?And now, letus turn to the Virgin Mary, so that she might help us always to
follow Jesus' example faithfully?.

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 THE STUDY OF HISTORY, ONE OF THE PATHS TO THE TRUTH
Vatican City, 12 April 2014 (VIS) ? ?The study of history indeed represents
one of the paths for the impassioned search for the truth, which has always
pervaded man's soul?, said the Pope in his audience with the participants in
the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences,
which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. ?Your research, marked both
by a genuine passion for the Church and by sincere love for the truth, can be
of great help to those who have the task of discerning what the Holy Spirit
wants to say to today's Church. ... In your encounter and collaboration with
researchers from every culture and religion, you can offer a specific
contribution to the dialogue between the Church and the contemporary world?.
At the end of the meeting, Pope Francis commented on one of the initiatives
planned by the Committee, the internationalconference to mark the centenary of
the outbreak of the First World War, and recalled the prophetic words of
Benedict XV in his letter of August 1917 to the leaders of the warring
nations: ?Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war?.

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 POPE FRANCIS: CARE FOR YOUR PATIENTS WITHOUT FORGETTING THEY ARE PEOPLE
Vatican City, 12 April 2014 (VIS) ? This morning the Holy Father met with the
participants in the Congress of the Italian Society for Oncological Surgery,
organised by the ?La Sapienza? University of Rome and by the Sant'Andrea
Hospital. ?Scientific research has multiplied the possibilities for prevention
and treatment, and has discovered therapies to treat many illnesses?, said the
Pope. ?But when we speak of in full health, it is necessary not to lose sign
of the fact that the human person, created in the image and semblance of God,
is a unity of body and spirit. These two elements are distinct but
inseparable, because the person is one entity. Therefore, even illness, the
experience of pain and suffering, does not relate only to the bodily
dimension, but to man in his entirety. This creates the need for an integral
treatment, that considers the person as a wholeand unites medical care with
human, psychological and social support, spiritual guidance, and support for
patients' families?.
Pope Francis recalled Pope John Paul II's Moto Proprio ?Dolentium hominum? of
1985, remarking that ?it is indispensable for healthcare workers to 'be led by
an integrally human view of illness? and as a result be ?able to effect a
fully human approach to the sick person who is suffering'. ? Fraternal
communion with the sick opens us up to the true beauty of human life?.
Finally, referring the beginning of Holy Week, which culminates in the Triduum
of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, he affirmed, ?Here human
suffering reaches its lowest point, and is redeemed by God. God as love. Only
Christ can give meaning to the scandal of innocent pain?.

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 AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 14 April 2014 (VIS) ? Today, the Holy Father received in
audience:
- Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental
Churches.
- Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of
Rome.
On Saturday 12 April the Holy Father received in audience:
- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 14 April 2014 (VIS) ? The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Alan
Williams, S.M., as bishop of Brentwood (area 3,967, population 2,789,000,
Catholics 225,700, priests 154, permanent deacons 11, religious 293), England.
The bishop-elect was born in Blackburn, England in 1951, gave his solemn vows
in 1976, and was ordained a priest in 1983. After teaching at St. Mary's
College, Blackburn, he served as director of the national shrine of Our Lady
of Walsingham. He was subsequently chaplain at Sheffield Hallam University and
priest of the parish of Sidcup in Southwark, as well as regional superior of
the Marist Fathers. In 2008 he returned to the role of director of the
national shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, in which he continues to serve. He
succeeds Bishop Thomas McMahon, whose resignation upon reaching the age limit
was accepted by the Holy Father.
On Saturday, 12 April, the HolyFather:
- appointed Fr. Columba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E., as bishop of 
ilcannia-Forbes (area 414,378, population 117,000, Catholics 35,200, priests
21, religious 42), Australia. The bishop-elect was born in Forbes, Australia
in 1968, gave his solemn vows in 1996, and ordained a priest in 1997. He has
served in a number of pastoral roles, including: priest of the parish of
Tarcutta, Wagga Wagga; prefect of novices in Tarcutta; first counsellor of the
Australian Province of the Order; master of novices in Tarcutta; secretary of
the Australian Province of the Order; sub-prior of the Penrose Park Monastery,
Wollongong; and priest of the parish of Moss Vale, Wollongong. He is currently
prior of the Monastery and rector of the Marian Valley shrine, Canugra,
Brisbane, and provincial vicar of the Australian Province of the Order. He has
also served as chaplain of the police of New South Wales and is currently
chaplain of the police of Queensland.
-accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of
Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine, presented by Bishop Marian Buczek, in accordance
with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- appointed Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M., auxiliary of
Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine, and apostolic administrator ?ad nutum Sanctae Sedis?
of Lutsk, as bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia (area 196,300, population
19,000,000, Catholics 40,000, priests 64, religious 97), Ukraine.
- appointed Bishop Vitaliy Skomarovskyi, auxiliary of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine,
as bishop of Lutsk (area 40,300, population 2,217,730, Catholics 27,160,
priests 26, religious 19), Ukraine.
- appointed Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole, F.D.P., as bishop of Ascoli Piceno (area
840, population 107,503, Catholics 106,512, priests 111, permanent deacons 7,
religious 151), Italy. He was previously auxiliary of the archdiocese of
L'Aquila, Italy.
-appointed Fr. Maurizio of the clergy of the diocese of Faenza-Modigliana as
relator of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Fr. Tagliaferri is
ordinary professor of History of the Church at the Theological Faculty of
Emilia-Romagna.
- confirmed Msgr. Guido Marini as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations.
- appointed Professor Margaret Scotford Archer, Great Britain, as president of
the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Scotford Archer is
currently director of the ?Centre d'Ontologie Sociale? at the EPFL Ecole
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, pontifical academic and member of the
Council of the Academy.

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