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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - # 111
DATE 21-05-2013
Summary:
- POPE PRAYS FOR VICTIMS OF OKLAHOMA TORNADO
- FR. LOMBARDI ON ALLEGED EXORCISM PERFORMED BY POPE
- MICHELANGELO'S PIETA 40 YEARS AFTER RESTORATION
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
POPE PRAYS FOR VICTIMS OF OKLAHOMA TORNADO
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - "Let us pray for the victims and those who
are missing, especially children, affected by the violent tornado that hit
Oklahoma City yesterday. Hear us, O Lord," said Pope Francis this morning
during
daily Mass celebrated in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel.
Subsequently, Pope Francis launched a tweet from his @Pontifex account: "I am
close to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado, especially
those who lost young children. Join me in praying for them."
The tornado that struck the state of Oklahoma, USA, yesterday has caused 91
deaths, 20 of whom were children, and destroyed over 7,000 buildings. Entire
neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Oklahoma City were destroyed. There are
over a hundred wounded
and still missing persons.
___________________________________________________________
FR. LOMBARDI ON ALLEGED EXORCISM PERFORMED BY POPE
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - In response to questions from reporters
about an alleged exorcism performed by the Holy Father Francis in St. Peter's
Square after last Sunday's Mass, the Director of the Holy See Press Office Fr.
Federico Lombardi, S.J., said: "The Holy Father had no intention to perform
any exorcism. Instead, as he frequently does for the sick and suffering
persons who approach him, he simply meant to pray for a suffering person who
was presented to
him."
___________________________________________________________
MICHELANGELO'S PIETA 40 YEARS AFTER RESTORATION
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - On 21 May 1972, Michelangelo's Pieta,
exhibited to the public in St. Peter's Basilica, was attacked by a
hammer-wielding tourist who had managed to elude the sanctuary's guards.
Hungarian-born Australian geologist
Laszlo Toth, who suffered from sever mental problems, threw himself at the
sculpture shouting, "I am Jesus Christ, risen from the dead!" and he struck
the Pieta 15 times destroying the Madonna's nose, breaking off her left
forearm, and
smashing that arm's elbow into over 50 pieces.
Today, 41 years later, the Vatican Museums are dedicating a study day to the
sculpture's reconstruction entitled: "Michelangelo's Pieta: In Memory of 21
May 1972 - A Restoration Story". During the course of the day's planned events,
the complex and delicate task of restoration that took place between 1972 and
1973 in the Vatican Museums under the care of then-director, the Brazilian
Deoclecio Redig de Campos, will be analysed. Thanks to the existence of
numerous casts, the skill of
several specialists, and reusing original fragments as well as a paste made of
glue and marble dust, it was possible to faithfully restore the work.
The Pieta is considered Michelangelo's first masterpiece-he was little more
than twenty when he sculpted it-and it is the only one he signed. The sash
running across the Virgin's chest reads: "MICHAEL.A[N]GELVS BONAROTVS
FLORENT[INVS]
FACIEBAT". The study day will reveal, among other things and thanks to
documents conserved by the Office of the Fabric of St. Peter's, the various
places the statue resided before its placement, in 1779, in the first chapel
on the right of the
nave of St. Peter's Basilica where it is visible today, but protected after
the attack, by bullet-proof glass that separates it from the visitors to the
basilica. The only time that the Pieta has left Vatican territory was in 1964
when it travelled to
the Universal Expo in New York to be admired by over 21 million people. On
that occasion, the photographer Robert Hupka immortalized it in a book
entitled "An Act of Love". Another little-known fact about the work regards t
he
crowns that have adorned the Virgin's head throughout the centuries, which
will be discussed by the archaeologist Pietro Zander.
The study day will also have the exclusive viewing of the documentary
"Violence and the Pieta", restored in colour and digital format by the
recently deceased Brando Giordani in collaboration with RAI's Department of
Culture, that narrates
the entire process of the statue's reconstruction. The documentary was filmed
by the express will of Pope Paul VI who compared the shattered statue with an
image of the Church in tears, attacked by evil.
Another of Michelangelo's celebrated statues, the David, which is found in
Florence's Accademia Art Gallery, was also attacked by a mentally unsound
person with a hammer in 1991. The toe's of the statue's left foot were broken
off. That restoration
process, undertaken by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (workshop of
semi-precious stones) in Florence, will be presented in the afternoon, serving
to introduce one of the Vatican Museum's latest initiatives: the creation of a
virtual gipsoteca (plaster
cast gallery) with 3D models and "clones" of the collections' most
irreplaceable works.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed:
- Fr. Rafael Valdez Torres as bishop of Ensenada (area 52,646, population
557,000, Catholics 439,000, priests 53, religious 106), Mexico. The
bishop-elect was born in Santiago Tangamandapio, Michoacan, Mexico in 1959 and
was ordained a
priest in 1985. Since ordination he has served in several parochial and
diocesan level roles, most recently as pastor and rector of the Shrine of Our
Lord of the Miracles in San Juan Nuevo and, since 2008, as bursar of the
diocesan Mutual Sacerdotal.
- Fr. Luzizla Kiala as bishop of Sumbe (area 60,000, population 1,191,000,
Catholics 369,969, priests 47, religious 59), Angola. The bishop-elect was
born in Damba, Uige Province, Angola and was ordained a priest in 1992. Since
ordination he has served in several pastoral, administrative, and diocesan
roles, most recently as vicar general of the Diocese of Uije and pastor of the
cathedral.
- Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr., of Laghouat, Algeria, as a
member of the Special Council for Africa of the General Secretariat of the
Synod of Bishops.
___________________________________________________________
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VATICAN
INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - # 111DATE 21-05-2013Summary: - POPE PRAYS FOR
VICTIMS OF OKLAHOMA TORNADO - FR.
LOMBARDI ON ALLEGED EXORCISM PERFORMED BY POPE - MICHELANGELO'S PIETA 40 YEARS
AFTER RESTORATION - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS_______________________
___________________________________
POPE PRAYS FOR VICTIMS OF OKLAHOMA TORNADO
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - "Let us pray for the victims and those who
are missing, especially children, affected by the violent tornado that hit
Oklahoma City yesterday. Hear us, O Lord," said Pope Francis this morning
during
daily Mass celebrated in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel.
Subsequently, Pope Francis launched a tweet from his @Pontifex account: "I am
close to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado, especially
those who lost young children. Join me in praying for them."
The tornado that struck the state of Oklahoma, USA, yesterday has caused 91
deaths, 20 of whom were children, and destroyed over 7,000 buildings. Entire
neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Oklahoma City were destroyed. There are
over a hundred wounded
and still missing persons.
___________________________________________________________
FR. LOMBARDI ON ALLEGED EXORCISM PERFORMED BY POPE
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - In response to questions from reporters
about an alleged exorcism performed by the Holy Father Francis in St. Peter's
Square after last Sunday's Mass, the Director of the Holy See Press Office Fr.
Federico Lombardi, S.J., said: "The Holy Father had no intention to perform
any exorcism. Instead, as he frequently does for the sick and suffering
persons who approach him, he simply meant to pray for a suffering person who
was presented to
him."
___________________________________________________________
MICHELANGELO'S PIETA 40 YEARS AFTER RESTORATION
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - On 21 May 1972, Michelangelo's Pieta,
exhibited to the public in St. Peter's Basilica, was attacked by a
hammer-wielding tourist who had managed to elude the sanctuary's guards.
Hungarian-born Australian
geologist Laszlo Toth, who suffered from sever mental problems, threw himself
at the sculpture shouting, "I am Jesus Christ, risen from the dead!" and he
struck the Pieta 15 times destroying the Madonna's nose, breaking off her left
forearm,
and smashing that arm's elbow into over 50 pieces.
Today, 41 years later, the Vatican Museums are dedicating a study day to the
sculpture's reconstruction entitled: "Michelangelo's Pieta: In Memory of 21
May 1972 - A Restoration Story". During the course of the day's planned events,
the complex and delicate task of restoration that took place between 1972 and
1973 in the Vatican Museums under the care of then-director, the Brazilian
Deoclecio Redig de Campos, will be analysed. Thanks to the existence of
numerous casts, the skill of
several specialists, and reusing original fragments as well as a paste made of
glue and marble dust, it was possible to faithfully restore the work.
The Pieta is considered Michelangelo's first masterpiece-he was little more
than twenty when he sculpted it-and it is the only one he signed. The sash
running across the Virgin's chest reads: "MICHAEL.A[N]GELVS BONAROTVS
FLORENT[INVS] FACIEBAT". The study day will reveal, among other things and
thanks to documents conserved by the Office of the Fabric of St. Peter's, the
various places the statue resided before its placement, in 1779, in the first
chapel on the
right of the nave of St. Peter's Basilica where it is visible today, but
protected after the attack, by bullet-proof glass that separates it from the
visitors to the basilica. The only time that the Pieta has left Vatican
territory was in 1964 when it
travelled to the Universal Expo in New York to be admired by over 21 million
people. On that occasion, the photographer Robert Hupka immortalized it in a
book entitled "An Act of Love". Another little-known fact
about the work regards the crowns that have adorned the Virgin's head
throughout the centuries, which will be discussed by the archaeologist Pietro
Zander.
The study day will also have the exclusive viewing of the documentary
"Violence and the Pieta", restored in colour and digital format by the
recently deceased Brando Giordani in collaboration with RAI's Department of
Culture, that
narrates the entire process of the statue's reconstruction. The documentary
was filmed by the express will of Pope Paul VI who compared the shattered
statue with an image of the Church in tears, attacked by evil.
Another of Michelangelo's celebrated statues, the David, which is found in
Florence's Accademia Art Gallery, was also attacked by a mentally unsound
person with a hammer in 1991. The toe's of the statue's left foot were broken
off. That restoration
process, undertaken by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (workshop of
semi-precious stones) in Florence, will be presented in the afternoon, serving
to introduce one of the Vatican Museum's latest initiatives: the creation of a
virtual gipsoteca (plaster
cast gallery) with 3D models and "clones" of the collections' most
irreplaceable works.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 21 May 2013 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed:
- Fr. Rafael Valdez Torres as bishop of Ensenada (area 52,646, population
557,000, Catholics 439,000, priests 53, religious 106), Mexico. The
bishop-elect was born in Santiago Tangamandapio, Michoacan, Mexico in 1959 and
was
ordained a priest in 1985. Since ordination he has served in several parochial
and diocesan level roles, most recently as pastor and rector of the Shrine of
Our Lord of the Miracles in San Juan Nuevo and, since 2008, as bursar of the
diocesan Mutual
Sacerdotal.
- Fr. Luzizla Kiala as bishop of Sumbe (area 60,000, population 1,191,000,
Catholics 369,969, priests 47, religious 59), Angola. The bishop-elect was
born in Damba, Uige Province, Angola and was ordained a priest in 1992. Since
ordination he has served in several pastoral, administrative, and diocesan
roles, most recently as vicar general of the Diocese of Uije and pastor of the
cathedral.
- Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr., of Laghouat, Algeria, as a
member of the Special Council for Africa of the General Secretariat of the
Synod of Bishops.
___________________________________________________________ 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
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Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente citando la fonte:
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