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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - # 89
DATE 16-04-2013
Summary:
- POPE EXPRESSES PROFOUND GRIEF FOR ATTACK IN BOSTON
- POPE FRANCIS WISHES BENEDICT XVI HAPPY BIRTHDAY
- INTERNATIONAL FAMILY CENTRE IN NAZARETH: SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES
AROUND THE WORLD
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
POPE EXPRESSES PROFOUND GRIEF FOR ATTACK IN BOSTON
Vatican City, 16 April 2013 (VIS) - Pope Francis, through Cardinal Secretary
of State Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., has sent a telegram to Cardinal Sean
O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap, archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA in response to
the attack that took
place yesterday afternoon in that city during its annual marathon causing
three deaths and leaving over 100 wounded.
"Deeply grieved by news of the loss of life and grave injuries caused by the
act of violence perpetrated last evening in Boston, His Holiness Pope Francis
wishes me to assure you of his sympathy and closeness in prayer. In the
aftermath of this
senseless tragedy, His Holiness invokes God's peace upon the dead, his
consolation upon the suffering, and his strength upon all those engaged in the
continuing work of relief and response. At this time of mourning the Holy
Father prays that all
Bostonians will be united in a resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to
combat evil with good (cf. Rom 12:21), working together to build an ever more
just, free and secure society for generations yet to come."
___________________________________________________________
POPE FRANCIS WISHES BENEDICT XVI HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Vatican City, 16 April 2013 (VIS) - This morning, on the occasion of the
birthday of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, the Holy Father Francis began the
celebration of Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, inviting all
those present to pray
with these words: "Today is Benedict XVI's birthday. We offer the Mass for
him, so that the Lord be with him, comfort him, and give him much consolation."
During the morning, Pope Francis then made friendly a phone call to Benedict
XVI to wish him a happy birthday as well as to extend his greetings and best
wishes to his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who has been at Castel Gandolfo
for several days,
staying precisely to celebrate in a familial and fraternal way, today's
occasion and who will in turn celebrate his saint's day, St. George, this
coming 23 April, just as Pope Francis will.
___________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY CENTRE IN NAZARETH: SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES
AROUND THE WORLD
Vatican City, 12 April 2013 (VIS) - This morning in the Press Office of the
Holy See, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for
the Family, and Dr. Salvatore Martinez, national president of Renewal in the
Holy Spirit,
presented the Vatican Foundation "International Family Centre in Nazareth",
which will be erected on the outskirts of that city above the hill that
dominates the city centre and the Basilica of the Annunciation. The press
conference also
included Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, auxiliary of Jerusalem of the Latins
and patriarchal vicar for Israel in Nazareth.
Archbishop Paglia briefly outlined the history of the Centre's creation,
noting that it was John Paul II, who wanted to be remembered as "the Pope of
the family", who, as a result of the World Encounter of Families in Rio de
Janeiro in 1997,
announced the idea of an International Centre for the Family in Nazareth. On
the way to the Jubilee Year 2000, Pope John Paul II considered the
construction of this centre as a sign of encouragement for families around the
world." However,
realization of the idea was delayed until 2009, shortly before Pope Benedict
XVI's pastoral visit of the Holy Land, when "the Secretary of State and
Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family
at the time, decided
to recover the initiative and checked if the ecclesial movement Renewal in the
Holy Spirit was available to undertake the project."
After long negotiations with the ecclesiastical, civil, and political
authorities in Israel an executive plan was approved. In 2012, during the
World Encounter of Families in Milan, the "International Family Centre in
Nazareth" was presented
as a "working sign" of the Pontifical Council for the Family. In October of
that same year, Benedict XVI gave "proper legal form to the project, ordering
the erection of the Vatican Foundation "International Family Centre in
Nazareth" with public and civil Vatican juridical personality, as well as the
the 'ad experimentum' approval of its Statute." The Foundation was officially
established this past 18 January, and is based at the Pontifical Council for
the
Family and presided over by Dr. Salvatore Martinez, national president of
Renewal in the Holy Spirit.
Referring to the project's deep feeling, Archbishop Paglia noted Benedict
XVI's words during the blessing of the Centre's first stone on Mount Precipice
in Nazareth in 2009: "We pray that this will promote strong family life in
this region, will
offer support and assistance to families everywhere, and encourage them in
their irreplaceable mission to society."
He continued, outlining the tasks that the International Centre will perform.
"It will be a centre for spirituality of the family, for formation in parental
and familiar life, of pastoral care for for workers, of preparation for the new
evangelization, and activities founded in the ecclesial and social
subjectivity of the family. It will be a permanent observatory of study on
family ministry in the world, especially in the Holy Land and the Middle East.
… And it will be a
material support to families in need, especially in the Holy Land, through
international fund raising projects."
"There are places," the archbishop concluded, "endowed with an extraordinary
evocative and symbolic strength. Nazareth is one of those. It is the place
where Jesus grew up, where his house was, … his family. … It is a
land-today even more than at his time-full of tension and pain. But perhaps
precisely because of this, it is a land that more than any other claims the
right to peace and universal brotherhood. … Christian families can
become
co-authors of this dream."
For his part, Dr. Martinez expressed the desire that it "become a privileged
place for spreading the 'Gospel of the Family', a 'showcase' of all the
beautiful, the good, the true, and the just that the family offers and
witnesses to in the
world." He also noted that the Centre, built upon property held by the Holy
See as neighbouring property, will be divided into two buildings on a one
hectare area. Once fully operational it will consist of a 500 seat auditorium,
a diocesan
pastoral centre, meeting and study rooms, a 500 seat church, lodging for a
residential community, a 100 room hotel with restaurant designed to
accommodate families, a play area and outdoor children's entertainment areas,
and exterior passages, car
parks, and leisure areas. The total cost of the work will be approximately 12
million euro and the property will always belong to the Holy See.
Dr. Martinez announced the launch of the "Portal of the Family". "It is a
unique proposition in the international scene. It was created with the aim of
ensuring all families, under a 'horizontal subsidiarity' and in the name of a
'gift
economy', with a wide range of free services to support the choices and needs
that grandparents, parents, and children encounter everyday in their life
journeys. … The portal, initially only online in Italian, is intended
to have analogous
realisations in the world's other countries and languages … In it,
doctors, psychologists, economists, lawyers, educators, and priests will
interact with families."
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 16 April 2013 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed Archbishop
Michael Wallace Banach, titular of Memphis, as apostolic nuncio to Papua New
Guinea.
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN
INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - # 89DATE 16-04-2013Summary: - POPE EXPRESSES
PROFOUND GRIEF FOR ATTACK IN BOSTON -
POPE FRANCIS WISHES BENEDICT XVI HAPPY BIRTHDAY - INTERNATIONAL FAMILY CENTRE
IN NAZARETH: SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS___________________________________________________________
POPE EXPRESSES PROFOUND GRIEF FOR ATTACK IN BOSTON
Vatican City, 16 April 2013 (VIS) - Pope Francis, through Cardinal Secretary
of State Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., has sent a telegram to Cardinal Sean
O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap, archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA in response to
the attack that
took place yesterday afternoon in that city during its annual marathon causing
three deaths and leaving over 100 wounded.
"Deeply grieved by news of the loss of life and grave injuries caused by the
act of violence perpetrated last evening in Boston, His Holiness Pope Francis
wishes me to assure you of his sympathy and closeness in prayer. In the
aftermath of this
senseless tragedy, His Holiness invokes God's peace upon the dead, his
consolation upon the suffering, and his strength upon all those engaged in the
continuing work of relief and response. At this time of mourning the Holy
Father prays that all
Bostonians will be united in a resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to
combat evil with good (cf. Rom 12:21), working together to build an ever more
just, free and secure society for generations yet to come."
___________________________________________________________
POPE FRANCIS WISHES BENEDICT XVI HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Vatican City, 16 April 2013 (VIS) - This morning, on the occasion of the
birthday of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, the Holy Father Francis began the
celebration of Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, inviting all
those present to
pray with these words: "Today is Benedict XVI's birthday. We offer the Mass
for him, so that the Lord be with him, comfort him, and give him much
consolation."
During the morning, Pope Francis then made friendly a phone call to Benedict
XVI to wish him a happy birthday as well as to extend his greetings and best
wishes to his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who has been at Castel Gandolfo
for several days,
staying precisely to celebrate in a familial and fraternal way, today's
occasion and who will in turn celebrate his saint's day, St. George, this
coming 23 April, just as Pope Francis will.
___________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY CENTRE IN NAZARETH: SIGN OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FAMILIES
AROUND THE WORLD
Vatican City, 12 April 2013 (VIS) - This morning in the Press Office of the
Holy See, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for
the Family, and Dr. Salvatore Martinez, national president of Renewal in the
Holy Spirit,
presented the Vatican Foundation "International Family Centre in Nazareth",
which will be erected on the outskirts of that city above the hill that
dominates the city centre and the Basilica of the Annunciation. The press
conference also
included Bishop Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo, auxiliary of Jerusalem of the Latins
and patriarchal vicar for Israel in Nazareth.
Archbishop Paglia briefly outlined the history of the Centre's creation,
noting that it was John Paul II, who wanted to be remembered as "the Pope of
the family", who, as a result of the World Encounter of Families in Rio de
Janeiro in
1997, announced the idea of an International Centre for the Family in
Nazareth. On the way to the Jubilee Year 2000, Pope John Paul II considered
the construction of this centre as a sign of encouragement for families around
the world." However,
realization of the idea was delayed until 2009, shortly before Pope Benedict
XVI's pastoral visit of the Holy Land, when "the Secretary of State and
Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family
at the time, decided
to recover the initiative and checked if the ecclesial movement Renewal in the
Holy Spirit was available to undertake the project."
After long negotiations with the ecclesiastical, civil, and political
authorities in Israel an executive plan was approved. In 2012, during the
World Encounter of Families in Milan, the "International Family Centre in
Nazareth" was
presented as a "working sign" of the Pontifical Council for the Family. In
October of that same year, Benedict XVI gave "proper legal form to the
project, ordering the erection of the Vatican Foundation "International Family
Centre in Nazareth" with public and civil Vatican juridical personality, as
well as the the 'ad experimentum' approval of its Statute." The Foundation was
officially established this past 18 January, and is based at the Pontifical
Council
for the Family and presided over by Dr. Salvatore Martinez, national president
of Renewal in the Holy Spirit.
Referring to the project's deep feeling, Archbishop Paglia noted Benedict
XVI's words during the blessing of the Centre's first stone on Mount Precipice
in Nazareth in 2009: "We pray that this will promote strong family life in
this region,
will offer support and assistance to families everywhere, and encourage them
in their irreplaceable mission to society."
He continued, outlining the tasks that the International Centre will perform.
"It will be a centre for spirituality of the family, for formation in parental
and familiar life, of pastoral care for for workers, of preparation for the new
evangelization, and activities founded in the ecclesial and social
subjectivity of the family. It will be a permanent observatory of study on
family ministry in the world, especially in the Holy Land and the Middle East.
… And it will be a
material support to families in need, especially in the Holy Land, through
international fund raising projects."
"There are places," the archbishop concluded, "endowed with an extraordinary
evocative and symbolic strength. Nazareth is one of those. It is the place
where Jesus grew up, where his house was, … his family. … It is a
land-today even more than at his time-full of tension and pain. But perhaps
precisely because of this, it is a land that more than any other claims the
right to peace and universal brotherhood. … Christian families can
become
co-authors of this dream."
For his part, Dr. Martinez expressed the desire that it "become a privileged
place for spreading the 'Gospel of the Family', a 'showcase' of all the
beautiful, the good, the true, and the just that the family offers and
witnesses to in the
world." He also noted that the Centre, built upon property held by the Holy
See as neighbouring property, will be divided into two buildings on a one
hectare area. Once fully operational it will consist of a 500 seat auditorium,
a diocesan
pastoral centre, meeting and study rooms, a 500 seat church, lodging for a
residential community, a 100 room hotel with restaurant designed to
accommodate families, a play area and outdoor children's entertainment areas,
and exterior passages, car
parks, and leisure areas. The total cost of the work will be approximately 12
million euro and the property will always belong to the Holy See.
Dr. Martinez announced the launch of the "Portal of the Family". "It is a
unique proposition in the international scene. It was created with the aim of
ensuring all families, under a 'horizontal subsidiarity' and in the name of a
'gift economy', with a wide range of free services to support the choices and
needs that grandparents, parents, and children encounter everyday in their
life journeys. … The portal, initially only online in Italian, is
intended to have analogous
realisations in the world's other countries and languages … In it,
doctors, psychologists, economists, lawyers, educators, and priests will
interact with families."
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 16 April 2013 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed
Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach, titular of Memphis, as apostolic nuncio to
Papua New Guinea.
___________________________________________________________ Per ulteriori
informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del VIS viene
inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican Information
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