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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 169
DATE 21-09-2012
Summary:
- FRANCE, EDUCATOR OF PEOPLES, MUST RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE OF SECULARISED
SOCIETY
- TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL FORTUNATO BALDELLI
- PROTECTING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
- THIRD BOOK OF JOSEPH RATZINGER - BENEDICT XVI TO BE PUBLISHED AT CHRISTMAS
- CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY POPE: OCTOBER - NOVEMBER
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
FRANCE, EDUCATOR OF PEOPLES, MUST RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE OF SECULARISED
SOCIETY
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - This morning, Benedict XVI received
prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France, recalling that their country
“has a long spiritual and missionary tradition, such that John Paul II
called it the
‘educator of peoples’. The challenges of a widely secularised
society now call us courageously and optimistically to seek a bold and
creative response, by presenting the permanent newness of the Gospel”.
“With this perspective and in order to encourage the faithful of the
entire world,” he continued, “I have called this Year of Faith
… inviting an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the only
Saviour of the
world”. The Pontiff then went on to enumerate the duties of the bishop
who must be a “good shepherd” toward his faithful and priests, and
he called upon them to maintain a “special care for their priests,
particularly those who
have been recently ordained and those who are elderly or in need”. The
Pope praised the initiatives of the French prelates in spiritually,
intellectually, and materially assisting their closest collaborators. He also
recalled the scarcity of
“workers for the Gospel in our days. This is why,” he said,
“it is necessary to pray, and to ensure others pray, for this intention,
while I encourage you to follow the formation of seminarians att
ntively”.
“The solution to diocesan pastoral problems that arise should not be
limited to organisational matters, important though they are, because there is
a danger of emphasising a search for efficiency with a sort of &
squo;bureaucratisation of pastoral
work’, focusing on organisations and programmes that can become
self-referential, for the exclusive use of the members of such organisations.
… Instead, evangelisation must start from an encounter with the Lord in
a dialogue established in
prayer, and then concentrate on witness in order to help our contemporaries
rediscover the signs of God’s presence”.
The Holy Father thanked the laity for their generosity in responding to the
call to participate in Church activities, noting at the same time that it is
necessary, on one hand, to remember that, “the specific mission of the
laity is Christian
action in the public sphere, where they act on their own initiative and in an
independent manner, in the light of faith and the Church’s teaching. It
is therefore necessary to safeguard the difference between the common
priesthood of all the
faithful and the ministerial priesthood of those ordained to serve the
community: a difference that is not only of degree but of nature. On the other
hand, full fidelity to the deposit of faith taught by the true Magisterium and
professed by the entire
Church must be maintained”.
Later the Pope spoke of one of France’s patron saints, Joan of Arc. This
year the Church celebrates the sixth centenary of her birth. He noted that
“one of the most original features of her holiness is precisely the link
between mystical
experience and political mission”, and he urged the bishops to promote
her as a “model of secular sanctity in the service of the common
good”.
“I would also like to emphasise the interdependence between the
development of the person and the development of society itself and the fact
that the family, which is the foundation of social life, is threatened in many
places by a faulty
conception of human nature. Defending life and the family in society is not at
all backward-looking but prophetic, since it entails the promotion of values
that allow the full development of the human person created in the image and
likeness of
God”.
Another of the tasks of a diocesan bishop is “to defend the unity of the
entire Church within the portion of God’s people which has been
entrusted to him, even if his heart expresses legitimately different
sensitivities that merit equal
pastoral concern”. In this area the Pope referred to “the specific
expectations of younger generations who require proper catechesis so that they
might find their place within the community of believers”. He recalled
the many French
youths, accompanied by their pastors, who participated in World Youth Day in
Madrid, as a sign of the “new dynamism of the faith that opens the doors
to hope”.
Lastly, Benedict XVI expressed his support for the programme "Diaconia 2013",
which calls on diocesan and local communities as well as all believers to
“put the service of all our brothers and sisters, especially the most
fragile, at the heart of
ecclesial outreach. May that service of our brothers and sisters, rooted in
God’s love, arouse in all your faithful the desire to contribute, each
to the extent of their own strengths, to making humanity a single, fraternal,
and communal family in
Christ”, he concluded.
___________________________________________________________
TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL FORTUNATO BALDELLI
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father sent a telegram to
Pietro Baldelli for the death of his brother, Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli,
penitentiary major emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary. The cardinal died
yesterday at the age of
77. In the text the Pope recalls his "exemplary witness of Christian and
priestly life", and his "dedicated and faithful service to the Holy See,
especially in various diplomatic posts, always arousing appreciation for his
fervent apostolic zeal and his
faithfulness to the Gospel".
___________________________________________________________
PROTECTING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - A national meeting of indigenous
priests, religious and catechists of Colombia came to an end yesterday in
Bogota, Colombia. During the event participants reflected on certain key
themes affecting pastoral workers
in indigenous communities. The meeting was organised by the Commission for
Missionary Animation of the Colombian Episcopal Conference's Pastoral Centre
for the Evangelisation of the Faith, and coincides with the centenary of St.
Pius X's Encyclical
"Lacrimabili statu".
For the occasion the Holy Father sent a message to Archbishop Ruben Salazar
Gomez of Bogota, president of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, in which he
notes that St. Pius X's Encyclical, "in continuity with Benedict XIV's
Encyclical 'Inmensa
pastorum', highlighted the need to work more diligently for the evangelisation
of indigenous people, and for the constant promotion of their dignity and
progress".
The Pope describes the current situation as "ripe so that - with right
intention and configured to Jesus Christ Who is the Way, the Truth and the
Life for all humankind - pastors and faithful may experience a growing desire
to protect the dignity and
rights of indigenous peoples, while these, in their turn, may feel a greater
desire to do their duty in accordance with their ancestral traditions. I pray
to the Almighty that, first and foremost, the sacredness of their life may be
protected. They must
not for any reason be coerced because God wishes no one's death and orders us
to love one another as brothers. May their lands by duly protected. May no one
for any reason manipulate indigenous peoples, and may they not be attracted by
harmful
ideologies".
___________________________________________________________
THIRD BOOK OF JOSEPH RATZINGER - BENEDICT XVI TO BE PUBLISHED AT CHRISTMAS
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - Today in the Vatican, the Vatican
Publishing House and the Italian publishers Rizzoli signed an agreement
concerning the publication of Benedict XVI's latest book about the infancy of
Jesus in the Gospels.
The Vatican Publishing House gives Rizzoli the mandate to to sell the rights
to the work throughout the world. In Italy the book is due to appear at
Christmas and will be published as a joint edition of the Vatican Publishing
House and Rizzoli. The
German edition is to be published by Herder which has previously published the
books of Joseph Ratzinger. Work is continuing on translations into the major
languages. The definitive title has not yet been made public.
Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI has focused his research and his work on
making known the "person and the message of Jesus".
This new and much awaited volume on the figure of Jesus in the Gospel
narratives of His infancy completes the two previous volumes and is of great
theological and academic importance. The earlier works are entitled "Jesus of
Nazareth" and "Jesus of
Nazareth: Holy Week".
___________________________________________________________
CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY POPE: OCTOBER - NOVEMBER
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations
of the Supreme Pontiff today published the calendar of celebrations to be
presided by the Holy Father in the months of October and November:
OCTOBER
- Thursday 4: Pastoral visit to Loreto, Italy.
- Sunday 7: Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. At 9.30 a.m. Mass in St.
Peter's Square for the opening of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod
of Bishops, and the proclamation of St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of
Bingen as Doctors of the
Universal Church.
- Thursday 11: At 9.30 a.m. Mass in St. Peter's Square for the opening of the
Year of Faith.
- Sunday 21. Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. At 9.30 a.m. in St. Peter's
Square, canonisation of the following Blesseds: Jacques Berthieu, Pedro
Calungsod, Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Maria del Carmen (nee Maria Salles y
Barangueras), Maria Anna
Cope (nee Barbara), Kateri Tekakwitha and Anna Schaffer.
- Sunday 28: At 9.30 a.m. Mass in the Vatican Basilica for the conclusion of
the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
NOVEMBER
- Friday 2: All Souls Day. At 6 p.m. in the Vatican Grottoes, a moment of
prayer for deceased Pontiffs.
- Saturday 3: At 11.30 a.m. Mass at the altar of the Cathedra in the Vatican
Basilica for cardinals and bishops who died during the course of the year.
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
- Archbishop Henryk Jozef Nowacki, apostolic nuncio to Sweden and Iceland.
- Ten prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France on their "ad limina"
visit:
- Archbishop Pierre d'Ornellas of Rennes, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop
Nicolas Souchu.
- Bishop Emmanuel Delmas of Angers.
- Bishop Thierry Scherrer of Laval.
- Bishop Yves Le Saux of Le Mans.
- Bishop Alain Castet of Lucon.
- Bishop Jean-Paul James of Nantes.
- Bishop Jean-Marie Le Vert of Quimper, Cornouailles.
- Bishop Denis Moutel of Saint-Brieuc.
- Bishop Raymond Centene of Vannes.
- Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed as consultors of the Commission for Religious Relations with
Muslims within the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue: Fr.
Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua, director of the Department for Inter-religious
Dialogue of the Catholic
Secretariat of Nigeria; Fr. Amir Jaje O.P., secretary of the Episcopal
Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of
Iraq; Fr. Felix Korner S.J., professor of the theology of religions at the
Pontifical Gregorian
University; Rotraud Wielandt, professor of Islamic studies at the University
of Bamberg, Germany; Ian Netton, vice director of Arab and Islamic studies at
the University of Exeter and professor of Islamic studies at Sharjah, United
Arab Emirates, and
Romana Bashir, head of the Christian Study Centre in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
- Appointed Bishop Kevin W. Vann of Fort Worth, U.S.A., as bishop of Orange in
California (area 2,025, population 3,037,000, Catholics 1,291,000, priests
269, permanent deacons 96, religious 412), U.S.A. He succeeds Bishop Tod D.
Brown, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Rochester,
U.S.A., presented by Bishop Matthew H. Clark, upon having reached the age
limit.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120921
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 169DATE 21-09-2012
Summary: - FRANCE, EDUCATOR OF PEOPLES,
MUST RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE OF
SECULARISED SOCIETY - TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL FORTUNATO
BALDELLI - PROTECTING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
- THIRD BOOK OF JOSEPH RATZINGER - BENEDICT XVI TO BE PUBLISHED AT
CHRISTMAS - CELEBRATIONS TO
BE PRESIDED BY POPE: OCTOBER - NOVEMBER - AUDIENCES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
FRANCE, EDUCATOR OF PEOPLES, MUST RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE OF SECULARISED
SOCIETY
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - This morning, Benedict XVI received
prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France, recalling that their country
“has a long spiritual and missionary tradition, such that John Paul II
called it the
‘educator of peoples’. The challenges of a widely secularised
society now call us courageously and optimistically to seek a bold and
creative response, by presenting the permanent newness of the Go
pel”.
“With this perspective and in order to encourage the faithful of the
entire world,” he continued, “I have called this Year of Faith
… inviting an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the only
Saviour of the
world”. The Pontiff then went on to enumerate the duties of the bishop
who must be a “good shepherd” toward his faithful and priests, and
he called upon them to maintain a “special care for their priests,
particularly those who
have been recently ordained and those who are elderly or in need”. The
Pope praised the initiatives of the French prelates in spiritually,
intellectually, and materially assisting their closest collaborators. He also
recalled the scarcity of
“workers for the Gospel in our days. This is why,” he said,
“it is necessary to pray, and to ensure others pray, for this intention,
while I encourage you to follow the formation of seminarians att
ntively”.
“The solution to diocesan pastoral problems that arise should not be
limited to organisational matters, important though they are, because there is
a danger of emphasising a search for efficiency with a sort of &
squo;bureaucratisation of
pastoral work’, focusing on organisations and programmes that can become
self-referential, for the exclusive use of the members of such organisations.
… Instead, evangelisation must start from an encounter with the Lord in
a dialogue
established in prayer, and then concentrate on witness in order to help our
contemporaries rediscover the signs of God’s presence”.
The Holy Father thanked the laity for their generosity in responding to the
call to participate in Church activities, noting at the same time that it is
necessary, on one hand, to remember that, “the specific mission of the
laity is Christian
action in the public sphere, where they act on their own initiative and in an
independent manner, in the light of faith and the Church’s teaching. It
is therefore necessary to safeguard the difference between the common
priesthood of all the
faithful and the ministerial priesthood of those ordained to serve the
community: a difference that is not only of degree but of nature. On the other
hand, full fidelity to the deposit of faith taught by the true Magisterium and
professed by the entire
Church must be maintained”.
Later the Pope spoke of one of France’s patron saints, Joan of Arc.
This year the Church celebrates the sixth centenary of her birth. He noted
that “one of the most original features of her holiness is precisely the
link between mystical
experience and political mission”, and he urged the bishops to promote
her as a “model of secular sanctity in the service of the common
good”.
“I would also like to emphasise the interdependence between the
development of the person and the development of society itself and the fact
that the family, which is the foundation of social life, is threatened in many
places by a faulty
conception of human nature. Defending life and the family in society is not at
all backward-looking but prophetic, since it entails the promotion of values
that allow the full development of the human person created in the image and
likeness of
God”.
Another of the tasks of a diocesan bishop is “to defend the unity of
the entire Church within the portion of God’s people which has been
entrusted to him, even if his heart expresses legitimately different
sensitivities that merit equal
pastoral concern”. In this area the Pope referred to “the specific
expectations of younger generations who require proper catechesis so that they
might find their place within the community of believers”. He recalled
the many French
youths, accompanied by their pastors, who participated in World Youth Day in
Madrid, as a sign of the “new dynamism of the faith that opens the doors
to hope”.
Lastly, Benedict XVI expressed his support for the programme "Diaconia
2013", which calls on diocesan and local communities as well as all believers
to “put the service of all our brothers and sisters, especially the most
fragile, at the heart
of ecclesial outreach. May that service of our brothers and sisters, rooted in
God’s love, arouse in all your faithful the desire to contribute, each
to the extent of their own strengths, to making humanity a single, fraternal,
and communal family
in Christ”, he concluded.
TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL FORTUNATO BALDELLI
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father sent a telegram to
Pietro Baldelli for the death of his brother, Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli,
penitentiary major emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary. The cardinal died
yesterday at the age of
77. In the text the Pope recalls his "exemplary witness of Christian and
priestly life", and his "dedicated and faithful service to the Holy See,
especially in various diplomatic posts, always arousing appreciation for his
fervent apostolic zeal and his
faithfulness to the Gospel".
PROTECTING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - A national meeting of indigenous
priests, religious and catechists of Colombia came to an end yesterday in
Bogota, Colombia. During the event participants reflected on certain key
themes affecting pastoral
workers in indigenous communities. The meeting was organised by the Commission
for Missionary Animation of the Colombian Episcopal Conference's Pastoral
Centre for the Evangelisation of the Faith, and coincides with the centenary
of St. Pius X's
Encyclical "Lacrimabili statu".
For the occasion the Holy Father sent a message to Archbishop Ruben Salazar
Gomez of Bogota, president of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, in which he
notes that St. Pius X's Encyclical, "in continuity with Benedict XIV's
Encyclical 'Inmensa
pastorum', highlighted the need to work more diligently for the evangelisation
of indigenous people, and for the constant promotion of their dignity and
progress".
The Pope describes the current situation as "ripe so that - with right
intention and configured to Jesus Christ Who is the Way, the Truth and the
Life for all humankind - pastors and faithful may experience a growing desire
to protect the dignity and
rights of indigenous peoples, while these, in their turn, may feel a greater
desire to do their duty in accordance with their ancestral traditions. I pray
to the Almighty that, first and foremost, the sacredness of their life may be
protected. They must
not for any reason be coerced because God wishes no one's death and orders us
to love one another as brothers. May their lands by duly protected. May no one
for any reason manipulate indigenous peoples, and may they not be attracted by
harmful
ideologies".
THIRD BOOK OF JOSEPH RATZINGER - BENEDICT XVI TO BE PUBLISHED AT
CHRISTMAS
Vatican City, 21 September 2012 (VIS) - Today in the Vatican, the Vatican
Publishing House and the Italian publishers Rizzoli signed an agreement
concerning the publication of Benedict XVI's latest book about the infancy of
Jesus in the Gospels.
The Vatican Publishing House gives Rizzoli the mandate to to sell the
rights to the work throughout the world. In Italy the book is due to appear at
Christmas and will be published as a joint edition of the Vatican Publishing
House and Rizzoli. The
German edition is to be published by Herder which has previously published the
books of Joseph Ratzinger. Work is continuing on translations into the major
languages. The definitive title has not yet been made public.
Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI has focused his research and his work on
making known the "person and the message of Jesus".
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