VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 136
DATE 20-07-2015

Summary:
- Francis recalls his recent trip to Latin America
- Other Pontifical Acts

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 Francis recalls his recent trip to Latin America
 Vatican City, 19 July 2015 (VIS) - Pope Francis, in today's Sunday Angelus,
commended the fruits of his recent apostolic trip in Latin America to the
Virgin
Mary, venerated in those lands as Our Lady of Guadalupe, and thanked the people
of Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay for their warm and affectionate welcome, and
for their enthusiasm.
 He also offered thanks to the authorities of the three countries for their
collaboration, and for all the clergy, from the bishops to men and women
religious, who accompanied him during his stay. "With these brothers and
sisters, I praised the Lord for the wonders that He has worked in the People of
God on their path in those lands, and for the faith that has inspired and
continues to inspire their life and culture. And we have also praised Him for
the natural beauty with which He enriched these lands. The Latin American
continent has great human and spiritual potential, and safeguards deeply rooted
Christian values, but also experiences serious social and economic problems. To
contribute to their solution, the Church is committed to mobilising the
spiritual and moral forces of her communities, collaborating with all members
of
society. Faced with the great challenges that announcing the Gospel entails, I
invited them to draw from Christ the Lord the grace that saves and gives
strength to the effort of Christian witness, and to further spread of the Word
of God, so that the strong religiosity of the people may always bear faithful
witness to the Gospel".
 The Pope had previously commented on the day's Gospel reading in which Jesus
takes the apostles to a secluded place to rest, but seeing that the multitudes
follow them, feels compassion for them and begins to impart His teachings.
Francis focused on the verbs that the evangelist uses: to see, to have
compassion, and to teach.
 "We can call them the verbs of the Pastor", he observed. "To see, to have
compassion, to teach. The first and the second, to see and to have compassion,
are always linked to Jesus' attitude: indeed, His outlook is not that of a
sociologist or a photojournalist, since He always sees with 'the eyes of the
heart'. These two verbs, to see and to have compassion, configure Jesus as the
Good Shepherd. But His compassion is not merely a human sentiment: it is the
emotion of the Messiah in whom God's tenderness is made flesh. And from this
compassion there emerges Jesus' desire to nourish the crowd with the bread of
His Word, that is, to teach the Word of God to the people. Jesus sees, Jesus
has
compassion, and Jesus teaches".
 "And I asked the Lord that the Spirit of Jesus, the Good Shepherd, this
Spirit,
might guide me during the apostolic trip I made in Latin America over the last
few days", added the Pope.

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 Other Pontifical Acts
 Vatican City, 20 July 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed Dr. Salvatore
Vecchio, formerly director of Human Resources at the Bambino Gesu Paedatric
Hospital, Rome, as director of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See.
 On Saturday 18 July, the Holy Father:
 - appointed Msgr. Claudio Cipolla as bishop of Padua (area 3,297, population
1,068,498, Catholics 1,004,088, priests 990, permanent deacons 49, religious
1976), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Goito, Italy in 1955 and was
ordained
a priest in 1980. He has served in a number of roles in the diocese of Mantua,
including parish vicar and director of diocesan Caritas. He is currently parish
priest, episcopal vicar for the pastoral sector, and member of the college of
consultors, the diocesan pastoral council and the commission for the continuing
formation of the clergy. He is a "ratione officii" member of the episcopal
council and the presbyteral council, and was named Chaplain of His Holiness in
2011. He succeeds bishop Antonio Mattiazzo, whose resignation from the pastoral
care of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy
Father.
 - appointed Fr. Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D., as bishop of Jhabua (area 21,366,
population 5,812,071, Catholics 38,726, priests 68, religious 236), India. The
bishop-elect was born in Panchjui, India in 1956, gave his solemn vows in 1985,
and was ordained a priest in 1986. He holds a bachelor's degree from the
University of Indore, India, and has served in an number of roles, including
parish vicar in a number of parishes in the dioceses of Baroda, Indore and
Jhabua and rector of the St. Thomas Seminary in Indore. He is currently parish
priest and member of the Provincial Council of the Verbite Fathers in the
Central Indian Province.
 - appointed Fr. Corrado Melis as bishop of Ozieri (area 2,288, population
54,600, Catholics 54,200, priests 48, religious 54), Italy. The bishop elect
was
born in Sardara, Italy in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1988. He holds a
licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia in
Cagliari, and has served in a number of pastoral roles in the diocese of
Ales-Terralba, including parish vicar, vice rector of the diocesan seminary in
Villacidro, director of the diocesan catechistic office, chaplain, parish
administrator, and parish priest. He is currently parish priest of Santa
Barbara
in Villacidro, episcopal vicar for evangelisation and education, director of
the
diocesan office for family pastoral ministry, and director of the pastoral
ministry of ecumenism. He is also a member of the college of consultors and the
diocesan council for economic affairs.
 - elevated Fr. Natale Paganelli, S.X., apostolic administrator of Makeni,
Sierra Leone, to the dignity of bishop. The bishop-elect was born in Grignano
di
Brembate, Italy in 1956, gave his religious vows in 1979, and was ordained a
priest in 1980.
 - appointed Bishop Henry Akuna of Makeni, Sierra Leone, as auxiliary of the
diocese of Kenema, (area 15,710, population 1,481,000, Catholics 87,000,
priests
19, religious 32), Sierra Leone.

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