SUMMARY:
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THE ROMAN CURIA: KEY THEME OF THE SECOND ROUND OF THE COUNCIL OF
CARDINALS
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ONLINE FROM TODAY: ANCIENT TEXTS FROM THE VATICAN APOSTOLIC AND
BODLEIAN LIBRARIES
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THE ARCHITECTURE OF SANTIAGO CALATRAVA IN THE BRACCIO CARLO MAGNO
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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THE
ROMAN CURIA: KEY THEME OF THE SECOND ROUND OF THE COUNCIL OF
CARDINALS
Vatican
City, 3 December 2013 (VIS) – The Council of Cardinals instituted
by Pope Francis to assist him in the governance of the universal
Church and to draw up a plan for the revision of the Apostolic
Constitution Pastor bonus on the Roman Curia, as announced by the
Holy Father's chirograph dated 28 September, began its second round
of meetings this morning, to continue until 5 December. The first
round took place from 3 to 5 October.
The
Council is composed of eight cardinals from the five continents:
Cardinals Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Governorate of Vatican
City State, Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, archbishop emeritus of
Santiago de Chile, Chile; Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Bombay,
India; Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich, Germany; Laurent
Monsengwo Pasinya, archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of
Congo; Sean Patrick O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, U.S.A.; George
Pell, archbishop of Sydney, Australia, and Oscar Andres Rodriguez
Maradiaga, archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the function of
co-ordinator. The secretary is Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano,
Italy.
In
a briefing held today, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr.
Federico Lombardi S.J., communicated that the cardinals will meet in
the Santa Marta guesthouse at from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., and will
hold the afternoon sessions from 4 to 7 p.m. The morning began with
the holy Mass concelebrated with Pope Francis in the chapel.
“This
time, the cardinals have commenced work directly in the Santa Marta
guesthouse, rather than meeting beforehand on the Third Loggia, as
they did in October”, said Fr. Lombardi. “The Pope was present at
the meeting and will probably also attend this afternoon. However,
tomorrow he will not attend the morning session as he will hold the
general audience in St. Peter's Square. During the intervening months
between one session and another, the cardinals have continued their
work, both personally and in contact with each other; they have also
gathered opinions and suggestions on the situation of the Church
based on the events in which they have participated; for example,
Cardinal Gracias has attended numerous meetings in Asia, while
Cardinal Marx has held his own in Europe”.
“This
morning work began immediately on the examination of the Roman Curia
and in particular on the dicastery of the Congregation for Divine
Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; or rather, they entered
fully into what, as has already been stated, will be an in-depth
task, not limited to retouches or minor improvements. The revision of
Pastor bonus is substantial, to the extent that it may be considered
as a new constitution for the Curia”.
The
director of the Holy See Press Office specified that in this round
the cardinals will not discuss matters regarding the economic and
administrative sectors which, in his opinion, will be considered in
the next meeting in February, shortly before the consistory for the
creation of new cardinals, which will be followed by the meeting of
the Synod council.
He
also referred to the Cardinals' working method, in which tasks are
distributed so as to permit specific themes to be studied, but
“everything will be brought before the Council and there is common
responsibility in relation to all themes”.
Finally,
Fr. Lombardi communicated that the Council has invited the new
secretary of State, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, to greet him and in
order to make first contacts with him. No further invitations are
expected during these days.
ONLINE
FROM TODAY: ANCIENT TEXTS FROM THE VATICAN APOSTOLIC AND BODLEIAN
LIBRARIES
Vatican
City, 3 December 2013 (VIS) – The Vatican Apostolic Library (BAV)
and the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford have joined
forces to digitalise and make available online some of the most
important and unique Bibles in the world, as well as biblical texts
from their collections. From today, 3 December, the digitalised texts
can be accessed at http://bav.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
The
initiative is the first step of an important four-year collaborative
project for the publication of digital content on the internet. A
committee of academics and experts from around the world has selected
for digitalisation a part of the collection of manuscripts in Hebrew
and Greek, as well as incunabula from the Bodleian and Vatican
Apostolic Libraries. The selection process has taken into account
both the requirements of scholars and practical needs. Restorers from
both libraries have collaborated with conservators to ascertain not
only the value of the contents, but also the conditions of
preservation of the works.
Although
for some years now the two institutions have digitally reproduced
part of their collections, this project provides them both with the
opportunity to increase the scale and numerical capacity of the
volumes digitalised, while taking care not to expose the works, very
delicate on account of their age and conservational condition, to
risk of damage.
The
website, just opened, provides high-resolution scale images
permitting detailed study and scientific analysis. The site includes
also hosts videos and essays by scholars and supporters of the
digitalisation project, including Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues,
archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church and Archbishop of
Canterbury and primate of the Anglican Church, Justin Welby. A blog
with articles on conservation, digitalisation techniques and methods
used during the project completes the site, which may be viewed in
both English and Italian.
THE
ARCHITECTURE OF SANTIAGO CALATRAVA IN THE BRACCIO CARLO MAGNO
Vatican
City, 3 December 2013 (VIS) - “Santiago Calatrava: the
metamorphosis of space” is the title of the exhibition dedicated to
the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which opens tomorrow
afternoon in the Braccio Carlo Magno, in the colonnade of St. Peter's
Square.
The
exhibition, which is open until 20 February 2014, has been organised
by the Vatican Museums and the Pontifical Council for Culture, and
gathers together around 140 works representing Calatrava's complex
and varied artistic oeuvre. It consists primarily of a group of
architectural models, accompanied by their preparatory studies, as
well as watercolour paintings, the result of an entirely different
creative impulse. The display also includes a rich collection of
sculptures, both monumental and of smaller dimensions, in materials
such as bronze, marble, alabaster and wood.
The
juxtaposition of works representing such different artistic codes
follows various criteria for guiding the observer towards various
levels in the interpretation of architectural volumes and the vision
of space and forms, typical of Calatrava's work.
Thus,
the large architectural model of the Greek-Orthodox church of St.
Nicholas, planned for Ground Zero, is displayed alongside evocative
watercolour drawings in which the gaze of the artist ranges from the
study of the mosaics and the dome of Santa Sophia in Istanbul, to the
face of Christ, the ideal model for the centrally planned church. The
twisted veils of the sports centre for the University “Tor Vergata”
in Rome are accompanied by three paintings of crouching figures, as a
study of forces in equilibrium.
The
model of the cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York also forms
part of the exhibition. Its magnificence contrasts with the model of
the Los Angeles Chapel, in the form of a cabin, dedicated to the
Franciscan missionary Father Junipero Serra. The cabin, the first
church of the community of Franciscans in Baja California, is the
model for a chapel immersed in space, in water and in the air,
rejecting the physical border between sacred and collective space.
The
catalogue, by Edizioni Musei Vaticani, is presented by the director
of the Museums, Antonio Paolucci, and includes contributions by
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for
Culture, Antonella Greco, professor of history of architecture in the
Faculty of Architecture of the “La Sapienza” University of Rome,
and Micol Forti, director of the Contemporary Art Collection of the
Vatican Museums.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 3 December 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father:
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appointed Fr. Joselito Carreno Quinonez, M.X.Y., as apostolic vicar
of Inirida (area 86,000, population 30,000, Catholics 8,000, priests
13, religious 12), Colombia. The bishop-elect was born in Cepita,
Colombia in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1996. He holds a degree
in theology from Hekima College, Nairobi, Kenya, and has served in a
number of pastoral roles, including missionary in Kenya, in the
diocese of Ngong; missionary in Ethiopia, in the apostolic prefettura
(now apostolic vicariate) of Gambella; regional co-ordinator of the
Institute for Foreign Missions of Yarumal in Kenya; rector of the
seminary of the Institute for Foreign Missions of Yarumal in Kenya;
and vicar general of the missionary institute. He succeeds Bishop
Antonio Bayter Abud, M.X.Y., whose resignation from the pastoral care
of the same apostolic vicariate was accepted by the Holy Father, upon
having reached the age limit.
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appointed Rev. Carlos Alberto Correa Martinez of the clergy of
Sonson-Rionegro as apostolic vicar of Guapi (area 10,000, population
133,500, Catholics 129,500, priests 15, religious 25), Colombia. The
bishop-elect was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1968 and was ordained
a priest in 1993. He holds a licentiate in missiology from the
Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome. He has served in a number of
pastoral and administrative roles, including priest in the parish of
“Nuestra Senora de los Angeles”, Portoviejo, Ecuador; vicar in
the parish of “Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria”, Sonson-Rionegro,
Colombia; missionary in Riohacha and Monteria; co-ordinator and
formator, and subsequently director of the San Paolo priestly
association; episcopal delegate for missionary work; professor and
spiritual director of the Seminario Misionero del Espiritu Santo.
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appointed Msgr. Jorge Vazquez and Fr. Carlos Alberto Novoa de
Agustini O.F.M. Cap.as auxiliary bishops of Lomas de Zamora (area
1,352, population 2,469,000, Catholics 1,979,000, priests 115,
permanent deacons 75, religious 402), Argentina.
Bishop-elect
Vazquez was born in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina in 1950 and was
ordained a priest in 1983. He holds a degree in theology and a
licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Catholic
University in Argentina. He has served in various pastoral roles,
including priest in the parishes of Cristo Redentor in Villa Jardin,
Inmaculada Concepcion in Monte Grande and of the Cathedral N.S. de la
Paz, in Lomas de Zamora; rector of the diocesan seminary Santa Cruz;
member of the presbyteral council and the College of Consultors;
chancellor and diocesan representative of Caritas and Social
Pastoral, assessor for the Circulo Catolico de Obreros, and since
2009, vicar general of Lomas de Zamora.
Bishop-elect
Novoa de Agustini O.F.M. Cap. was born in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1996. He holds a licentiate in
spiritual theology from the Pontifical University "Antonianum",
Rome, and has served in the following roles within the Capuchin
Order: deputy master of postulants, deputy master of temporary
professed; promoter of vocational pastoral; provincal secretary;
provincial definitor, guardian of the convent of “Nuevo Paris”,
Montevideo, and master of temporary professed; provincial vicar,
definitor general for Latin America and Spain. He has held a number
of other pastoral roles, including parish vicar of Santa Maria de los
Angeles, Buenos Aires; priest and rector of the shrine of N.S. del
Rosario de Nueva Pompeya, Buenos Aires; parish vicar of San Francisco
de Asis, Montevideo; administrator of the parish and sanctuary of St.
Anthony in Montevideo, and since 2012, parish vicar of Sagrado
Corazon de Jesus, Cordoba, Argentina.
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