all, she maintained a great and faithful love for Christ and the Church.
"This summary of the ideal in Christian life, expressed in the call to
holiness, draws us to look with humility at the fragility, even sin, of many
Christians, as individuals and communities, which is a great obstacle to
evangelisation and to
recognising the force of God that, in faith, meets human weakness. Thus, we
cannot speak about the new evangelisation without a sincere desire for
conversion".
Benedict XVI concluded by entrusting the work of the Synod "to God,
sustained by the communion of saints, invoking in particular
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the intercession of great evangelisers, among whom, with much affection, we
ought to number Blessed John Paul II, whose
long pontificate was an example of the new evangelisation".
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CHERISH THE ROSARY DURING THE YEAR OF FAITH
Vatican City, 7 October 2012 (VIS) - Before praying the Angelus this
morning, Benedict XVI recalled that the traditional annual "supplication", in
which thousands of faithful around the world participate, is taking place
today at the Italian shrine
of Pompei, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary.
"As we too spiritually unite ourselves to that choral invocation, I would
like to invite everyone to cherish the Rosary during the forthcoming Year of
Faith. With the Rosary, in fact, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, the
model of faith, in
meditating upon the mysteries of Christ, and day after day we are helped to
assimilate the Gospel so that it can shape our lives. Therefore, in the wake
of my predecessors, and in particular Blessed John Paul II who ten years ago
gave us his Apostolic
Letter 'Rosarium Virginis Mariae', I invite people to pray the Rosary
individually, in the family and in the community, placing themselves in the
school of Mary who leads us to Christ, the living centre of our faith".
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SENTENCE OF THE TRIBUNAL OF VATICAN CITY STATE AGAINST PAOLO GABRIELE
Vatican City, 6 October 2012 (VIS) - The Tribunal of Vatican City State
today delivered the following sentence in the trial of Paolo Gabriele, who is
accused of aggravated theft.
The accused Paolo Gabriele is declared "guilty of the offence under article
404 paragraph 1/1 of the Criminal Code, for abusing the trust inherent in
relationships deriving from his professional responsibilities, and stealing
items which - by virtue
of those relationships and on the basis of the trust placed in him - were left
unattended and in full view.
"For this reason the Tribunal sentences him to prison for a period of three
years.
"Pursuant to article 26 of the Law of 21 June 1969, in view of the
accused's lack of a criminal record, his record of service in the period prior
to the facts in question, the subjective (though mistaken) belief identified
by the accused as the
motive for his conduct, as well as his own statement of his awareness of
having betrayed the trust of the Holy Father, the Tribunal reduces the
sentence to imprisonment for one (1) year and six (6) months, and orders the
guilty party to defray the costs
of the trial.
"Signed: Giuseppe Dalla Torre, president; Paolo Papanti-Pelletier;
Venerando Marano, and Raffaele Ottaviano, substitute registrar".
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 6 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
- Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
- Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 6 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of
Sandomierz, Poland, presented by Bishop Edward Frankowski, upon having reached
the age limit.
- Appointed Msgr. Charles J. Scicluna of the clergy of Malta, Malta,
promoter of justice at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as
auxiliary of the archdiocese of Malta (area 246, population 412,970, Catholics
388,970, priests 671,
religious 1,291). The bishop-elect was born in Toronto, Canada in 1959 and
ordained a priest in 1986. Having studied in Malta and in Rome, he worked as
defender of the bond and promoter of justice at the metropolitan tribunal of
Malta. He was also
active in education and in the pastoral care of various parishes.
- Appointed Archbishop Henryk Jozef Nowacki, apostolic nuncio to Sweden and
Iceland, also as apostolic nuncio to Denmark.
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