SUMMARY:
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Pope Francis arrives in Manila
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Accord between the Holy See and Serbia
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Other Pontifical Acts
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Pope
Francis arrives in Manila
Vatican
City, 15 January 2015 (VIS) – Early this morning the Holy Father
travelled by car from the apostolic nunciature of Colombo to the
airport, where he departed for Manila, capital of the Philippines.
During the journey he stopped to visit the Benedict XVI Cultural
Institute where he was received by Fr. Mahamale Quintus Fernando,
rector of the Institute, and two hundred workers who had collaborated
in building the centre in 2011. He then visited the “Our Lady of
Lanka” Chapel, where he was awaited by ten Jesuit fathers belonging
to the Community linked to the Institute, a choir and a group of
fishermen from the area.
The
Chapel of “Our Lady of Lanka” dates from 1911 and was initially
dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. With the outbreak of the Second
World War, Cardinal Jean-Marie Masson, O.M.I., archbishop of Colombo,
made a vow to the Virgin: if the country was spared the horrors of
war, he would build a shrine where the chapel stood, dedicated to
“Our Lady of Lanka”. The works were completed in 1974 and it was
consecrated in February of the same year, with the status of Minor
Basilica granted by Pope Paul VI. The Benedict XVI Cultural Institute
was opened in 2011 upon the initiative of Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith,
archbishop of Colombo, to facilitate collaboration with the
authorities and other agencies in rebuilding the nation following
thirty years of civil war.
Pope
Francis then resumed his journey to the airport, where Maithripala
Sirisena, president of the Republic, various representatives of the
civil authorities and a group of faithful bade him farewell.
At
9 a.m. local time the aircraft carrying the Pope departed from
Colombo for the Filipino capital. After a flight of six and a quarter
hours, he arrived at the Villamor Air Base in Manila where he was
received by representatives of the religious and civil authorities,
including the apostolic nuncio Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto and the
president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III.
Two
children offered flowers to the Pope as he disembarked, around one
hundred adolescents sang “Welcome Pope Francis”, and a large
group of smaller children dressed in white and yellow performed a
lively dance. The Holy Father left the air base in an open Popemobile
to travel the nine kilometres separating the base from the apostolic
nunciature of Manila, during which he greeted the many faithful who
awaited him. Upon arrival at the apostolic nunciature, he dined in
private and rested.
Accord
between the Holy See and Serbia
Vatican
City, 15 January 2015 (VIS) – On 12 January 2015, by mutual
consent, the Framework Agreement between the Holy See and the
Republic of Serbia on collaboration in higher education came into
force. The Agreement, signed on 27 June 2014, confirms the principles
and defines the measures to be taken by both Parties within the field
of higher education.
Other
Pontifical Acts
Vatican
City, (VIS) – The Holy Father has:
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given his assent to the canonical election by the Synod of Bishops of
the Chaldean Church of Rev. Basel Yaldo as auxiliary of the
Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans. The bishop-elect was born
in Telkaif, Iraq in 1970 and was ordained a priest in 2002. He
studied theology at the Pontifical Urbanian University and holds a
master's degree in dogmatic theology and a doctorate from the same
University. He has served in a number of roles, including vice-rector
of the major seminary of the Chaldeans in Baghdad, lecturer in
dogmatic theology at the Babel College, deputy priest of the Church
of the Sacred Heart in Baghdad, and special secretary to the late
Patriarch Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly. He is currently priest of the
St. George Chaldean Catholic Church in Michigan, U.S.A.
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appointed Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona as bishop of the Chaldean
eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle in Sydney, Australia. Formerly
Chaldean archbishop of Mossul, Iraq, he retains the dignity of
archbishop and succeeds Msgr. Djibrail Kassab, whose resignation was
accepted.
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appointed Chorbishop Emmanuel Challita as bishop of the Chaldean
eparchy of Mar Addai in Toronto, Canada. The bishop-elect was born in
Fishkabour-Zakho, Iraq in 1956 and ordained a priest in 1984. He
holds a doctorate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Urbanian
University, Rome, and has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including deputy priest of the St. Joseph's parish, Troy, Michigan,
U.S.A. He is currently priest of St. George's parish in Township,
Michigan, U.S.A.
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