SUMMARY:
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FRANCIS WILL SAY HOLY THURSDAY MASS IN A ROMAN PRISON
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POPE FRANCIS' MESSAGE FOR ENTHRONEMENT OF ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
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4 FEBRUARY: POPE BENEDICT XVI CONGRATULATED MOST REVEREND WELBY ON
HIS ELECTION AS ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
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POPE FRANCIS INVITES ARGENTINE COMMUNITY IN ROME TO SPECIAL MEETING
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AUDIENCES
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FRANCIS
WILL SAY HOLY THURSDAY MASS IN A ROMAN PRISON
Vatican
City, 21 March 2013 (VIS) – On Holy Thursday, 28 March, the Holy
Father Francis will celebrate the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica
in the morning and then, at 5:30pm in the afternoon, will go to
celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Casal del Marmo youth
detention centre instead of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where
it had been traditionally held in past years.
The
Mass of the Lord's Supper is characterized by the announcement of the
commandment of love and the gesture of washing the feet. In his
ministry as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Bergoglio used to
celebrate the Mass in a prison or hospital or hospice for the poor
and marginalized. With this celebration at Casal del Marmo, Pope
Francis will continue his custom, which is characterized by its
humble context.
The
other Holy Week celebrations will be held according to tradition, as
established in a notification by the Office of Liturgical
Celebrations.
Pope
Benedict XVI also visited the Casal del Marmo youth detention centre,
on 18 March in 2007, to celebrate Mass in the Chapel of the Merciful
Father.
POPE
FRANCIS' MESSAGE FOR ENTHRONEMENT OF ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Vatican
City, 21 March 2013 (VIS) – Pope Francis has sent a message to the
Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, on the occasion
of his enthronement at Canterbury Cathedral in London, UK, this past
Thursday. Archbishop Welby is the 105 Archbishop of Canterbury and
the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
“The
pastoral ministry,” writes Francis, “is a call to walk in
fidelity to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please be assured of
my prayers as you take up your new responsibilities, and I ask you to
pray for me as I respond to the new call that the Lord has addressed
to me.”
“I
look forward to meeting you in the near future, and to continuing the
warm fraternal relations that our predecessors enjoyed.”
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FEBRUARY: POPE BENEDICT XVI CONGRATULATED MOST REVEREND WELBY ON HIS
ELECTION AS ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
Vatican
City, 21 March 2013 (VIS) – Today was made public the message that
Benedict XVI wrote this past 4 February to the Most Reverend Justin
Welby on the occasion of his election as Archbishop of Canterbury.
The
Pope wrote that the archbishop was taking up his office “at a time
when the Christian faith is being called into question in many parts
of the Western world by those who claim that religion is a private
matter, with no contribution to offer to public debate. Ministers of
the Gospel today have to respond to a widespread deafness to the
music of faith, and a general weariness that shuns the demands of
discipleship. Yet the hunger for God, even if unrecognised, is
ever-present in our society, and the preacher's task, as a messenger
of hope, is to speak the truth with love, shedding the light of
Christ into the darkness of people's lives. May your apostolate yield
a rich harvest and may it open the eyes and ears of many to the
life-giving message of the Gospel.”
Benedict
XVI concluded with the prayer that “the Lord grant you strength and
wisdom” in whatever challenges the new archbishop may encounter and
asking that “the Holy Spirit guide you in all that you undertake in
his name.”
POPE
FRANCIS INVITES ARGENTINE COMMUNITY IN ROME TO SPECIAL MEETING
Vatican
City, 21 March 2013 (VIS) – Yesterday, shortly after noon, around
50 Argentine nationals resident in Rome responded to an invitation to
a spur of the moment gathering with the Pope at the Domus Sanctae
Marthae.
Those
in attendance included the president of the Argentinian Bishops'
Conference, Archbishop Jose Maria Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera
Cruz; Master General of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of
Mercy, Fr. Pablo Bernardo Ordone, O. de .M.; priests and religious;
but also lay persons, families with children, and journalists.
The
guests had the chance to sing and dance in front of the Pope, sharing
light refreshments in a spirit of warm friendship. The Pope paid
tribute to the fruitfulness of the Church in Argentina, praying that
she might rise to the situation created by his pontifical election.
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 21 March 2013 (VIS) – This morning in his private library on
the second loggia, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:
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Mr. Adolfo Perez Esquivel, recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize,
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Msgr. Carlos Maria Nannei,
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Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president emeritus of the Pontifical
Council “Cor Unum”, and
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His Beatitude Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the
Chaldeans, with an entourage.
This
afternoon, at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, he received Mr. Peter
Mizengo Kayanza Pinda, prime minister of Tanzania, in audience.
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