The Pope And Church News: News Vatican Information Service May 30, 2014

Friday, May 30, 2014

News Vatican Information Service May 30, 2014

SUMMARY:

- VATICAN PRAYER MEETING FOR PEACE ON 8 JUNE

- THE POPE JOINS IN THE CHARISMATIC CONVENTION AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM

- PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE

- CONSISTORY FOR THE CAUSES OF CANONISATION

- AUDIENCES

- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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VATICAN PRAYER MEETING FOR PEACE ON 8 JUNE

Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office has declared that the prayer meeting for peace, to which the Holy Father invited the presidents of Israel, Shimon Peres, and Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, will take place in the Vatican on the afternoon of Sunday 8 June. Both parties have agreed to this date.

THE POPE JOINS IN THE CHARISMATIC CONVENTION AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM

Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – Next Sunday afternoon, the Holy Father will participate in a charismatic convention at the Olympic Stadium of Rome, which will take place from 1-2 June with the theme “Convert! Believe! Receive the Holy Spirit!”. Francis will arrive at the stadium at 5 p.m. and will enjoy the event from a box in the VIP area. It will be the first ever papal visit to a stadium in the Italian capital. This celebration of faith, organised by Renewal in the Spirit, will be attended by representatives of more than fifty countries, and an influx of more than 52,000 people is expected. During the encounter, which will involve moments of prayer, music and dance, the Holy Father will give an address.

PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE

Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – Pope Francis' universal prayer intention for June is: “That the unemployed may receive support and find the work they need to live in dignity.”.

His intention for evangelisation is: “That Europe may rediscover its Christian roots through the witness of believers”.

CONSISTORY FOR THE CAUSES OF CANONISATION

Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – On Thursday, 12 June, in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace, during the celebration of Terce, an ordinary public consistory will be held for the canonisation of the following Blesseds:

- Giovanni Antonio Farina, bishop of Vicenza, Italy, and founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts.

- Kuriakose Elias Chavara of the Holy Family, Indian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.

- Ludovico de Casoria, Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth (“Bigie”).

- Nicola da Longobardi, Italian professed oblate of the Order of Minims.

- Eufrasia Eluvathingal of the Sacred Heart, Indian professed religious of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel.

- Amato Ronconi, Italian layperson of the Third Order of St. Francis, founder of the founder of the Hospital-Hospice for Poor Pilgrims of Saludecio, now the Beato Amato Ronconi Nursing Home.

AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Professor Rolf Heuer, director general of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).

- Sixteen prelates of the Mexican Episcopal Conference on their “ad limina” visit:

Archbishop Constancio Miranda Weckmann of Chihuahua;

Bishop Juan Guillermo Lopez Soto of Cuauhtemoc-Madera;

Archbishop Hector Gonzalez Martinez of Durango, with his auxiliary, Bishop Enrique Sanchez Martinez;

Bishop Jose Guadalupe Torres Campos of Gomez Palacio;

Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras of Mazatlan;

Bishop Jose Guadalupe Galvan Galindo of Torreon;

Bishop Jonas Guerrero Corona of Culiacan;

Bishop Jose Benjamin Castillo Plasencia of Celaya;

Bishop Francisco Moreno Barron of Tlaxcala;

Bishop Lucas Martinez Lara of Matehuala;

Archbishop Rafael Romo Munoz of Tijuana;

Bishop Rafael Valdez Torres of Ensenada;

Bishop Miguel Angel Alba Diaz of La Paz en la Baja California Sur;

Bishop Jose Isidro Guerrero Macias of Mexicali;

Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza of Huejutla.

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has:

- appointed Fr. Stephan Burger as archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, (area 16,229, population 4,735,970, Catholics 1,953,041, priests 1,007, permanent deacons 246, religious 1,684), Germany. The bishop-elect was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1990. He studied theology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and obtained a licentiate in canon law from the University of Munster. He has served in the following roles: deputy priest in the parishes of St. Martin at Tauberbischofsheim and St. Franziskus at Pforzheim; parish administrator and subsequently priest of the parish of St. Mauritius at St. Leon-Rot; promoter of justice and subsequently judicial vicar at the tribunal of the archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau; and canon of the cathedral chapter.

- appointed Fr. Jonas Benson Okoye as auxiliary of the diocese of Awka (area 1,551, population 1,645,044, Catholics 818,792, priests 337, religious 165), Nigeria. The bishop-elect was born in Kaduna, Nigeria in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1992. He studied theology and canon law at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, and holds a licentiate in canon law from St. Paul's University, Ottawa, Canada and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including vicar of St. John's Parish, Ezinfite; priest of St. Peter's Parish, Oko; defender of the bond at the ecclesiastical tribunal of Awka; priest of St. John's Parish, Neni and deputy judicial vicar of the diocese of Awka; and priest of the Immaculate Conception Heart Parish, Ekwulobia. He is currently priest of the parish of St. Matthew, Amawbia, judicial vicar of the diocese of Awka, judge of the interdiocesan ecclesiastical tribunal of Onitsha, and president of the Nigerian Society of Canon Law.

- appointed Msgr. Paolo Giulietti as auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve (area 1,900, population 286,645, Catholics 256,000, priests 195, religious 427), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Perugia, Italy in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1991. He studied at the Theological Institute of Assisi and the Pontifical Salesian University, where he obtained a licentiate in theology, youth pastoral and catechetics. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including: vicar in the parish of San Sisto in Perugia, spiritual assistant of the Confraternity of St. Jacopo of Compostela; director of the National Office of Youth Pastoral of the Italian Episcopal Conference; and priest of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Apostle in Ponte San Giovanni. He is currently vicar general of the archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve. He is also moderator of the Curia, canon of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Perugia, and regional head of itineraries of faith. He was named Chaplain of His Holiness in 2005.

On Thursday, 29 May the Holy Father:

- confirmed the erection of the eparchy of St. Basil the Great of Bucharest of the Romanians, Romania, with territory from the current archieparchy of Fagaras and Alba Iulia of the Romanians.

- confirmed the transfer of Bishop Mihai Catalin Fratila from the office of auxiliary of and protosyncellus of Fagaras and Alba Iulia of the Romanians to the new eparchy of St. Basil the Great of Bucharest of the Romanians, Romania.