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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXIII - N° 121
DATE 05-06-2013
Summary:
- GENERAL AUDIENCE: CULTURE OF WASTE TREATS PERSONS AS IF THEY WERE GARBAGE
- SUPPORT PRIESTS WITH YOUR PRAYERS, BENEVOLENCE, AND GOOD COUNSEL
- POPE REPEATS HIS CONCERN FOR SYRIA: ASKS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR
NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN AID FOR REFUGEES
- TELEGRAM ON DEATH OF CARDINAL NAGY, EXPERT THEOLOGIAN
___________________________________________________________
GENERAL AUDIENCE: CULTURE OF WASTE TREATS PERSONS AS IF THEY WERE GARBAGE
Vatican City, 5 June 2013 (VIS) – Pope Francis dedicated the catechesis
of today's Wednesday morning general audience to the environment, noting that
today marks the World Environment Day promoted by the United Nations.
“When we speak of the environment, of creation, my thoughts go to the
first pages of the Bible, to the Book of Genesis, where it is affirms that God
puts man and woman on earth 'to cultivate and care for it'. And the question
comes to me:”
the Pope said to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, “What does
it mean to cultivate and care for the earth? Are we truly cultivating and
caring for creation? Or are we exploiting and neglecting it?”
“Cultivating and caring for creation,” explained the Holy Father,
“is God's indication, given not only at the beginning of history, but to
each one of us. It is part of his plan. It means responsibly making the world
grow, transforming
it so that it becomes a garden, a place that all can inhabit.”
“Benedict XVI recalled many times that this tasked entrusted to us by
God the Creator requires that we understand the rhythm and logic of creation.
Instead, we are often guided by the arrogance of dominating, possessing,
manipulating, and
exploiting. We don't 'take care' of it; we don't respect it; we don't consider
it as a freely-given gift to be cared for. We are losing the attitude of
wonder, of contemplation, of listening to creation. Thus we are no longer able
to read in it what
Benedict XVI called 'the rhythm of the story of God's love for humanity'. Why
is this happening? Because are we thinking and living 'horizontally'; we are
drawing away from God; we are not reading his signs.”
“But cultivating and caring for doesn't just refer to our relationship
with the environment, the relationship between humanity and creation. It also
concern human relationships. … We are living a moment of crisis. We see
it in the
environment but above all we see it in humanity. The human person is in
danger. ... This is the urgency of human ecology! The danger is serious
because the root of the problem is profound, not superficial. It isn't just a
question of economics but of
ethics and anthropology. … The dynamics of an economy and finance that
lack ethics are dominating.”
Speaking off the cuff, the pontiff added: “What is in charge today isn't
the human person but money. Money is in command. And God our Father has given
us the task of caring for the earth not for the money, but for us: for men and
women. This is
our charge. Instead, men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and
consumption. It is a 'culture of waste'.“
“If, for example, on a winter's night,” he continued, “a
person dies here in [nearby] Via Ottaviano, that's not news. If in so many
parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not
news. It seems normal. It
must not be this way! And yet these things come to be normal … On the
other hand, a drop of ten points on the stock exchange constitutes a tragedy.
If someone dies that isn't news but a ten point drop in the markets is a
tragedy! Thus people are
discarded, as if they were garbage.”
“Human life, the person, is no longer felt to be the primary value to
respect and care for … This culture of waste has also made us
insensitive to a squandering and wastefulness of food … Consumerism has
caused us to get used to the
daily excess and waste of food, which we are no longer capable of seeing for
its true worth, which goes well beyond mere economic parameters. Remember,
however, that the food that is thrown away is as if we had stolen it from the
table of the poor, from
those who are hungry!”
“I invite you all to reflect on the problem of the loss and the waste of
food … Let us all make the serious commitment to respect and care for
creation, to be attentive to every person, to oppose the culture of
wastefulness and waste, and
to promote a culture of solidarity and encounter.”
___________________________________________________________
SUPPORT PRIESTS WITH YOUR PRAYERS, BENEVOLENCE, AND GOOD COUNSEL
Vatican City, 5 June 2013 (VIS) – After his catechesis, greeting the
faithful from the different language groups, the Pope welcomed the
French-speaking pilgrims from the Antilles, Mauritius, and the Ivory Coast. He
took advantage of the
opportunity to note the presence of a group of imams from France who are
engaged in interreligious dialogue. He also invited all, as he had already
urged during the catechesis, to care for creation and for the human person.
He also greeted the seminarians and newly ordained priests from Poland, urging
them to thank Christ for the gift of their vocation and to cultivate it
“in the light and strength of the Holy Spirit, so that you will always
be zealous ministers of
God's grace and true guides of the paths of holiness.” He then invited
all the Polish people to give thanks to God for their priests and to
“support them with your prayers, benevolence, and good counsel.”
___________________________________________________________
POPE REPEATS HIS CONCERN FOR SYRIA: ASKS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR
NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN AID FOR REFUGEES
Vatican City, 5 June 2013 (VIS) – This morning, shortly after 9:00am, in
the sitting room of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Pope received participants
in the coordination meeting between the Catholic charitable organizations that
are acting in the
situation of the crisis in Syria and its neighbouring countries. The meeting
was sponsored by the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, whose
president is Cardinal Robert Sarah.
“I would like to thank you for coming together,” said the Pope,
“and for all the humanitarian work that you are doing to aid the
suffering peoples of Syria and nearby countries owing to the conflict there. I
encouraged the Pontifical
Council Cor Unum to promote this meeting designed to coordinate the activities
carried out by Catholic charitable organizations in the region. I wish to
express my gratitude to Cardinal Sarah for his greetings. I offer a special
welcome to those who
have come from the Middle East, especially those representing the Church in
Syria.”
“The Holy See’s concern for the crisis in Syria, and in a
particular way, for the people, often defenceless, who are suffering as a
result of it, is well known. Benedict XVI repeatedly called for a ceasefire
and for a search for a resolution
through dialogue in order to achieve a profound reconciliation between the
sides. Let the weapons be silent! Furthermore, he wished to express his
personal closeness this past November, when he sent Cardinal Sarah into the
region, accompanying this
gesture with the request to 'spare no effort in the search for peace' and
manifesting his concrete and fatherly solicitude with a donation, to which the
Synod Fathers had also contributed in October.
“The destiny of the Syrian people,” he repeated, “is a
concern that is also close to my heart. On Easter Sunday I asked for peace
'above all for dear Syria, for its people torn by conflict, and for the many
refugees who await help and
comfort. How much blood has been shed! And how much suffering must there be
before a political solution to the crisis is found?'”
“In the face of ongoing and overwhelming violence, I strongly renew my
appeal for peace. In recent weeks the international community has reaffirmed
its intention to promote concrete initiatives to bring about a fruitful
dialogue designed to bring
an end to the war. These initiatives are to be encouraged, and it is hoped
that they will lead to peace. The Church feels herself called to give her
humble yet concrete and sincere witness to the charity which she has learned
from Christ, the Good
Samaritan. We know that where there is suffering, Christ is present. We cannot
pull back, precisely from those situations where the suffering is greatest.
Your presence at this coordinating meeting demonstrates your will to
faithfully continue this
precious work of humanitarian assistance, in Syria and in neighbouring
countries which generously receive those who have fled from the war. May your
timely and coordinated work be an expression of the communion to which it
gives witness, as
the
recent Synod on the Church in the Middle East suggested.”
“To the international community, besides the pursuit of a negotiated
solution to the conflict, I ask for the provision of humanitarian aid for the
Syrians who have been displaced and made refugees, showing in the first place
the good of each human
person and safeguarding their dignity. For the Holy See, the work of various
Catholic charitable agencies is extremely significant: assisting the Syrian
population, without regard for ethnic or religious affiliation, is the most
direct way to contribute
to peace and to the construction of a society open and welcoming to all of its
different constituent parts. The Holy See also lends its efforts to the
building of a future of peace for a Syria in which everyone can live freely
and express themselves in
their own particular way.”
The Pope also directed his thoughts at the moment “to the Christian
communities who live in Syria and throughout the Middle East. The Church
supports the members of these communities who today find themselves in special
difficulty. These have the
great task of continuing to offer a Christian presence in the place where they
were born. And it is our task to ensure that this witness remain there. The
participation of the entire Christian community to this important work of
assistance and aid is
imperative at this time. Let us all, each of us, think of Syria. There is so
much suffering and poverty, so much pain of Jesus who suffers, who is poor,
who is forced out of his homeland. It is Jesus! This is a mystery but it is
our Christian mystery.
In the beloved Syrians we see Jesus suffering.”
“I offer my gratitude once again,” he concluded, “for this
initiative and I invoke upon each one of you abundant divine blessings. This
heavenly benediction extends in a particular way to the beloved faithful who
live in Syria and to
all Syrians who have been forced to leave their homes because of the war. May
all of you here present tell the beloved people of Syria and the Middle East
that the Pope accompanies them and is near to them. The Church will not
abandon them!”
___________________________________________________________
TELEGRAM ON DEATH OF CARDINAL NAGY, EXPERT THEOLOGIAN
Vatican City, 5 June 2013 (VIS) – The Holy Father has sent a telegram of
condolence to Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Cracow, Poland, on
receiving news of the death there this morning of Cardinal Stanislaw Kazimierz
Nagy, S.C.I.,
cardinal-deacon of Santa Maria della Scala. Cardinal Nagy was 91 years old.
“On hearing the news of the death of the venerable Cardinal Stanislaw
Nagy, I wish to express to you, to the entire diocesan community, to the
family members of the worthy prelate, and to the Congregation of Dehonian
Fathers my heartfelt
participation in their sorrow, affectionately thinking of this dear brother
who generously served the Gospel and the Church, especially in the academic
world, which appreciated this studious and experienced theology teacher. I
recall with gratitude his
fruitful collaboration, warm friendship, and mutually shared esteem with
Blessed John Paul II, as well as his intense ecumenical activity. I pray
earnestly that the Lord, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
welcome this faithful servant
and eminent man of the Church to eternal peace and joy and I wholeheartedly
impart to all who mourn his loss the comfort of the Apostolic Blessing.”
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews130605
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXIII - N° 121 DATE 05-06-2013
Summary: - GENERAL AUDIENCE: CULTURE OF
WASTE TREATS PERSONS AS IF THEY
WERE GARBAGE - SUPPORT PRIESTS WITH YOUR PRAYERS, BENEVOLENCE, AND GOOD
COUNSEL - POPE REPEATS HIS CONCERN FOR SYRIA: ASKS INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY FOR NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN AID FOR
REFUGEES - TELEGRAM ON
DEATH OF CARDINAL NAGY, EXPERT THEOLOGIAN
GENERAL AUDIENCE: CULTURE OF WASTE TREATS PERSONS AS IF THEY WERE
GARBAGE
Vatican City, 5 June 2013 (VIS) – Pope Francis dedicated the
catechesis of today's Wednesday morning general audience to the environment,
noting that today marks the World Environment Day promoted by the United
Nations.
“When we speak of the environment, of creation, my thoughts go to the
first pages of the Bible, to the Book of Genesis, where it is affirms that God
puts man and woman on earth 'to cultivate and care for it'. And the question
comes to
me:” the Pope said to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square,
“What does it mean to cultivate and care for the earth? Are we truly
cultivating and caring for creation? Or are we exploiting and neglecting
it?”
“Cultivating and caring for creation,” explained the Holy
Father, “is God's indication, given not only at the beginning of
history, but to each one of us. It is part of his plan. It means responsibly
making the world grow,
transforming it so that it becomes a garden, a place that all can
inhabit.”
“Benedict XVI recalled many times that this tasked entrusted to us by
God the Creator requires that we understand the rhythm and logic of creation.
Instead, we are often guided by the arrogance of dominating, possessing,
manipulating, and
exploiting. We don't 'take care' of it; we don't respect it; we don't consider
it as a freely-given gift to be cared for. We are losing the attitude of
wonder, of contemplation, of listening to creation. Thus we are no longer able
to read in it what
Benedict XVI called 'the rhythm of the story of God's love for humanity'. Why
is this happening? Because are we thinking and living 'horizontally'; we are
drawing away from God; we are not reading his signs.”
“But cultivating and caring for doesn't just refer to our
relationship with the environment, the relationship between humanity and
creation. It also concern human relationships. … We are living a moment
of crisis. We see it in the
environment but above all we see it in humanity. The human person is in
danger. ... This is the urgency of human ecology! The danger is serious
because the root of the problem is profound, not superficial. It isn't just a
question of economics but of
ethics and anthropology. … The dynamics of an economy and finance that
lack ethics are dominating.”
Speaking off the cuff, the pontiff added: “What is in charge today
isn't the human person but money. Money is in command. And God our Father has
given us the task of caring for the earth not for the money, but for us: for
men and women. This is
our charge. Instead, men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and
consumption. It is a 'culture of waste'.“
“If, for example, on a winter's night,” he continued, “a
person dies here in [nearby] Via Ottaviano, that's not news. If in so many
parts of the world there are children who have nothing to eat, that's not
news. It seems normal. It
must not be this way! And yet these things come to be normal … On the
other hand, a drop of ten points on the stock exchange constitutes a tragedy.
If someone dies that isn't news but a ten point drop in the markets is a
tragedy! Thus people are
discarded, as if they were garbage.”
“Human life, the person, is no longer felt to be the primary value to
respect and care for … This culture of waste has also made us
insensitive to a squandering and wastefulness of food … Consumerism has
caused us to get used to
the daily excess and waste of food, which we are no longer capable of seeing
for its true worth, which goes well beyond mere economic parameters. Remember,
however, that the food that is thrown away is as if we had stolen it from the
table of the poor,
from those who are hungry!”
“I invite you all to reflect on the problem of the loss and the waste
of food … Let us all make the serious commitment to respect and care
for creation, to be attentive to every person, to oppose the culture of
wastefulness and waste,
and to promote a culture of solidarity and encounter.”
SUPPORT PRIESTS WITH YOUR PRAYERS, BENEVOLENCE, AND GOOD COUNSEL
Vatican City, 5 June 2013 (VIS) – After his catechesis, greeting the
faithful from the different language groups, the Pope welcomed the
French-speaking pilgrims from the Antilles, Mauritius, and the Ivory Coast. He
took advantage of the
opportunity to note the presence of a group of imams from France who are
engaged in interreligious dialogue. He also invited all, as he had already
urged during the catechesis, to care for creation and for the human person.
He also greeted the seminarians and newly ordained priests from Poland,
urging them to thank Christ for the gift of their vocation and to cultivate it
“in the light and strength of the Holy Spirit, so that you will always
be zealous ministers
of God's grace and true guides of the paths of holiness.” He then
invited all the Polish people to give thanks to God for their priests and to
“support them with your prayers, benevolence, and good cou
sel.”
POPE REPEATS HIS CONCERN FOR SYRIA: ASKS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR
NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN AID FOR REFUGEES
Vatican City, 5 June 2013 (VIS) – This morning, shortly after 9:00am,
in the sitting room of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Pope received
participants in the coordination meeting between the Catholic charitable
organizations that are acting in
the situation of the crisis in Syria and its neighbouring countries. The
meeting was sponsored by the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, whose
president is Cardinal Robert Sarah.
“I would like to thank you for coming together,” said the Pope,
“and for all the humanitarian work that you are doing to aid the
suffering peoples of Syria and nearby countries owing to the conflict there. I
encouraged the
Pontifical Council Cor Unum to promote this meeting designed to coordinate the
activities carried out by Catholic charitable organizations in the region. I
wish to express my gratitude to Cardinal Sarah for his greetings. I offer a
special welcome to
those who have come from the Middle East, especially those representing the
Church in Syria.”
“The Holy See’s concern for the crisis in Syria, and in a
particular way, for the people, often defenceless, who are suffering as a
result of it, is well known. Benedict XVI repeatedly called for a ceasefire
and for a search for a
resolution through dialogue in order to achieve a profound reconciliation
between the sides. Let the weapons be silent! Furthermore, he wished to
express his personal closeness this past November, when he sent Cardinal Sarah
into the region,
accompanying this gesture with the request to 'spare no effort in the search
for peace' and manifesting his concrete and fatherly solicitude with a
donation, to which the Synod Fathers had also contributed in October.
“The destiny of the Syrian people,” he repeated, “is a
concern that is also close to my heart. On Easter Sunday I asked for peace
'above all for dear Syria, for its people torn by conflict, and for the many
refugees who await help
and comfort. How much blood has been shed! And how much suffering must there
be before a political solution to the crisis is found?'”
“In the face of ongoing and overwhelming violence, I strongly renew
my appeal for peace. In recent weeks the international community has
reaffirmed its intention to promote concrete initiatives to bring about a
fruitful dialogue designed to
bring an end to the war. These initiatives are to be encouraged, and it is
hoped that they will lead to peace. The Church feels herself called to give
her humble yet concrete and sincere witness to the charity which she has
learned from Christ, the Good
Samaritan. We know that where there is suffering, Christ is present. We cannot
pull back, precisely from those situations where the suffering is greatest.
Your presence at this coordinating meeting demonstrates your will to
faithfully continue this
precious work of humanitarian assistance, in Syria and in neighbouring
countries which generously receive those who have fled from the war. May your
timely and coordinated work be an expression of the communion to which it
gives witness,
as the recent Synod on the Church in the Middle East suggested.”
“To the international community, besides the pursuit of a negotiated
solution to the conflict, I ask for the provision of humanitarian aid for the
Syrians who have been displaced and made refugees, showing in the first place
the good of each
human person and safeguarding their dignity. For the Holy See, the work of
various Catholic charitable agencies is extremely significant: assisting the
Syrian population, without regard for ethnic or religious affiliation, is the
most direct way to
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