thanks to those present who, he said, "represent the
diversity of the Church in
the East. ... My thoughts also go to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt and
to the Ethiopian Orthodox who have had the recent sadness of losing their
respective Patriarchs. I wish to assure them of my fraternal closeness and of
my prayers".
Benedict XVI continued: "Allow me to acknowledge here the testimony of
faith shown by the Syrian Antiochene Church in the course of its glorious
history, a testimony to an ardent love for Christ, which has caused it to
write some heroic pages of this
history, right up to the present, by remaining committed to the faith even to
the point of martyrdom. I encourage this Church to be for the peoples of the
region a sign of the peace that comes from God as well as a light that keeps
their hope alive. I
extend this encouragement to all the Churches and ecclesial communities
present in the region".
"Our encounter this evening", he went on, "is an eloquent sign of our
profound desire to respond to the call of Christ, 'that all may be one'. In
these unstable times, so inclined to the violence which your region knows so
well, it is even more
necessary that Christ’s disciples give an authentic witness to their
unity, so that the world may believe in their message of love, peace and
reconciliation. This is a message that all Christians, and we in particular,
have been commissioned to
hand on to the world, a message of inestimable value in the present context of
the Middle East.
"Let us work without ceasing so that the love of Christ may lead us little
by little into full communion with each other", the Pope added. "In this
regard, by means of common prayer and mutual commitment, we must constantly
return to our one Lord and
Saviour. For, as I wrote in the Apostolic Exhortation 'Ecclesia in Medio
Oriente' which I have the pleasure of consigning to you, 'Jesus draws into
unity those who believe in and love Him; He gives them the Spirit of His
Father as well as Mary, His
mother'".
The Holy Father concluded his remarks by entrusting the members of the
various Churches and communities to the Blessed Virgin. "May she intercede
with her Son for us, so that we may be delivered from every evil and from all
forms of violence, and so
that the Middle East may at last know a time of reconciliation and peace. May
the words of Jesus that I have so often cited during this journey - My peace I
give to you - be for all of us the common sign that we will give in the name
of Christ to the
peoples of this beloved region, which longs to see those words fulfilled!"
COURAGEOUSLY RESIST ANYTHING THAT COULD DESTROY OR UNDERMINE PEACE
Vatican City, 17 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father's apostolic trip to
Lebanon came to an end yesterday afternoon with the departure ceremony at the
international airport of Beirut. Among those present to bid him farewell were
Michel Sleiman,
president of Lebanon, the country's four Catholic Patriarchs, various Lebanese
bishops and representatives of the civil and religious authorities.
In his address, the Pope expressed his thanks "to the entire Lebanese
people who form a beautiful and rich mosaic and who have shown the Successor
of Peter their enthusiasm by the efforts, both general and specific, of each
community. I cordially
thank our venerable sister Churches and the Protestant communities. I thank in
particular representatives of the Muslim communities. Through my stay here, I
have noticed how much your presence has contributed to the success of my
journey. In these
troubled times, the Arab world and indeed the entire world will have seen
Christians and Muslims united in celebrating peace.
"It is a tradition in the Middle East to receive a guest with consideration
and respect as you have done", he added. "I thank you all. But, to that
consideration and respect, you added something else, which can be compared to
one of those renowned
oriental spices which enriches the taste of food: your warmth and your
affection, which make me wish to return. I thank you for that especially".
"In his wisdom, Solomon asked Hiram of Tyre to build a house for the name
of God, a sanctuary for all eternity. And Hiram ... sent wood taken from the
cedars of Lebanon. ... Lebanon was present in the sanctuary of God. May the
Lebanon of today, and
her inhabitants, also dwell in the sanctuary of God! May Lebanon continue to
be a place where men and women can live in harmony and peace with each other,
in order to give the world not only a witness to the presence of God, ... but
also a witness to
the communion between people, ... whatever their political, social, or
religious standpoint".
The Pope continued: "I pray to God for Lebanon, that she may live in peace
and courageously resist all that could destroy or undermine that peace. I hope
that Lebanon will continue to permit the plurality of religious traditions and
not listen to the
voices of those who wish to prevent it. I hope that Lebanon will fortify the
communion among all her inhabitants, whatever their community or religion,
that she will resolutely reject all that could lead to disunity, and with
determination choose
brotherhood".
"The Virgin Mary, venerated with devotion and tenderness by the faithful of
the religious confessions here present, is a sure model for going forward in
hope along the path of a lived and authentic brotherhood. Lebanon understood
this well when, some
time ago, she proclaimed 25 March as a holiday, thus allowing everyone to live
more deeply their unity in serenity. May the Virgin Mary, whose ancient
shrines are so numerous in your country, continue to accompany and inspire
you!
"May God bless Lebanon and all the Lebanese! May He never cease to draw
them to Himself so as to offer them a share in His eternal life! May he fill
them with His joy, His peace and His light! May God bless all the Middle
East!"
Having completed his farewell address, the Pope boarded his flight for
Rome, landing at 9.40 p.m. at Ciampino airport whence he travelled to the
Apostolic Palace at Castelgandolfo.
FIRST HEARING OF THE ACCUSED IN THE "VATILEAKS" CASE
Vatican City, 17 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today
released the following communique.
"Giuseppe della Torre, president of the Tribunal of Vatican City State,
today issued a decree ruling that the first hearing of the trial of Paolo
Gabriele and Claudio Sciarpelletti, will take place at 9.30 a.m. on 29
September. The two accused were
sent for trial by the examining magistrate on 13 August. The hearing will take
place in the audience hall of the Tribunal of Vatican City State. The parties
concerned have been notified of the decree".
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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