Vatican City, 7 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father sent a message of
condolence to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church following the
death of His Beatitude Maxim, Metropolitan of Sofia and Patriarch of Bulgaria.
"For many years",
writes Benedict XVI, the deceased "dutifully served the Lord and His people.
In the name of the Catholic Church, I accompany your mourning with my prayers
... and, participating in the mourning of the Orthodox Church in Bulgaria, I
give thanks to God
for the good brought by the late Patriarch to his Church and to the people of
his country. In particular, I recall the cordial welcome given to Blessed John
Paul II ... in May 2002. I thank the Lord for the good relations the Patriarch
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developed with
the Catholic Church, ... and I hope that this good rapport may continue to
promote the proclamation of the Gospel".
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BENEDICT XVI TO VISIT HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
Vatican City, 7 November 2012 (VIS) - On the occasion of the European Year
for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, at 11 a.m. on Monday 12
November Benedict XVI will visit the Sant'Egidio Community's "Viva gli
Anziani" home for the
elderly in Rome.
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION AUTHORITY APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE
Vatican City, 7 November 2012 (VIS) - Francesco De Pasquale, director of
the Financial Information Authority (AIF) since June 2011, has been appointed
to the board of the AIF. He is succeeded by Rene Bruelhart, former director of
the Financial
Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Liechtenstein.
Francesco De Pasquale, who has extensive experience at the "Ufficio
Italiano Cambi" and the Bank of Italy and has been Director of the AIF since
June 2011, has been named a member of the board of AIF, which in addition to
the president, Cardinal
Attilio Nicora, includes Prof. Condemi, Prof. Dalla Torre, Prof. Bianchi and
Dr. Testa.
Cardinal Nicora has named Rene Bruelhart to succeed De Pasquale. Bruelhart,
former director of the FIU of Liechtenstein and Vice-President of the Egmont
Group, the international network of FIUs, has been an adviser to the Holy See
and Vatican City
since September in matters relating to action against money laundering and
financing of terrorism.
With the promotion of De Pasquale to the Board of Directors and the
nomination of Bruelhart to Director, AIF has strengthened its internal
organisation. This represents one more step in the effort to combat money
laundering and the financing of
terrorism.
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 7 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience Archbishop Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 7 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Bishop Jorge Alves Bezerra S.S.S. of Jardim, Brazil, as bishop of
Paracatu (area 54,387, population 332,000, Catholics 259,000, priests 44,
permanent deacons 13, religious 13), Brazil. He succeeds Bishop Leonardo de
Miranda Pereira, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
- Msgr. Eraldo Bispo da Silva, vicar general of Barreiras, as bishop of
Patos (area 10,874, population 402,000, Catholics 368,000, priests 49,
permanent deacons 8, religious 42), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in
Monteiro, Brazil in 1966 and
ordained a priest in 1993. He studied in Brazil and Colombia and has been
active in pastoral care in several different parishes.
- As ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences: Vanderlei
Salvador Bagnato, professor of physics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
and Joachim von Braun, professor of economics and technological innovation,
and director of the
Research Development Centre at the University of Bonn, Germany.
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