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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 179
DATE 05-10-2012
Summary:
- PLENARY INDULGENCE FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH
- PRESENTATION OF THE SYNOD ON THE NEW EVANGELISATION
___________________________________________________________
PLENARY INDULGENCE FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH
Vatican City, 5 October 2012 (VIS) - According to a decree made public today
and signed by Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro and Bishop Krzysztof Nykiel,
respectively penitentiary major and regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary,
Benedict XVI will grant
faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the Year of Faith. The
indulgence will be valid from the opening of the Year on 11 October 2012 until
its end on 24 November 2013.
"The day of the fiftieth anniversary of the solemn opening of Vatican Council
II", the text reads, "the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI has decreed the
beginning of a Year especially dedicated to the profession of the true faith
and its correct
interpretation, through the reading of - or better still the pious meditation
upon - the Acts of the Council and the articles of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church".
"Since the primary objective is to develop sanctity of life to the highest
degree possible on this earth, and thus to attain the most sublime level of
pureness of soul, immense benefit may be derived from the great gift of
Indulgences which, by virtue
of the power conferred upon her by Christ, the Church offers to everyone who,
following the due norms, undertakes the special prescripts to obtain them".
"During the Year of Faith, which will last from 11 October 2012 to 24 November
2013, Plenary Indulgence for the temporal punishment of sins, imparted by the
mercy of God and applicable also to the souls of deceased faithful, may be
obtained by all
faithful who, truly penitent, take Sacramental Confession and the Eucharist
and pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.
"(A) Each time they attend at least three sermons during the Holy Missions, or
at least three lessons on the Acts of the Council or the articles of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, in church or any other suitable location.
"(B) Each time they visit, in the course of a pilgrimage, a papal basilica, a
Christian catacomb, a cathedral church or a holy site designated by the local
ordinary for the Year of Faith (for example, minor basilicas and shrines
dedicated to the Blessed
Virgin Mary, the Holy Apostles or patron saints), and there participate in a
sacred celebration, or at least remain for a congruous period of time in
prayer and pious meditation, concluding with the recitation of the Our Father,
the Profession of Faith
in any legitimate form, and invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary and,
depending on the circumstances, to the Holy Apostles and patron saints.
"(C) Each time that, on the days designated by the local ordinary for the Year
of Faith, ... in any sacred place, they participate in a solemn celebration of
the Eucharist or the Liturgy of the Hours, adding thereto the Profession of
Faith in any
legitimate form.
"(D) On any day they chose, during the Year of Faith, if they make a pious
visit to the baptistery, or other place in which they received the Sacrament
of Baptism, and there renew their baptismal promises in any legitimate form.
"Diocesan or eparchal bishops, and those who enjoy the same status in law, on
the most appropriate day during that period or on the occasion of the main
celebrations, ... may impart the papal blessing with the Plenary Indulgence".
The document concludes by recalling how faithful who, due to illness or other
legitimate cause, are unable to leave their place of adobe, may still obtain
Plenary Indulgence "if, united in spirit and thought with other faithful, and
especially at the
times when the words of the Supreme Pontiff and diocesan bishops are
transmitted by television or radio, they recite ... the Our Father, the
Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and other prayers that concord
with the objectives of the Year of
Faith, offering up the suffering and discomfort of their lives".
___________________________________________________________
PRESENTATION OF THE SYNOD ON THE NEW EVANGELISATION
Vatican City, 5 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press
Office, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops,
presented the thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops,
which is due to take place
in the Vatican from 7 to 28 October on the theme: "The New Evangelisation for
the Transmission of the Christian Faith".
Before entering into the details of the forthcoming synodal assembly the
archbishop highlighted the importance of not separating the two aspects of the
chosen topic. "The theme", he said, "indicates that the goal of new
evangelisation is the
transmission of the faith. And the process of transmitting the faith, which
today faces many obstacles of different kinds, takes place within the context
of new evangelisation".
He then went on to explain the preparations and the stages of the Synod,
describing it as a "complex and demanding process" which can be divided into
three interlinked aspects: "the spiritual dimension, theological and pastoral
reflections, and
technical and organisational preparations".
1. The spiritual dimension
"Prayer accompanies and stimulates all synodal activity. ... It accompanied
the preparatory work ... and will have a pre-eminent role during the course of
the gathering. Specifically, the Holy Father will preside at four liturgical
celebrations: on 7
October, the inauguration of the Synod and the proclamation of St. John of
Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Universal Church; on 11
October, Mass for the inauguration of the Year of Faith; on 21 October, the
canonisation of the
blesseds: Jacques Berthieu, Pedro Calungsod, Giovanni Battista Piamarta,
Carmen Salles y Barangueras, Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha and Ana
Schaffer; on 28 October, the closing of the Synod".
2. Theological and pastoral reflections
"Once the Holy Father had chosen the theme, the General Secretariat of the
Synod prepared the 'Lineamenta', or preparatory document for reflection on
that topic, which was published on 4 March 2011. The questionnaire
accompanying the 'Lineamenta' was
submitted to all the ecclesial organisations with which the General
Secretariat maintains institutional contacts, with the request that responses
be forthcoming before 1 November 2011. The response rate - which reached 90.5
per cent - is an expression
of the great interest that the particular Churches and other organisations
have in the theme chosen for the Synod. ... The Ordinary Council of the
General Secretariat examined the responses which were then summarised in the
'Instrumentum laboris', made
public on 19 June 2012".
"Other documents have also played an important role in preparations for the
Synod. ... These include, apart from the Holy Father's catecheses, ... two
Apostolic Letters 'Motu Proprio data'. The first of these is 'Ubicumque et
semper" of 21 September
2010 by which the Holy Father created the Pontifical Counil for Promoting New
Evangelisation, the second is 'Porta Fidei' of 11 October 2011 in which he
proclaimed the Year of Faith".
3. Technical and organisational preparation
"As per the norms of 'Ordo Synodi Episcoporum', the Ordinal General Assembly
of the Synod of Bishops is attended 'ex officio' by the heads of the 'sui
iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches and of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia.
Apart from the Synod
Fathers appointed by the Pope, other Synod Fathers are elected by their
respective episcopal conferences, by the 'sui iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches
if they have more than twenty-five bishops, and by the Union of Superiors
General which has the right
to elect ten members".
4. Participation in the Synod
"The thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be
attended by 262 Synod Fathers, the largest number in the history of Synods. Of
these, 103 are from Europe, 63 from the Americas, 50 from Africa, 39 from Asia
and 7 from Oceania.
The majority of the Synod Fathers, 182, have been elected: 172 by their
episcopal conferences, 10 by the Union of Superiors General, and 3 by the 'sui
iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches. Of the others, 37 are participating 'ex
officio' and 40 were
appointed by the Holy Father".
"Benedict XVI has appointed Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of
Washington, U.S.A., as relator general of the Synod and Archbishop
Pierre-Marie Carre, archbishop of Montpellier, France, as special secretary.
He has also appointed three
presidents delegate: Cardinal John Tong Hon, bishop of Hong Kong, China;
Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, and
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic
Republic of Congo. Also
participating in the forthcoming synodal assembly will be forty-five experts,
forty-nine auditors, fraternal delegates from 15 Churches and ecclesial
communities not yet in communion with the Catholic Church, and three special
guests: Frere Alois, prior
of Taize, France; Rev. Lamar Vest, president of the American Bible Society,
U.S.A., and Werner Arber, professor emeritus of microbiology at the University
of Basel, Switzerland and president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences".
5. Important events
"Twenty-three General Congregations and eight Working Group sessions are
scheduled to take place. The secretary general and relator general will
deliver their reports on the morning of 8 October. During the afternoon
session representatives of the
episcopate on the five continents will deliver brief speeches indicating how
the theme of the Synod is viewed in the particular Churches on their
continents".
"During the afternoon session of 9 October, Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S.,
prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, will present a report on the
reception of 'Verbum Domini', the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the
twelfth Ordinary General Assembly
of the Synod of Bishops, which took place in October 2008".
"On 10 October His Grace Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and primate
of the Anglican Communion, will address the assembly to outline the Anglican
approach to the challenge of new evangelisation for the transmission of the
Christian faith".
"On the afternoon of 12 October Werner Arber, professor emeritus of
microbiology at the University of Basel, Switzerland and president of the
Pontifical Academy of Sciences, will speak on the relationship between science
and faith".
"During the Eucharistic celebration of 11 October, the Ecumenical Patriarch
Bartholomew I will address Benedict XVI and all those participating in the
Mass for the opening of the Year of Faith".
"At the beginning of their work, the Synod Fathers will choose the members of
the 'commission of the message'. The commission is made up of twelve members.
The Holy Father has appointed the president and secretary (respectively,
Archbishop Claudio Maria
Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, and
Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle of Manila, Philippines) and will appoint a
further two members, while the remaining eight members are to be elected by
the Synod Fathers".
"The methodology of the Synod, which was modified by Benedict XVI in 2005,
remains substantially unchanged. Each Synod Father will have five minutes to
speak during the General Congregations, but during the open debates in the
afternoon sessions (from 6
p.m. to 7 p.m.) they will have no more than three minutes, so as to stimulate
greater participation in the discussions. Speeches by fraternal delegates,
experts and auditors must not exceed four minutes".
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 179DATE 05-10-2012
Summary: - PLENARY INDULGENCE FOR THE YEAR
OF FAITH - PRESENTATION
OF THE SYNOD ON THE NEW EVANGELISATION
Vatican City, 5 October 2012 (VIS) - According to a decree made public
today and signed by Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro and Bishop Krzysztof
Nykiel, respectively penitentiary major and regent of the Apostolic
Penitentiary, Benedict XVI will
grant faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the Year of Faith. The
indulgence will be valid from the opening of the Year on 11 October 2012 until
its end on 24 November 2013.
"The day of the fiftieth anniversary of the solemn opening of Vatican
Council II", the text reads, "the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI has decreed the
beginning of a Year especially dedicated to the profession of the true faith
and its correct
interpretation, through the reading of - or better still the pious meditation
upon - the Acts of the Council and the articles of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church".
"Since the primary objective is to develop sanctity of life to the highest
degree possible on this earth, and thus to attain the most sublime level of
pureness of soul, immense benefit may be derived from the great gift of
Indulgences which, by
virtue of the power conferred upon her by Christ, the Church offers to
everyone who, following the due norms, undertakes the special prescripts to
obtain them".
"During the Year of Faith, which will last from 11 October 2012 to 24
November 2013, Plenary Indulgence for the temporal punishment of sins,
imparted by the mercy of God and applicable also to the souls of deceased
faithful, may be obtained by all
faithful who, truly penitent, take Sacramental Confession and the Eucharist
and pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.
"(A) Each time they attend at least three sermons during the Holy Missions,
or at least three lessons on the Acts of the Council or the articles of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, in church or any other suitable location.
"(B) Each time they visit, in the course of a pilgrimage, a papal basilica,
a Christian catacomb, a cathedral church or a holy site designated by the
local ordinary for the Year of Faith (for example, minor basilicas and shrines
dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Apostles or patron saints), and there
participate in a sacred celebration, or at least remain for a congruous period
of time in prayer and pious meditation, concluding with the recitation of the
Our Father, the Profession
of Faith in any legitimate form, and invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary
and, depending on the circumstances, to the Holy Apostles and patron
saints.
"(C) Each time that, on the days designated by the local ordinary for the
Year of Faith, ... in any sacred place, they participate in a solemn
celebration of the Eucharist or the Liturgy of the Hours, adding thereto the
Profession of Faith in any
legitimate form.
"(D) On any day they chose, during the Year of Faith, if they make a pious
visit to the baptistery, or other place in which they received the Sacrament
of Baptism, and there renew their baptismal promises in any legitimate
form.
"Diocesan or eparchal bishops, and those who enjoy the same status in law,
on the most appropriate day during that period or on the occasion of the main
celebrations, ... may impart the papal blessing with the Plenary
Indulgence".
The document concludes by recalling how faithful who, due to illness or
other legitimate cause, are unable to leave their place of adobe, may still
obtain Plenary Indulgence "if, united in spirit and thought with other
faithful, and especially at the
times when the words of the Supreme Pontiff and diocesan bishops are
transmitted by television or radio, they recite ... the Our Father, the
Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and other prayers that concord
with the objectives of the Year of
Faith, offering up the suffering and discomfort of their lives".
PRESENTATION OF THE SYNOD ON THE NEW EVANGELISATION
Vatican City, 5 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press
Office, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops,
presented the thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops,
which is due to take
place in the Vatican from 7 to 28 October on the theme: "The New
Evangelisation for the Transmission of the Christian Faith".
Before entering into the details of the forthcoming synodal assembly the
archbishop highlighted the importance of not separating the two aspects of the
chosen topic. "The theme", he said, "indicates that the goal of new
evangelisation is the
transmission of the faith. And the process of transmitting the faith, which
today faces many obstacles of different kinds, takes place within the context
of new evangelisation".
He then went on to explain the preparations and the stages of the Synod,
describing it as a "complex and demanding process" which can be divided into
three interlinked aspects: "the spiritual dimension, theological and pastoral
reflections, and
technical and organisational preparations".
1. The spiritual dimension
"Prayer accompanies and stimulates all synodal activity. ... It accompanied
the preparatory work ... and will have a pre-eminent role during the course of
the gathering. Specifically, the Holy Father will preside at four liturgical
celebrations: on 7
October, the inauguration of the Synod and the proclamation of St. John of
Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Universal Church; on 11
October, Mass for the inauguration of the Year of Faith; on 21 October, the
canonisation of the
blesseds: Jacques Berthieu, Pedro Calungsod, Giovanni Battista Piamarta,
Carmen Salles y Barangueras, Marianne Cope, Kateri Tekakwitha and Ana
Schaffer; on 28 October, the closing of the Synod".
2. Theological and pastoral reflections
"Once the Holy Father had chosen the theme, the General Secretariat of the
Synod prepared the 'Lineamenta', or preparatory document for reflection on
that topic, which was published on 4 March 2011. The questionnaire
accompanying the 'Lineamenta' was
submitted to all the ecclesial organisations with which the General
Secretariat maintains institutional contacts, with the request that responses
be forthcoming before 1 November 2011. The response rate - which reached 90.5
per cent - is an expression
of the great interest that the particular Churches and other organisations
have in the theme chosen for the Synod. ... The Ordinary Council of the
General Secretariat examined the responses which were then summarised in the
'Instrumentum laboris', made
public on 19 June 2012".
"Other documents have also played an important role in preparations for the
Synod. ... These include, apart from the Holy Father's catecheses, ... two
Apostolic Letters 'Motu Proprio data'. The first of these is 'Ubicumque et
semper" of 21 September
2010 by which the Holy Father created the Pontifical Counil for Promoting New
Evangelisation, the second is 'Porta Fidei' of 11 October 2011 in which he
proclaimed the Year of Faith".
3. Technical and organisational preparation
"As per the norms of 'Ordo Synodi Episcoporum', the Ordinal General
Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is attended 'ex officio' by the heads of the
'sui iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches and of the dicasteries of the Roman
Curia. Apart from the Synod
Fathers appointed by the Pope, other Synod Fathers are elected by their
respective episcopal conferences, by the 'sui iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches
if they have more than twenty-five bishops, and by the Union of Superiors
General which has the right
to elect ten members".
4. Participation in the Synod
"The thirteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be
attended by 262 Synod Fathers, the largest number in the history of Synods. Of
these, 103 are from Europe, 63 from the Americas, 50 from Africa, 39 from Asia
and 7 from
Oceania. The majority of the Synod Fathers, 182, have been elected: 172 by
their episcopal conferences, 10 by the Union of Superiors General, and 3 by
the 'sui iuris' Eastern Catholic Churches. Of the others, 37 are participating
'ex officio' and 40
were appointed by the Holy Father".
"Benedict XVI has appointed Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of
Washington, U.S.A., as relator general of the Synod and Archbishop
Pierre-Marie Carre, archbishop of Montpellier, France, as special secretary.
He has also appointed three
presidents delegate: Cardinal John Tong Hon, bishop of Hong Kong, China;
Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, and
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic
Republic of Congo. Also
participating in the forthcoming synodal assembly will be forty-five experts,
forty-nine auditors, fraternal delegates from 15 Churches and ecclesial
communities not yet in communion with the Catholic Church, and three special
guests: Frere Alois, prior
of Taize, France; Rev. Lamar Vest, president of the American Bible Society,
U.S.A., and Werner Arber, professor emeritus of microbiology at the University
of Basel, Switzerland and president of the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences".
5. Important events
"Twenty-three General Congregations and eight Working Group sessions are
scheduled to take place. The secretary general and relator general will
deliver their reports on the morning of 8 October. During the afternoon
session representatives of the
episcopate on the five continents will deliver brief speeches indicating how
the theme of the Synod is viewed in the particular Churches on their
continents".
"During the afternoon session of 9 October, Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S.,
prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, will present a report on the
reception of 'Verbum Domini', the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the
twelfth Ordinary General
Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which took place in October 2008".
"On 10 October His Grace Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and
primate of the Anglican Communion, will address the assembly to outline the
Anglican approach to the challenge of new evangelisation for the transmission
of the Christian
faith".
"On the afternoon of 12 October Werner Arber, professor emeritus of
microbiology at the University of Basel, Switzerland and president of the
Pontifical Academy of Sciences, will speak on the relationship between science
and faith".
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