Vatican City, 7 February 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father today received
in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the
Causes of Saints. During the audience he authorised the promulgation of
decrees concerning the
following causes:
- Servant of God Francesco Zirano, Italian professed priest of the Order of
Friars Minor Conventual killed in hatred of the faith in Algiers, Algeria,
Czech Republic in 1603.
- Servants of God Paolo Yun Ji-chung, layperson, and 123 companions killed
in hatred of the faith in Korea between 1791 and 1888.
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HEROIC VIRTUES
- Servant of God Jesus Maria Echavarria y Aguirre, Mexican bishop of
Saltillo and founder of the Guadalupan Catechist Sisters (1858-1954).
- Servant of God Faustino Ghilardi (ne Guglielmo Giacomo), Italian
professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor (1858-1937)
- Servant of God Maria Rocio of Jesus Crucified (nee Maria Rafaela
Rodriguez Xuarez de la Guardia), Spanish professed nun of the Congregation of
Sisters of the Love of God (1923-1956).
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CARDINAL CANIZARES LLOVERA, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY
Vatican City, 8 February 2014 (VIS) – In a letter made public today,
written in Latin and dated 16 January, the Holy Father nominated Cardinal
Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and
the Discipline of the
Sacraments, as his special envoy to Panama for the concluding celebrations for
the jubilee year for the fifth centenary of the erection of the first diocese
(Santa Maria la Antigua) on the American Continent, scheduled to take place
from 14-15 February
2014.
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AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 10 February 2014 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father
received in audience:
- Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
- Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese
of Rome.
- Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith.
- Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin, Italy.
On Saturday, 8 February, the Holy Father received in audience:
- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for
Bishops.
Nineteen prelates of the Polish Episcopal Conference on their “ad
limina” visit:
- Archbishop Andrzej Dziega of Szczecin-Kamien, with his auxiliary, Bishop
Marian Blazej Kruszylowicz, O.F.M. Conv.;
- Bishop Edward Dajczak of Koszalin-Kolobrzeg, with his auxiliary, Bishop
Krzysztof Zadarko;
- Bishop Stefan Regmunt of Zielona Gora-Gorzow, with his auxiliary, Bishop
Tadeusz Litynski, and former auxiliary, Bishop Pawel Socha, C.M.;
- Archbishop Slawoj Leszek Glodz of Gdansk, with Archbishop emeritus
Tadeusz Goclowski, C.M.M
- Bishop Ryszard Kasyna of Pelplin, with his auxiliary, Bishop Wieslaw
Smigiel;
- Bishop Andrzej Wojciech Suski of Turun, with his auxiliary, Bishop Jozef
Szamocki;
- Archbishop Wojciech Ziemba of Warmia, with his auxiliary, Bishop Jacek
Jezierski;
- Bishop Jan Styrna of Elblag, with his auxiliary, Bishop Jozef Wysocki;
- Bishop Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. of Elk, with his auxiliary, Bishop Romuald
Kaminski.
- Cardinal Julian Herranz.
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 10 February 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has:
- appointed Rev. Moses Hamungole as bishop of Monze (area 61,160,
population 1,682,000, Catholics 302,205, priests 81, religious 166), Zambia.
The bishop-elect was born in Kafue, Zambia in 1967 and was ordained a priest
in 1994. He holds a licentiate
in social communications from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and a
doctorate in social communications from the Catholic University of Leuven,
Belgium. He has served in the following pastoral and administrative roles:
vicar of the “New
Kanyama” and “Railway-Chowa” parishes, director of Radio
Yatsani and the communications office of the archdiocese of Lusaka, secretary
for communications for the AMECEA in Nairobi, Kenya, and president of SIGNIS,
Africa. He is
currently director of English and Kishwahili programmes for Vatican Radio. He
succeeds Bishop Emilio Patriarca, whose resignation from the pastoral care of
the same diocese, upon having reached the age limit, was accepted by the Holy
Father.
- appointed Msgr. Demetrio Jiminez Sanchez-Mariscal, O.S.A., as bishop
prelate of the territorial prelature of Cafayate (area 46,847, population
64,572, Catholics 57,352, priests 13, permanent deacons 1, religious 31),
Argentina. The bishop-elect was
born in Los Carralbos, Spain in 1963, took his perpetual vows in 1986 and was
ordained a priest in 1988. He holds a licentiate in philosophy from the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, and a Master's
degree in Science of
Religions from the Pontifical Comillas University of Madrid, Spain. He has
served in a number of pastoral and academic roles, including professor and
bursar of the monastery of Santa Maria de la Vid, Burgos, Spain, vicar of the
parish of San Manuel y
San Benito, Madrid, vicarial secretary of the Agostinian region of San Jose,
Argentina, regional vicar of the Agostinian Order in Argentina and Uruguay,
priest of San Agustin in Buenos Aires, lecturer in the Tagaste Agostinian
centre for theological studies and in the Instituto Teologico Escurialense,
affiliated to the Pontifical University of Salamanca, visiting professor in
theology of religions and interreligious dialogue in the Centro di
Misionologia del Cono Sur Juan
Pablo II, co-ordinator general and ordinary professor of the Escuela di
Teologia y Ciencias Religiosas of the prelature of Cafayate, adjunct professor
of philosophy at the Catholic University of Argentina, and associate professor
in the faculty of
philosophy at the St. Thomas Aquinas University in Buenos Aires. He currently
works in the “Nuesta Senora de la Candelaria” parish and legal
representative of the San Agustin college in Catamarca, Cafayate. He succeeds
Bishop Mariano
Anastasio Moreno Garcia, O.S.A., whose resignation from the pastoral care of
the same territorial prelature, upon having reached the age limit, was
accepted by the Holy Father.
On Saturday, 8 February, the Holy Father:
- appointed Msgr. Fabio Fabene, office head of the Congregation for
Bishops, as under-secretary of the Synod of Bishops.
- appointed Rev. John Keenan as bishop of Paisley (area 580, population
372,800, Catholics 88,600, priests 58, permanent deacons 6, religious 37),
Scotland. The bishop-elect was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1964 and was
ordained a priest in 1995. He
holds a “Bachelor of Laws” degree from the University of Glasgow,
a licentiate in philosophy and a baccalaureate in theology from the Gregorian
Pontifical University. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including
vicar of the parish
of “Christ the King” in King's Park, and chaplain of the Holyrood
Secondary School in Glasgow. He is currently chaplain of the University of
Glasgow, priest of the parish of “St. Patrick's” in Anderston, and
director of vocations
for the archdiocese of Glasgow.
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NOTICE
Vatican City, 10 February 2014 (VIS) – No VIS bulletin will be
transmitted tomorrow, the eighty-fifth anniversary of the institution of
Vatican City State by the signing of the Lateran Pacts. Service will resume on
Wednesday, 12 February.
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