SUMMARY:
- POPE
RECEIVES THE COMMISSION OF CARDINALS INVESTIGATING LEAKING OF
DOCUMENTS
- ST.
PIUS X AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES
- OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
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POPE
RECEIVES THE COMMISSION OF CARDINALS INVESTIGATING LEAKING OF
DOCUMENTS
Vatican
City, 27 July 2012 (VIS) - "Yesterday morning 26 July, the Holy
Father received in audience the Commission of Cardinals which is
undertaking the administrative investigation into the leaking of
reserved information: Cardinal Julian Herranz, Cardinal Jozef Tomko
and Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi. The cardinals were accompanied by
Fr. Luigi Martignani O.F.M. Cap., secretary of the Commission;
Examining Magistrate Piero Antonio Bonnet, and Promoter of Justice
Nicola Picardi of the Tribunal of Vatican City State", according
to a communique released this morning by the Holy See Press Office.
"The
Holy Father was informed about the conclusions reached by the
Commission of Cardinals, and about the progress of the criminal
procedures currently underway. He thanked them for the information he
had received and invited the Vatican magistrates to proceed
expeditiously.
"The
meeting was also attended by Archbishop Angelo Becciu, substitute for
General Affairs of the Secretariat of State; Msgr. Georg Gaenswein,
private secretary to the Holy Father; Domenico Giani, director of the
Vatican Gendarmerie, and Gregory Burke, communications consultant of
the Secretariat of State".
ST.
PIUS X AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Vatican
City, 27 July 2012 (VIS) - It was 1908 when, in the wake of a serious
economic crisis, Rome renounced hosting the Olympic Games which were
eventually celebrated in London, England. In the same year Pierre de
Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics, sought help from the
Vatican to support the Games, and Pope St. Pius X in person offered
him his support.
More than
one hundred years later, the British capital is hosting the Olympic
Games for the third time. The event is due to open this evening.
That
moment at the beginning of the twentieth century is described in a
book entitled "Pio X e lo sport" by Antonella Stelitano. At
that time "less than one per cent of the population practised
any sporting activity, ... and sport was used only as a form of
military training or as a pastime for the upper classes", the
author explained in an interview with Vatican Radio.
However
"St. Pius X ... was aware of the educational potential of
sport". He saw it as a way "to approach young people, and
to bring them together while following certain rules and showing
respect for adversaries. I believe", the author explained, "that
he understood that it was possible to bring people together simply,
without any problems of race, religion or differing political ideas".
At that
time in history many people did not understand the importance of
exercise, said Antonella Stelitano who concluded her interview by
recalling an anecdote whereby Pius X told one of his cardinals: "All
right, if it is impossible to understand that this can be done, then
I myself will do exercise in front of everyone so that they may see
that, if the Pope can do it, anyone can do it".
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 27 July 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
-
Appointed Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland, U.S.A., as
archbishop of San Francisco (area 6,023, population 1,866,000,
Catholics 448,000, priests 408, permanent deacons 78, religious 854),
U.S.A. He succeeds Archbishop George H. Niederauer, whose resignation
from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
-
Appointed Bishop Jesus Murgui Soriano of Mallorca, Spain, as bishop
of Orihuela-Alicante (area 4,415, population 1,653,786, Catholics
1,405,718, priests 407, permanent deacons 7, religious 778), Spain.
He succeeds Bishop Rafael Palmero Ramos, whose resignation from the
pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon
having reached the age limit.
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