SUMMARY:
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TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL EUGENIO DE ARAUJO SALES
-
COMMUNIQUE ON EPISCOPAL ORDINATIONS IN CHINA
- POPE
RECALLS TIME AS CONCILIAR EXPERT IN NEMI
- OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
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TELEGRAM
FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL EUGENIO DE ARAUJO SALES
Vatican
City, 10 July 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram of
condolence to Archbishop Orani Joao Tempesta, O. Cist., of Sao
Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the death of Cardinal Eugenio
Araujo Sales, archbishop emeritus of the same archdiocese. Cardinal
Araujo Sales, who had a "long life dedicated to the Church in
Brazil", died late last night at the age of 91.
In the
text of his telegram Benedict XVI recalls the cardinal's three
decades as archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro and his
almost seventy years of priesthood, which were distinguished for
"showing to all the path of truth in charity and service".
COMMUNIQUE
ON EPISCOPAL ORDINATIONS IN CHINA
Vatican
City, 10 July 2012 (VIS) - Following is the communique released this
morning on the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Joseph Yue
Fusheng in Harbin and the Reverend Thaddeus Ma Daqin as Auxiliary
Bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai.
"With
regard to the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Joseph Yue
Fusheng, which took place in Harbin (Province of Heilongjiang) on
Friday 6 July 2012, the following is stated:
1) The
Reverend Joseph Yue Fusheng, ordained without pontifical mandate and
hence illicitly, has automatically incurred the sanctions laid down
by canon 1382 of the Code of Canon Law. Consequently, the Holy See
does not recognize him as Bishop of the Apostolic Administration of
Harbin, and he lacks the authority to govern the priests and the
Catholic community in the Province of Heilongjiang.
The
Reverend Yue Fusheng had been informed some time ago that he could
not be approved by the Holy See as an episcopal candidate, and on
several occasions he had been asked not to accept episcopal
ordination without the pontifical mandate.
2) The
Bishops who took part in the illicit episcopal ordination and have
exposed themselves to the sanctions laid down by the law of the
Church, must give an account to the Holy See of their participation
in that religious ceremony.
3)
Appreciation is due to those priests, consecrated persons and lay
faithful who prayed and fasted for a change of heart in the Reverend
Yue Fusheng, for the holiness of the Bishops and for the unity of the
Church in China, particularly in the Apostolic Administration of
Harbin.
4) All
Catholics in China, pastors, priests, consecrated persons, and lay
faithful, are called to defend and safeguard that which pertains to
the doctrine and tradition of the Church. Even amid the present
difficulties, they look to the future with faith, comforted by the
certainty that the Church is founded on the rock of Peter and his
Successors.
5) The
Apostolic See, trusting in the concrete willingness of the Government
Authorities of China to dialogue with the Holy See, hopes that the
said authorities will not encourage gestures contrary to such
dialogue. Chinese Catholics also wish to see practical steps taken in
this direction, the first among which is the avoidance of illicit
celebrations and episcopal ordinations without pontifical mandate
that cause division and bring suffering to the Catholic communities
in China and the universal Church.
The
ordination of the Reverend Thaddeus Ma Daqin as Auxiliary Bishop of
the Diocese of Shanghai on Saturday 7 July 2012 is encouraging and is
to be welcomed. The presence of a bishop who is not in communion with
the Holy Father was inappropriate and shows a lack of consideration
for a lawful episcopal ordination".
POPE
RECALLS TIME AS CONCILIAR EXPERT IN NEMI
Vatican
City, 10 July 2012 (VIS) - "A wonderful memory, perhaps my
fondest memory of the entire council." With these words
yesterday, the Holy Father recalled his time at the center of the
Divine Word Missionaries in Nemi 47 years ago when he was one of the
young expert theologians charged with preparing the decree on the
Church's missionary activity for Vatican Council II.
Benedict
XVI thanked the Society of the Divine Word for having given him the
possibility to return to the "Ad Gentes" Center after more
than four decades and to recall that, at the time of the Council, he
was living "in the center of Rome, at the Santa Maria del Anima
seminary, with all the noise [of the city], which is also nice. But
being here in the green countryside, having this glimpse of nature
and also this fresh air, was beautiful in itself. Then there was the
companionship of so many great theologians, with the important and
wonderful task of preparing the decree on missions".
Benedict
XVI's meeting with the 150 participants of the Society of the Divine
Word's general chapter as well as members of the community's mother
house in Rome was very warm. The Holy Father recalled that the
order's superior general at the time was Fr. Johannes Schutte. "He
had suffered greatly in China where he was convicted and expelled
from the country. He was full of missionary zeal, of the need to
bring a new impetus to the missionary spirit and I was alongside him.
I was a very young and not very important theologian;I didn't know
why they had invited me but, for me, it was a great gift".
"Fulton
Sheen was also there, fascinating us with his afternoon speeches, and
Father Congar, and the great missionaries of Leuven. It was a
spiritual enrichment for me, a great gift. The decree was not very
controversial. There was this controversy, which I have never really
understood, between the schools of Leuven and Munster: was the main
scope of the mission the 'implantatio Ecclesiae' or the 'Evangelii'
announcement? But everything converged in the one spirit of the need
to bring the light of the Word of God, the light of God's love, to
the world and to give new joy to this proclamation".
"Thus
in those days was born a good and beautiful decree that was accepted
almost unanimously by all the Council Fathers. It was complemented
very well for me by 'Lumen Gentium' because in it we find a
Trinitarian ecclesiology that begins, above all, from the classical
idea of the 'bonum diffusivum sui', the good that carries with it the
need to communicate, to give itself, a good that cannot be locked
within itself. The good, this same good, is essentially
'communicatio'. This is already apparent in the Trinitarian mystery,
as God is in Himself, and is spread throughout salvation history and
in our need to give others the good that we have received".
"Remembering
all this I have often thought of those days in Nemi, which were an
essential part of the experience of the Council for me. I am pleased
to see your society flourishing - your father general has spoken of
six thousand members in many countries and nations. Clearly,
missionary zeal is still alive and it lives only if there is the
Gospel's joy, if we experience the good that comes from God and that
wants to and must communicate itself. Thank you for your missionary
zeal".
In
closing, the Holy Father wished the Verbites all the blessings of the
Lord and "much inspiration" during their chapter general.
"May the same inspiring power of the Holy Spirit that
accompanied us almost visibly in those days be again present among
you and help you to find the path for your society as well as for the
Gospel mission 'ad gentes' for the following years. Thank you all and
may the Lord bless you. Pray for me as I pray for you".
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 10 July 2012 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed Bishop
Pedro Mario Ossandon Buljevic as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese
of Santiago de Chile (area 9,132, population 5,905,000, Catholics
4,098,000, priests 801, permanent deacons 332, religious 2978),
Chile. The bishop, who is titular of La Imperial, was formerly
auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Concepcion, Chile.
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