VATICAN CITY, MAY 31, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father's general prayer intention for June is: "That Christ - adored and celebrated in the Eucharist - may increasingly be welcomed and shared as Bread of life for the good of the world."
His missionary intention is: "That in China priests, religious men and women, and the laity may be animated by an apostolic and Catholic spirit."
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Wednesday, May 31, 2000
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, MAY 31, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- Archbishop Jose Carlos Melo C.M., auxiliary of Sao Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, as coadjutor archbishop of Maceio (area 8,545, population 1,680,220, Catholics 1,180,000, priests 92, permanent deacons 28, religious 269), Brazil.
- Fr. Fernando Antonio Saburido O.S.B., vicar general of Olinda and Recife (area 4,305, population 3,350,000, Catholics 3,119,000, priests 194, religious 784), Brazil, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Cabo, Brazil, in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1983.
- Fr. Milton Antonio dos Santos S.D.B., director of the 'Santa Teresinha' College at Sao Paulo, Brazil, as bishop of Corumba (area 62,890, population 101,887, Catholics 76,415, priests 11, religious 24), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born at Campos do Jordao, Brazil, in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1974.
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- Archbishop Jose Carlos Melo C.M., auxiliary of Sao Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, as coadjutor archbishop of Maceio (area 8,545, population 1,680,220, Catholics 1,180,000, priests 92, permanent deacons 28, religious 269), Brazil.
- Fr. Fernando Antonio Saburido O.S.B., vicar general of Olinda and Recife (area 4,305, population 3,350,000, Catholics 3,119,000, priests 194, religious 784), Brazil, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese. The bishop-elect was born in Cabo, Brazil, in 1947 and ordained a priest in 1983.
- Fr. Milton Antonio dos Santos S.D.B., director of the 'Santa Teresinha' College at Sao Paulo, Brazil, as bishop of Corumba (area 62,890, population 101,887, Catholics 76,415, priests 11, religious 24), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born at Campos do Jordao, Brazil, in 1946 and ordained a priest in 1974.
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CALENDAR OF JUBILEE EVENTS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE
VATICAN CITY, MAY 31, 2000 (VIS) - Following is the calendar of Jubilee events scheduled for the month of June:
- Thursday 1: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Jubilee of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples.
- Friday, 2: Papal Mass in St. Peter's Square for Jubilee of Migrants.
- Sunday 4: Seventh Sunday of Easter. Day of Social Communications and the Jubilee of Journalists. Cardinal Roger Etchegaray presides Mass at 10 a.m. in the Paul VI Hall for Journalists. Holy Father greets journalists after Mass.
- Thursday, 8: Evening concert in the Paul VI Hall with the Vienna Philharmonic.
- Saturday, 10: Vigil of Pentecost. Papal Mass at 6:30 p.m. in St. Peter's Square.
- Sunday 18: Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Celebration of the opening of the 47th International Eucharistic Congress in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
- Thursday 22: Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Massat 7 p.m. followed by Eucharistic procession from St. John Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica.
- Sunday 25: Closing of the International Eucharistic Congress. The Pope will preside at a "statio orbis" at 6:30 p.m. in St. Peter's Square to conclude the Eucharistic congress.
- Thursday 29: Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul. Celebration of Mass and the imposition of the Pallium on metropolitan archbishops in St. Peter's Basilica.
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- Thursday 1: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord. Jubilee of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples.
- Friday, 2: Papal Mass in St. Peter's Square for Jubilee of Migrants.
- Sunday 4: Seventh Sunday of Easter. Day of Social Communications and the Jubilee of Journalists. Cardinal Roger Etchegaray presides Mass at 10 a.m. in the Paul VI Hall for Journalists. Holy Father greets journalists after Mass.
- Thursday, 8: Evening concert in the Paul VI Hall with the Vienna Philharmonic.
- Saturday, 10: Vigil of Pentecost. Papal Mass at 6:30 p.m. in St. Peter's Square.
- Sunday 18: Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Celebration of the opening of the 47th International Eucharistic Congress in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.
- Thursday 22: Solemnity of Corpus Christi. Massat 7 p.m. followed by Eucharistic procession from St. John Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica.
- Sunday 25: Closing of the International Eucharistic Congress. The Pope will preside at a "statio orbis" at 6:30 p.m. in St. Peter's Square to conclude the Eucharistic congress.
- Thursday 29: Solemnity of the Apostles Peter and Paul. Celebration of Mass and the imposition of the Pallium on metropolitan archbishops in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2000
MEDIA MUST SERVE HUMAN PERSON AND HUMAN COMMUNITY
VATICAN CITY, MAY 30, 2000 (VIS) - Archbishop John Foley and Bishop Pierfranco Pastore, president and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, presented the newest council document this morning in the Holy See Press Office.
Archbishop Foley stated that "after the positive response to our 1997 document, 'Ethics in Advertising', which went well beyond our expectations, we received suggestions from throughout the world, asking us to broaden our reflections to include the entire field of communications. Today's document, 'Ethics in Communications', is the answer to that request."
"We wished to follow the much appreciated formula of the preceding document, first treating the positive aspects of communications which are useful for people, then those (aspects) which violate their good."
In his presentation, Archbishop Foley stressed three points made in the document: 1. "Communications should be by persons for the integral development of persons"; 2. "The good of persons cannot be realized apart from the common good of the communities to which they belong"; 3. "Decisions about media content and policy should not be left only to the market and to economic factors - profits - since these cannot be counted on to safeguard either the public interest as a whole or, especially, the legitimate interests of minorities."
Bishop Pastore indicated that, in preparing the document, it had been considered important "not to forget that the question of truth calls for everyone to participate in the search for that truth."
"We feel that our views coincide with those of many people if we affirm that manipulative possibilities, inherent in the power and sophistication of the instruments, together with an unscrupulous and substantially 'immoral' use of the communications media, render conditioning or even the destruction of individual liberty and democracy in general, a real possibility."
Finally, he highlighted that "when we reach the point of endangering these values or putting them in doubt, it is absolutely essential to make a more attentive ethical examination; we must insist on the fact that ethics are the heart of information and that all information without ethics can be immoral."
Archbishop Foley stated that "after the positive response to our 1997 document, 'Ethics in Advertising', which went well beyond our expectations, we received suggestions from throughout the world, asking us to broaden our reflections to include the entire field of communications. Today's document, 'Ethics in Communications', is the answer to that request."
"We wished to follow the much appreciated formula of the preceding document, first treating the positive aspects of communications which are useful for people, then those (aspects) which violate their good."
In his presentation, Archbishop Foley stressed three points made in the document: 1. "Communications should be by persons for the integral development of persons"; 2. "The good of persons cannot be realized apart from the common good of the communities to which they belong"; 3. "Decisions about media content and policy should not be left only to the market and to economic factors - profits - since these cannot be counted on to safeguard either the public interest as a whole or, especially, the legitimate interests of minorities."
Bishop Pastore indicated that, in preparing the document, it had been considered important "not to forget that the question of truth calls for everyone to participate in the search for that truth."
"We feel that our views coincide with those of many people if we affirm that manipulative possibilities, inherent in the power and sophistication of the instruments, together with an unscrupulous and substantially 'immoral' use of the communications media, render conditioning or even the destruction of individual liberty and democracy in general, a real possibility."
Finally, he highlighted that "when we reach the point of endangering these values or putting them in doubt, it is absolutely essential to make a more attentive ethical examination; we must insist on the fact that ethics are the heart of information and that all information without ethics can be immoral."
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JUNE 1-4: JUBILEE OF JOURNALISTS
VATICAN CITY, MAY 30, 2000 (VIS) - Among the Jubilee celebrations this coming week is the Jubilee of Journalists, which starts on Ascension Thursday, June 1, and concludes with an audience with Pope John Paul on Sunday, June 4, in the Paul VI Hall.
The afternoon of June 1, journalists will be welcomed by Archbishop John Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and by Theresa Ee-Chooi, president of the International Catholic Press Union. Following this they will be divided into smaller groups for guided tours of the Sistine Chapel. The day concludes with the usual 7:30 p.m. Jubilee evening prayer in St. Peter's Square.
On Friday morning, June 2 there will be a conference on "Truth and Witness," featuring Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos and Bishop Pierfranco Pastore. At 5 p.m. there will be a video-conference in worldwide linkup in the Paul VI Hall, in the presence of Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano, Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan and Bishop Diarmuid Martin.
At 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, journalists will process through the Holy Door at St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls where, at 10, there will be an ecumenical celebration of the Word, presided over by Cardinal Edward Cassidy. At 7:30 that evening in the basilica of St. Mary of the Angels, there will be an organ concert.
Prior to the June 4 audience with the Holy Father, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, president of the central Jubilee committee, will celebrate Mass for the journalists.
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