SUMMARY:
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Clarification of the Pope's use of the expression “avoid
Mexicanisation” in a private and informal email
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Other Pontifical Acts
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Clarification
of the Pope's use of the expression “avoid Mexicanisation” in a
private and informal email
Vatican
City, 25 February 2015 (VIS) – The Director of the Holy See Press
Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., announced yesterday afternoon
that the Secretariat of State has sent a Note to the Mexican
ambassador to the Holy See to clarify that in using the expression
“avoid Mexicanisation”, the Pope did not in any way intend to
offend the Mexican population, for whom he holds special affection,
nor to underestimate the commitment of the Mexican government in its
fight against narcotics trafficking.
As
is known, the expression “avoid Mexicanisation” was used by the
Pope in an email of a strictly private and informal nature, in
response to an Argentine friend who is deeply involved in the battle
against drug abuse, who had used the phrase.
The
Note demonstrates that evidently the Pope intended only to emphasise
the seriousness of the phenomenon of the drug trafficking that
afflicts Mexico and other countries in Latin America. It is precisely
this importance that has made the fight against drug trafficking a
priority for the government; to combat violence and restore peace and
serenity to Mexican families, acting on the causes at the root of
this scourge.
It
is a phenomenon that, like others in Latin America, that the Pope has
drawn attention to on various occasions, including in his encounters
with the bishops, emphasising the need to adopt policies of
cooperation and collaboration at all levels.
Other
Pontifical Acts
Vatican
City, 25 February 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father has appointed:
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Fr. Joseo Aristeu Vieira as bishop of Luz (area 24,990, population
494,000, Catholics 397,000, priests 75, religious 47), Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Rio Vermelho, Brazil in 1952 and was
ordained a priest in 1979. He served in a number of pastoral roles,
including parish priest, spiritual director and professor of the
“Sagrado Coracao de Jesus” provincial seminary in Diamantina; and
coordinator of vocational pastoral ministry and works for priestly
vocations. He is currently parish priest of the “ Imaculada
Conceicao” parish in Buritizeiro, Brazil.
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Fr. Luiz Goncalves Knupp as bishop of Tres Lagoas (area 57,876,
population 252,000, Catholics 190,000, priests 17, permanent deacons
12, religious 54), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Mandaguari,
Brazil in 1967 and was ordained a priest in 1999. In the course of
his pastoral ministry he has served as parish administrator, parish
priest; spiritual director of the seminaries of theology, philosophy
and preparation in Maringa. located in Londrina. He is currently
parish priest of the “Nossa Senhora de Fatima” parish in
Marialva, Brazil.
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Fr. Janusz Danecki, O.F.M. Conv., as auxiliary of the archdiocese of
Campo Grande (area 43,762, population 913,096, Catholics 543,292,
priests 106, permanent deacons 3, religious 280), Brazil. The
bishop-elect was born in Lowicz, Poland in 1951, gave his solemn vows
in 1975 and was ordained a priest in 1977. He exercised his pastoral
ministry in the Franciscan parishes of Niepokalanow and Lodz before
transferring to Brazil as a missionary, where he has served as
formator of postulants and Superior of the “Jardim da Imaculada”
community in Luziania; national director of the Militia Immaculatae,
parish priest; rector of the Franciscan seminary in Brasilia,
guardian of the convent and secretary of the Custodian; provincial
vicar and formator in Brasilia. He is currently parish priest of the
“Nossa Senhora de Fatima” parish in Jurua, Brazil.
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