SUMMARY:
- THE
HOLY SEE AND GERMANY REFLECT UPON THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
- THE
GARDENS OF CASTELGANDOLFO INSPIRE A FAIRY TALE
-
AUDIENCES
- OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
- IN
MEMORIAM
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THE
HOLY SEE AND GERMANY REFLECT UPON THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
Vatican
City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican Apostolic
Palace the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience the
President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck, who
subsequently went on to meet with Cardinal Secretary of State
Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., accompanied by Msgr. Ettore Balastrero,
under secretary for Relations with States.
The
discussions highlighted the cordial nature of bilateral relations;
attention was given to the Christian view of the person, as well as
to the challenges currently posed by globalisation and the
secularisation of society.
This was
followed by a fruitful exchange of opinions on the international
situation and the current economic crisis, especially in relation to
its consequences in Europe, and the contribution that the Catholic
Church may offer.
THE
GARDENS OF CASTELGANDOLFO INSPIRE A FAIRY TALE
Vatican
City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - On 11 December at the "Augustinianum"
Patristic Institute the Vatican Publishing House will present a book
by the Russian artist Natalia Tsarkova, "Il mistero di un
piccolo stagno" ("The mystery of a little pond").
Msgr.
Georg Ganswein, personal secretary to the Holy Father Benedict XVI,
Professor Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, Saverio
Petrillo, director of the Pontifical Villas at Castelgandolfo, and
Fr. Giuseppe Costa S.D.B., director of the Vatican Publishing House,
will participate in the presentation.
The
author is the official portrait artist to the pontiff, and her book
was inspired by a visit to the gardens of the apostolic palace at
Castelgandolfo. According to a communique from the Vatican Publishing
House, it is "a fairy tale which offers a message of love, faith
and hope, especially to children".
In "Il
mistero del piccolo stagno" is the author's first work in which
she communicates using words as well as images.
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
-
Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain.
-
Archbishop Diego Causero, apostolic nuncio in Switzerland and the
Principality of Liechtenstein.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Fr.
Rudolf Voderholzer of the clergy of Munich and Freising, Germany, as
bishop of Regensburg (area 12,081, population 3,588,232, Catholics
1,772,434, priests 1,244, permanent deacons 243, religious 2,878),
Germany.
The
bishop-elect was born in Munich, Germany in 1959 and ordained a
priest in 1987. He obtained his doctorate in dogmatic theology from
the University of Munich in 1997, and in 2004 became president of the
Department of Faith and Science of Religions and Philosophy of the
Faculty of Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Since
2005 he has been professor of dogmatic theology at the University of
Trier, Germany, and since 2008, director of the "Pope Benedict
XVI" Institute at Regensburg.
- Bishop
Murray Chatlain of Mackenzie-Fort Smith as archbishop of Keewatin-Le
Pas (area 430,000, population 123,900, Catholics 46,490, priests 14,
religious 18), Canada, and as apostolic administrator sede vacante et
ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Mackenzie Fort-Smith.
IN
MEMORIAM
Vatican
City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent
weeks:
- Bishop
Pedro N. Bantigue, emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines on 20 November
at the age of 92.
- Bishop
Jose Song Sui-Wan S.D.B., emeritus of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira,
Brazil on 13 November at the age of 71.
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