In the initial trimester of 2014, AIF conducted the first ordinary on-site
inspection of the IOR to verify the implementation of the measures taken to
prevent and counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism pursuant
to the Law XVIII of 8 October 2013.
 T?he inspection has shown substantial progress made by the IOR over the past
12 months. As a result of the inspection, AIF has developed an action plan for
the full adaption of procedures to the requirements of Law XVIII and the
implementation of further organizational and procedural improvements.
 About the Financial Intelligence Authority - AIF
 The Financial Intelligence Authority is the competent authority of the Holy
See/Vatican City State for supervision and financial intelligence for the
prevention and countering of money-laundering and financing of terrorism.
 Established by Pope Benedict XVI with the Apostolic Letter in form of Motu
Proprio of 30 December 2010, AIF carries out its institutional activity
according to the Statute attached to the above mentioned Motu Proprio and the
Law n. CXXVII of 30 December 2010, as subsequently amended and integrated.
 In July 2013, AIF became a member of the Egmont Group. Currently, AIF has
signed Memoranda of Understanding for the international exchange of
information with financial intelligence units of other states, such as
Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Monaco, the Netherlands, Slovenia,
Spain and the United States of America.

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 FRANCIS: THE PROBLEM OF CONFLICTS IS HOW TO FACE THEM
 Vatican City, 18 May 2014 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father, as usual on Sunday,
appeared at the window of his study in the Vatican Apostolic Palace to pray
the Regina Coeli with the faithful and pilgrims present in St. Peter's Square.
The Pope commented on the day's Gospel reading from the Acts of the Apostles,
and emphasised that in the early days of the Church there were tensions and
disagreements. "In life, there are conflicts; the problem is how to face them.
... Problems cannot be solved by acting as if they do not exist".
 Pope Francis talked about how the Apostles, when faced with difficulties,
took control of the situation and therefore overcame their problems. "By
sharing, discussing and praying, all problems in the Church can be resolved,
with the certainty that gossip, envy and jealousy never lead to concord,
harmony and peace. There too it was the Holy Spirit who crowned this
understanding and this enables us to understand that, when we let ourselves be
guided by the Holy Spirit, it leads us to harmony, unity and respect for
different gifts and talents". The Holy Father asked the Virgin Mary to "help
us to be docile to the Holy Spirit, so that we might be mutually respectful
and converge ever more deeply in faith and charity, with our hearts open to
the needs of our brethren".
 Before concluding, the Holy Father asked those present to pray a Hail Mary
for the victims of the floods in the Balkans and for all those who continue to
work to overcome these moments of despair. The Pontiff also mentioned that
today in the city of Iasi, Romania, Bishop Anton Durcovici, martyr to the
faith, was proclaimed a Blessed. He greeted students from various Catholic
schools, the voluntary associations celebrating the national Day for cancer
patients, and all those present, wishing them a good Sunday.

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 CLOSE TO THOSE WHO SUFFER AS WITNESSES OF THE RESURRECTION
 Vatican City, 17 May 2014 (VIS) -, This morning the Holy Father received in
audience the Silent Workers of the Cross Association - Volunteer Centres of
Suffering, on their pilgrimage to Rome to commemorate the centenary of the
birth of their founder, Blessed Luigi Novarese. Pope Francis began by
recalling one of the Beatitudes: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will
be comforted", and commented that "with this prophetic word Jesus referred to
a condition of earthly life that no-one fails to experience".
 "There are those who mourn because they are in ill-health; there are those
who weep because they are alone or misunderstood. There are many reasons for
suffering. Jesus experienced affliction and humiliation in this world. He
gathered together human sufferings, He took them on in His flesh, He lived
them in full, one by one. He knew every type of affliction, both moral and
physical. ... He experienced hunger and fatigue, the bitterness of being
misunderstood, He was betrayed and abandoned, flogged and crucified. But in
declaring 'blessed those who mourn', Jesus did not intend to declare happy an
unfavourable or onerous condition of life. Suffering is not a value itself,
but rather a reality that Jesus teaches us to approach with the right
attitude".
 Pope Francis emphasised that there are correct and incorrect ways of living
with pain and suffering. "The wrong attitude is that of living pain in a
passive way, allowing oneself to be overcome by inertia, and resignation. The
reaction of rebellion and denial, too, is not the right approach. Jesus
teaches us to experience pain, accepting the reality of life with trust and
hope, loving God and neighbour even in suffering: love transforms everything".
He remarked that this is exactly what Blessed Luigi Novarese taught, in
"educating the sick and disabled to bring meaning to their suffering as part
of an apostolic action carried out with faith and love for others", and added
that with this charism they are "a gift for the Church. ... united with the
Risen Christ, you are active subjects in the work of salvation and
evangelisation".
 In conclusion, Francis encouraged them to "stay close to those who suffer in
your parishes, as witnesses to the Resurrection. In this way you enrich the
Church and collaborate with the mission of the pastors, praying and offering
your suffering also for them".

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 CARDINAL BENIAMINO STELLA TAKES POSSESSION OF HIS DIACONATE
 Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of
the Supreme Pontiff today announced that on Sunday, 25 May, at 11.30 a.m.,
Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, will
take possession of the diaconate of Sts. Cosmas and Damian (Via dei Fori
Imperiali, 1).

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 EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF SYNOD UNDER-SECRETARY
 Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - On Friday, 30 May, at 5 p.m. in the Vatican
Basilica, the Holy Father Francesco will confer episcopal ordination to Msgr.
Fabio Febene, under-secretary of the Synod of Bishops.

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 CARDINAL FILONI, POPE'S SPECIAL ENVOY
 Vatican City, 17 May 2014 (VIS) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the
Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has been appointed by the Holy
Father as his special envoy to the celebrations commemorating the 500th
anniversary of the foundation of the diocese of Funchal in Madeira, Portugal,
which will take place from 13 to 16 June 2014.

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 AUDIENCES
 Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Thirteen prelates of the Mexican Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina"
visit:
 Archbishop Carlos Garfias Merlos of Acapulco;
 Bishop Maximino Martinez Miranda of Ciudad Altamirano;
 Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga of Tlapa;
 Bishop Jose Antonio Fernandez Hurtado of Tuxtepec;
 Bishop Jose de Jesus Martinez Zepeda of Irapuato;
 Archbishop Alberto Suarez Inda of Morelia, with his auxiliaries, Bishop
Carlos Suarez Cazares and Bishop Juan Espinoza Jimenez;
 Bishop Miguel Patino Velasquez of Apatzingan;
 Bishop Armando Antonio Ortiz Aguirre of Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas;
 Bishop Jose Luis Castro Medellin, M. S. F., of Tacambaro;
 Bishop Javier Navarro Rodriguez of Zamora, with his auxiliary, Bishop Jaime
Calderon Calderon.
 On Saturday, 17 May, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;
 - Twenty-two prelates of the Mexican Episcopal Conference on their "ad
limina" visit:
 Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Tlalnepantla, with his auxiliaries, Bishop
Francisco Ramirez Navarro and Bishop Efrain Mendoza Cruz;
 Bishop Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragon of Cuautitlan;
 Bishop Oscar Roberto Dominguez Couttolenc, M.G., of Ecatepec;
 Bishop Hector Luis Morales Sanchez of Netzahualcoyotl;
 Bishop Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia of Teotihuacan;
 Bishop Juan Manuel Mancilla Sanchez of Texcoco;
 Bishop Victor Rene Rodriguez Gomez of Valle de Chalco;
 Bishop Oscar Armando Campos Contreras of Tehuantepec;
 Archbishop Jose Luis Chavez Botello of Antequera with his auxiliary, Bishop
Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero of Cissa;
 Bishop Eduardo Porfirio Patino Leal of Cordoba;
 Bishop Juan Navarro Castellanos of Tuxpan;
 Bishop Luis Felipe Gallardo Martin del Campo of Veracruz;
 Bishop Juan Pedro Juarez Melendez of Tula;
 Archbishop Fabio Martinez Castilla of Tuxtla Gutierrez with his auxiliary,
Bishop Jose Luis Mendoza Corso.
 Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristobal de Las Casas with coadjutor
Bishop Enrique Diaz Diaz.
 Bishop Leopoldo Gonzalez Gonzalez of Tapachula;
 Bishop Jose Trinidad Zapata Ortiz of Papantla.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 19 May 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:
 - appointed Metropolitan Archbishop Jose Luis Mollaghan of Rosaria, Argentina
as member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with
responsibility for the Commission for the examination of appeals by clergy
accused of "delicta graviora", to be established.
 On Saturday, 17 May, the Holy Father:
 - appointed Bishop Wojciech Polak, auxiliary of Gniezno and secretary general
of the Polish Episcopal Conference, as metropolitan archbishop of Gniezno
(area 8,122, population 664,608, Catholics 656,716, priests 527, religious
306), Poland, and primate of Poland. He succeeds Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk,
whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, upon having
reached the age limit, was accepted by the Holy Father.
 - appointed Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, archbishop of Florence, Italy, as
member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

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