SUMMARY:
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The Pope greets UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon at the Pontifical
Academy of Sciences
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“Cor Unum” to send 100,000 dollars to earthquake-stricken Nepal
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Audiences
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Other Pontifical Acts
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The
Pope greets UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon at the Pontifical
Academy of Sciences
Vatican
City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - Shortly after 9 a.m. this morning in the
Casina Pio IV, seat of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Holy
Father briefly met with the United Nations secretary general Ban
Ki-moon, present at the Academy for the subsequent opening
presentation of the international workshop “Protect the Earth,
dignify humanity. The moral dimensions of climate change and
sustainable development”.
During
the private audience the secretary of the United Nations, as he
explained in the following press conference, expressed to the Pope
his gratitude for having agreed to address the Assembly of the United
Nations this coming 25 September and remarked that he was looking
forward to the Holy Father’s discourse on the occasion and to his
forthcoming encyclical. He also illustrated various aspects of the
United Nations’ current commitment not only to environmental
issues, but also to migrants and the dramatic humanitarian situations
in the areas of the world affected by conflicts.
“Cor
Unum” to send 100,000 dollars to earthquake-stricken Nepal
Vatican
City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) – Following the earthquake that struck
the territory of Nepal with extraordinary vehemence last weekend, the
Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” has undertaken to send a first
contribution of 100 thousand dollars for aid to the population on
behalf of the Holy Father.
This
sum, which will be sent to the local Church, will be used to support
aid operations for the displaced and other affected persons, and is
intended as a first and immediate concrete expression of Pope
Francis' “spiritual closeness and paternal encouragement” towards
those afflicted, as he assured during the Regina Coeli of Sunday 26
April. Episcopal conferences and Catholic charitable entities are
already extensively involved in humanitarian works.
According
to the data currently available but not yet definitive, there have
been more than 4,300 victims so far and approximately 7 million
affected in 34 districts of Nepal, a million homeless, and around 2
million children in need of assistance. Numerous villages are
isolated and aid has not yet reached them. The government has
estimated that roughly 400 thousand buildings have been destroyed.
Audiences
Vatican
City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in
private audience Rafael Correa Delgado, president of the Republic of
Ecuador, and entourage.
Other
Pontifical Acts
Vatican
City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father has appointed:
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Rev. Fr. Edward Mapunda as bishop of Singida (area 49,341, population
1,500,000, Catholics 238,307, priests 67, religious 437), Tanzania.
The bishop-elect was born in Mango, Tanzania in 1964, and was
ordained a priest in 1997. He holds a Master's degree in education
from the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and has served as
formator and subsequently vice-rector of the minor seminary of
Singida. He is currently bursar and diocesan delegate for health.
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Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the
Apostolic Signatura, as president of the Commission for Lawyers.
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