Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – The
Holy See Press Office has declared that the prayer meeting for peace,
to which the Holy Father invited the presidents of Israel, Shimon
Peres, and Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, will take place in the Vatican
on the afternoon of Sunday 8 June. Both parties have agreed to this
date.
Friday, May 30, 2014
THE POPE JOINS IN THE CHARISMATIC CONVENTION AT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM
Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) –
Next Sunday afternoon, the Holy Father will participate in a
charismatic convention at the Olympic Stadium of Rome, which will
take place from 1-2 June with the theme “Convert! Believe! Receive
the Holy Spirit!”. Francis will arrive at the stadium at 5 p.m. and
will enjoy the event from a box in the VIP area. It will be the first
ever papal visit to a stadium in the Italian capital. This
celebration of faith, organised by Renewal in the Spirit, will be
attended by representatives of more than fifty countries, and an
influx of more than 52,000 people is expected. During the encounter,
which will involve moments of prayer, music and dance, the Holy
Father will give an address.
PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE
Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) –
Pope Francis' universal prayer intention for June is: “That the
unemployed may receive support and find the work they need to live in
dignity”.
His intention for evangelisation is:
“That Europe may rediscover its Christian roots through the witness
of believers”.
CONSISTORY FOR THE CAUSES OF CANONISATION
Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – On
Thursday, 12 June, in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace,
during the celebration of Terce, an ordinary public consistory will
be held for the canonisation of the following Blesseds:
- Giovanni Antonio Farina, bishop of
Vicenza, Italy, and founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Saint
Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts.
- Kuriakose Elias Chavara of the Holy
Family, Indian priest and founder of the Congregation of the
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.
- Ludovico de Casoria, Italian
professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the
Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth (“Bigie”).
- Nicola da Longobardi, Italian
professed oblate of the Order of Minims.
- Eufrasia Eluvathingal of the Sacred
Heart, Indian professed religious of the Congregation of the Mother
of Carmel.
- Amato Ronconi, Italian layperson of
the Third Order of St. Francis, founder of the founder of the
Hospital-Hospice for Poor Pilgrims of Saludecio, now the Beato Amato
Ronconi Nursing Home.
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) –
Today, the Holy Father received in audience:
- Professor Rolf Heuer, director
general of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).
- Sixteen prelates of the Mexican
Episcopal Conference on their “ad limina” visit:
Archbishop Constancio Miranda Weckmann
of Chihuahua;
Bishop Juan Guillermo Lopez Soto of
Cuauhtemoc-Madera;
Archbishop Hector Gonzalez Martinez of
Durango, with his auxiliary, Bishop Enrique Sanchez Martinez;
Bishop Jose Guadalupe Torres Campos of
Gomez Palacio;
Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras of
Mazatlan;
Bishop Jose Guadalupe Galvan Galindo of
Torreon;
Bishop Jonas Guerrero Corona of
Culiacan;
Bishop Jose Benjamin Castillo Plasencia
of Celaya;
Bishop Francisco Moreno Barron of
Tlaxcala;
Bishop Lucas Martinez Lara of
Matehuala;
Archbishop Rafael Romo Munoz of
Tijuana;
Bishop Rafael Valdez Torres of
Ensenada;
Bishop Miguel Angel Alba Diaz of La Paz
en la Baja California Sur;
Bishop Jose Isidro Guerrero Macias of
Mexicali;
Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza of
Huejutla.
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 30 May 2014 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has:
- appointed Fr. Stephan Burger as
archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, (area 16,229, population
4,735,970, Catholics 1,953,041, priests 1,007, permanent deacons 246,
religious 1,684), Germany. The bishop-elect was born in Freiburg im
Breisgau, Germany in 1962 and was ordained a priest in 1990. He
studied theology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and
obtained a licentiate in canon law from the University of Munster. He
has served in the following roles: deputy priest in the parishes of
St. Martin at Tauberbischofsheim and St. Franziskus at Pforzheim;
parish administrator and subsequently priest of the parish of St.
Mauritius at St. Leon-Rot; promoter of justice and subsequently
judicial vicar at the tribunal of the archdiocese of Freiburg im
Breisgau; and canon of the cathedral chapter.
- appointed Fr. Jonas Benson Okoye as
auxiliary of the diocese of Awka (area 1,551, population 1,645,044,
Catholics 818,792, priests 337, religious 165), Nigeria. The
bishop-elect was born in Kaduna, Nigeria in 1963 and was ordained a
priest in 1992. He studied theology and canon law at the Catholic
Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, and holds a licentiate in
canon law from St. Paul's University, Ottawa, Canada and a doctorate
in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. He has
served in a number of pastoral roles, including vicar of St. John's
Parish, Ezinfite; priest of St. Peter's Parish, Oko; defender of the
bond at the ecclesiastical tribunal of Awka; priest of St. John's
Parish, Neni and deputy judicial vicar of the diocese of Awka; and
priest of the Immaculate Conception Heart Parish, Ekwulobia. He is
currently priest of the parish of St. Matthew, Amawbia, judicial
vicar of the diocese of Awka, judge of the interdiocesan
ecclesiastical tribunal of Onitsha, and president of the Nigerian
Society of Canon Law.
- appointed Msgr. Paolo Giulietti as
auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Perugia-Città della
Pieve (area 1,900, population 286,645, Catholics 256,000, priests
195, religious 427), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Perugia,
Italy in 1964 and was ordained a priest in 1991. He studied at the
Theological Institute of Assisi and the Pontifical Salesian
University, where he obtained a licentiate in theology, youth
pastoral and catechetics. He has served in a number of pastoral
roles, including: vicar in the parish of San Sisto in Perugia,
spiritual assistant of the Confraternity of St. Jacopo of Compostela;
director of the National Office of Youth Pastoral of the Italian
Episcopal Conference; and priest of the parish of St. Bartholomew the
Apostle in Ponte San Giovanni. He is currently vicar general of the
archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve. He is also moderator of
the Curia, canon of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Perugia, and
regional head of itineraries of faith. He was named Chaplain of His
Holiness in 2005.
On Thursday, 29 May the Holy Father:
- confirmed the erection of the eparchy
of St. Basil the Great of Bucharest of the Romanians, Romania, with
territory from the current archieparchy of Fagaras and Alba Iulia of
the Romanians.
- confirmed the transfer of Bishop
Mihai Catalin Fratila from the office of auxiliary of and
protosyncellus of Fagaras and Alba Iulia of the Romanians to the new
eparchy of St. Basil the Great of Bucharest of the Romanians,
Romania.
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