SUMMARY:
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The Pope participates in the suffering and consternation of the
Orthodox Patriarch of Ethiopia for the recent slaughter of Christians
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Collaboration agreements with UNICEF and CONMEBOL in favour of
Scholas Occurrentes, signed before the Holy Father
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Other Pontifical Acts
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In memoriam
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The
Pope participates in the suffering and consternation of the Orthodox
Patriarch of Ethiopia for the recent slaughter of Christians
Vatican
City, 21 April 2015 (VIS) – Yesterday afternoon Pope Francis sent a
message to the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Orthodox Church,
His Holiness Abuna Matthias, upon hearing of the slaughter of 28
Ethiopian Christians kidnapped in Libya by the group ISIS.
“With
great distress and sadness I learn of the further shocking violence
perpetrated against innocent Christians in Libya. I know that Your
Holiness is suffering deeply in heart and mind at the sight of your
faithful children being killed for the sole reason that they are
followers of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I reach out to you in
heartfelt spiritual solidarity to assure you of my closeness in
prayer at the continuing martyrdom being so cruelly inflicted on
Christians in Africa, the Middle East and some parts of Asia.
It
makes no difference whether the victims are Catholic, Copt, Orthodox
or Protestant. Their blood is one and the same in their confession of
Christ! The blood of our Christian brothers and sisters is a
testimony which cries out to be heard by everyone who can still
distinguish between good and evil. All the more this cry must be
heard by those who have the destiny of peoples in their hands.
At
this time we are filled with the Easter joy of the disciples to whom
the women had brought the news that 'Christ has risen from the dead'.
This year, that joy – which never fades – is tinged with profound
sorrow. Yet we know that the life we live in God’s merciful love is
stronger than the pain all Christians feel, a pain shared by men and
women of good will in all religious traditions.
With
heartfelt condolences I exchange with Your Holiness the embrace of
peace in Christ Our Lord”.
Collaboration
agreements with UNICEF and CONMEBOL in favour of Scholas Occurrentes,
signed before the Holy Father
Vatican
City, 21 April 2015 (VIS) – This morning, in the Domus Sanctae
Marthae and in the presence of Pope Francis, the executive director
of UNICEF, Anthony Lake, and the deputy president of CONMEBOL signed
two collaboration agreements in favour of Scholas Occurrentes, the
educational network supported by the Holy Father.
UNICEF
is the United Nations Children's Fund, and CONMEBOL the South
American Football Confederation. Scholas Occurrentes is a the first
worldwide initiative with the aim of promoting integration and peace
between peoples through education, connecting more than 400,000
schools and educational networks, both public and private and of all
religions. The five-year collaboration with UNICEF will be based on
the broadening of access for young children, especially the most
disadvantaged, to technology, sport and the arts – platforms for
education, participation and the building of peace, enabling the
young to learn about themselves, others and the world that surrounds
them.
Scholas
and UNICEF will initially cooperate in a series of joint activities
worldwide, with the special aim of bringing an end to violence and
promoting the connectedness of all young people, making the most of
the unique capacities of each person to favour the participation of
adolescents and to broaden their access to the tools and information
they need to be connected, to communicate and to collaborate.
The
two organisations will explore the bonds between their respective
platforms for mobilisation on social networks and communication
media, and will support both digital campaigns and social movements
in aid of the most disadvantaged children. The specific collaboration
projects include involvement in the Scholas network in terms of
content and opportunities for the participation by young people in
“The young express their own opinion”, UNICEF's online space for
adolescents and young people. UNICEF will also adapt the U-Report for
the Scholas global community, which will enable its members to join
the 500,000 or so young people who already use the mobile-based
platform to speak about their interests and to participate.
The
organisations will also develop new opportunities for collaboration
in relation to major events centred on world youth, such as the
Summit on the Social Impact of Youth, to be held during the Summer
Games of the Special Olympics in 2015 in Los Angeles. In 2016, the
association will begin to explore initiatives at regional, national
and community levels, including campaigns to raise awareness and
joint promotional activities linked to issues affecting millions of
disadvantaged adolescents.
Other
Pontifical Acts
Vatican
City, 21 April 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father has:
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accepted the resignation from the pastoral ministry of the diocese of
Kansas City-St. Joseph, U.S.A., presented by Bishop Robert W. Finn,
in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
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accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the
archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico, presented by Bishop José Trindad
Gonzalez Rodriguez, in accordance with canons 411 and 401 para. 2 and
of the Code of Canon Law.
In
memoriam
Vatican
City, 20 April 2015 (VIS) – The following prelates have died in
recent weeks:
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Bishop Andre Vallee, P.M.E., emeritus of Hearst, Canada, on 28
February at the age of 84.
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Cardinal Edward Michael Egan, archbishop emeritus of New York, U.S.A,
on 5 March at the age of 82.
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Bishop Antonio Dorado Soto, emeritus of Malaga, Spain, on 17 March at
the age of 83.
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Bishop Malachy John Goltok, of Bauchi, Nigeria, on 21 March at the
age of 49.
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Archbishop Ennio Appignanesi, emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico
Nuovo Italy, on 26 March at the age of 89.
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Bishop Alonso Llano Ruiz, emeritus of Istmina-Tado, Colombia, on 26
March at the age of 83.
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Bishop Juan Carlos Maccarone, emeritus of Santiago del Estero,
Argentina, on 29 March at the age of 74.
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Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva, emeritus of Dili, East Timor, on 2
April at the age of 71.
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Bishop William Benedict Friend, emeritus of Shreveport, U.S.A. on 2
April at the age of 83.
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Archbishop Luis María Perez de Onraita Aguirre, emeritus of Malanje,
Angola on 3 April at the age of 81.
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Bishop Eugene Moke Motsuri , auxiliary emeritus of Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of Congo, on 6 April at the age of 99.
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Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop emeritus of Montreal,
Canada, on 8 April at the age of 78.
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Bishop Joao Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap., of Paranagua, Brazil, on 9
April at the age of 58.
-Bishop
Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, emeritus of Galle, Sri Lanka, on 9 April at
the age of 82.
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Bishop Antonio Alberto Guimaraes Rezende, C.S.S., emeritus of
Caetite, Brazil, on 13 April at the age of 89.
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Cardinal Roberto Tucci, S.J., on 14 April, at the age of 93.
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Bishop Felice Leonardo, emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata
de’ Goti, Italy, on 15 April at the age of 100
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Cardinal Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., archbishop emeritus of
Chicago, U.S.A., on 17 April at the age of 78.
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