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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 173
DATE 27-09-2012
Summary:
- SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN ARE MORE THAN MERE COMPETITORS
- THE PERENNIAL IMPORTANCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE
- THE HOLY SEE ADHERES TO PROTECTION OF DIPLOMATS CONVENTION
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN ARE MORE THAN MERE COMPETITORS
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - The International Federation of Sports
Medicine (FIMS) is, for the first time in its history, holding its world
congress in Rome. For the occasion participants were received in audience by
the Pope this morning,
at the Apostolic Palace in Castelgandolfo.
This, the thirty-second FIMS world congress, is being attended by people from
117 countries on the five continents, "a significant indication", the Holy
Father said, "of the capacity for sports and athletic endeavours to unite
persons and peoples in the
common pursuit of peaceful competitive excellence".
"Just as sport is more than just competition, each sportsman and woman is more
than a mere competitor: they are possessed of a moral and spiritual capacity
which ought to be enriched and deepened by sports and sports medicine.
Sometimes, however,
success, fame, medals and the pursuit of money become the primary, or even
sole, motive for those involved. It has even happened from time to time that
winning at all costs has replaced the true spirit of sport and has led to the
abuse and misuse of the
means at the disposal of modern medicine".
This, the Holy Father noted continuing his English-language address, is one of
the questions being discussed at the congress. "This", he said, "is surely
because you too appreciate that those whom you care for are unique and gifted
individuals,
regardless of athletic capabilities, and that they are called to moral and
spiritual perfection prior to the call to any physical achievement. Indeed,
St. Paul notes in his First Letter to the Corinthians that spiritual and
athletic excellence are
closely related, and he exhorts believers to train themselves in the spiritual
life".
"As the Lord Himself took human flesh and became man, so each human person is
called to reflect perfectly the image and likeness of God. I therefore pray
for you and for those whom your work benefits, that your efforts will lead to
an ever more profound
appreciation of the beauty, the mystery and the potential of each human
person, athletic or otherwise, able-bodied or physically challenged".
___________________________________________________________
THE PERENNIAL IMPORTANCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - Yesterday evening at the Apostolic
Palace in Castelgandolfo, the German diocese of Wurzburg offered a concert in
honour of the Holy Father. The performance - entitled "Augustinus, a mosaic of
sound" - was intended
as part of an international symposium on St. Augustine which is currently
taking place at the "Augustiniaum" in Rome. The piece was composed by Winfried
Bohm and Wilfried Hiller, and performed by the choir of the cathedral of
Wurzburg.
"The modernity of this Great Father of the Latin Church is unchanged, as is
evident in the music we have just heard", said the Holy Father referring to
St. Augustine in his remarks at the end of the concert. "Augustine is present
and 'timeless'. Man's
struggle, his search for the most intimate part of himself, for truth, for
God, remains valid for all times. It does not concern only a master of
rhetoric and grammar who lived in the disturbed times of late antiquity, but
all human beings of all times".
"May your symposium on the relationship between cultures in Augustine's 'City
of God' be a fruitful contribution to deepening your reflections on the bishop
of Hippo, and to reconsigning his validity for the questions and challenges we
are facing today".
___________________________________________________________
THE HOLY SEE ADHERES TO PROTECTION OF DIPLOMATS CONVENTION
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - "On the afternoon of 26 September
2012, before the Secretary General of the United Nations, Archbishop Dominique
Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, deposited the instrument of
adherence to the United
Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against
Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (the
'Protection of Diplomats Convention')", according to a communique released
today by the Holy See.
"In taking this step the Holy See has declared, in both its own name and that
of Vatican City State, that its intention is to make a further concrete
contribution to the global commitment to combating crimes against diplomats.
"The instrument of adherence also recalls how promoting the values of
fraternity, justice and peace between individuals and peoples is something
particularly close to the heart of the Holy See, and that these objectives
require observance of the rule of
law and respect for human rights. In this perspective, adherence to the
Convention confirms the Apostolic See's interest in international instruments
of judicial cooperation in criminal law, the which, like this Convention,
constitute an effective
guarantee against criminal activities deleterious to the peace and dignity of
man.
"Therefore this decision not only expresses the Holy See's desire to
collaborate in further protecting diplomatic personnel (in primis, its own and
those accredited to it), but also helps the international community to guard
against the risks of
terrorism.
"Finally, the initiative is itself part of the process which, as is well
known, began some time ago and aims to adapt the Vatican judicial system to
the highest international standards combating this serious problem".
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
- Six prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France on their "ad limina"
visit:
- Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, archbishop of Bordeaux, accompanied by
Auxiliary Bishop Laurent Dognin.
- Bishop Hubert Herbreteau of Agen.
- Bishop Herve Gaschignard of Aire et Dax.
- Bishop Marc Aillet of Bayonne.
- Bishop Michel Mouisse of Perigueux.
- Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Kestutis
Kevalas of the clergy of the archdiocese of Kaunas, Lithuania, national
director of Radio Maria, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 8,750,
population 678,000,
Catholics 543,000, priests 135, religious 232). The bishop-elect was born in
Kaunas in 1972 and ordained a priest in 1997. He studied in Lithuania and the
United States and has worked in education and the pastoral care of young
people.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120927
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 173DATE 27-09-2012
Summary: - SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN ARE MORE
THAN MERE COMPETITORS -
THE PERENNIAL IMPORTANCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE - THE HOLY SEE ADHERES TO
PROTECTION OF DIPLOMATS CONVENTION - AUDIENCES - OTHER PONTIFICAL
ACTS
SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN ARE MORE THAN MERE COMPETITORS
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - The International Federation of
Sports Medicine (FIMS) is, for the first time in its history, holding its
world congress in Rome. For the occasion participants were received in
audience by the Pope this
morning, at the Apostolic Palace in Castelgandolfo.
This, the thirty-second FIMS world congress, is being attended by people
from 117 countries on the five continents, "a significant indication", the
Holy Father said, "of the capacity for sports and athletic endeavours to unite
persons and peoples in
the common pursuit of peaceful competitive excellence".
"Just as sport is more than just competition, each sportsman and woman is
more than a mere competitor: they are possessed of a moral and spiritual
capacity which ought to be enriched and deepened by sports and sports
medicine. Sometimes, however,
success, fame, medals and the pursuit of money become the primary, or even
sole, motive for those involved. It has even happened from time to time that
winning at all costs has replaced the true spirit of sport and has led to the
abuse and misuse of the
means at the disposal of modern medicine".
This, the Holy Father noted continuing his English-language address, is one
of the questions being discussed at the congress. "This", he said, "is surely
because you too appreciate that those whom you care for are unique and gifted
individuals,
regardless of athletic capabilities, and that they are called to moral and
spiritual perfection prior to the call to any physical achievement. Indeed,
St. Paul notes in his First Letter to the Corinthians that spiritual and
athletic excellence are
closely related, and he exhorts believers to train themselves in the spiritual
life".
"As the Lord Himself took human flesh and became man, so each human person
is called to reflect perfectly the image and likeness of God. I therefore pray
for you and for those whom your work benefits, that your efforts will lead to
an ever more
profound appreciation of the beauty, the mystery and the potential of each
human person, athletic or otherwise, able-bodied or physically challenged".
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - Yesterday evening at the Apostolic
Palace in Castelgandolfo, the German diocese of Wurzburg offered a concert in
honour of the Holy Father. The performance - entitled "Augustinus, a mosaic of
sound" - was
intended as part of an international symposium on St. Augustine which is
currently taking place at the "Augustiniaum" in Rome. The piece was composed
by Winfried Bohm and Wilfried Hiller, and performed by the choir of the
cathedral of Wurzburg.
"The modernity of this Great Father of the Latin Church is unchanged, as is
evident in the music we have just heard", said the Holy Father referring to
St. Augustine in his remarks at the end of the concert. "Augustine is present
and 'timeless'.
Man's struggle, his search for the most intimate part of himself, for truth,
for God, remains valid for all times. It does not concern only a master of
rhetoric and grammar who lived in the disturbed times of late antiquity, but
all human beings of all
times".
"May your symposium on the relationship between cultures in Augustine's
'City of God' be a fruitful contribution to deepening your reflections on the
bishop of Hippo, and to reconsigning his validity for the questions and
challenges we are facing
today".
THE HOLY SEE ADHERES TO PROTECTION OF DIPLOMATS CONVENTION
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - "On the afternoon of 26 September
2012, before the Secretary General of the United Nations, Archbishop Dominique
Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States, deposited the instrument of
adherence to the
United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against
Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents (the
'Protection of Diplomats Convention')", according to a communique released
today by the Holy See.
"In taking this step the Holy See has declared, in both its own name and
that of Vatican City State, that its intention is to make a further concrete
contribution to the global commitment to combating crimes against
diplomats.
"The instrument of adherence also recalls how promoting the values of
fraternity, justice and peace between individuals and peoples is something
particularly close to the heart of the Holy See, and that these objectives
require observance of the rule
of law and respect for human rights. In this perspective, adherence to the
Convention confirms the Apostolic See's interest in international instruments
of judicial cooperation in criminal law, the which, like this Convention,
constitute an effective
guarantee against criminal activities deleterious to the peace and dignity of
man.
"Therefore this decision not only expresses the Holy See's desire to
collaborate in further protecting diplomatic personnel (in primis, its own and
those accredited to it), but also helps the international community to guard
against the risks of
terrorism.
"Finally, the initiative is itself part of the process which, as is well
known, began some time ago and aims to adapt the Vatican judicial system to
the highest international standards combating this serious problem".
Vatican City, 27 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr.
Kestutis Kevalas of the clergy of the archdiocese of Kaunas, Lithuania,
national director of Radio Maria, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area
8,750, population 678,000,
Catholics 543,000, priests 135, religious 232). The bishop-elect was born in
Kaunas in 1972 and ordained a priest in 1997. He studied in Lithuania and the
United States and has worked in education and the pastoral care of young
people.
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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