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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 153
DATE 19-07-2013
Summary:
- POPE ESTABLISHES PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR REFERENCE ON THE E
ONOMIC-ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE HOLY SEE
- SECRETARY OF STATE COMMUNIQUE ON HOLY FATHER'S CHIROGRAPH
- IN MEMORIAM
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
POPE ESTABLISHES PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR REFERENCE ON THE ECON
MIC-ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE HOLY SEE
Vatican City, 19 July 2013 (VIS) – Pope Francis has written a
Chirograph, dated 18 July, by which he establishes a Pontifical Commission for
Reference on the study and guidance of the organisation of the e
onomic-administrative structure of the
Holy See, the full text of which is given below:
“The deliberations of these days on the positive data in the financial
statements, communicated by the Council of Cardinals for the study of
organisational and economic problems of the Holy See: Consolidated Financial
Statement and Financial
Statement of the Governorate of Vatican City State for the year 2012 lead Us,
having heard the opinion of Most Eminent Cardinals, Brothers in the Episcopate
and collaborators consulted on the matter, to continue in the work of
introducing reforms in the
Institutions of the Holy See, aspiring to the simplification and
rationalisation of the existing bodies and more careful planning of the
economic activities of all the Vatican Administrations.
To this end, We have decided to establish a Commission for reference to gather
accurate information on economic questions regarding the Vatican
Administrations and to co-operate with the aforementioned Council of Cardinals
in its valuable work, offering
the technical support of specialist advice and developing strategic solutions
for improvement, so as to avoid the misuse of economic resources, to improve
transparency in the processes of purchasing goods and services; to refine the
administration of
goods and real estate; to work with ever greater prudence in the financial
sphere; to ensure the correct application of accounting principles; and to
guarantee healthcare and social security benefits to those eligible.
The Commission is to carry out its duties in accordance with this Chirograph
and with Our provisions currently in force:
1. The Commission shall consist of a minimum of eight Members, including a
President, who is its legal representative, and a Secretary Coordinator who
has the powers of a delegate and acts on behalf of and for the Commission,
collecting documents, data,
and the information necessary for the fulfilment of its institutional
functions.
2.The Members, all nominated by the Supreme Pontiff, are experts in the
relevant legal, economic, financial and organisational matters.
3. The institutional functions of the Commission shall not encroach upon the
sphere of competence of the government and the activities of the
Administrations concerned, which shall collaborate with the Commission upon
request. Professional secrecy and
other possible restrictions established by law shall neither curtail nor
restrict the access of the Commission to documents, data and information
necessary for the fulfilment of the duties entrusted to it.
4. The Commission shall keep Us informed of its activities in the course of
its work and shall deliver to Us the results obtained. It shall deliver to Us
its entire paper and digital archive upon the conclusion of its mandate.
5. The Commission shall have at its disposal the appropriate resources,
including interpreters and translators, and instruments for its institutional
functions. It may avail itself of qualified experts and consultants to be
enlisted worldwide, from
outside the Holy See, or from within the Holy See provided that this does not
give rise to any conflict of interest in the exercise of professions or the
fulfilment of functions and roles connected with the activities of the Vatican
Administrations.
6. The Commission shall collaborate, upon request, with the Working Group of
eight Cardinals constituted to draft a plan of reform for the Apostolic
Constitution Pastor Bonus on the Roman Curia.
7. The Commission’s activities shall take effect as from the date of
this Chirograph. The dissolution of the Commission shall be announced.
Given in the Vatican on 18 July 2013, in the first year of my Pontificate.
Francesco”
___________________________________________________________
SECRETARY OF STATE COMMUNIQUE ON HOLY FATHER'S CHIROGRAPH
Vatican City, 19 July 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Secretary of State
released the following communique on the Holy Father's chirograph for the
establishment of a Pontifical Commission on the economic-administrative
structure of the Holy See:
“The Holy Father, by a chirograph dated 18 July, has established a
Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organisation of the e
onomic-administrative structure of the Holy See.
The Commission will gather information, report to the Holy Father and
co-operate with the Council of Cardinals for the study of the organisational
and economic problems of the Holy See, in order to draft reforms of the
institutions of the Holy See, with
the aim of a “simplification and rationalisation of the existing bodies
and more careful planning of the economic activities of all the Vatican
Administrations”.
As explained in the Chirograph, the Committee will “offer the technical
support of specialist advice and develop strategic solutions for improvement,
so as to avoid the misuse of economic resources, to improve transparency in
the processes of
purchasing goods and services; to refine the administration of goods and real
estate; to work with ever greater prudence in the financial sphere; to ensure
correct application of accounting principles; and to guarantee healthcare and
social security
benefits to all those eligible”.
The Commission will be able to collaborate, on request, with the working Group
of eight Cardinals in drafting a plan for the reform of the Apostolic
Constitution “Pastor Bonus” on the Roman Curia.
The aims and the appointments of the Commission are described in detail in the
Chirograph itself.
The members of the Commission are laypeople, experts in “legal,
economic, financial and organisational matters”, currently eminent
consultants or reviewers for Vatican or ecclesiastical economic institutions.
The only member of the clergy is
the Secretary.
The eight members are:
Dr. Joseph FX Zahra (Malta), President
Msgr. Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda (Secretary of the Prefecture for Economic
Affairs), Secretary
Mr Jean-Baptiste de Franssu (France)
Dr. Enrique Llano (Spain)
Dr. Jochen Messemer (Germany)
Ms. Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui (Italy)
Mr. Jean Videlain-Sevestre (France)
Mr. George Yeo (Singapore)
Dr. Zahra and Dr. Messemer are international reviewers of the Prefecture of
Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
The Commission will begin its work as soon as possible. A first meeting is
scheduled for shortly after the Holy Father’s return from Brazil.
The Holy Father hopes for a happy and productive collaboration between the
Commission and the Vatican Administrations associated with its work.”
___________________________________________________________
IN MEMORIAM
Vatican City, 19 July 2013 (VIS) – The following prelates died in recent
weeks:
- Bishop Joseph Vernon Fougère, emeritus of Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, Canada, on 18 June at the age of 70.
- Bishop Franz Xaver Eder, emeritus of Passau, Germany, on 20 June at the age
of 87.
- Bishop Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay, emeritus of Celaya,
Guanajuato, Mexico, on 22 June at the age of 73.
- Bishop Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen, emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland, on
24 June at the age of 80.
- Bishop João Alves, emeritus of Coimbra, Portugal, on 28 June at the
age of 87.
- Bishop Anthony Gerard Bosco, emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA, on 2
July at the age of 85.
- Bishop Vincenzo Cozzi, emeritus of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy, on 3 July at
the age of 86.
- Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M., emeritus of Saint Nicholas of
Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA, on 4 July at the age of 97.
- Bishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Quang Sach, emeritus of Da Nang, Viet Nam, 7
July at the age of 88.
- Bishop Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J., emeritus of Puerto
Iguazu, Argentina, on 8 July at the age of 83.
- Bishop Guido Breña López, O.P., emeritus of Ica, Peru, on 9
July at the age of 82.
- Bishop Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski, auxiliary emeritus of Chicago, Illinois,
USA on 14 July at the age of 89.
- Bishop Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque, emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia on 17 July at
the age of 84.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 19 July 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
- appointed Bishop Julian C. Porteous as archbishop of Hobart (area 67,914,
population 514,900, Catholics 94,600, priests 49, permanent deacons 2,
religious 101), Australia. Bishop Porteous, previously auxiliary of Sydney,
Australia, was born in Sydney,
Australia in 1949, was ordained to the priesthood in 1974, and received
episcopal ordination in 2003. He succeeds Archbishop Adrian L. Doyle, whose
resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy Father
accepted, upon having reached
the age limit.
- appointed Fr. Yohanes Harun Yuwono of the clergy of Pangkalpinang as bishop
of Tanjungkarang (area 35,288, population 7,489,000, Catholics 72,797, priests
53, religious 239), Indonesia. The bishop-elect was born in Way Ray,
Indonesia, in 1964 and was
ordained a priest in 1992. He has a licentiate in Islamology from the
Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Rome, and has served in a
number of pastoral roles including parish vicar in Sungaliat, chairman of the
diocesan pastoral secretariat
in Pangkalpinang, and currently rector at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of
Pematangsiantar, and teacher of Islamic studies at the St Yohanes Institute of
Philosophy and Theology in Pematangsiantar.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews130719
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 153 DATE 19-07-2013
Summary: - POPE ESTABLISHES PONTIFICAL
COMMISSION FOR REFERENCE ON THE
ECONOMIC-ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE HOLY SEE - SECRETARY OF STATE
COMMUNIQUE ON HOLY FATHER'S CHIROGRAPH - IN MEMORIAM - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
POPE ESTABLISHES PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR REFERENCE ON THE E
ONOMIC-ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE HOLY SEE
Vatican City, 19 July 2013 (VIS) – Pope Francis has written a
Chirograph, dated 18 July, by which he establishes a Pontifical Commission for
Reference on the study and guidance of the organisation of the e
onomic-administrative structure of the
Holy See, the full text of which is given below:
“The deliberations of these days on the positive data in the
financial statements, communicated by the Council of Cardinals for the study
of organisational and economic problems of the Holy See: Consolidated
Financial Statement and Financial
Statement of the Governorate of Vatican City State for the year 2012 lead Us,
having heard the opinion of Most Eminent Cardinals, Brothers in the Episcopate
and collaborators consulted on the matter, to continue in the work of
introducing reforms in the
Institutions of the Holy See, aspiring to the simplification and
rationalisation of the existing bodies and more careful planning of the
economic activities of all the Vatican Administrations.
To this end, We have decided to establish a Commission for reference to
gather accurate information on economic questions regarding the Vatican
Administrations and to co-operate with the aforementioned Council of Cardinals
in its valuable work,
offering the technical support of specialist advice and developing strategic
solutions for improvement, so as to avoid the misuse of economic resources, to
improve transparency in the processes of purchasing goods and services; to
refine the
administration of goods and real estate; to work with ever greater prudence in
the financial sphere; to ensure the correct application of accounting
principles; and to guarantee healthcare and social security benefits to those
eligible.
The Commission is to carry out its duties in accordance with this
Chirograph and with Our provisions currently in force:
1. The Commission shall consist of a minimum of eight Members, including a
President, who is its legal representative, and a Secretary Coordinator who
has the powers of a delegate and acts on behalf of and for the Commission,
collecting documents,
data, and the information necessary for the fulfilment of its institutional
functions.
2.The Members, all nominated by the Supreme Pontiff, are experts in the
relevant legal, economic, financial and organisational matters.
3. The institutional functions of the Commission shall not encroach upon
the sphere of competence of the government and the activities of the
Administrations concerned, which shall collaborate with the Commission upon
request. Professional secrecy
and other possible restrictions established by law shall neither curtail nor
restrict the access of the Commission to documents, data and information
necessary for the fulfilment of the duties entrusted to it.
4. The Commission shall keep Us informed of its activities in the course of
its work and shall deliver to Us the results obtained. It shall deliver to Us
its entire paper and digital archive upon the conclusion of its mandate.
5. The Commission shall have at its disposal the appropriate resources,
including interpreters and translators, and instruments for its institutional
functions. It may avail itself of qualified experts and consultants to be
enlisted worldwide, from
outside the Holy See, or from within the Holy See provided that this does not
give rise to any conflict of interest in the exercise of professions or the
fulfilment of functions and roles connected with the activities of the Vatican
Administrations.
6. The Commission shall collaborate, upon request, with the Working Group
of eight Cardinals constituted to draft a plan of reform for the Apostolic
Constitution Pastor Bonus on the Roman Curia.
7. The Commission’s activities shall take effect as from the date of
this Chirograph. The dissolution of the Commission shall be announced.
Given in the Vatican on 18 July 2013, in the first year of my Pontificate.
Francesco”
SECRETARY OF STATE COMMUNIQUE ON HOLY FATHER'S CHIROGRAPH
Vatican City, 19 July 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Secretary of
State released the following communique on the Holy Father's chirograph for
the establishment of a Pontifical Commission on the economic-administrative
structure of the Holy
See:
“The Holy Father, by a chirograph dated 18 July, has established a
Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organisation of the e
onomic-administrative structure of the Holy See.
The Commission will gather information, report to the Holy Father and
co-operate with the Council of Cardinals for the study of the organisational
and economic problems of the Holy See, in order to draft reforms of the
institutions of the Holy See,
with the aim of a “simplification and rationalisation of the existing
bodies and more careful planning of the economic activities of all the Vatican
Administrations”.
As explained in the Chirograph, the Committee will “offer the
technical support of specialist advice and develop strategic solutions for
improvement, so as to avoid the misuse of economic resources, to improve
transparency in the processes of
purchasing goods and services; to refine the administration of goods and real
estate; to work with ever greater prudence in the financial sphere; to ensure
correct application of accounting principles; and to guarantee healthcare and
social security
benefits to all those eligible”.
The Commission will be able to collaborate, on request, with the working
Group of eight Cardinals in drafting a plan for the reform of the Apostolic
Constitution “Pastor Bonus” on the Roman Curia.
The aims and the appointments of the Commission are described in detail in
the Chirograph itself.
The members of the Commission are laypeople, experts in “legal,
economic, financial and organisational matters”, currently eminent
consultants or reviewers for Vatican or ecclesiastical economic institutions.
The only member of the clergy
is the Secretary.
The eight members are:
Dr. Joseph FX Zahra (Malta), President
Msgr. Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda (Secretary of the Prefecture for Economic
Affairs), Secretary
Mr Jean-Baptiste de Franssu (France)
Dr. Enrique Llano (Spain)
Dr. Jochen Messemer (Germany)
Ms. Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui (Italy)
Mr. Jean Videlain-Sevestre (France)
Mr. George Yeo (Singapore)
Dr. Zahra and Dr. Messemer are international reviewers of the Prefecture of
Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
The Commission will begin its work as soon as possible. A first meeting is
scheduled for shortly after the Holy Father’s return from Brazil.
The Holy Father hopes for a happy and productive collaboration between the
Commission and the Vatican Administrations associated with its work.”
Vatican City, 19 July 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father:
- appointed Bishop Julian C. Porteous as archbishop of Hobart (area 67,914,
population 514,900, Catholics 94,600, priests 49, permanent deacons 2,
religious 101), Australia. Bishop Porteous, previously auxiliary of Sydney,
Australia, was born in
Sydney, Australia in 1949, was ordained to the priesthood in 1974, and
received episcopal ordination in 2003. He succeeds Archbishop Adrian L. Doyle,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the Holy
Father accepted, upon having
reached the age limit.
- appointed Fr. Yohanes Harun Yuwono of the clergy of Pangkalpinang as
bishop of Tanjungkarang (area 35,288, population 7,489,000, Catholics 72,797,
priests 53, religious 239), Indonesia. The bishop-elect was born in Way Ray,
Indonesia, in 1964 and
was ordained a priest in 1992. He has a licentiate in Islamology from the
Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Rome, and has served in a
number of pastoral roles including parish vicar in Sungaliat, chairman of the
diocesan pastoral
secretariat in Pangkalpinang, and currently rector at the Interdiocesan Major
Seminary of Pematangsiantar, and teacher of Islamic studies at the St Yohanes
Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Pematangsiantar.
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
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s/italinde.php
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