VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 040
DATE 25-02-2015

Summary:
- Clarification of the Pope's use of the expression "avoid Mexicanisation" in
a private and informal email
- Other Pontifical Acts

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 Clarification of the Pope's use of the expression "avoid Mexicanisation" in a
private and informal email
 Vatican City, 25 February 2015 (VIS) - The Director of the Holy See Press
Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., announced yesterday afternoon that the
Secretariat of State has sent a Note to the Mexican ambassador to the Holy See
to clarify that in using the expression "avoid Mexicanisation", the Pope did
not in any way intend to offend the Mexican population, for whom he holds
special affection, nor to underestimate the commitment of the Mexican
government in its fight against narcotics trafficking.
 As is known, the expression "avoid Mexicanisation" was used by the Pope in an
email of a strictly private and informal nature, in response to an Argentine
friend who is deeply involved in the battle against drug abuse, who had used
the phrase.
 The Note demonstrates that evidently the Pope intended only to emphasise the
seriousness of the phenomenon of the drug trafficking that afflicts Mexico and
other countries in Latin America. It is precisely this importance that has
made the fight against drug trafficking a priority for the government; to
combat violence and restore peace and serenity to Mexican families, acting on
the causes at the root of this scourge.
 It is a phenomenon that, like others in Latin America, that the Pope has
drawn attention to on various occasions, including in his encounters with the
bishops, emphasising the need to adopt policies of cooperation and
collaboration at all levels.

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 Other Pontifical Acts
 Vatican City, 25 February 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:
 - Fr. Joseo Aristeu Vieira as bishop of Luz (area 24,990, population 494,000,
Catholics 397,000, priests 75, religious 47), Brazil. The bishop-elect was
born in Rio Vermelho, Brazil in 1952 and was ordained a priest in 1979. He
served in a number of pastoral roles, including parish priest, spiritual
director and professor of the "Sagrado Coracao de Jesus" provincial seminary
in Diamantina; and coordinator of vocational pastoral ministry and works for
priestly vocations. He is currently parish priest of the " Imaculada
Conceicao" parish in Buritizeiro, Brazil.
 - Fr. Luiz Goncalves Knupp as bishop of Tres Lagoas (area 57,876, population
252,000, Catholics 190,000, priests 17, permanent deacons 12, religious 54),
Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Mandaguari, Brazil in 1967 and was
ordained a priest in 1999. In the course of his pastoral ministry he has
served as parish administrator, parish priest; spiritual director of the
seminaries of theology, philosophy and preparation in Maringa. located in
Londrina. He is currently parish priest of the "Nossa Senhora de Fatima"
parish in Marialva, Brazil.
 - Fr. Janusz Danecki, O.F.M. Conv., as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Campo
Grande (area 43,762, population 913,096, Catholics 543,292, priests 106,
permanent deacons 3, religious 280), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in
Lowicz, Poland in 1951, gave his solemn vows in 1975 and was ordained a priest
in 1977. He exercised his pastoral ministry in the Franciscan parishes of
Niepokalanow and Lodz before transferring to Brazil as a missionary, where he
has served as formator of postulants and Superior of the "Jardim da Imaculada"
community in Luziania; national director of the Militia Immaculatae, parish
priest; rector of the Franciscan seminary in Brasilia, guardian of the convent
and secretary of the Custodian; provincial vicar and formator in Brasilia. He
is currently parish priest of the "Nossa Senhora de Fatima" parish in Jurua,
Brazil.

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