VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 079
DATE 28-04-2015

Summary:
- The Pope greets UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon at the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences
- "Cor Unum" to send 100,000 dollars to earthquake-stricken Nepal
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts

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 The Pope greets UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon at the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences
 Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - Shortly after 9 a.m. this morning in the
Casina Pio IV, seat of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Holy Father
briefly met with the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon, present at
the Academy for the subsequent opening presentation of the international
workshop "Protect the Earth, dignify humanity. The moral dimensions of climate
change and sustainable development".
 During the private audience the secretary of the United Nations, as he
explained in the following press conference, expressed to the Pope his
gratitude
for having agreed to address the Assembly of the United Nations this coming 25
September and remarked that he was looking forward to the Holy Father's
discourse on the occasion and to his forthcoming encyclical. He also
illustrated
various aspects of the United Nations' current commitment not only to
environmental issues, but also to migrants and the dramatic humanitarian
situations in the areas of the world affected by conflicts.

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 "Cor Unum" to send 100,000 dollars to earthquake-stricken Nepal
 Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - Following the earthquake that struck the
territory of Nepal with extraordinary vehemence last weekend, the Pontifical
Council "Cor Unum" has undertaken to send a first contribution of 100 thousand
dollars for aid to the population on behalf of the Holy Father.
 This sum, which will be sent to the local Church, will be used to support aid
operations for the displaced and other affected persons, and is intended as a
first and immediate concrete expression of Pope Francis' "spiritual closeness
and paternal encouragement" towards those afflicted, as he assured during the
Regina Coeli of Sunday 26 April. Episcopal conferences and Catholic charitable
entities are already extensively involved in humanitarian works.
 According to the data currently available but not yet definitive, there have
been more than 4,300 victims so far and approximately 7 million affected in 34
districts of Nepal, a million homeless, and around 2 million children in need
of
assistance. Numerous villages are isolated and aid has not yet reached them.
The
government has estimated that roughly 400 thousand buildings have been
destroyed.

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 Audiences
 Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in private
audience Rafael Correa Delgado, president of the Republic of Ecuador, and
entourage.

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 Other Pontifical Acts
 Vatican City, 28 April 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:
 - Rev. Fr. Edward Mapunda as bishop of Singida (area 49,341, population
1,500,000, Catholics 238,307, priests 67, religious 437), Tanzania. The
bishop-elect was born in Mango, Tanzania in 1964, and was ordained a priest in
1997. He holds a Master's degree in education from the University of
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and has served as formator and subsequently vice-rector
of the minor seminary of Singida. He is currently bursar and diocesan delegate
for health.
 - Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the
Apostolic
Signatura, as president of the Commission for Lawyers.

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