SUMMARY:
- CARDINAL JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TO VISIT NIGERIA
- MEETING BETWEEN PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE AND AFRICAN AMBASSADORS TO THE HOLY SEE
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INTERNATIONAL
MEETING ON WORLD YOUTH DAYS
Vatican
City, 22 March 2012 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for the Laity is
promoting a meeting of youth pastoral care workers to reflect on
World Youth Days (WYD) and prepare for next year's WYD in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The meeting, due to be held in Rocca di Papa near
Rome from 29 March to 1 April, will bring together delegates from
ninety-eight countries, as well as the organising committees of WYD
Madrid 2011 and WYD Rio 2013.
A
communique released this morning by the Pontifical Council for the
Laity explains that this will be "an important moment of
reflection for the pastoral care workers" who number "more
than 300, representing 45 communities, associations and Catholic
youth movements".
Work
will begin on 29 March with a welcome address from Cardinal Stanislaw
Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. The rest of
the day will be dedicated to a study of organisational and pastoral
aspects of WYD Madrid 2011, and the fruits it has yielded throughout
the world. Participants will include Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco
Varela, archbishop of Madrid, and Yago de la Cierva and Fr. Gregorio
Rolgan, respectively executive director and secretary general of WYD
Madrid 2011.
On
Friday 30 March attention will turn to Rio de Janeiro. The challenges
and expectations of next year's WYD will be presented by Archbishop
Orani Joao Tempesta O. Cist. of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro;
Msgr. Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, president of the Brazilian Episcopal
Commission for Youth; Fr. Carlos Savio, head of the youth office of
the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, and the WYD Rio 2013
organising committee.
Saturday
31 March will be dedicated to reflection on the "formation of
young people; a mission priority for the Church", with
contributions from Bishop Josef Clemens, secretary of the Pontifical
Council for the Laity, and Fr. Fabio Attard, counsellor general of
the Salesians for youth pastoral care. On Palm Sunday 1 April, which
also marks twenty-seventh diocesan World Youth Day, the delegates
will participate in Mass presided by Benedict XVI in St. Peter's
Square.
CARDINAL
JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TO VISIT NIGERIA
Vatican
City, (VIS) - Tomorrow, Friday 23 March, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran,
president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue,
will travel to Nigeria where he is due to visit a number of dioceses
and to close a seminar of inter-religious dialogue with followers of
Traditional African Religions, according to a communique released
today.
MEETING
BETWEEN PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE AND AFRICAN AMBASSADORS TO THE
HOLY SEE
Vatican
City, 22 March 2012 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for Culture is
organising a meeting of ambassadors to the Holy See from Africa. The
event, due to be held in Rome on 26 March, aims to promote
cooperation between the council and countries that are geographically
distant from the Vatican. This is the second initiative of its kind,
a similar meeting was held last year with ambassadors to the Holy See
from Asia.
The
programme of the event is divided into several parts and will be held
at more than one venue. The first part of the day will be devoted to
a detailed presentation of the Pontifical Council for Culture by
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and Bishop Barthelemy Adoukonou,
respectively president and secretary of that dicastery. The
ambassadors will also have a chance to intervene and make proposals
for collaboration. The session will be moderated by Fr. Theodore
Mascarenhas S.F.X., head of the department for cultures in Africa.
Participants
will then move on to the Temple of Hadrian where they will be
welcomed by Giancarlo Cremonesi, president of Rome's Chamber of
Commerce who will describe the activities of the organisation he
heads. There will also be a detailed cultural introduction to the
historical and present day aspects of the temple. The day will end
with a visit to Rome's "Parco della Musica" Auditorium.
According
to an English-language note released today, "the Pontifical
Council for Culture has been receiving very active collaboration from
different embassies. The event intends to strengthen further the ties
between the embassies and the dicastery and to evolve new ways for
cultural cooperation. Twenty-three Embassies have confirmed their
participation".
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