SUMMARY:
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FRANCIS: ACT DECISIVELY AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE
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CIVILTA CATTOLICA: NEW FORMAT, NEW SECTIONS, AND OPENNESS TO INTERNET
AND SOCIAL NETWORKING
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AUDIENCES
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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FRANCIS:
ACT DECISIVELY AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE
Vatican
City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father received in
audience Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. A communique released by
that dicastery reads that, during the course of the audience, various
issues pertaining to the Congregation were discussed. In particular,
the Holy Father recommended that the Congregation, continuing along
the lines set by Benedict XVI, act decisively with regard to cases of
sexual abuse, first of all by promoting measures for the protection
of minors, as well as in offering assistance to those who have
suffered abuse, carrying out due proceedings against the guilty, and
in the commitment of bishops' conferences to formulate and implement
the necessary directives in this area that is so important for the
Church's witness and credibility. The Holy Father assured that
victims of abuse are present in a particular way in his prayers for
those who are suffering.
CIVILTA
CATTOLICA: NEW FORMAT, NEW SECTIONS, AND OPENNESS TO INTERNET AND
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Vatican
City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning in the Press Office of the
Holy See, a press conference was held to present the new print and
digital versions of the Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica (Catholic
Civilization), which is published in Italian from Rome. Speaking at
the conference were: Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the
Pontifical Council for Social Communications; Msgr. Antoine
Camilleri, under-secretary for the Holy See’s Relations with
States; and Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., director of the periodical.
“La
Civilta Cattolica,” Fr. Spadaro explained, “is Italy's oldest
journal among those which have never had an interruption in their
publication. Every 12 days for 163 years, it has published a journal
of over 100 pages. It is a cultural journal that features articles
written only by Jesuits. Its editors are specialists but they use a
language for readers who are not 'experts' [in the various areas].”
“Established
in 1850, La Civilta Cattolica seeks to share an intellectual
experience that is enlightened by faith and deeply engaged in the
cultural, social, economic, political, artistic, and scientific life
of our age. It does not seek to share its reflections merely within
the Catholic world, but with whoever is looking for reliable sources
of formation, capable of making one thing and of developing one's
personal judgement. … By its tradition and nature, La Civilta
Cattolica expresses a 'high' form of cultural journalism, which
places it within a difficult borderland. … We don't intend to
merely 'follow' and comment upon cultural events or ideas that have
already been formulated. In as far as possible, we want to grasp the
idea of what will be, anticipate trends and events, predict their
impact, and keep our reader's attention engaged.”
Thinking
of the changes that the periodical will undergo, Fr. Spadaro noted
that, “from 1850 to 1933, the journal's articles weren't signed in
order to convey that they weren't the expression of one individual,
but rather of a community: the so-called 'college or writers', which
was actually composed of seven Jesuits. Today more than ever,
however, our culture is diversified. In respect to the past,
therefore, the presence of international signatures of Jesuit fathers
and the topics treated will increase, even If the journal will always
remain 'home-made' within the established newsroom.”
“La
Civilta Cattolica hasn't changed its format since 1970. This is the
first time in the journal's 163 years that its graphic layout has
been subjected to an actual and coordinated design plan, which covers
from a restyling of the masthead … to a version for tablets. … In
structural terms, the 'cronache' (reports) section will disappear,
since our world is one in which reporting is entrusted to daily
newspapers or even to real-time blogs and tweets. Instead, we will be
focusing on 'bridges', that is, on reflections, critical evaluations,
reasoning, and even on the most current contemporary events, thanks
to the 'Focus' section that will consist of articles tied to current
events in politics, economics, the international stage, society, and
law. Reflection on the Church will have a fixed place at the heart,
that is the centre, of the journal. New sections, such as 'Profile'
and 'Interview', will be added.”
“The
journal will also become available for browsing on tablets with
applications for iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire, and Windows 8.
Right now it is possible to download the last two issues of the
journal: the last one of the old version and the first one of the new
version.”
“Today,
communicating means less and less 'transmitting' news and more
'sharing' with other visions and ideas. This is why the journal's
content, in its essential form of abstracts, has been 'opened' to the
social networks for using, sharing, commenting, and debate in the
ways made possible in that arena: not on our site but on those such
as Facebook and Twitter.”
“In
addition, thanks to collaboration by Google, a project has been
launched to make all the issues published from 1850 to 2008
accessible on the web. In fact, Google had digitalized the volumes
for their Google Books project, through agreements with several
libraries in Europe and the United States. The issues still protected
by copyright law will now be made available by our authorization.”
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning, the Holy Father received
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the
Oriental Churches, in audience.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father appointed Bishop
Gintaras Linas Grusas as archbishop of Vilnius (area 9,644,
population 830,000, Catholics 547,000, priests 169, religious 249),
Lithuania. The archbishop-elect was born in Washington, DC, USA in
1961, was ordained a priest in 1994, and received episcopal
ordination in 2010. Most recently he has served on the Lithuanian
Bishops' Conference as secretary general and as Military Ordinary of
Lithuania. He succeeds Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy
Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
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