Subject: VISnews 110722
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 137
ENGLISH
FRIDAY, 22 JULY 2011
SUMMARY:
- Telegram for the Death of Cardinal Swiatek
- Holy See Will Respond to the Report on Irish Diocese
- Msgr. Georg Ratzinger Writes a Book about His Brother
- Other Pontifical Acts
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TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL SWIATEK
VATICAN CITY, 22 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram of
condolence to Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz, president of the Conference of
Catholic Bishops of Belarus, for the death of Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek,
archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev and former apostolic administrator
"sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese of Pinsk. The
cardinal died yesterday at the age of 96.
In his telegram the Pope recalls the late cardinal's "courageous witness
to Christ and His Church during particularly difficult times, as well as the
enthusiasm he later showed in contributing to the spiritual rebirth of his
country. While expressing my deepest condolences to Archbishop Tadeusz
Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad
nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Pinsk, to the episcopate of Belarus, to priests and
religious communities, and to all the faithful of the churches the late
cardinal loved and served, I impart the comfort of a heartfelt apostolic
blessing as a sign of faith and Christian hope in the risen Lord".
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HOLY SEE WILL RESPOND TO THE REPORT ON IRISH DIOCESE
VATICAN CITY, 22 JUL 2011 (VIS) - Replying to journalists' questions
concerning the current debate in Ireland about a report on abuse in the
diocese of Cloyne, Holy See Press Office Director Federico Lombardi S.J.
declared:
"I can confirm that the Holy See will respond appropriately to the
questions raised by the Irish government about the report on the diocese of
Cloyne. In any case, it is to be hoped that debate about such dramatic
matters may continue with the necessary objectivity, so as to contribute to
the cause which must be closest to everyone's heart: the protection of
children and young people and, to that end, the restoration of an atmosphere
of trust and collaboration in the Church and in society, as the Pope himself
said in his Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Ireland".
OP/ VIS
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MSGR. GEORG RATZINGER WRITES A BOOK ABOUT HIS BROTHER
VATICAN CITY, 22 JUL 2011 (VIS) - Benedict XVI's elder brother Msgr. Georg
Ratzinger, who until 1994 was director of the famous cathedral choir of
Regensburg, has completed a book entitled "Mein Bruder, der Papst" (My
Brother the Pope), written in collaboration with the German journalist
Michael Hesemann.
The 256-page volume, illustrated with forty photographs, contains the
memories of the Holy Father's brother, as recounted to Hesemann in
Regensburg earlier this year. It has been published by the German publishing
house Herbig and will go on sale in bookshops on 12 September, the eve of
Benedict XVI's visit to Germany.
The culminating moment of the narrative is the sixtieth anniversary of the
priestly ordination of Georg and Joseph Ratzinger. The two brothers were
ordained in Freising on 29 June 1951 and this year celebrated their
anniversary together in St. Peter's Basilica. The memories of Msgr.
Ratzinger, the Holy Father's closest relative, go back to the brothers'
childhood as he narrates, among other things, the flowering of Joseph's
priestly vocation in the bosom of the family and his subsequent years of
service to the Church before being elected to the Papacy.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, 22 JUL 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, apostolic nuncio to the Russian
Federation, also as apostolic nuncio to Uzbekistan.
- Appointed Bishop Vincent Jordy, auxiliary of Strasbourg, France, as
bishop of Saint-Claude (area 4,499, population 258,000, Catholics 183,000,
priests 122, permanent deacons 15, religious 157), France.
- Appointed Fr. Eduards Pavlovskis of the clergy of the archdiocese of
Riga, Latvia, pastor of the parish of Christ the King, as bishop of Jelgava
(area 13,620, population 329,724, Catholics 80,520, priests 27, religious
6), Latvia. The bishop-elect was born in Bresne, Latvia in 1950 and ordained
a priest in 1975. He succeeds Bishop Antons Justs, whose resignation from
the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having
reached the age limit.
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