VATICAN CITY, MAY 16, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Maurizio Faggioni O.F.M. as counsellor of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
NA/.../FAGGIONI VIS 20070516 (30
NA/.../FAGGIONI VIS 20070516 (30
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
SIXTEENTH "FEAST OF PEOPLES" TO BE HELD IN ROME
VATICAN CITY, MAY 16, 2007 (VIS) - The 16th "Feast of Peoples" will be held in the square of St. John Lateran in Rome on Sunday, May 20. The initiative has been organized by the Scalabrinian Missionary Fathers in collaboration with Caritas and with the Vicariate of Rome's office for immigrants.
With the theme chosen for this year's event - "a home far from home" - the organizers wish to explore the level of acceptance and integration of immigrants in the city community, at the same time recalling the image of the Church as an open and welcoming home beyond all limits and frontiers. The initiative also has the support of the Rome city and provincial authorities.
According to a communique published by the Vicariate of Rome, the day will begin at 9 a.m. with the opening of stalls run by various communities and a series of shows for children. At 10 a.m. a roundtable meeting will be held on the theme "the participation of foreigners in the economic, political, social and cultural life of the city."
At midday in the basilica of St. John Lateran Msgr. Mauro Parmeggiani, secretary general of the Vicariate, will celebrate a Mass during which 30 of the ethnic communities present in Rome will animate the liturgy. At 1.30 p.m. there will be a tasting of 23 typical dishes and, beginning at 3 p.m., folkloric demonstrations including 20 dance shows.
"Ethnic communities and groups from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America," says the communique, "will be the active participants in a day of encounter and celebration." The day came into being "at the initiative of the Scalabrinian Fathers on May 3, 1992, with the aim of creating a space for dialogue between the cultures and traditions of different peoples, and sensitizing institutions, ecclesial bodies and all citizens to the issue of immigration."
.../FEAST OF PEOPLES/VICARIATE:ROME VIS 20070516 (320)
With the theme chosen for this year's event - "a home far from home" - the organizers wish to explore the level of acceptance and integration of immigrants in the city community, at the same time recalling the image of the Church as an open and welcoming home beyond all limits and frontiers. The initiative also has the support of the Rome city and provincial authorities.
According to a communique published by the Vicariate of Rome, the day will begin at 9 a.m. with the opening of stalls run by various communities and a series of shows for children. At 10 a.m. a roundtable meeting will be held on the theme "the participation of foreigners in the economic, political, social and cultural life of the city."
At midday in the basilica of St. John Lateran Msgr. Mauro Parmeggiani, secretary general of the Vicariate, will celebrate a Mass during which 30 of the ethnic communities present in Rome will animate the liturgy. At 1.30 p.m. there will be a tasting of 23 typical dishes and, beginning at 3 p.m., folkloric demonstrations including 20 dance shows.
"Ethnic communities and groups from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America," says the communique, "will be the active participants in a day of encounter and celebration." The day came into being "at the initiative of the Scalabrinian Fathers on May 3, 1992, with the aim of creating a space for dialogue between the cultures and traditions of different peoples, and sensitizing institutions, ecclesial bodies and all citizens to the issue of immigration."
.../FEAST OF PEOPLES/VICARIATE:ROME VIS 20070516 (320)
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, MAY 15, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of military ordinary for Argentina, presented by Bishop Antonio Juan Baseotto C.SS.R., upon having reached the age limit.
RE/.../BASEOTTO VIS 20070515 (40)
RE/.../BASEOTTO VIS 20070515 (40)
SAFEGUARDING EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE
VATICAN CITY, MAY 15, 2007 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. has sent a message in the Pope's name to more than 250 Christian movements and communities which, on Saturday May 12, celebrated the event "Together for Europe 2007" in the German city of Stuttgart.
In the message, published in German, English, French and Italian, the cardinal points out how the current initiative "has come to life through the good ecumenical intuition of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican groups," seeking "to underline the need to re-affirm together faithfulness to the Gospel in a Europe that risks losing its original values and giving up on its Christian roots.
"The words of the Venerable Pope John Paul II," Cardinal Bertone adds, "seem to be more relevant than ever: 'I would like to mention in a particular way the loss of Europe's Christian memory and heritage, accompanied by a kind of practical agnosticism and religious indifference whereby many Europeans give the impression of living without spiritual roots and somewhat like heirs who have squandered a patrimony entrusted to them by history.'
"Pope Benedict XVI echoes this consideration. From the beginning of his pontificate he has never missed an opportunity to recall the importance of safeguarding the Christian inheritance, the particular richness of the European continent.
"The appeal not to lose our roots is like a repeated invitation to work concretely so that believers in Christ of different confessions may unite their efforts in the service of such a timely and relevant cause. It is a matter of defending a human and spiritual heritage that is vital for the authentic development of Europe."
Benedict XVI's wish, the text goes on, is "that the meeting 'Together for Europe' may strengthen the desire for communion that animates lay movements and communities of the different Churches; that it may contribute to overcoming prejudices, nationalism and historical barriers, and may urge people to work so that the spiritual dimension may not weaken in the Europe of post-modern times.
"All human efforts would amount to nothing," the message concludes, "were we to be separated from divine support, because 'unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build'."
SS/EUROPEAN HERITAGE/BERTONE VIS 20070515 (370)
In the message, published in German, English, French and Italian, the cardinal points out how the current initiative "has come to life through the good ecumenical intuition of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican groups," seeking "to underline the need to re-affirm together faithfulness to the Gospel in a Europe that risks losing its original values and giving up on its Christian roots.
"The words of the Venerable Pope John Paul II," Cardinal Bertone adds, "seem to be more relevant than ever: 'I would like to mention in a particular way the loss of Europe's Christian memory and heritage, accompanied by a kind of practical agnosticism and religious indifference whereby many Europeans give the impression of living without spiritual roots and somewhat like heirs who have squandered a patrimony entrusted to them by history.'
"Pope Benedict XVI echoes this consideration. From the beginning of his pontificate he has never missed an opportunity to recall the importance of safeguarding the Christian inheritance, the particular richness of the European continent.
"The appeal not to lose our roots is like a repeated invitation to work concretely so that believers in Christ of different confessions may unite their efforts in the service of such a timely and relevant cause. It is a matter of defending a human and spiritual heritage that is vital for the authentic development of Europe."
Benedict XVI's wish, the text goes on, is "that the meeting 'Together for Europe' may strengthen the desire for communion that animates lay movements and communities of the different Churches; that it may contribute to overcoming prejudices, nationalism and historical barriers, and may urge people to work so that the spiritual dimension may not weaken in the Europe of post-modern times.
"All human efforts would amount to nothing," the message concludes, "were we to be separated from divine support, because 'unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build'."
SS/EUROPEAN HERITAGE/BERTONE VIS 20070515 (370)
Monday, May 14, 2007
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, MAY 14, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast S.J. of Halifax, Canada, as metropolitan archbishop of Ottawa (area 5,818, population 859,000, Catholics 410,635, priests 239, permanent deacons 67, religious 867), Canada. He succeeds Archbishop Marcel Andre J. Gervais, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
NER/.../PRENDERGAST:GERVAIS VIS 20070514 (70)
NER/.../PRENDERGAST:GERVAIS VIS 20070514 (70)
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