The Pope commented on today's Gospel reading from St. Mark in which "Jesus
began to speak openly about what would happen to Him at the end. ... It is
clear that a great interior distance separates Jesus and His disciples. They
are, so to speak, on
two different wavelengths, and so the words of the Master are either not
understood, or understood only superficially".
For example, the Holy Father went on, "the Apostle Peter, after having
shown his faith in Jesus, reproved Him because He predicted that He would be
rejected and killed". In their turn the disciples, following the second
announcement of the Passion,
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"began discussing which of them was greatest". Finally, following the third
announcement "James and John asked Jesus to be allowed to sit at His right and
left hand when He was in glory.
"But there are several other signs of this distance", Benedict XVI added,
"for example, the disciples were unable to heal an epileptic boy, whom Jesus
later healed with the power of prayer. Moreover, certain children were
presented to Jesus, the
disciples reproved them but Jesus was indignant and insisted they stay,
affirming that only those like unto children can enter the Kingdom of God".
All this, the Holy Father explained, "reminds us that God's logic is always
“other” with respect to our own. ... For this reason, following
the Lord always requires a profound conversion on the part of man, a change in
his or her way of
thinking and living. It requires an openness of heart, in order to listen and
allow oneself to be enlightened and transformed from within. A key point in
which God and man are different is pride: God has no pride, because He is
absolute fullness, and is
completely given to love and the giving of life. In us, on the other hand,
pride is deeply rooted and requires constant vigilance and purification. We,
who are small, desire to appear great, to be the first, while God does not
fear to humble Himself and
make Himself the last".
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PRAYERS FOR MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS, AND FOR CHILDREN
Vatican City, 23 September 2012 (VIS) - In his greetings following the
Angelus prayer today, the Holy Father addressed some remarks to
rench-speaking pilgrims, whom he thanked for their prayers for his recent
apostolic trip to Lebanon and, by
extension, to the entire Middle East. "Continue to pray for Christians of the
Middle East, for peace and for serene dialogue between religions", he said.
"Yesterday", the Pope went on, "I was spiritually united to the joy of
faithful in the French diocese of Troyes, who were gathered together for the
beatification of Fr. Louis Brisson, founder of the Oblates of St. Francis of
Sales. May the example of
this new blessed bring light to your lives. He was wont to say: 'I need God,
it is a hunger which devours me'. Learn to have that same hunger for God, and
to appeal to Him constantly and trustingly".
Turning then to address Polish pilgrims, Benedict XVI quoted Jesus words:
"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me". Let
us, he said, "ask God that these words may inspire all those responsible for
the gift of life, for a
dignified education, and for the safe and serene development of children. May
all children enjoy the love and warmth of the family".
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REALISM AND HOPE IN THE FACE OF THE CRISIS
Vatican City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - This morning at Castelgandolfo
Benedict XVI received participants in a meeting being promoted by the
Christian Democrat International, the president of which is the Italian
politician Pier Ferdinando Casini.
"The involvement of Christians in society", the Holy Father said, "must not
lessen or decrease; rather, it must be proffered with renewed vitality, in
view of the persistence and, in some cases, the worsening of the problems we
are facing".
Among these problems the Pope mentioned the economic crisis, the
"complexity and gravity" of which "rightly arouse concern. Yet, in the face of
this situation, Christians are called to act and express themselves with a
prophetic spirit - that is, a
spirit capable of seeing in these transformations the incessant and mysterious
presence of God in history - and thus to shoulder their newly emerging
responsibilities with realism, faith and hope".
"Your political and institutional commitment must not", he told his
listeners, "be limited to responding to the requirements of market logic.
Rather, its central and indispensable goal must remain the search for the
common good, correctly understood,
and the promotion and protection of the inalienable dignity of the human
person. The teaching of Vatican Council II that 'the order of things must be
subordinate to the order of persons, and not the other way around' is today
more valid than ever. This
order of persons 'is founded on truth, built up in justice, and animated by
love', and it cannot be discerned without constant attention to the Word of
God and the Magisterium of the Church".
"The areas in which this decisive discernment is to be exercised are those
touching the most vital and delicate interests of the person, the place where
the fundamental choices regarding the meaning of life and the search for
happiness are made.
These areas are not separate from one another but profoundly interconnected;
they possess a manifest continuum which is constituted by respect for the
transcendent dignity of human beings, rooted in the fact that they were made
in the image of the
Creator and are the ultimate goal of any authentically human social
justice.
"The commitment to respecting life in all its phases from conception to
natural end - and the consequent rejection of abortion, euthanasia and any
form of eugenics - is, in fact, interwoven with respecting marriage as an
indissoluble union between a
man and a woman and, in its turn, as the foundation for the community of
family life. ... Thus the family, the basic cell of society, is the root which
nourishes not only the individual human being, but the very foundations of
social coexistence".
The Holy Father went on: "The authentic progress of human society cannot
forgo policies aimed at protecting and promoting marriage, and the community
that derives therefrom. Adopting such policies is the duty not only of States
but of the
International Community as a whole, in order to invert the tendency towards
the growing isolation of the person, which is a source of suffering and
corrosion for both individuals and for society.
"If it is true that the defence and promotion of human dignity 'have been
entrusted to us by the Creator, and to whom the men and women at every moment
of history are strictly and responsibly in debt', it is equally true that this
responsibility
particularly concerns people called to positions of responsibility. They,
especially if animated by Christian faith, must be 'strong enough to provide
coming generations with reasons for living and hoping'".
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CARDINAL ABRIL Y CASTELLO, SPECIAL PAPAL ENVOY TO SAPE, ALBANIA
Vatican City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - Made public today was the letter,
written in Latin and dated 21 August, in which the Holy Father appoints
Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Mary
Major in Rome, as his
special envoy to celebrations marking the 950th anniversary of the diocese of
Sape, Albania, due to take place on 29 September.
The mission accompanying the cardinal will be made up of Fr. Mark Shtjefni,
professor at the major interdiocesan seminary of Shkodre (Scutari), and Fr.
Gjovalin Sukaj, pastor of the cathedral of St. Stephen in Shkodre
(Scutari).
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EXPERTS AND AUDITORS FOR THE FORTHCOMING SYNOD
Vatican City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - The Secretary General of the Synod
of Bishops has, with the approval of the Supreme Pontiff and in accordance
with the provisions of "Ordo Synodi Episcoprum", appointed the following
individuals as "Adiutores
Secretarii Specialis" (or Experts) for the forthcoming Thirteenth Ordinary
General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, due to be held in the Vatican from 7
to 28 October on the theme: "The new evangelisation for the transmission of
the Christian faith".
- Sr. Beatriz Acosta Mesa O.D.N. (Colombia), superior general of the
Company of Our Lady Mary.
- Mauro Agosto, professor of Latin at Rome's Pontifical Lateran
University.
- Fr. Anthony Alaba Akinwale O.P., rector of the Dominican Institute of
Ibadan (Nigeria).
- Fr. Luiz Alves de Lima S.D.B., member of the administrative office of the
Society of Latin American Catechists (Brazil).
- Fr. Antonio Aranda Lomena, professor of dogmatic theology at the
University of Navarre (Spain).
- Fr. George Augustin S.A.C., professor of fundamental and dogmatic at the
"Philosophisch-Theologischen Hochschule Vallendar" (Germany).
- Fr. Paul Bere S.J., professor of the Old Testament and biblical languages
at the Catholic University of West Africa (Burkina Faso).
- Br. Enzo Bianchi, prior of the monastic community of Bose (Italy).
- Br. Enzo Biemmi F.S.F., president of the European Team of Catechists
(Italy).
- Fr. Luca Bressan, episcopal vicar for culture, charity, the mission and
social work of the archdiocese of Milan (Italy).
- Sr. Sara Butler M.S.B.T. (U.S.A.), professor at the Ecclesiastical
Faculty of St. Mary of the Lake University in Mundelein, and member of the
International Theological Commission.
- Jessica Joy Candelario, coordinator for the pastoral care of young people
at "Bukal Ng Tipan Pastoral Centre" (Philippines).
- Anna Kai-Yung Chan, professor at the Holy Spirit Seminary College of
Theology and Philosophy, Hong Kong (China).
- Sr. Luisa Ciupa S.A.M.I., vice president of the Commission for Catechesis
of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainain Church (Ukraine).
- Fr. Eamonn Conway, head of the Theology and Religious Studies Department
at Mary Immaculate College of the University of Limerick (Ireland).
- Fr. Jeremy Driscoll O.S.B. (U.S.A.), professor at the Theological Faculty
of Rome's St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum, and professor of liturgy at the
Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon.
- Caroline Farey, professor at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham
(England).
- Fr. Juan Javier Flores Arcas O.S.B. (Spain), rector of Rome's St. Anselm
Pontifical Athenaeum.
- Sr. Gill Goulding C.J., associate professor of systematic theology and
spirituality at Regis College University of Toronto (Canada).
- Msgr. Rafiq Hanna Khoury, professor of liturgy at the major seminary of
Beit Jala (Palestinian Territories).
- Sr. Anna Emmanuela Klich O.S.U., director of the Inter-Congregational
Institute for Catechesis in Krakow (Poland).
- Fr. Jaime Alberto Mancera Casas, episcopal vicar for pastoral care in the
archdiocese of Bogota (Colombia).
- Msgr. Ermenegildo Manicardi, rector of Rome's "Almo Collegio Capranica",
and professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Italy).
- Fr. Thomas Manjaly, professor of Sacred Scripture at Oriens Theological
College and at the Inter-Diocesan Theologate for North East India in Shillong
(India).
- Ralph Martin, director of graduate theological programs in the new
evangelisation at the Sacred Heart Seminary of Detroit (U.S.A.).
- Fr. Paolo Martinelli O.F.M. Cap. (Italy), president of the Franciscan
Institute of Spirituality at the "Antonianum" Pontifical Athenaeum in Rome,
and professor of fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University
in Rome.
- Fr. Krzysztof Mielnicki, director of the office for catechesis of the
diocese of Drohiczyn (Poland).
- Sr. Paula Jean Miller F.S.E., professor at the Department of Theology of
the University of St. Thomas in Huston (U.S.A.).
- Fr. Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla, vice rector of the "Universite Catholique
D'Afrique Centrale" in Yaounde (Cameroon).
- Fr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah (Nigeria), vice rector of the Pontifical Urban
University in Rome.
- Rodolfo Papa, professor of art history and aesthetics at the Pontifical
Urban University in Rome.
- Fr. Cleto Pavanetto S.D.B., professor emeritus of the Faculty of
Christian and Classical Literature at the Pontifical Salesian University of
Rome.
- Edward Peters, professor of canon law and holder of the Edmund Cardinal
Szoka Chair at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary of Detroit (U.S.A.).
- Fr. Salvador Pie-Ninot (Spain), professor of fundamental theology and
ecclesiology at the "Facoltat de Teologia de Catalunya", and professor of
fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
- Msgr. Antonio Pitta, professor at the Faculty of Theology of Rome's
Pontifical Lateran University.
- Sr. Enrica Rosanna F.M.A, former under secretary of the Congregation for
Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Italy).
- Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik S.J. (Slovenia), director of the "Ezio Aletti"
Study Centre in Rome.
- Fr. Samir Khalil Samir S.J. (Lebanon), professor of Arab-Christian
theology at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, and professor of the
history of Arabic culture and Islamology at the University of "St. Joseph de
Beyrouth".
- Fr. Kinkupu Leonard Santedi, professor at the Catholic University of
Congo, president of the "Evangelii Nuntiandi" Foundation in Africa, and member
of the International Theological Commission (Democratic Republic of Congo).
- Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri (Italy), president of the Faculty of Theology of
Northern Italy, and member of the International Theological Commission.
- Thomas Soding, professor of biblical theology at the "Bergische"
University of Wuppertal (Germany).
- Fr. Virginio Spicacci S.J., active in pastoral care and evangelisation in
the archdiocese of Naples (Italy).
- Fr. Mihaly Szentmártoni S.J. (Serbia), president of the Institute
of Spirituality of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
- Fr. Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, professor of fundamental theology at the
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
- Petroc Willey, dean of graduate research at the Maryvale Institute of
Birmingham (England).
The Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops has, likewise with the
approval of the Supreme Pontiff, appointed the following individuals as
"Auditores" (or Auditros) for the forthcoming Synodal Assembly.
- Emile Amin Henein, Director of the "Truth" Centre for Political and
Strategic Studies, (Egypt).
- Chiara Amirante, founder and president of the New Horizons Community
(Italy).
- Carl Albert Anderson (U.S.A.), supreme knight of the Knights of
Columbus.
- Fr. Camilo Bernal Hadad C.I.M. (Colombia), superior general of the
Congregation of Jesus and
Mary.
- Sr. Maria Antonieta Bruscato F.S.P. (Brazil), superior general of the
Daughters of St. Paul.
- Guzman Carriquiry (Uruguay), secretary of the Pontifical Commission for
Latin America.
- Jose Maria Simon Castellví (Spain), president of the International
Federation of the Association of Catholic Media F.I.A.M.C.
- Sr. Rekha (Mary Joseph) Chennattu R.A., professor of the New Testament at
the Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion in Pune (India).
- Fr. Renato de Guzman S.D.B., chief assistant for pastoral care of the
Grade School and High School Departments, Don Bosco Technical Institute in
Makati City (Philippines).
- Florence De Leyritz, member of the Alpha France Association (France).
- Marc De Leyritz, president of the Alpha France Association (France).
- Fr. Ari Luis do Valle Ribeiro, professor at the seminar of the diocese of
Santo Amaro, and diocesan coordinator for catechesis (Brazil).
- Mikhail Fateev, director of production at the "United Television" channel
of St. Petersburg (Russian Federation).
- Sr. Inmaculada Fukasawa A.C.I. (Japan), superior general of the
Handmaidens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Msgr. Enrique Glennie Graue, vicar general of the archdiocese of Mexico
(Mexico).
- Francisco Jose Gomez Arguello Wirtz (Spain), co-founder of the
Neo-Catechumenal Way.
- Fr. Jesus Higueras Esteban, pastor of S. Maria de Cana, Madrid
(Spain).
- Marco Impagliazzo (Italy), president of the Sant'Egidio Community.
- Lydia Jimenez Gonzalez (Spain), director general of the "Cruzadas de
Santa Maria" Secular Institute.
- Ernestine Sikujua Kinyabuuma, professor at the University Institute of
Maria Malkia in Lubumbashi, and member of the "Focolari" Movement (Democratic
Republic of Congo).
- Joakim Kipyego Koech, head of the Communion and Liberation Movement in
Kenya.
- Zoltan Kunszabo, permanent deacon of the archdiocese of Esz
ergom-Budapest (Hungary).
- Ewa Kusz (Poland), former president of the World Conference of Secular
Institutes, C.M.I.S.
- Chantal Le Ricque, lay woman of the archdiocese of Paris (France).
- Fr. Vinko Mamic O.C.D., president of the Union of Superiors Major in
Croatia (Croatia).
- Curtis A. Martin, founder and president of the Fellowship of Catholic
University Students - Focus (U.S.A.).
- Salvatore Martinez, president for Italy of the Renewal in the Holy Spirit
Movement (Italy).
- Sr. Nzenzili Lucie Mboma F.M.M. (Democratic Republic of Congo), executive
director of the Service of Documentation and Study on Global Mission,
S.E.D.O.S.
- Marylee J. Meehan (U.S.A.), president of the International Catholic
Committee of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants, C.I.C.I.A.M.S.
- Franco Miano, president of Italian Catholic Action.
- Gisele Muchati, regional director of the New Families Movement
(Syria).
- Peter Murphy, executive director of the Secretariat for Evangelisation
and Catechesis of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
(U.S.A.).
- Patricia Ngozi Nwachukwu K.S.M., member of the Knights of St. Mulumba
(Nigeria).
- Yong Suk Francis Xavier Oh, secretary general of the Catholic Lay
Apostolate Council of Korea (Korea).
- Fr. Piergiorgio Perini, president of the International Service
Organisation for the "Cellule Parrocchiali di Evangelizzazione" (Italy).
- Rita María Petrirena Hernandez, head of the department for
pastoral coordination of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (Cuba).
- Sr. Suzanne Louise Phillips F.M.M. (Australia), superior general of the
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary.
- Sr. Mary Prema Pierick M.C. (India), superior general of the Missionaries
of Charity.
- Jose Prado Flores, founder and international director of the St. Andrew
Schools of Evangelisation (Mexico).
- Sr. Yvonne Reungoat F.M.A. (France), superior general of the Daughters of
Mary Help of Christians, Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco.
- Br. Alvaro Antonio Rodriguez Echeverria F.S.C. (Costa Rica), superior
general of the Brothers of Christian Schools.
- Michel Roy (France), secretary general of "Caritas Internationalis".
- Raid Sargi, president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Damascus
(Syria).
- Tommaso Spinelli, catechist of the youth group of the parish of Santa
Melania Juniore in Rome.
- Manoj Sunny, director and journalist, founding member of the Jesus Youth
Movement (India).
- Br. Emili Turu Rofes F.M.S. (Spain), superior general of the Marist
Brothers (Little Brothers of Mary).
- Fr. Emmanuel Typamm C.M. (Cameroon), secretary general of the
"Confederation des Conferences des Superieurs Majeurs D'Afrique et de
Madagascar", Co.S.M.A.M.
- Maria Voce (Italy), president of the Focolari Movement.
- Sr. Mary Lou Wirtz F.C.J.M. (U.S.A.), president of the International
Union of Superiors General, U.I.S.G.
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 24 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
- Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, Italy and president of the
Italian Episcopal Conference.
- Five prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France on their "ad limina"
visit:
- Bishop Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin O. Cist. of Tours.
- Bishop Maurice Le Begue de Germiny of Blois.
- Archbishop Armand Maillard of Borges.
- Bishop Michel Pansard of Chartres.
- Bishop Jacques Blaquart of Orleans.
On Saturday 22 September, the Holy Father received in audience five
prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Pascal Wintzer of Poitiers.
- Bishop Claude Dagens of Anouleme.
- Bishop Bernard Housset of La Rochelle.
- Bishop Francois Kalist of Limoges.
- Bishop Bernard Charrier of Tulle.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vellejo O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of Seville,
Spain, as his special envoy to concluding celebrations for the fifth centenary
of the arrival of the first bishop of Puerto Rico, Don Alonso Manso. The event
is due to take place
in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 19 November.
- Cardinal George Pell, archbishop of Sydney, Australia, as a member of the
Congregation for Bishops.
- Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, prelate auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota,
as dean of the same tribunal.
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