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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 190
DATE 22-10-2012
Summary:
- CONCERNING THE VISIT OF A HOLY SEE MISSION TO SYRIA
- SANCTITY ARISES FROM THE WELL-SPRING OF REDEMPTION
- RATZINGER PRIZE: ECUMENISM AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER RELIGIONS
- THE SOLIDARITY OF THE POPE WITH THE PAIN AND SADNESS OF LEBANESE
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
CONCERNING THE VISIT OF A HOLY SEE MISSION TO SYRIA
Vatican City, 22 October 2012 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Fr.
Federico Lombardi today made the following statement.
"The announced mission to Syria by representatives of the Holy See and the
Synod of Bishops is still in the course of being studied and prepared, in
order to be put into effect as soon as possible, and to respond effectively to
its intended aims of
solidarity, peace and reconciliation despite the very serious incidents that
have taken place in the region recently".
___________________________________________________________
SANCTITY ARISES FROM THE WELL-SPRING OF REDEMPTION
Vatican City, 21 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in St. Peter's Square, some
eighty thousand people participated in a papal Mass for the canonisation of
seven new saints: Jacques Berthieu, French martyr and priest of the Society of
Jesus (1838-1896);
Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay catechist and martyr (1654-1672); Giovanni
Battista Piamarta, Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Holy
Family of Nazareth and of the Congregation of the Humble Sister Servants of
the Lord (1841-1913);
Maria del Carmen (born Maria Salles y Barangueras), Spanish foundress of the
Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of Teaching (1848-1911); Marianne Cope, nee
Barbara, German-American religious of the Sisters of the Third Order of St.
Francis in Syracuse
U.S.A. (1838-1918); Kateri Tekakwitha, American laywoman (1656-1680), and Anna
Schaeffer, German laywoman (1882-1925).
In his homily, the Holy Father drew attention to the "happy coincidence"
between the current assembly of the Synod of Bishops on new evangelisation
World Mission Sunday which falls today, and the readings during today's Mass
which, he said, show us "how
to be evangelisers, called to bear witness and to proclaim the Christian
message, configuring ourselves to Christ and following His same way of life.
This is true both for the mission 'ad Gentes' and for the new evangelisation
in places with ancient
Christian roots.
"The Son of Man came to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many", the
Pope added. "These words were the existential blueprint of the seven blessed
men and women that the Church solemnly enrols this morning in the glorious
ranks of the saints.
... They are sons and daughters of the Church who chose a life of service
following the Lord. Holiness always rises up in the Church from the
well-spring of the mystery of redemption. ... Today’s canonisation is an
eloquent confirmation of this
mysterious salvific truth".
The Holy Father then turned his attention to the life and example of each of
the new saints, beginning with Jacques Berthieu. Born in France in 1838, he
was "a tireless pastor on the island of Sainte Marie, then in Madagascar, he
struggled against
injustice while bringing succour to the poor and sick. ... He made himself all
things to all men, drawing from prayer and his love of the sacred heart of
Jesus the human and priestly force to face martyrdom in 1896. ... May the life
of this evangeliser
be an encouragement and a model for priests that, like him, they will be men
of God! May his example aid the many Christians of today persecuted for their
faith! In this Year of Faith, may his intercession bring forth many fruits for
Madagascar and
Africa".
Pedro Calungsod was born around 1654 in the Visayas region of the Philippines.
In 1668, he and other young catechists accompanied Father Diego Luis de San
Vitores to the Marianas Islands to evangelise the Chamorro people. "Life there
was hard and the
missionaries also faced persecution arising from envy and slander", the Pope
explained. "Pedro, however, displayed deep faith and charity and continued to
catechise his many converts, giving witness to Christ by a life of purity and
dedication to the
Gospel. Uppermost was his desire to win souls for Christ, and this made him
resolute in accepting martyrdom. ... May the example and courageous witness of
Pedro Calungsod inspire the dear people of the Philippines to announce the
Kingdom bravely and to
win souls for God".
The Italian priest Giovanni Battista Piamarta "was a great apostle of charity
and of young people. He raised awareness of the need for a cultural and social
presence of Catholicism in the modern world. ... Animated by unshakable faith
in divine
providence and by a profound spirit of sacrifice, ... when he was overburdened
with work, he increased the length of his encounter, heart to heart, with the
Lord, ... to gain spiritual fortitude and so return to gaining people’s
hearts".
The educational work of the Spanish religious Maria del Carmen Salles y
Barangueras, which she "entrusted to the Immaculate Virgin Mary, continues to
bear abundant fruit among young people through the generous dedication of her
daughters who, like her,
entrust themselves to God for Whom all is possible", the Holy Father said.
Marianne Cope "willingly embraced a call to care for the lepers of Hawaii
after many others had refused". Later, on the island of Molokai, she nursed
Father Damien and, following his death, continued his work among those
stricken with leprosy. "At a
time when little could be done for those suffering from this terrible disease,
Marianne Cope showed the highest love, courage and enthusiasm".
"Kateri Tekakwitha was born in today’s New York state in 1656 to a
Mohawk father and a Christian Algonquin mother. ... She was baptised at twenty
years of age and, to escape persecution, took refuge in the St. Francis Xavier
Mission near Montreal.
There she worked, faithful to the traditions of her people although renouncing
their religious convictions, until her death at the age of twenty-four. ...
Kateri impresses us by the action of grace in her life in spite of the absence
of external help
and by the courage of her vocation, so unusual in her culture. In her, faith
and culture enrich each other. May her example help us to live where we are,
loving Jesus without denying who we are. St. Kateri, Protectress of Canada and
the first native
American saint, we entrust to you the renewal of the faith in the first
nations and in all of North America. May God bless the first nations".
The young German Anna Schaeffer from Mindelstetten suffered a serious accident
which left her with incurable burns on her legs and forced her to be
bed-ridden for the rest of her life. "Her sickbed became her cloister cell and
her suffering a missionary
service", said Benedict XVI. "May her intercession strengthen the Christian
hospice movement in its beneficial activity".
"These new saints, different in origin, language, nationality and social
condition, are united among themselves and with the whole People of God in the
mystery of salvation of Christ the Redeemer. ... May the witness of ... their
lives generously spent
for love of Christ, speak today to the whole Church, and may their
intercession strengthen and sustain her in her mission to proclaim the Gospel
to the whole world", the Holy Father concluded.
Before praying the Angelus, the Pope invoked Mary Queen of all saints,
recalling how the French Marian shrine of Lourdes is currently suffering the
consequences of the flooding of the Gave River. He went on: "Today too we
entrust to the protection of
the Virgin Mary missionary men and women - priests, religious and lay people -
who spread the good seed of the Gospel all over the world. We pray also for
the Synod of Bishops which is meeting during these weeks to examine the
challenge of the new
evangelisation for the transmission of the Christian faith".
___________________________________________________________
RATZINGER PRIZE: ECUMENISM AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER RELIGIONS
Vatican City, 20 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Clementine Hall of
the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Benedict XVI conferred the "Ratzinger Prize"
upon two scholars of theology. The award was established by the "Vatican
Foundation: Joseph Ratzinger
- Benedict XVI".
The prize winners this year are the French historian Remi Brague, and the
American scholar of patrology and theology Fr. Brian Edward Daley S.J.
Following some introductory remarks from Msgr. Giuseppe Antonio Scotti,
president of the foundation, and the presentation of the two winners by
Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the foundation's academic committee, the
Holy Father addressed some
words to those present.
The winners, he said, "are experts deeply involved in two questions which are
vital for the Church in our time: ecumenism and relations with other
religions. Fr. Daley, by studying the Fathers of the Church, has entered into
the best school for
understating and loving the Church, one and undivided though in the richness
of her different traditions". Remi Brague "is a great scholar of the
philosophy of religions, in particular that of Judaism and Islam in the Middle
Ages. Now, fifty years after
the opening of Vatican Council II, I would like to join them in re-examining
two conciliar documents: the Declaration 'Nostra aetate' on non-Christian
religions, and the Decree 'Unitatis redintegratio' on ecumenism. To these,
however, I would add
another document which has proved to be immensely important: the Declaration
'Dignitatis humanae' on religious freedom".
Benedict XVI went on to recall that both prize winners "are university
professors, deeply committed to teaching". This, he said, "highlights an
important aspect of coherence" in the activity of the "Vatican Foundation:
Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI"
which, apart from the prize, also grants bursaries to doctorate students of
theology and organises academic conferences.
"People such as Fr. Daley and Professor Brague are exemplary figures for the
transmission of a knowledge with brings together science and wisdom, academic
rigour and a passion for man, that he may discover the 'art of living'. We
need people who,
through an illuminated and coherent faith, make God close and credible to
mankind today. ... We need people whose intellect has been illuminated by the
light of God, so that they can speak to the minds and hearts of others".
The Holy Father concluded: "Working in the Lord's vineyard, where He calls us,
so that the men and women of our time may discover or rediscover the true 'art
of living': this was also one of the great passions of Vatican Council II, and
is more urgent
than ever in the context of current efforts towards new evangelisation".
___________________________________________________________
THE SOLIDARITY OF THE POPE WITH THE PAIN AND SADNESS OF LEBANESE
Vatican City, 20 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father, through Cardinal
Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., has sent a telegram to His
Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai, patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Lebanon,
for yesterday’s bomb
blast in Beirut which left eight dead and many injured.
"Having learned of the terrible attack in Beirut, which caused so many
victims", the telegram reads, "His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI unites himself
in prayer with the pain of the mourning families, and with the sadness of all
Lebanese. Commending the
victims to the all merciful God, and imploring Him to welcome them into His
light, the Holy Father expresses his profound closeness to the injured and
their families, asking the Lord to help and console them in their time of
trial. As he did during his
apostolic trip to Lebanon, the Holy Father again condemns the violence which
causes so much suffering, and asks God to give the gift of peace and
reconciliation to Lebanon and the entire region. With all his heart, His
Holiness invokes abundance of
divine blessings upon the mourning families and all Lebanese".
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 22 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
- Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation
of Peoples.
- Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Pontifical Commission for
Vatican City State and of the Governorate of Vatican City State.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 22 October 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father accepted the resignation
from the pastoral care of the diocese of Machala, Ecuador, presented by Bishop
Luis Antonio Sanchez Armijos S.D.B., in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of
the Code of Canon
Law.
On Saturday 20 October it was made public that the Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Domenico Caliandro of Nardo-Gallipoli, Italy, as archbishop
of Brindisi-Ostuni (area 1,253, population 285,396, Catholics 282,396, priests
165, permanent deacons 12, religious 233), Italy.
- Appointed Msgr. Guido Gallese of the clergy of the archdiocese of Genoa,
Italy, director of the diocesan office for universities and head of youth
pastoral care, as bishop of Alessandria (area 740, population 163,100,
Catholics 151,200, priests 96,
permanent deacons 9, religious 207), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Genoa
in 1962 and ordained a priest in 1990. Among other things he has worked as
vice rector of the local archdiocesan seminary, and has been involved in
pastoral care in a number
of parishes.
- Appointed Bishop Luigi Ernesto Palletti, auxiliary of Genoa, Italy, as
bishop of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato (area 881, population 223,535, Catholics
220,921, priests 141, permanent deacons 22, religious 152), Italy.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews121022
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 190DATE 22-10-2012
Summary: - CONCERNING THE VISIT OF A HOLY
SEE MISSION TO SYRIA -
SANCTITY ARISES FROM THE WELL-SPRING OF REDEMPTION - RATZINGER PRIZE:
ECUMENISM AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER RELIGIONS - THE SOLIDARITY OF THE
POPE WITH THE PAIN AND SADNESS OF LEBANESE - AUDIENCES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS ___________________________________________________________
CONCERNING THE VISIT OF A HOLY SEE MISSION TO SYRIA
Vatican City, 22 October 2012 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Fr.
Federico Lombardi today made the following statement.
"The announced mission to Syria by representatives of the Holy See and the
Synod of Bishops is still in the course of being studied and prepared, in
order to be put into effect as soon as possible, and to respond effectively to
its intended aims of
solidarity, peace and reconciliation despite the very serious incidents that
have taken place in the region recently".
SANCTITY ARISES FROM THE WELL-SPRING OF REDEMPTION
Vatican City, 21 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in St. Peter's Square,
some eighty thousand people participated in a papal Mass for the canonisation
of seven new saints: Jacques Berthieu, French martyr and priest of the Society
of Jesus
(1838-1896); Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay catechist and martyr (1654-1672);
Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of
the Holy Family of Nazareth and of the Congregation of the Humble Sister
Servants of the Lord
(1841-1913); Maria del Carmen (born Maria Salles y Barangueras), Spanish
foundress of the Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of Teaching (1848-1911);
Marianne Cope, nee Barbara, German-American religious of the Sisters of the
Third Order of St. Francis in
Syracuse U.S.A. (1838-1918); Kateri Tekakwitha, American laywoman (1656-1680),
and Anna Schaeffer, German laywoman (1882-1925).
In his homily, the Holy Father drew attention to the "happy coincidence"
between the current assembly of the Synod of Bishops on new evangelisation
World Mission Sunday which falls today, and the readings during today's Mass
which, he said, show us
"how to be evangelisers, called to bear witness and to proclaim the Christian
message, configuring ourselves to Christ and following His same way of life.
This is true both for the mission 'ad Gentes' and for the new evangelisation
in places with
ancient Christian roots.
"The Son of Man came to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many",
the Pope added. "These words were the existential blueprint of the seven
blessed men and women that the Church solemnly enrols this morning in the
glorious ranks of the
saints. ... They are sons and daughters of the Church who chose a life of
service following the Lord. Holiness always rises up in the Church from the
well-spring of the mystery of redemption. ... Today’s canonisation is an
eloquent confirmation of
this mysterious salvific truth".
The Holy Father then turned his attention to the life and example of each
of the new saints, beginning with Jacques Berthieu. Born in France in 1838, he
was "a tireless pastor on the island of Sainte Marie, then in Madagascar, he
struggled against
injustice while bringing succour to the poor and sick. ... He made himself all
things to all men, drawing from prayer and his love of the sacred heart of
Jesus the human and priestly force to face martyrdom in 1896. ... May the life
of this evangeliser
be an encouragement and a model for priests that, like him, they will be men
of God! May his example aid the many Christians of today persecuted for their
faith! In this Year of Faith, may his intercession bring forth many fruits for
Madagascar and
Africa".
Pedro Calungsod was born around 1654 in the Visayas region of the
Philippines. In 1668, he and other young catechists accompanied Father Diego
Luis de San Vitores to the Marianas Islands to evangelise the Chamorro people.
"Life there was hard and the
missionaries also faced persecution arising from envy and slander", the Pope
explained. "Pedro, however, displayed deep faith and charity and continued to
catechise his many converts, giving witness to Christ by a life of purity and
dedication to the
Gospel. Uppermost was his desire to win souls for Christ, and this made him
resolute in accepting martyrdom. ... May the example and courageous witness of
Pedro Calungsod inspire the dear people of the Philippines to announce the
Kingdom bravely and to
win souls for God".
The Italian priest Giovanni Battista Piamarta "was a great apostle of
charity and of young people. He raised awareness of the need for a cultural
and social presence of Catholicism in the modern world. ... Animated by
unshakable faith in divine
providence and by a profound spirit of sacrifice, ... when he was overburdened
with work, he increased the length of his encounter, heart to heart, with the
Lord, ... to gain spiritual fortitude and so return to gaining people’s
hearts".
The educational work of the Spanish religious Maria del Carmen Salles y
Barangueras, which she "entrusted to the Immaculate Virgin Mary, continues to
bear abundant fruit among young people through the generous dedication of her
daughters who, like
her, entrust themselves to God for Whom all is possible", the Holy Father
said.
Marianne Cope "willingly embraced a call to care for the lepers of Hawaii
after many others had refused". Later, on the island of Molokai, she nursed
Father Damien and, following his death, continued his work among those
stricken with leprosy. "At a
time when little could be done for those suffering from this terrible disease,
Marianne Cope showed the highest love, courage and enthusiasm".
"Kateri Tekakwitha was born in today’s New York state in 1656 to a
Mohawk father and a Christian Algonquin mother. ... She was baptised at twenty
years of age and, to escape persecution, took refuge in the St. Francis Xavier
Mission near
Montreal. There she worked, faithful to the traditions of her people although
renouncing their religious convictions, until her death at the age of
twenty-four. ... Kateri impresses us by the action of grace in her life in
spite of the absence of
external help and by the courage of her vocation, so unusual in her culture.
In her, faith and culture enrich each other. May her example help us to live
where we are, loving Jesus without denying who we are. St. Kateri, Protectress
of Canada and the
first native American saint, we entrust to you the renewal of the faith in the
first nations and in all of North America. May God bless the first
nations".
The young German Anna Schaeffer from Mindelstetten suffered a serious
accident which left her with incurable burns on her legs and forced her to be
bed-ridden for the rest of her life. "Her sickbed became her cloister cell and
her suffering a
missionary service", said Benedict XVI. "May her intercession strengthen the
Christian hospice movement in its beneficial activity".
"These new saints, different in origin, language, nationality and social
condition, are united among themselves and with the whole People of God in the
mystery of salvation of Christ the Redeemer. ... May the witness of ... their
lives generously
spent for love of Christ, speak today to the whole Church, and may their
intercession strengthen and sustain her in her mission to proclaim the Gospel
to the whole world", the Holy Father concluded.
Before praying the Angelus, the Pope invoked Mary Queen of all saints,
recalling how the French Marian shrine of Lourdes is currently suffering the
consequences of the flooding of the Gave River. He went on: "Today too we
entrust to the protection of
the Virgin Mary missionary men and women - priests, religious and lay people -
who spread the good seed of the Gospel all over the world. We pray also for
the Synod of Bishops which is meeting during these weeks to examine the
challenge of the new
evangelisation for the transmission of the Christian faith".
RATZINGER PRIZE: ECUMENISM AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER RELIGIONS
Vatican City, 20 October 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Clementine Hall
of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Benedict XVI conferred the "Ratzinger Prize"
upon two scholars of theology. The award was established by the "Vatican
Foundation: Joseph
Ratzinger - Benedict XVI".
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