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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 181
DATE 09-10-2012
Summary:
- THE YEAR OF FAITH: COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF VATICAN COUNCIL II
- ARABIC TO BECOME A PART OF THE POPE'S GENERAL AUDIENCE
- INTENSIFYING EFFORTS TO HELP REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
- THREE CARDINALS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF TITLES, DIACONATES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
THE YEAR OF FAITH: COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF VATICAN COUNCIL II
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press Office
Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting
New Evangelisation, announced details of the opening ceremony for the Year of
Faith, which will
be presided by the Holy Father in St. Peter's Square at 10 a.m. on Thursday 11
October.
"It is particularly significant", the archbishop explained, "that the
beginning of the Year of Faith falls on the day of the fiftieth anniversary of
the opening of Vatican Council II. This is no coincidence. ... Rather, it is
an opportunity to revisit
that event which left such a deep mark on the life of the Church in the
twentieth century, and to examine the influence its teachings have had during
the intervening decades and will have over the coming years of Church
commitment to new evangelisation.
In fact, Vatican Council II was itself intended as a special moment of new
evangelisation".
Thus the anniversary of the Council "deserves to be not only commemorated but
also celebrated by the Church". Part of that celebration is the Year of Faith,
which "is a good opportunity to revive the faith of believers, animating them
with a new and
more convincing spirit of evangelisation". The Year will also be "dedicated to
the study and examination of the conciliar teachings, that they may help in
the formation of believers - particularly through catechesis - in the
sacramental life of the
Christian community and in its life witness".
In the light of these premises, Archbishop Fisichella went on to describe the
inaugural ceremony of the Year of Faith which, he said, "will be deeply
impregnated" with symbols evoking Vatican Council II. "Extracts from the four
conciliar Constitutions
will be read out as expressions of the Council's work and of renewal in the
life of the Church. This will be followed by a long procession which which
will lead the collective imagination back to 12 October 1962. The procession
will be formed of all the
bishops participating in the solemn concelebration with the Holy Father. Those
taking part will include the Synod Fathers who are currently participating in
the meeting on the new evangelisation, presidents of all the world's episcopal
conferences, and
fourteen Council Fathers who, despite their age, have managed to come to Rome.
All seventy of the Council Fathers who are still alive had been invited to
participate, but advanced years or health problems have prevented them from b
eing
among us".
The procession will be followed by the enthronement of the Word of God, a
gesture "which evokes a significant moment in the work of the Council when,
during the solemn sessions in St. Peter's Basilica, the Sacred Scripture was
brought in in procession
and placed at the centre of the gathering in order to remind everyone that
they were at the service of the Word of God, which lies at the heart of the
Church’s activities". The same lectern and the same copy of the Holy
Scriptures as those of the
Council will be used. At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, there will be
another sign "to indicate that the teachings of the Council retain all their
validity and deserve to be be better known and studied".
This sign, the archbishop explained, will mirror "Paul VI's consignment of
Messages to the People of God at the end of the Council. Those same Messages
will be consigned by Pope Benedict XVI to various categories of people":
political leaders,
representatives of the world of science and thought, artists, women, workers,
the poor, sick and suffering, and to young people. "Finally, since this year
also marks the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
the Holy Father will
consign a special edition of the Catechism, published for the Year of Faith,
to two representatives of catechists".
"The years pass", said Archbishop Fisichella concluding his presentation, "but
the power of Vatican II remains, with all its cargo of hope that the entire
world may come to know the Gospel of Christ. Our intention is to offer
Christians a further reason
to feel that they are part of one Church, which knows no frontiers and which
daily renews her faith in the Lord through the commitment of her life".
___________________________________________________________
ARABIC TO BECOME A PART OF THE POPE'S GENERAL AUDIENCE
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - Beginning on Wednesday 10 October, during
the Holy Father's weekly general audience, an Arabic speaker will join the
other speakers who provide a summary of the papal catechises in various
different languages.
In this way, in the wake of his recent trip to Lebanon and the publication of
the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Ecclesia in Medio Oriente", the Holy
Father intends to express his perpetual concern and support for Christians in
the Middle East, and
to remind everyone of their duty to pray and work for peace in the region.
___________________________________________________________
INTENSIFYING EFFORTS TO HELP REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - On 2 October Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi
C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations and other
international organisations in Geneva, addressed the sixty-third session of
the Executive Committee of the
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), focusing his remarks on
"more creative and concrete forms of solidarity and protection".
"The surge in the number of recent conflicts has produced new waves of
refugees and displaced persons", said the archbishop speaking English. "The
media spotlight focuses on the more politically interesting cases for them and
leave in the shadows of
public awareness other masses of displaced people forgotten and left to their
tragic destiny. The Holy See delegation takes note and is grateful for those
countries which have kept their borders and their hearts open to receive
refugees fleeing conflict
in neighbouring States, and calls on all member States to assist in sharing
the burden these new refugee populations place on many of their hosts".
"It is once again a fact this year that there are more persons internally
displaced by conflict in the world than there are refugees. My delegation is
also aware that the topic of the extent of the UNHCR’s involvement in
providing assistance to
internally displaced persons is one on which States differ. In some instances
there is a genuine fear of “mission creep” and a concern that the
core mission of the UNHCR, protection of refugees, will suffer. In other
instances there is
reason to suspect that the presence of neutral, international eyes during
internal armed conflict or the provision of life saving assistance to locally
disfavoured groups might not be welcome. The Holy See encourages the High
Commissioner to continue to
go the extra mile with regards to those displaced by armed conflict. This
should be done in the first instance by seeking humanitarian access to
affected populations to assess their protection needs, and in the second
instance in coordin
ation
with other United Nations bodies by providing crucial assistance to these
people".
___________________________________________________________
THREE CARDINALS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF TITLES, DIACONATES
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - A note released today by the Office of
Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff provides details concerning the
taking of possession of the following titles and diaconates:
- At 11.30 a.m. on Sunday 14 October Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan,
archbishop of New York, U.S.A., will take possession of the title of Nostra
Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario, Piazza Nostra Signora di Guadalupe 12,
Rome.
- At 6 p.m. on Tuesday 23 October Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins,
archbishop of Toronto, Canada, will take possession of the title of San
Patrizio, Via Boncompagni 31, Rome.
- At 5 p.m. on Thursday 25 October Cardinal Edwin Frederick O'Brien, grand
master of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of
Jerusalem, will take possession of the diaconate of San Sebastiano al
Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura 1,
Rome.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father accepted the resignation
from the pastoral care of the diocese of Iquique, Chile, presented by Bishop
Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the
Code of Canon Law.
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 181DATE 09-10-2012
Summary: - THE YEAR OF FAITH: COMMEMORATION
AND CELEBRATION OF VATICAN
COUNCIL II - ARABIC TO BECOME A PART OF THE POPE'S GENERAL AUDIENCE - INTENSIFYING EFFORTS TO HELP REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS - THREE CARDINALS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF TITLES, DIACONATES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS ___________________________________________________________
THE YEAR OF FAITH: COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF VATICAN COUNCIL II
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Holy See Press
Office Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for
Promoting New Evangelisation, announced details of the opening ceremony for
the Year of Faith, which
will be presided by the Holy Father in St. Peter's Square at 10 a.m. on
Thursday 11 October.
"It is particularly significant", the archbishop explained, "that the
beginning of the Year of Faith falls on the day of the fiftieth anniversary of
the opening of Vatican Council II. This is no coincidence. ... Rather, it is
an opportunity to
revisit that event which left such a deep mark on the life of the Church in
the twentieth century, and to examine the influence its teachings have had
during the intervening decades and will have over the coming years of Church
commitment to new
evangelisation. In fact, Vatican Council II was itself intended as a special
moment of new evangelisation".
Thus the anniversary of the Council "deserves to be not only commemorated
but also celebrated by the Church". Part of that celebration is the Year of
Faith, which "is a good opportunity to revive the faith of believers,
animating them with a new and
more convincing spirit of evangelisation". The Year will also be "dedicated to
the study and examination of the conciliar teachings, that they may help in
the formation of believers - particularly through catechesis - in the
sacramental life of the
Christian community and in its life witness".
In the light of these premises, Archbishop Fisichella went on to describe
the inaugural ceremony of the Year of Faith which, he said, "will be deeply
impregnated" with symbols evoking Vatican Council II. "Extracts from the four
conciliar
Constitutions will be read out as expressions of the Council's work and of
renewal in the life of the Church. This will be followed by a long procession
which which will lead the collective imagination back to 12 October 1962. The
procession will be
formed of all the bishops participating in the solemn concelebration with the
Holy Father. Those taking part will include the Synod Fathers who are
currently participating in the meeting on the new evangelisation, presidents
of all the world's episcopal
conferences, and fourteen Council Fathers who, despite their age, have managed
to come to Rome. All seventy of the Council Fathers who are still alive had
been invited to participate, but advanced years or health
problems have prevented them from being among us".
The procession will be followed by the enthronement of the Word of God, a
gesture "which evokes a significant moment in the work of the Council when,
during the solemn sessions in St. Peter's Basilica, the Sacred Scripture was
brought in in
procession and placed at the centre of the gathering in order to remind
everyone that they were at the service of the Word of God, which lies at the
heart of the Church’s activities". The same lectern and the same copy of
the Holy Scriptures as
those of the Council will be used. At the end of the Eucharistic celebration,
there will be another sign "to indicate that the teachings of the Council
retain all their validity and deserve to be be better known and studied".
This sign, the archbishop explained, will mirror "Paul VI's consignment of
Messages to the People of God at the end of the Council. Those same Messages
will be consigned by Pope Benedict XVI to various categories of people":
political leaders,
representatives of the world of science and thought, artists, women, workers,
the poor, sick and suffering, and to young people. "Finally, since this year
also marks the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church,
the Holy Father will
consign a special edition of the Catechism, published for the Year of Faith,
to two representatives of catechists".
"The years pass", said Archbishop Fisichella concluding his presentation,
"but the power of Vatican II remains, with all its cargo of hope that the
entire world may come to know the Gospel of Christ. Our intention is to offer
Christians a further
reason to feel that they are part of one Church, which knows no frontiers and
which daily renews her faith in the Lord through the commitment of her
life".
ARABIC TO BECOME A PART OF THE POPE'S GENERAL AUDIENCE
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - Beginning on Wednesday 10 October,
during the Holy Father's weekly general audience, an Arabic speaker will join
the other speakers who provide a summary of the papal catechises in various
different languages.
In this way, in the wake of his recent trip to Lebanon and the publication
of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Ecclesia in Medio Oriente", the
Holy Father intends to express his perpetual concern and support for
Christians in the Middle East,
and to remind everyone of their duty to pray and work for peace in the
region.
INTENSIFYING EFFORTS TO HELP REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - On 2 October Archbishop Silvano M.
Tomasi C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations and other
international organisations in Geneva, addressed the sixty-third session of
the Executive Committee of
the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), focusing his remarks
on "more creative and concrete forms of solidarity and protection".
"The surge in the number of recent conflicts has produced new waves of
refugees and displaced persons", said the archbishop speaking English. "The
media spotlight focuses on the more politically interesting cases for them and
leave in the shadows of
public awareness other masses of displaced people forgotten and left to their
tragic destiny. The Holy See delegation takes note and is grateful for those
countries which have kept their borders and their hearts open to receive
refugees fleeing conflict
in neighbouring States, and calls on all member States to assist in sharing
the burden these new refugee populations place on many of their hosts".
"It is once again a fact this year that there are more persons internally
displaced by conflict in the world than there are refugees. My delegation is
also aware that the topic of the extent of the UNHCR’s involvement in
providing assistance to
internally displaced persons is one on which States differ. In some instances
there is a genuine fear of “mission creep” and a concern that the
core mission of the UNHCR, protection of refugees, will suffer. In other
instances there is
reason to suspect that the presence of neutral, international eyes during
internal armed conflict or the provision of life saving assistance to locally
disfavoured groups might not be welcome. The Holy See encourages the High
Commissioner to continue to
go the extra mile with regards to those displaced by armed conflict. This
should be done in the first instance by seeking humanitarian access to
affected populations to assess their protection needs, and in the second
instance in
coordination with other United Nations bodies by providing crucial assistance
to these people".
THREE CARDINALS TO TAKE POSSESSION OF TITLES, DIACONATES
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - A note released today by the Office of
Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff provides details concerning the
taking of possession of the following titles and diaconates:
- At 11.30 a.m. on Sunday 14 October Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan,
archbishop of New York, U.S.A., will take possession of the title of Nostra
Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario, Piazza Nostra Signora di Guadalupe 12,
Rome.
- At 6 p.m. on Tuesday 23 October Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins,
archbishop of Toronto, Canada, will take possession of the title of San
Patrizio, Via Boncompagni 31, Rome.
- At 5 p.m. on Thursday 25 October Cardinal Edwin Frederick O'Brien, grand
master of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of
Jerusalem, will take possession of the diaconate of San Sebastiano al
Palatino, Via di San Bonaventura
1, Rome.
Vatican City, 9 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father accepted the
resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Iquique, Chile, presented
by Bishop Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, in accordance with canon 401 para.
2 of the Code of Canon
Law.
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
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