SUMMARY:
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TO THE BISHOPS OF GUINEA: DISCORD BETWEEN CHRISTIANS IS THE GREATEST
OBSTACLE TO EVANGELISATION
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THE PASSION OF CHRIST, THE BEST SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS
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THE POPE RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE A DELEGATION FROM THE APOSTOLIKI
DIAKONIA
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ANGELUS: JESUS, GIVE ME THE WATER TO QUENCH MY THIRST
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24 HOURS OF FORGIVENESS
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TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH
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POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA
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DISINFORMATION, SLANDER AND DEFAMATION: SINS OF THE MEDIA
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INSTITUTION OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS
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THE POPE APPOINTS THE PRELATE SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE
ECONOMY
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CARDINAL RYLKO, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO KRAKOW
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THE POPE TO THE MAFIA: REPENT, YOU CANNOT TAKE YOUR BLOODSTAINED
MONEY AND POWER TO THE NEXT LIFE
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AUDIENCES
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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TO
THE BISHOPS OF GUINEA: DISCORD BETWEEN CHRISTIANS IS THE GREATEST
OBSTACLE TO EVANGELISATION
Vatican
City, 24 March 2014 (VIS) – Gratitude for the great work of
evangelisation that is taking place in Guinea, despite a lack of
material resources, and invitations to unity, reconciliation and
dialogue with members of other religions were the key points of the
Pope's address to the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Guinea,
whom he received in audience this morning, at the end of their “ad
limina” visit.
“Christ's
disciples form a living body that manifests the joy of the Gospel by
the enthusiasm of faith, although the conditions under which the Good
News is proclaimed are often difficult”, the Pope writes. “From a
purely human point of view the means of evangelisation may seem
ridiculous. Far from being discouraged, you must remember that this
is the work of Jesus Himself, beyond all that we are able to discover
and understand. However, for the Gospel to profoundly touch and
convert hearts, we must remember that only if we are united in love
can we give witness to the truth of the Gospel. … Discord between
Christians is the greatest obstacle to evangelisation. It favours the
development of groups that exploit poverty and credulity to propose
easy but illusory problems to the problems faced by the people. In a
world afflicted by many ethnic, political and religious conflicts,
communities must be 'authentically fraternal and reconciled' for
their witness to be 'luminous and attractive'. God will give us the
grace, if we know how to receive it, to render unity greater than
conflict”.
Pope
Francis goes on to remark that, for the proclamation of the Gospel to
be fruitful, all existence must be coherent with what is proclaimed.
He thanks the bishops for having instituted centres for the formation
of laypersons and catechists for this purpose, and he urged them to
support families in which Christian marriage must be lived without
ambiguity, given that polygamy is very widespread within the country.
He also suggests that they encourage the young to “bear witness to
their faith, by committing themselves within society, thereby
demonstrating their attachment to their country. In collaboration
with the different actors in social life, they must always be
artisans of peace and reconciliation in the fight against the extreme
poverty that Guinea faces. In this respect, despite difficulties, I
encourage you to deepen your relationships with your Muslim
compatriots, mutually learning to accept different ways of being,
thinking and expressing oneself”.
The
Pope turns his attention also to the religious who in Guinea “express
the love of Christ in works of aid for the population, both in
healthcare and in education and instruction … accomplishing a true
act of evangelisation, and giving authentic testimony of God's
tenderness towards all mankind, especially the poorest and weakest; a
witness that touches hearts and firmly entrenches faith”. Despite a
lack of resources, Francis urges the prelates always to support them,
“both spiritually and materially so that they may courageously
persevere in their work of evangelisation and social promotion”.
The
final paragraphs of the Pope's address are dedicated to priests, who
are however still few in number in Guinea. The Holy Father
congratulates them for the recent opening of the “Benedict XVI”
major seminary which offers hope for the future and emphasises that
the example of priests who live their vocation with joy is essential
for ensuring that the new priests “learn to live truly the
requirements of ecclesiastical celibacy, and the proper relationship
with material goods, rejecting worldliness and careerism – for the
priesthood is not a means of social mobility – as well as a real
engagement with the poorest”.
THE
PASSION OF CHRIST, THE BEST SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Vatican
City, 24 March 2014 (VIS) – This morning in the Vatican Pope
Francis received the participants in the plenary session of the
Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, whose president is
Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski. “It is true that in suffering no-one
is ever alone”, he said, “as God in his merciful love for mankind
and for the world also embraces the most inhuman situations, in which
the image of the Creator present in every person appears to be
obscured or disfigured. Thus was Jesus, in his Passion. … And here,
in the Passion of Jesus, there is the greatest school for whoever
wishes to dedicate him to the service of his sick and suffering
brethren”.
Pope
Francis recalled, on the Feast of the Solemnity of the Annunciation
of the Lord, which will be celebrated tomorrow, how Mary welcomes
life on behalf of us all. “Mary offers her very existence, she made
herself entirely available for God's will, becoming the locus of his
presence, the place in which the Son of God resides”.
He
continued, “The experience of fraternal sharing with those who
suffer opens us to the true beauty of human life, which includes its
fragility. In the protection and promotion of life, in whatever state
and condition it may be found, we can recognise the dignity and the
value of each single human being, from conception to natural death”.
The Pope concluded by encouraging those present always to keep in
mind “the flesh of Christ in the poor, in those who suffer, in
children, including those who are unwanted, in people with physical
or mental handicaps, and in the elderly”.
THE
POPE RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE A DELEGATION FROM THE APOSTOLIKI DIAKONIA
Vatican
City, 24 March 2014 (VIS) – The Orthodox Bishop Agathanghelos,
director general of the Apostoliki Diakonia of the Greek Church,
accompanied by a group of collaborators, was received in audience by
Pope Francis this morning. The Apostoliki Diakonia is the body in
charge of the promotion of pastoral, cultural and editorial
activities in Greece on behalf of the Holy Synod of the Greek
Orthodox Church.
As
a result of the improved relations with the Greek Orthodox Church,
following John Paul II's visit to Athens in 2001, it has been
possible to carry out various collaborative projects of a cultural
nature involving the Holy See and the Apostoliki Diakonia of the
Church of Greece.
During
their stay in Rome, from 21 to 26 March, the Greek delegation will
visit the Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul Outside-the-Walls to
venerate the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul. They will also
meet with Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council
for promoting Christian Unity, Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues,
archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church, and the directors
of the Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Visits are also scheduled to the
Catacombs of St. Callisto, the Abbey of the Three Fountains, and the
Sant'Egidio Community.
ANGELUS:
JESUS, GIVE ME THE WATER TO QUENCH MY THIRST
Vatican
City, 23 March 2014 (VIS) – On the third Sunday of Lent, the Holy
Father appeared at the window of his study in the Vatican Apostolic
Palace to pray the Angelus with the faithful and pilgrims present.
Before the Marian prayer, the Pontiff commented on the Gospel passage
in which the Samaritan woman goes to collect water from the well and
encounters in Jesus the water of mercy; she finds what she had
sought, and returned to the judged and rejected to announce to them
that she had encountered the one who had changed her life. “We too
have many questions to pose, but we do not find the courage to put
them to Jesus! Lent is the ideal time to look within ourselves, to
let our truest spiritual needs emerge, and to ask the help of the
Lord in prayer. The example of the Samaritan woman invites us to
express ourselves thus: 'Jesus, give me the water so I may thirst no
more'”.
“The
result of this encounter at the well was that the woman was
transformed. … For every encounter with Jesus changes our lives,
always. It is a step ahead, a step closer to God. And so every
encounter with Jesus changes our lives, always. … In this Gospel
reading we also find the impetus to 'leave our amphora', our water
jar, the symbol of all that is seemingly important, but which loses
its value before 'God's love'. We all have one, or more than one! …
What is your inner amphora, what weighs upon you, what distances you
from God?” he asked the faithful. “Let us set it aside a little
and hear in our hearts Christ's voice, offering us a different water,
a water that brings us closer to the Lord”.
The
Pope continued, “We are called to rediscover the importance and the
meaning of our Christian life, beginning with our Baptism and, like
the Samaritan woman, to bear witness to our brethren of the joy of
the encounter with Jesus; bear witness to the joy of this encounter.
Each encounter with Jesus changes our life, and each encounter with
Jesus also fills us with joy, that joy that comes from within. Let us
tell how many marvellous things the Lord is able to do within our
hearts, once we find the courage to let go of our amphora”.
24
HOURS OF FORGIVENESS
Vatican
City, 23 March 2014 (VIS) – Following today's Angelus prayer, the
Holy Father Francis mentioned that Monday 24 is World Tuberculosis
Day, and he asked for prayers for all those who suffer from this
disease. The Pope also encouraged all those present to celebrate “24
hours for the Lord”, a prayer initiative which will be held on
Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March. It will be a moment of penance that
will begin with a celebration in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday
afternoon, and various churches in the centre of Rome will stay open
during the night for prayer and confession. “It will be a festival
of forgiveness”, he said, “that will also take place in many
dioceses and parishes throughout the world”.
TELEGRAM
FOR THE DEATH OF THE SYRIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH
Vatican
City, 24 March 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has sent a telegram of
condolences for the death of His Holiness Mar Ignatius Zakka Iwas,
Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East on 21 March, at
the age of 80. “The whole Christian world has lost one of its
outstanding spiritual leaders, courageous and wise in leading people
through very difficult times”, he writes. “Following his election
as patriarch in 1980, His Holiness was an engaged witness of the
successive violent conflicts that have brought untold death and
suffering to the Middle East, especially Iraq and most recently
Syria. His Holiness was a man of dialogue and peace with regard to
the followers of all religious traditions”.
Pope
Francis also mentions in the telegram the Patriarch's role as an
observer at the Vatican Council II and gives thanks for his
“extraordinary contribution to strengthening communion between
Syrian Orthodox Christians and the Catholic faithful”.
POPE
FRANCIS RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA
Vatican
City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) – Today, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace,
Pope Francis received in audience Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan,
president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who subsequently met
with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, and Archbishop
Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.
In
the course of the talks, emphasis was laid on the cordial relations
between the Holy See and Nigeria, and appreciation was expressed for
the positive contribution offered by the Church to the welfare of the
entire country, especially in the areas of education and health care,
as well as in promoting dialogue between the various components of
society. Particular attention was given in the meeting to the
protection of the dignity of the human person and his or her
fundamental rights, beginning with religious freedom. In this context
the joint condemnation of every form of violence was renewed and hope
was expressed for a rapid return to peaceful coexistence in the whole
Country.
Finally,
an exchange of views took place regarding several issues of regional
interest, with particular reference to the situations of crisis and
conflict in central and sub-Saharan Africa.
DISINFORMATION,
SLANDER AND DEFAMATION: SINS OF THE MEDIA
Vatican
City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) – This morning in the Sala Clementina of
the Vatican Apostolic Palace the Holy Father received in audience the
members of the “Corallo” Association, a network of local
Catholic-inspired broadcasters from all regions of Italy. The Pope
gave an off-the-cuff address to those present, in which he defined
the virtues, mission and sins of the communication media.
“Your
work should be carried out along these three routes: the path of
truth, the path of goodness, and the path of beauty. But truth,
goodness and beauty are consistent – they come from within, they
are human. And, on the path of truth, along these three routes, we
can find mistakes and even traps. 'I think, I look for the truth …':
be careful not to become an intellectual without intelligence. 'I go
in search of goodness': be careful not to be an ethicist without
goodness. 'I like beauty': yes, but be careful not to do what is
frequently done: do not look for cosmetics to create an artificial
beauty that does not exist”.
The
Pope went on to refer to the “harmonious unity” of the work of
broadcasters, commenting that, although there are large and small
media entities, “in the Church there is neither large nor small:
everyone has his or her function and help for others, the hand cannot
exist without the head, and so on. We are all members, and also your
media, whether they be large or small, are members, harmonised in
their vocation of service to the Church. No-one should consider
themselves to be too small in relation to another that is too large.
Everyone is important in this harmony, for the Church is harmony in
diversity. … It is important to seek unity, and not to subscribe to
the logic that the large fish swallows the smaller fish”.
Pope
Francis then went on to speak about clericalism, which he defined as
“one of the ills of the Church. But it is a sin of complicity, as
priests are subject to the temptation to clericalise the laity, while
many laypersons ask on their knees to be clericalised, because it is
convenient. … So this is a sin committed by two hands. We must
resist this temptation. The layperson must be a layperson, baptised
and with the strength that comes from baptism. A servant, but with a
lay vocation, and this cannot be sold, bargained for, and one is not
complicit with the other, because it is a question of identity. …
Is the deacon or the priest more important than the layperson? No! …
The function of the layperson cannot be exercised by the priest, and
the Holy Spirit is free: sometimes it inspires a priest to do
something, and at other times it inspires a layperson. This is
something that is discussed in the pastoral Council, which is very
important. A parish that does not have a pastoral Council and a
Council for economic affairs is not a good parish: it lacks life”.
Finally,
the Holy Father commented that the media embody many virtues, but
also many sins. With regard to the latter, the three most significant
are those which “take the road of lies: … disinformation, slander
and defamation. The last two are serious, but not as dangerous as the
first. Slander is a mortal sin, but it is possible to clarify the
situation and become aware that it is slander. Defamation is a mortal
sin, but it is possible to say: this is an injustice, because this
person did something at that time but has now repented and changed
their life. But disinformation means telling half-truths, the part
that is most convenient to me, and not saying the other half.
Therefore, those who watch the television or listen to the radio are
not able to arrive at a perfect judgement, because they do not have
all the elements necessary to do so, and the media do not give them.
Please, shun these three sins”.
INSTITUTION
OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS
Vatican
City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has instituted the
Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, as announced on 5
December 2013, and has invited the following people to be members:
Catherine Bonnet, France; Marie Collins, Ireland; Sheila Hollins,
United Kingdom; Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley O.F.M. Cap., United
States; Claudio Papale, Italy; Hanna Suchocka, Poland; Humberto
Miguel Yanez S.J., Argentina; and Hans Zollner, S.J., Germany.
Their
principal task will be to prepare the Commission's statutes, which
will define its competence and functions. The Commission will
subsequently be joined by other members, nominated from various
geographical areas of the world.
Marie
Collins, who suffered sexual abuse as a child and brought the priest
responsible to justice in 1997, is the co-founder of the Marie
Collins Foundation, an NGO providing help and legal assistance to
victims of abuse and their families. Sheila Hollins is emeritus
professor of Psychiatry and former president of the British Medical
Assocation. Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley O.F.M. Cap. is archbishop
of Boston, U.S.A., and is well-known for his efforts for the
protection of childhood and is a member of the Apostolic Visitation
of dioceses and seminaries in Ireland in 2010. Claudio Papale is a
lawyer and professor in the faculty of canon law at the Pontifical
Urbaniana University, Rome. Hanna Suchocka, former prime minister of
Poland (1992-1993), is a professor at the University of Poznan,
specialising in constitutional law, and the author of various texts
on human rights. The Jesuit Fr. Manuel Yanez is professor of moral
theology at the Pontifical Gregorian and Urbaniana Universities. Fr.
Hans Zollner,S.J., psychotherapist and psychologist, is the academic
vice-rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University, director of the
Institute of Psychology, and chair of the Steering Committee of the
Institute's “Centre for Child Protection”.
The
director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J.,
commented that by the institution of this Commission, Pope Francis
has made it clear that the Church considers the protection of minors
as a priority issue. “In the certainty that the Church must play a
crucial role in this field, and looking to the future without
forgetting the past, the Commission will adopt a multiple approach to
promoting the protection of minors, which will include education for
the prevention of the exploitation of children, legal procedures
relating to offences against minors, civil and canonical duties and
responsibilities, and the development of 'best practices' as defined
and developed in society as a whole”.
THE
POPE APPOINTS THE PRELATE SECRETARY OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE ECONOMY
Vatican
City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office today
announced that, following the motu proprio: Fidelis dispensator et
prudens, which established the Secretariat for the Economy presided
over by Cardinal George Pell, and following the institution of the
Council for the Economy and the appointment of Cardinal Reinhard Marx
as Cardinal coordinator of this organ, the Holy Father has nominated
Msgr. Brian Ferme as Prelate Secretary of the Council for the
Economy.
The
Prelate Secretary has the task of assisting the Cardinal Coordinator
in the fulfilment of the functions of the Council for the Economy,
whose competences are associated with the guidance and supervision of
the administrative and financial activities of the economic entities
of the Holy See.
Msgr.
Brian Ferme was born in 1955, and is a priest in the diocese of
Portsmouth, England. He completed his philosophical, theological and
canonical studies in Melbourne, Oxford and Rome. He is the author of
numerous scientific publications and articles. He has served as
professor of canon law at the Gregorian Pontifical University and
subsequently at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he became
dean of the faculty of canon law in 2000. In 2003, in Washington, he
became dean of the faculty of canon law at the Catholic University of
America, after which he transferred to Venice as head of the St. Pius
X faculty of canon law. He collaborates with various dicasteries of
the Roman Curia; in particular, he is a consultor of the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Council for
Legislative Texts.
CARDINAL
RYLKO, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO KRAKOW
Vatican
City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) – A letter was published today, written
in Latin and dated 26 February, in which the Holy Father appoints
Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the
Laity, as his special envoy to the celebration commemorating the
650th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral of Krakow,
Poland, which will take place on 28 March.
The
Cardinal will be accompanied by a mission composed of Msgr. Jacek
Urban, canon of the metropolitan Chapter, and Msgr. Jan Machniak,
canon of the Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Florian.
THE
POPE TO THE MAFIA: REPENT, YOU CANNOT TAKE YOUR BLOODSTAINED MONEY
AND POWER TO THE NEXT LIFE
Vatican
City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) – Yesterday Pope Francis visited the
Roman Church of San Gregorio VII, where he met with more than 700
families of the victims of the mafia, representing approximately
15,000 persons who have lost loved ones as a result of mafia
violence. Since 1996 the first day of spring, 21 March, has been
dedicated to the memory of the victims of mafia groups and every year
the “Libera” association organises a demonstration in a different
town. This year it took place in Latina, where today the 19th Day of
Memory and Commitment is to be held on the theme “Roots of memory,
fruit of commitment”.
The
prayer vigil in the Church of San Gregorio began with an address by
the priest Don Luigi Ciotti, founder of “Libera”, after which the
names of the 900 victims of the mafia were read aloud. Following the
reading of the Gospel and the Beatitudes, the Pope addressed the
following words to those present:
“I
wish to share with you a hope, and it is this: that the sense of
responsibility might gradually prevail over corruption, in every part
of the world. … And this must begin from within, from consciences,
and from there it is necessary to heal, to restore to health forms of
behaviour, relations, choices, the social fabric, so that justice
gains space, spreads, takes root, and supplants iniquity.
“I
know that you feel this hope strongly, and I want to share it with
you, to tell you that I will be close to you also tonight and
tomorrow, in Latina – even if I cannot be there in person, I will
be with you on this journey, which requires tenacity and
perseverance.
“In
particular, I wish to express my solidarity with those who have lost
a loved one, as a victim of mafia violence. Thank you for your
witness, because you are not closed, you are open, you have come
forward to tell your story of pain and hope. This is so important,
especially for the young. I would like to pray with you, and I do so
from the heart, for all victims of the mafia. Even just a few days
ago, near Taranto, a crime was committed in which even a child was
not spared. But at the same time let us pray together, to ask for the
strength to go on, not to be discouraged, but instead to continue to
fight against corruption.
Pope
Francis continued, speaking off the cuff, “I feel that I cannot
finish without saying a word to those who are absent today, to the
absent protagonists: to the men and women of the mafia. Please,
change your lives, convert, stop what you are doing, stop doing harm.
And we pray for you. Convert, I ask you this on my knees; it is for
your own good. This life you are living now will not bring you
pleasure, it will not bring you joy, it will not bring you happiness.
Power, the money you have now from your many dirty dealings, from
your many mafia crimes, is blood money, it is power that is stained
with blood, and you will not be able to take it with you to the next
life. Repent, there is still time, so as not to end up in hell. This
is what awaits you if you continue on this path. You have a father
and a mother: think of them. Cry a little, and repent”.
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 24 March 2014 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in
audience:
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Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the
Evangelisation of Peoples.
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Three prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Guinea, on their “ad
limina” visit:
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Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly of Conakry;
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Bishop Emmanuel Felemou of Kankan;
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Bishop Raphael Balla Guilavogui of N'Zerekore.
On
Saturday, 22 March, the Holy Father received in audience:
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Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
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Nguyen Sinh Hung, president of the parliament of Vietnam.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 22 March 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has:
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accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of
Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam, presented by Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham
Minh Man, upon reaching the age limit. He is succeeded by Bishop Paul
Bui Van Doc, coadjutor of the same archdiocese.
-
appointed Rev. Juan Armando Perez Talamantes and Rev. Alfonso Gerardo
Miranda Guardiola as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Monterrey
(area 17,886, population 7,387,000, Catholics 5,910,000, priests 595,
permanent deacons 44, religious 1228), Mexico.
Bishop-elect
Perez Talamantes was born in Nuevo Leon, Mexico in 1970, and was
ordained a priest in 1997. He holds a licentiate in philosophy from
the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and has served in the
following pastoral roles: vicar, spiritual director, coordinator of
discipline and prefect of studies in the major seminary of Monterrey,
and priest of the parishes of “Sagrada Familia” and “San
Francisco de Asis” in Apocada. He is currently episcopal vicar for
the Zone X and director of the Benedict XVI Institute for the
formation of laypersons in ordinary pastoral care.
Bishop-elect
Miranda Guardiola was born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1966 and was
ordained a priest in 1998. He holds a licentiate in moral theology
from the Pontifical University of Mexico. He has held the following
pastoral roles: prefect of discipline and studies in the minor
seminary, lecturer in the major seminary, deputy priest in the Shrine
of Our Lady of Fatima, assessor for groups of divorced persons and
rector of the temple of “St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe”. He is
currently secretary chancellor of the Curia and director of the
ecclesiastical archive and department of history of the archdiocese
of Monterrey. He is the author of nine books.
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appointed Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana, apostolic nuncio in
Lituania, as apostolic nuncio in Estonia and Latvia.
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appointed Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Tot as apostolic nuncio in Sri
Lanka. Archbishop Nguyen Van Tot was previously apostolic nuncio in
Costa Rica.
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