SUMMARY:
- THE
LOGIC OF GOD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE LOGIC OF MAN
- PRAYERS
FOR MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS, AND FOR CHILDREN
- REALISM
AND HOPE IN THE FACE OF THE CRISIS
-
CARDINAL ABRIL Y CASTELLO, SPECIAL PAPAL ENVOY TO SAPE, ALBANIA
- EXPERTS
AND AUDITORS FOR THE FORTHCOMING SYNOD
-
AUDIENCES
- OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
______________________________________
THE
LOGIC OF GOD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE LOGIC OF MAN
Vatican
City, 23 September 2012 (VIS) - At midday today the Holy Father
appeared on the balcony overlooking the internal courtyard of the
Apostolic Palace at Castelgandolfo to pray the Angelus with faithful
gathered there.
The Pope
commented on today's Gospel reading from St. Mark in which "Jesus
began to speak openly about what would happen to Him at the end. ...
It is clear that a great interior distance separates Jesus and His
disciples. They are, so to speak, on two different wavelengths, and
so the words of the Master are either not understood, or understood
only superficially".
For
example, the Holy Father went on, "the Apostle Peter, after
having shown his faith in Jesus, reproved Him because He predicted
that He would be rejected and killed". In their turn the
disciples, following the second announcement of the Passion, "began
discussing which of them was greatest". Finally, following the
third announcement "James and John asked Jesus to be allowed to
sit at His right and left hand when He was in glory.
"But
there are several other signs of this distance", Benedict XVI
added, "for example, the disciples were unable to heal an
epileptic boy, whom Jesus later healed with the power of prayer.
Moreover, certain children were presented to Jesus, the disciples
reproved them but Jesus was indignant and insisted they stay,
affirming that only those like unto children can enter the Kingdom of
God".
All this,
the Holy Father explained, "reminds us that God's logic is
always “other” with respect to our own. ... For this reason,
following the Lord always requires a profound conversion on the part
of man, a change in his or her way of thinking and living. It
requires an openness of heart, in order to listen and allow oneself
to be enlightened and transformed from within. A key point in which
God and man are different is pride: God has no pride, because He is
absolute fullness, and is completely given to love and the giving of
life. In us, on the other hand, pride is deeply rooted and requires
constant vigilance and purification. We, who are small, desire to
appear great, to be the first, while God does not fear to humble
Himself and make Himself the last".
PRAYERS
FOR MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS, AND FOR CHILDREN
Vatican
City, 23 September 2012 (VIS) - In his greetings following the
Angelus prayer today, the Holy Father addressed some remarks to
French-speaking pilgrims, whom he thanked for their prayers for his
recent apostolic trip to Lebanon and, by extension, to the entire
Middle East. "Continue to pray for Christians of the Middle
East, for peace and for serene dialogue between religions", he
said.
"Yesterday",
the Pope went on, "I was spiritually united to the joy of
faithful in the French diocese of Troyes, who were gathered together
for the beatification of Fr. Louis Brisson, founder of the Oblates of
St. Francis of Sales. May the example of this new blessed bring light
to your lives. He was wont to say: 'I need God, it is a hunger which
devours me'. Learn to have that same hunger for God, and to appeal to
Him constantly and trustingly".
Turning
then to address Polish pilgrims, Benedict XVI quoted Jesus words:
"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name
welcomes me". Let us, he said, "ask God that these words
may inspire all those responsible for the gift of life, for a
dignified education, and for the safe and serene development of
children. May all children enjoy the love and warmth of the family".
REALISM
AND HOPE IN THE FACE OF THE CRISIS
Vatican
City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - This morning at Castelgandolfo
Benedict XVI received participants in a meeting being promoted by the
Christian Democrat International, the president of which is the
Italian politician Pier Ferdinando Casini.
"The
involvement of Christians in society", the Holy Father said,
"must not lessen or decrease; rather, it must be proffered with
renewed vitality, in view of the persistence and, in some cases, the
worsening of the problems we are facing".
Among
these problems the Pope mentioned the economic crisis, the
"complexity and gravity" of which "rightly arouse
concern. Yet, in the face of this situation, Christians are called to
act and express themselves with a prophetic spirit - that is, a
spirit capable of seeing in these transformations the incessant and
mysterious presence of God in history - and thus to shoulder their
newly emerging responsibilities with realism, faith and hope".
"Your
political and institutional commitment must not", he told his
listeners, "be limited to responding to the requirements of
market logic. Rather, its central and indispensable goal must remain
the search for the common good, correctly understood, and the
promotion and protection of the inalienable dignity of the human
person. The teaching of Vatican Council II that 'the order of things
must be subordinate to the order of persons, and not the other way
around' is today more valid than ever. This order of persons 'is
founded on truth, built up in justice, and animated by love', and it
cannot be discerned without constant attention to the Word of God and
the Magisterium of the Church".
"The
areas in which this decisive discernment is to be exercised are those
touching the most vital and delicate interests of the person, the
place where the fundamental choices regarding the meaning of life and
the search for happiness are made. These areas are not separate from
one another but profoundly interconnected; they possess a manifest
continuum which is constituted by respect for the transcendent
dignity of human beings, rooted in the fact that they were made in
the image of the Creator and are the ultimate goal of any
authentically human social justice.
"The
commitment to respecting life in all its phases from conception to
natural end - and the consequent rejection of abortion, euthanasia
and any form of eugenics - is, in fact, interwoven with respecting
marriage as an indissoluble union between a man and a woman and, in
its turn, as the foundation for the community of family life. ...
Thus the family, the basic cell of society, is the root which
nourishes not only the individual human being, but the very
foundations of social coexistence".
The Holy
Father went on: "The authentic progress of human society cannot
forgo policies aimed at protecting and promoting marriage, and the
community that derives therefrom. Adopting such policies is the duty
not only of States but of the International Community as a whole, in
order to invert the tendency towards the growing isolation of the
person, which is a source of suffering and corrosion for both
individuals and for society.
"If
it is true that the defence and promotion of human dignity 'have been
entrusted to us by the Creator, and to whom the men and women at
every moment of history are strictly and responsibly in debt', it is
equally true that this responsibility particularly concerns people
called to positions of responsibility. They, especially if animated
by Christian faith, must be 'strong enough to provide coming
generations with reasons for living and hoping'".
CARDINAL
ABRIL Y CASTELLO, SPECIAL PAPAL ENVOY TO SAPE, ALBANIA
Vatican
City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - Made public today was the letter,
written in Latin and dated 21 August, in which the Holy Father
appoints Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello, archpriest of the papal
basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, as his special envoy to
celebrations marking the 950th anniversary of the diocese of Sape,
Albania, due to take place on 29 September.
The
mission accompanying the cardinal will be made up of Fr. Mark
Shtjefni, professor at the major interdiocesan seminary of Shkodre
(Scutari), and Fr. Gjovalin Sukaj, pastor of the cathedral of St.
Stephen in Shkodre (Scutari).
EXPERTS
AND AUDITORS FOR THE FORTHCOMING SYNOD
Vatican
City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - The Secretary General of the Synod of
Bishops has, with the approval of the Supreme Pontiff and in
accordance with the provisions of "Ordo Synodi Episcoprum",
appointed the following individuals as "Adiutores Secretarii
Specialis" (or Experts) for the forthcoming Thirteenth Ordinary
General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, due to be held in the
Vatican from 7 to 28 October on the theme: "The new
evangelisation for the transmission of the Christian faith".
- Sr.
Beatriz Acosta Mesa O.D.N. (Colombia), superior general of the
Company of Our Lady Mary.
- Mauro
Agosto, professor of Latin at Rome's Pontifical Lateran University.
- Fr.
Anthony Alaba Akinwale O.P., rector of the Dominican Institute of
Ibadan (Nigeria).
- Fr.
Luiz Alves de Lima S.D.B., member of the administrative office of the
Society of Latin American Catechists (Brazil).
- Fr.
Antonio Aranda Lomena, professor of dogmatic theology at the
University of Navarre (Spain).
- Fr.
George Augustin S.A.C., professor of fundamental and dogmatic at the
"Philosophisch-Theologischen Hochschule Vallendar"
(Germany).
- Fr.
Paul Bere S.J., professor of the Old Testament and biblical languages
at the Catholic University of West Africa (Burkina Faso).
- Br.
Enzo Bianchi, prior of the monastic community of Bose (Italy).
- Br.
Enzo Biemmi F.S.F., president of the European Team of Catechists
(Italy).
- Fr.
Luca Bressan, episcopal vicar for culture, charity, the mission and
social work of the archdiocese of Milan (Italy).
- Sr.
Sara Butler M.S.B.T. (U.S.A.), professor at the Ecclesiastical
Faculty of St. Mary of the Lake University in Mundelein, and member
of the International Theological Commission.
- Jessica
Joy Candelario, coordinator for the pastoral care of young people at
"Bukal Ng Tipan Pastoral Centre" (Philippines).
- Anna
Kai-Yung Chan, professor at the Holy Spirit Seminary College of
Theology and Philosophy, Hong Kong (China).
- Sr.
Luisa Ciupa S.A.M.I., vice president of the Commission for Catechesis
of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainain Church (Ukraine).
- Fr.
Eamonn Conway, head of the Theology and Religious Studies Department
at Mary Immaculate College of the University of Limerick (Ireland).
- Fr.
Jeremy Driscoll O.S.B. (U.S.A.), professor at the Theological Faculty
of Rome's St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum, and professor of liturgy
at the Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon.
-
Caroline Farey, professor at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham
(England).
- Fr.
Juan Javier Flores Arcas O.S.B. (Spain), rector of Rome's St. Anselm
Pontifical Athenaeum.
- Sr.
Gill Goulding C.J., associate professor of systematic theology and
spirituality at Regis College University of Toronto (Canada).
- Msgr.
Rafiq Hanna Khoury, professor of liturgy at the major seminary of
Beit Jala (Palestinian Territories).
- Sr.
Anna Emmanuela Klich O.S.U., director of the Inter-Congregational
Institute for Catechesis in Krakow (Poland).
- Fr.
Jaime Alberto Mancera Casas, episcopal vicar for pastoral care in the
archdiocese of Bogota (Colombia).
- Msgr.
Ermenegildo Manicardi, rector of Rome's "Almo Collegio
Capranica", and professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute
(Italy).
- Fr.
Thomas Manjaly, professor of Sacred Scripture at Oriens Theological
College and at the Inter-Diocesan Theologate for North East India in
Shillong (India).
- Ralph
Martin, director of graduate theological programs in the new
evangelisation at the Sacred Heart Seminary of Detroit (U.S.A.).
- Fr.
Paolo Martinelli O.F.M. Cap. (Italy), president of the Franciscan
Institute of Spirituality at the "Antonianum" Pontifical
Athenaeum in Rome, and professor of fundamental theology at the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
- Fr.
Krzysztof Mielnicki, director of the office for catechesis of the
diocese of Drohiczyn (Poland).
- Sr.
Paula Jean Miller F.S.E., professor at the Department of Theology of
the University of St. Thomas in Huston (U.S.A.).
- Fr.
Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla, vice rector of the "Universite
Catholique D'Afrique Centrale" in Yaounde (Cameroon).
- Fr.
Godfrey Igwebuike Onah (Nigeria), vice rector of the Pontifical Urban
University in Rome.
- Rodolfo
Papa, professor of art history and aesthetics at the Pontifical Urban
University in Rome.
- Fr.
Cleto Pavanetto S.D.B., professor emeritus of the Faculty of
Christian and Classical Literature at the Pontifical Salesian
University of Rome.
- Edward
Peters, professor of canon law and holder of the Edmund Cardinal
Szoka Chair at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary of Detroit (U.S.A.).
- Fr.
Salvador Pie-Ninot (Spain), professor of fundamental theology and
ecclesiology at the "Facoltat de Teologia de Catalunya",
and professor of fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian
University in Rome.
- Msgr.
Antonio Pitta, professor at the Faculty of Theology of Rome's
Pontifical Lateran University.
- Sr.
Enrica Rosanna F.M.A, former under secretary of the Congregation for
Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
(Italy).
- Fr.
Marko Ivan Rupnik S.J. (Slovenia), director of the "Ezio Aletti"
Study Centre in Rome.
- Fr.
Samir Khalil Samir S.J. (Lebanon), professor of Arab-Christian
theology at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, and professor
of the history of Arabic culture and Islamology at the University of
"St. Joseph de Beyrouth".
- Fr.
Kinkupu Leonard Santedi, professor at the Catholic University of
Congo, president of the "Evangelii Nuntiandi" Foundation in
Africa, and member of the International Theological Commission
(Democratic Republic of Congo).
- Msgr.
Pierangelo Sequeri (Italy), president of the Faculty of Theology of
Northern Italy, and member of the International Theological
Commission.
- Thomas
Soding, professor of biblical theology at the "Bergische"
University of Wuppertal (Germany).
- Fr.
Virginio Spicacci S.J., active in pastoral care and evangelisation in
the archdiocese of Naples (Italy).
- Fr.
Mihaly Szentmártoni S.J. (Serbia), president of the Institute of
Spirituality of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
- Fr.
Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti, professor of fundamental theology at the
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
- Petroc
Willey, dean of graduate research at the Maryvale Institute of
Birmingham (England).
The
Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops has, likewise with the
approval of the Supreme Pontiff, appointed the following individuals
as "Auditores" (or Auditros) for the forthcoming Synodal
Assembly.
- Emile
Amin Henein, Director of the "Truth" Centre for Political
and Strategic Studies, (Egypt).
- Chiara
Amirante, founder and president of the New Horizons Community
(Italy).
- Carl
Albert Anderson (U.S.A.), supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus.
- Fr.
Camilo Bernal Hadad C.I.M. (Colombia), superior general of the
Congregation of Jesus and Mary.
- Sr.
Maria Antonieta Bruscato F.S.P. (Brazil), superior general of the
Daughters of St. Paul.
- Guzman
Carriquiry (Uruguay), secretary of the Pontifical Commission for
Latin America.
- Jose
Maria Simon Castellvà (Spain), president of the International
Federation of the Association of Catholic Media F.I.A.M.C.
- Sr.
Rekha (Mary Joseph) Chennattu R.A., professor of the New Testament at
the Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religion in Pune (India).
- Fr.
Renato de Guzman S.D.B., chief assistant for pastoral care of the
Grade School and High School Departments, Don Bosco Technical
Institute in Makati City (Philippines).
-
Florence De Leyritz, member of the Alpha France Association (France).
- Marc De
Leyritz, president of the Alpha France Association (France).
- Fr. Ari
Luis do Valle Ribeiro, professor at the seminar of the diocese of
Santo Amaro, and diocesan coordinator for catechesis (Brazil).
- Mikhail
Fateev, director of production at the "United Television"
channel of St. Petersburg (Russian Federation).
- Sr.
Inmaculada Fukasawa A.C.I. (Japan), superior general of the
Handmaidens of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Msgr.
Enrique Glennie Graue, vicar general of the archdiocese of Mexico
(Mexico).
-
Francisco Jose Gomez Arguello Wirtz (Spain), co-founder of the
Neo-Catechumenal Way.
- Fr.
Jesus Higueras Esteban, pastor of S. Maria de Cana, Madrid (Spain).
- Marco
Impagliazzo (Italy), president of the Sant'Egidio Community.
- Lydia
Jimenez Gonzalez (Spain), director general of the "Cruzadas de
Santa Maria" Secular Institute.
-
Ernestine Sikujua Kinyabuuma, professor at the University Institute
of Maria Malkia in Lubumbashi, and member of the "Focolari"
Movement (Democratic Republic of Congo).
- Joakim
Kipyego Koech, head of the Communion and Liberation Movement in
Kenya.
- Zoltan
Kunszabo, permanent deacon of the archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
(Hungary).
- Ewa
Kusz (Poland), former president of the World Conference of Secular
Institutes, C.M.I.S.
- Chantal
Le Ricque, lay woman of the archdiocese of Paris (France).
- Fr.
Vinko Mamic O.C.D., president of the Union of Superiors Major in
Croatia (Croatia).
- Curtis
A. Martin, founder and president of the Fellowship of Catholic
University Students - Focus (U.S.A.).
-
Salvatore Martinez, president for Italy of the Renewal in the Holy
Spirit Movement (Italy).
- Sr.
Nzenzili Lucie Mboma F.M.M. (Democratic Republic of Congo), executive
director of the Service of Documentation and Study on Global Mission,
S.E.D.O.S.
- Marylee
J. Meehan (U.S.A.), president of the International Catholic Committee
of Nurses and Medico-Social Assistants, C.I.C.I.A.M.S.
- Franco
Miano, president of Italian Catholic Action.
- Gisele
Muchati, regional director of the New Families Movement (Syria).
- Peter
Murphy, executive director of the Secretariat for Evangelisation and
Catechesis of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
(U.S.A.).
-
Patricia Ngozi Nwachukwu K.S.M., member of the Knights of St. Mulumba
(Nigeria).
- Yong
Suk Francis Xavier Oh, secretary general of the Catholic Lay
Apostolate Council of Korea (Korea).
- Fr.
Piergiorgio Perini, president of the International Service
Organisation for the "Cellule Parrocchiali di Evangelizzazione"
(Italy).
- Rita
MarÃa Petrirena Hernandez, head of the department for pastoral
coordination of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba (Cuba).
- Sr.
Suzanne Louise Phillips F.M.M. (Australia), superior general of the
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary.
- Sr.
Mary Prema Pierick M.C. (India), superior general of the Missionaries
of Charity.
- Jose
Prado Flores, founder and international director of the St. Andrew
Schools of Evangelisation (Mexico).
- Sr.
Yvonne Reungoat F.M.A. (France), superior general of the Daughters of
Mary Help of Christians, Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco.
- Br.
Alvaro Antonio Rodriguez Echeverria F.S.C. (Costa Rica), superior
general of the Brothers of Christian Schools.
- Michel
Roy (France), secretary general of "Caritas Internationalis".
- Raid
Sargi, president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Damascus
(Syria).
- Tommaso
Spinelli, catechist of the youth group of the parish of Santa Melania
Juniore in Rome.
- Manoj
Sunny, director and journalist, founding member of the Jesus Youth
Movement (India).
- Br.
Emili Turu Rofes F.M.S. (Spain), superior general of the Marist
Brothers (Little Brothers of Mary).
- Fr.
Emmanuel Typamm C.M. (Cameroon), secretary general of the
"Confederation des Conferences des Superieurs Majeurs D'Afrique
et de Madagascar", Co.S.M.A.M.
- Maria
Voce (Italy), president of the Focolari Movement.
- Sr.
Mary Lou Wirtz F.C.J.M. (U.S.A.), president of the International
Union of Superiors General, U.I.S.G.
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 24 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in
audience:
-
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, Italy and president of
the Italian Episcopal Conference.
- Five
prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France on their "ad
limina" visit:
- Bishop
Bernard-Nicolas Aubertin O. Cist. of Tours.
- Bishop
Maurice Le Begue de Germiny of Blois.
-
Archbishop Armand Maillard of Borges.
- Bishop
Michel Pansard of Chartres.
- Bishop
Jacques Blaquart of Orleans.
On
Saturday 22 September, the Holy Father received in audience five
prelates of the Conference of Bishops of France on their "ad
limina" visit:
-
Archbishop Pascal Wintzer of Poitiers.
- Bishop
Claude Dagens of Anouleme.
- Bishop
Bernard Housset of La Rochelle.
- Bishop
Francois Kalist of Limoges.
- Bishop
Bernard Charrier of Tulle.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 22 September 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
-
Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vellejo O.F.M., archbishop emeritus of Seville,
Spain, as his special envoy to concluding celebrations for the fifth
centenary of the arrival of the first bishop of Puerto Rico, Don
Alonso Manso. The event is due to take place in the city of San Juan,
Puerto Rico, on 19 November.
-
Cardinal George Pell, archbishop of Sydney, Australia, as a member of
the Congregation for Bishops.
- Msgr.
Pio Vito Pinto, prelate auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, as
dean of the same tribunal.
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