VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 101
DATE 01-06-2015

Summary:
- The Pope continues his visits to the Roman Curia
- Angelus: the Trinity is the final objective of our earthly pilgrimage
- Programme of the Holy Father's visit to Turin
- What science, for what life?
- Francis receives the passengers of the "Children's Train"
- The Pope receives a group of sick children: "You are life's heroes"
- Fr. Lombardi issues clarification on Cardinal George Pell
- Audiences
- Other Pontifical Acts

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 The Pope continues his visits to the Roman Curia
 Vatican City, 1 June 2015 (VIS) - This morning the Holy Father visited the
dicasteries of the Roman Curia located in Piazza Pio XII, no. 10.

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 Angelus: the Trinity is the final objective of our earthly pilgrimage
 Vatican City, 31 May 2015 (VIS) - During the Holy Trinity Sunday Angelus, Pope
Francis explained to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square that "the
Trinity is ... the mystery of the love of the living God. ... Jesus revealed
this
mystery to us. And when, resurrected, he sent the disciples to evangelise the
people, he told them to baptise them 'in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit'".
 "Therefore, today's liturgical solemnity, while it makes us contemplate the
wonderful mystery from which we come and to which we are going, also makes us
renew our mission to live in communion with God and to live in communion with
each other, based on the model of divine communion. We are required to live not
without others, or above and against others, but with others, for others, and
in
others. This means welcoming and bearing witness to the beauty of the Gospel
together. ... In a word" added Francis, "we have been entrusted the task of
building up the ecclesial community so that it is increasingly a family, able
to
reflect the splendour of the Trinity and to evangelise not only through words,
but also with the strength of God's love that abides in us".
 The Trinity is also "the final objective of our earthly pilgrimage. ...
Therefore, we seek to maintain the 'high tone' of our life, recalling the
reason
and the glory for which we exist, work, struggle and suffer; and the immense
reward to which we are called". The mystery of the Trinity "embraces all of our
life and all our Christian being. We remember it, for example, every time we
make the sign of the Cross: in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit", said the Holy Father, inviting the thousands of faithful present
in St. Peter's Square to make the sign of the Cross with him.
 Then, on the final day of the month of May, he commended all those present to
the Virgin Mary. "May She, who more than any other creature ... knew the
mystery
of the Most Holy Trinity, take us by the hand and guide us. ... Let us also ask
Her to help the Church, so that she might be a mystery of communion, a
hospitable community where every person, especially the poor and marginalised,
may find welcome and feel like a daughter of God, wanted and loved".
 After the Marian prayer, the Pope mentioned that today in Bayonne, France, the
priest Louis-Edouard Cestac, co-founder of the Servants of Mary, was declared
blessed. "His witness of love for God and neighbour inspires the Church to live
the Gospel of charity with joy".
 Finally, he invited all those who meet in Rome on 4 June, festivity of Corpus
Christi, to attend the Mass to be celebrated in the Basilica of St. John
Lateran
and to participate in the procession to the Basilica of St. Mary Major, "a
solemn public act of faith and love for Jesus-Eucharist, present in the midst
of
His people".
 "Before coming to an end, let us once more make the sign of the Cross, saying
aloud, as one, 'In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit'",
recalling the mystery of the Holy Trinity", he concluded.

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 Programme of the Holy Father's visit to Turin
 Vatican City, 1 June 2015 (VIS) - The programme of the Holy Father's pastoral
visit to Turin, Italy on 21 and 22 June, on the occasion of the extraordinary
exposition of the Turin Shroud, was published today.
 The Pope will leave by air from Rome's Ciampino airport at 6.30 a.m. on Sunday
21 June, arriving in Turin's Caselle airport an hour later. Upon arrival, he
will be greeted by the Archbishop of Turin, Cesare Nosiglia, Sergio
Chiamparino,
president of the Piedmont region, Paola Basilone, prefect of Turin, and Piero
Fassino, mayor of the city. He will transfer by car to Piazzetta Reale, where
he
will address representatives of the world of work.
 At 9.15 a.m. the Holy Father will then enter the Cathedral on foot, where he
will pray before the Holy Shroud and visit the altar of Blessed Pier Giorgio
Frassati, in the presence of the cloistered nuns and priests residing in clergy
houses in the diocese, the Chapter of canons, the Commission for the Holy
Shroud, relatives of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Cardinal Severino Poletto,
archbishop emeritus of Turin, and the bishops of the episcopal conference of
Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta.
 He will then transfer to Piazza Vittorio where he will concelebrate Holy Mass,
pronounce a homily and pray the Angelus. Following the celebration he will
proceed to the archbishop's residence by car, where he will lunch with
detainees
from the "Ferrante Aporti" detention centre for minors, some immigrants and a
Rom family. This will be followed by a visit to the Shrine of the Consolata
where he will pray privately with the priests of the community.
 At 3 p.m. he will meet with the Salesians and the Daughters of Mary Help of
Christians in the basilica of the same name. He will then travel by car to the
church of Cottolengo, where he will address the sick and disabled faithful. At
5.30 p.m. he will return to Piazza Vittorio to meet with young people, and will
retire to the archbishop's residence where he will spend the night.
 On Monday 22 at 9 a.m. Francis will visit the Waldensian Temple where he will
be received by the pastors and the president of the consistory of the
Evangelical Waldensian Church, and will give an address. At 10.15 he will
attend
a strictly private meeting with some members of his family (the Pope's family
originates from the Italian region of Piedmont) in the archbishop's residence,
for whom he will celebrate Mass, and with whom he will lunch.
 Before leaving the archbishop's residence, the Pope will meet the members of
the Committee for the Exposition of the Shroud and the organisers of the event.
At 5 p.m. He will leave for Caselle airport, and will be greeted on the way by
the young people of "Estate Ragazzi". Half an hour later he will depart by air
for Rome, where he is expected to arrive at 6.30 p.m.

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 What science, for what life?
 Vatican City, 30 May 2015 (VIS) - This morning in the Sala Clementina Pope
Francis received in audience the participants in the conference "What science
for what life?", which concluded yesterday in Rome.
 "Your service in favour of the human person is important and encouraging",
remarked the Holy Father. "Indeed, protection of life represents a fundamental
task, especially in a society afflicted by the negative throwaway logic. ... To
protect the person, you place two essential actions at the centre: reaching out
to encounter, and encountering to support".
 "Christ's love drives us to become servants of the youngest and the elderly,
of
every man and woman, for whom the primordial right to life must be recognised
and protected", he continued. "The existence of the human person, to whom you
dedicate your care, is also your constitutive principle; it is life in its
unfathomable depth that is at the origin of and accompanies all scientific
progress; it is the miracle of life that always challenges any form of
scientific presumption, restoring primacy to wonder and beauty. ... We reassert

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