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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 214
DATE 26-11-2012
Summary:
- THE POPE GREETS THE NEW CARDINALS
- THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LOVE THAT SERVES, NOT WORLDLY POWER
- GOD BUILDS HIS KINGDOM EVEN IN THE VICISSITUDES OF HISTORY
- AUDIENCES
___________________________________________________________
THE POPE GREETS THE NEW CARDINALS
Vatican City, 26 November 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican's Paul VI
Hall the Holy Father received the new cardinals created in the consistory of
Saturday 24 November, and their families.
The Pope noted how the consistory had been characterised by "moments of
intense prayer and deep communion, experienced in the awareness that it was an
event concerning the entire universal Church, called upon to be a sign of hope
for all peoples".
Then, speaking in English, he stated that "whether in the offices of the Roman
Curia or in their ministry in the local Churches throughout the world,
cardinals are called to share in a special way the Pope's solicitude for the
universal Church".
He then addressed the new cardinal, Bechara Boutros Rai, patriarch of Antioch
of the Maronites, expressing his wish to encourage "the life and the presence
of Christians in the Middle East, where they should be able to live their
faith freely", and he
made a fresh appeal for peace in the region. "The Church encourages every
effort to promote peace in the world and in the Middle East - peace that will
be effective only if it is based on authentic respect for others", he said.
He then spoke in Spanish to Colombian faithful and the new cardinal, Ruben
Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, encouraging them to "move forward in
peace and harmony along the paths of justice, reconciliation and solidarity".
Finally, in Italian, he invited the cardinals to pursue their "spiritual and
apostolic mission, looking always to Christ", and to strengthen their "love
for the Church. We can learn this love from the saints, who are the truest
fulfilment of the Church:
they loved her and, allowing themselves to be modelled by Christ, dedicated
their lives fully to ensuring that all mankind be illuminated by the light of
Christ that shines from the face of the Church".
___________________________________________________________
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LOVE THAT SERVES, NOT WORLDLY POWER
Vatican City, 25 November 2012 (VIS) - At 9.30 a.m. today in St. Peter's
Basilica, Benedict XVI presided at the concelebration of the Eucharist with
the six new cardinals created in yesterday's consistory. At the beginning of
Mass, Cardinal James
Michael Harvey, archpriest of the papal Basilica of St. Paul Out
ide-the-Walls, greeted the Pope on behalf of all the new cardinals.
Following are some extracts from the homily given by Holy Father:
"In this final Sunday of the liturgical year, the Church invites us to
celebrate the Lord Jesus as King of the Universe. She calls us to look to the
future, or more properly into the depths, to the ultimate goal of history,
which will be the definitive
and eternal kingdom of Christ. ... In the Gospel passage which we have just
heard … Pilate asks Jesus, 'Are you the King of the Jews?' In reply to
this question, Jesus clarifies the nature of His kingship and His Messiahship
itself, which is not
worldly power but a love which serves".
"Jesus clearly had no political ambitions. After the multiplication of the
loaves, the people, enthralled by the miracle, wanted to take Him away and
make Him their king, in order to overthrow the power of Rome and thus
establish a new political kingdom
which would be considered the long-awaited kingdom of God. But Jesus knows
that God’s kingdom is of a completely different kind; it is not built on
arms and violence. The multiplication of the loaves itself becomes both the
sign that He is the
Messiah and a watershed in His activity: henceforth the path to the Cross
becomes ever clearer; there, in the supreme act of love, the promised kingdom,
the kingdom of God, will shine forth. … Jesus … does not wish to
be defended by arms,
but ... to establish His kingdom not by armed conflict, but by the apparent
weakness of life-giving love. The kingdom of God is a kingdom utterly
different from earthly kingdoms.
"That is why, faced with a defenceless, weak and humiliated man, as Jesus was,
a man of power like Pilate is taken aback. ... So he asks an apparently odd
question: 'So you are a king?' ... But Jesus answers in the affirmative: 'You
say that I am a
king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear
witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice'. Jesus
speaks of kings and kingship, yet He is not referring to power but to truth.
… Jesus came to
reveal and bring a new kingship, that of God; He came to bear witness to the
truth of a God Who is love, Who wants to establish a kingdom of justice, love
and peace. Whoever is open to love hears this testimony and accepts it with
faith, to enter the
kingdom of God.
"We find this same perspective in the first reading we heard. The prophet
Daniel foretells the power of a mysterious personage set between heaven and
earth. … This vision of the prophet, a messianic vision, is made clear
and brought to fulfilment
in Christ: the power of the true Messiah, the power which will never pass away
or be destroyed, is not the power of the kingdoms of the earth which rise and
fall, but the power of truth and love".
"In the second reading, the author of the Book of Revelation states that we
too share in Christ’s kingship. … Here too it is clear that we
are speaking of a kingdom based on a relationship with God, with truth, and
not a political kingdom.
By His sacrifice, Jesus has opened for us the path to a profound relationship
with God: in Him we have become true adopted children and thus sharers in His
kingship over the world. To be disciples of Jesus, then, means not letting
ourselves be allured
by the worldly logic of power, but bringing into the world the light of truth
and God’s love. ... It is a pressing invitation addressed to each and
all: to be converted ever anew to the kingdom of God, to the lordship of God,
of Truth".
"To you, dear and venerable Brother Cardinals - I think in particular of those
created yesterday - is entrusted this demanding responsibility: to bear
witness to the kingdom of God, to the truth. This means working to bring out
ever more clearly the
priority of God and His will over the interests of the world and its powers.
Become imitators of Jesus, who, before Pilate, in the humiliating scene
described by the Gospel, manifested His glory: that of loving to the utmost,
giving His own life for
those whom He loves. This is the revelation of the kingdom of Jesus".
___________________________________________________________
GOD BUILDS HIS KINGDOM EVEN IN THE VICISSITUDES OF HISTORY
Vatican City, 25 November 2012 (VIS) - At midday today, following his
concelebration of the Eucharist with the new cardinals, the Holy Father
appeared at the window of his study to recite the Angelus with faithful
gathered in St. Peter's Square. The
Pope began by recalling that the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of
the Universe, which closes the liturgical year, "summarises the mystery of
Jesus, 'first born from the dead and the ruler of all the powers of the
earth'".
"The entire mission of Jesus and the content of His message consists in
proclaiming the Kingdom of God and establishing it among men through signs and
wonders", the Pope said. "But, as Vatican Council II observes, 'the Kingdom is
first manifested in the
very person of Christ', a kingdom He founded through His death on the cross
and resurrection, by which He is revealed as the eternal Lord, Messiah and
Priest. This Kingdom of Christ has been entrusted to the Church, which is the
'seed' and 'beginning'
and has the task of proclaiming it and spreading it among all the nations with
the power of the Holy Spirit. At the end of the determined time the Lord will
hand over the Kingdom to God the Father and present to Him all those who have
lived according to
the commandment of love. ... We are all called to extend the salvific work of
God, converting to the Gospel and committing ourselves to serving the King Who
came not to be served but to serve and give testimony to the truth".
Benedict XVI then invited those present to pray for the six new cardinals,
created yesterday, so that "the Holy Spirit may strengthen them in faith and
in charity and fill them with His gifts in order that they live their new
responsibility as a further
commitment to Christ and His Kingdom".
"May the Virgin help all of us to live this present time awaiting the
Lord’s return, imploring God, 'Thy Kingdom come', and fulfilling those
works of light that bring us ever closer to heaven, aware that, through the
troubling vicissitudes of
history, God continues to build His Kingdom of love", the Pope concluded.
Following the Marian prayer, Benedict XVI mentioned the fact that Maria
Troncatti was beatified yesterday in Macas, Ecuador. The new blessed was a
religious of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, and born in Val
Camonica, Italy; she served as a
nurse during the World War I, after which she went to Ecuador where she
"dedicated herself fully to the service of the people of the forest,
evangelisation and human development".
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 26 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience thirteen prelates of the Episcopal Conference of France, on their "ad
limina" visit:
- Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, accompanied by Auxiliary
Bishops Jean Pierre Batut and Patrick Le Gal.
- Bishop Yves Boivineau of Annecy.
- Archbishop Philippe Ballot of Chambery, Saint-Jean-de Maurienne et
Tarantaise.
- Bishop Jean-Christophe Lagleize of Valence.
- Bishop Francois Blondel of Viviers.
- Archbishop Pierre-Marie Carre of Montpellier, accompanied by Auxiliary
Bishop Claude-Joseph Azema.
- Bishop Alain Planet of Carcassonne et Narbonne.
- Bishop Francois Jacolin of Mende.
- Bishop Robert Wattebled of Nimes.
- Bishop Andre Marceau of Perpignan-Elne.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews121126
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 214DATE 26-11-2012
Summary: - THE POPE GREETS THE NEW
CARDINALS - THE KINGDOM OF GOD
IS LOVE THAT SERVES, NOT WORLDLY POWER - GOD BUILDS HIS KINGDOM EVEN IN
THE VICISSITUDES OF HISTORY - AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 26 November 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican's Paul
VI Hall the Holy Father received the new cardinals created in the consistory
of Saturday 24 November, and their families.
The Pope noted how the consistory had been characterised by "moments of
intense prayer and deep communion, experienced in the awareness that it was an
event concerning the entire universal Church, called upon to be a sign of hope
for all peoples".
Then, speaking in English, he stated that "whether in the offices of the
Roman Curia or in their ministry in the local Churches throughout the world,
cardinals are called to share in a special way the Pope's solicitude for the
universal Church".
He then addressed the new cardinal, Bechara Boutros Rai, patriarch of
Antioch of the Maronites, expressing his wish to encourage "the life and the
presence of Christians in the Middle East, where they should be able to live
their faith freely", and
he made a fresh appeal for peace in the region. "The Church encourages every
effort to promote peace in the world and in the Middle East - peace that will
be effective only if it is based on authentic respect for others", he said.
He then spoke in Spanish to Colombian faithful and the new cardinal, Ruben
Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, encouraging them to "move forward in
peace and harmony along the paths of justice, reconciliation and solidarity".
Finally, in Italian, he invited the cardinals to pursue their "spiritual
and apostolic mission, looking always to Christ", and to strengthen their
"love for the Church. We can learn this love from the saints, who are the
truest fulfilment of the
Church: they loved her and, allowing themselves to be modelled by Christ,
dedicated their lives fully to ensuring that all mankind be illuminated by the
light of Christ that shines from the face of the Church".
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LOVE THAT SERVES, NOT WORLDLY POWER
Vatican City, 25 November 2012 (VIS) - At 9.30 a.m. today in St. Peter's
Basilica, Benedict XVI presided at the concelebration of the Eucharist with
the six new cardinals created in yesterday's consistory. At the beginning of
Mass, Cardinal James
Michael Harvey, archpriest of the papal Basilica of St. Paul Out
ide-the-Walls, greeted the Pope on behalf of all the new cardinals.
Following are some extracts from the homily given by Holy Father:
"In this final Sunday of the liturgical year, the Church invites us to
celebrate the Lord Jesus as King of the Universe. She calls us to look to the
future, or more properly into the depths, to the ultimate goal of history,
which will be the
definitive and eternal kingdom of Christ. ... In the Gospel passage which we
have just heard … Pilate asks Jesus, 'Are you the King of the Jews?' In
reply to this question, Jesus clarifies the nature of His kingship and His
Messiahship itself,
which is not worldly power but a love which serves".
"Jesus clearly had no political ambitions. After the multiplication of the
loaves, the people, enthralled by the miracle, wanted to take Him away and
make Him their king, in order to overthrow the power of Rome and thus
establish a new political
kingdom which would be considered the long-awaited kingdom of God. But Jesus
knows that God’s kingdom is of a completely different kind; it is not
built on arms and violence. The multiplication of the loaves itself becomes
both the sign that He is
the Messiah and a watershed in His activity: henceforth the path to the Cross
becomes ever clearer; there, in the supreme act of love, the promised kingdom,
the kingdom of God, will shine forth. … Jesus … does not wish to
be defended by
arms, but ... to establish His kingdom not by armed conflict, but by the
apparent weakness of life-giving love. The kingdom of God is a kingdom utterly
different from earthly kingdoms.
"That is why, faced with a defenceless, weak and humiliated man, as Jesus
was, a man of power like Pilate is taken aback. ... So he asks an apparently
odd question: 'So you are a king?' ... But Jesus answers in the affirmative:
'You say that I am a
king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear
witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice'. Jesus
speaks of kings and kingship, yet He is not referring to power but to truth.
… Jesus came to
reveal and bring a new kingship, that of God; He came to bear witness to the
truth of a God Who is love, Who wants to establish a kingdom of justice, love
and peace. Whoever is open to love hears this testimony and accepts it with
faith, to enter the
kingdom of God.
"We find this same perspective in the first reading we heard. The prophet
Daniel foretells the power of a mysterious personage set between heaven and
earth. … This vision of the prophet, a messianic vision, is made clear
and brought to
fulfilment in Christ: the power of the true Messiah, the power which will
never pass away or be destroyed, is not the power of the kingdoms of the earth
which rise and fall, but the power of truth and love".
"In the second reading, the author of the Book of Revelation states that we
too share in Christ’s kingship. … Here too it is clear that we
are speaking of a kingdom based on a relationship with God, with truth, and
not a political
kingdom. By His sacrifice, Jesus has opened for us the path to a profound
relationship with God: in Him we have become true adopted children and thus
sharers in His kingship over the world. To be disciples of Jesus, then, means
not letting ourselves be
allured by the worldly logic of power, but bringing into the world the light
of truth and God’s love. ... It is a pressing invitation addressed to
each and all: to be converted ever anew to the kingdom of God, to the lordship
of God, of Truth".
"To you, dear and venerable Brother Cardinals - I think in particular of
those created yesterday - is entrusted this demanding responsibility: to bear
witness to the kingdom of God, to the truth. This means working to bring out
ever more clearly the
priority of God and His will over the interests of the world and its powers.
Become imitators of Jesus, who, before Pilate, in the humiliating scene
described by the Gospel, manifested His glory: that of loving to the utmost,
giving His own life for
those whom He loves. This is the revelation of the kingdom of Jesus".
GOD BUILDS HIS KINGDOM EVEN IN THE VICISSITUDES OF HISTORY
Vatican City, 25 November 2012 (VIS) - At midday today, following his
concelebration of the Eucharist with the new cardinals, the Holy Father
appeared at the window of his study to recite the Angelus with faithful
gathered in St. Peter's Square. The
Pope began by recalling that the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of
the Universe, which closes the liturgical year, "summarises the mystery of
Jesus, 'first born from the dead and the ruler of all the powers of the
earth'".
"The entire mission of Jesus and the content of His message consists in
proclaiming the Kingdom of God and establishing it among men through signs and
wonders", the Pope said. "But, as Vatican Council II observes, 'the Kingdom is
first manifested in
the very person of Christ', a kingdom He founded through His death on the
cross and resurrection, by which He is revealed as the eternal Lord, Messiah
and Priest. This Kingdom of Christ has been entrusted to the Church, which is
the 'seed' and
'beginning' and has the task of proclaiming it and spreading it among all the
nations with the power of the Holy Spirit. At the end of the determined time
the Lord will hand over the Kingdom to God the Father and present to Him all
those who have lived
according to the commandment of love. ... We are all called to extend the
salvific work of God, converting to the Gospel and committing ourselves to
serving the King Who came not to be served but
to serve and give testimony to the truth".
Benedict XVI then invited those present to pray for the six new cardinals,
created yesterday, so that "the Holy Spirit may strengthen them in faith and
in charity and fill them with His gifts in order that they live their new
responsibility as a
further commitment to Christ and His Kingdom".
"May the Virgin help all of us to live this present time awaiting the
Lord’s return, imploring God, 'Thy Kingdom come', and fulfilling those
works of light that bring us ever closer to heaven, aware that, through the
troubling vicissitudes of
history, God continues to build His Kingdom of love", the Pope concluded.
Following the Marian prayer, Benedict XVI mentioned the fact that Maria
Troncatti was beatified yesterday in Macas, Ecuador. The new blessed was a
religious of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, and born in Val
Camonica, Italy; she served as a
nurse during the World War I, after which she went to Ecuador where she
"dedicated herself fully to the service of the people of the forest,
evangelisation and human development".
Vatican City, 26 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience thirteen prelates of the Episcopal Conference of France, on their "ad
limina" visit:
- Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, archbishop of Lyon, accompanied by Auxiliary
Bishops Jean Pierre Batut and Patrick Le Gal.
- Bishop Yves Boivineau of Annecy.
- Archbishop Philippe Ballot of Chambery, Saint-Jean-de Maurienne et
Tarantaise.
- Bishop Jean-Christophe Lagleize of Valence.
- Bishop Francois Blondel of Viviers.
- Archbishop Pierre-Marie Carre of Montpellier, accompanied by Auxiliary
Bishop Claude-Joseph Azema.
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
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