 VATICAN : FAIRY TALE GARDENS OF CASTELGANDOLFO AND OTHER NEWS CATHOLIC MOVIES - WATCH ST. JOHN BOSCO- PART 11 EUROPE : POLAND : PRAYER VIGIL FOR EVANGELIZATION OF THE WORLD ASIA : PHILIPPINES : CATHOLIC GROUPS HELPING TYPHOON VICTIMS AFRICA : SOUTH SUDAN : VIOLENCE CONTINUES TODAY'S MASS ONLINE : THURS. DEC. 6, 2012 TODAY'S SAINT: DEC. 6: ST. NICHOLAS (Vatican Radio IMAGE/SHARE) HOLY SEE AND GERMANY REFLECT UPON THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Vatican City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck, who subsequently went on to meet with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., accompanied by Msgr. Ettore Balastrero, under secretary for Relations with States. The discussions highlighted the cordial nature of bilateral relations; attention was given to the Christian view of the person, as well as to the challenges currently posed by globalisation and the secularisation of society. This was followed by a fruitful exchange of opinions on the international situation and the current economic crisis, especially in relation to its consequences in Europe, and the contribution that the Catholic Church may offer. |
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GARDENS OF CASTELGANDOLFO INSPIRE A FAIRY TALE Vatican City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - On 11 December at the "Augustinianum" Patristic Institute the Vatican Publishing House will present a book by the Russian artist Natalia Tsarkova, "Il mistero di un piccolo stagno" ("The mystery of a little pond"). Msgr. Georg Ganswein, personal secretary to the Holy Father Benedict XVI, Professor Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, Saverio Petrillo, director of the Pontifical Villas at Castelgandolfo, and Fr. Giuseppe Costa S.D.B., director of the Vatican Publishing House, will participate in the presentation. The author is the official portrait artist to the pontiff, and her book was inspired by a visit to the gardens of the apostolic palace at Castelgandolfo. According to a communique from the Vatican Publishing House, it is "a fairy tale which offers a message of love, faith and hope, especially to children". In "Il mistero del piccolo stagno" is the author's first work in which she communicates using words as well as images. |
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Vatican City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience: - Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain. - Archbishop Diego Causero, apostolic nuncio in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. |
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PONTIFICAL ACTS Vatican City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed: - Fr. Rudolf Voderholzer of the clergy of Munich and Freising, Germany, as bishop of Regensburg (area 12,081, population 3,588,232, Catholics 1,772,434, priests 1,244, permanent deacons 243, religious 2,878), Germany. The bishop-elect was born in Munich, Germany in 1959 and ordained a priest in 1987. He obtained his doctorate in dogmatic theology from the University of Munich in 1997, and in 2004 became president of the Department of Faith and Science of Religions and Philosophy of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Since 2005 he has been professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Trier, Germany, and since 2008, director of the "Pope Benedict XVI" Institute at Regensburg. - Bishop Murray Chatlain of Mackenzie-Fort Smith as archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas (area 430,000, population 123,900, Catholics 46,490, priests 14, religious 18), Canada, and as apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Mackenzie Fort-Smith. |
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MEMORIAM Vatican City, 6 December 2012 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks: - Bishop Pedro N. Bantigue, emeritus of San Pablo, Philippines on 20 November at the age of 92. - Bishop Jose Song Sui-Wan S.D.B., emeritus of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil on 13 November at the age of 71. |
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EUROPE : POLAND : PRAYER VIGIL FOR EVANGELIZATION OF THE WORLD
Agenzia Fides REPORT- About 500 people
attended the vigil of prayer at the Shrine of Jasna Góra, in Poland, for the
evangelization of the world (see Fides 30/11/2012), which was held on December
1. Thousands of people, including the sick, were able to join in this prayer
through radio and television.
According to information sent to Fides Agency, during the appeal of Jasna Góra, Mgr. Tomas Atlas, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland, in response to the Holy Father's request for an intense prayer for the mission during the Year of Faith, prayed in order to obtain renewed zeal and a greater commitment in the Christian proclamation of the Good News in the contemporary world. He also underlined the need to support, materially and spiritually, our brothers and sisters in mission countries, so that they can get to know Jesus Christ, strengthen their faith and develop a local Church.
His Exc. Mgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for the Health Pastoral Care, presided at the midnight Mass. In his homily he stressed the value of suffering in the life of the Church, especially for missionary service: "I was happy to learn that the sick and disabled were invited to participate in the vigil." He also noted that they constitute a particularly creative missionary activity of the Church.
The prayer for the evangelization of the world was accompanied by the testimonies of missionaries from different continents. The Vigil ended with the solemn act of entrustment of the missionary work of the Church to Our Lady of Jasna Góra. The Prayer Vigil in Jasna Gora, organized by the Pontifical Missionary Union on the occasion of the feast of St. Francis Xavier, started 22 years ago. For the first time group members of the Living Rosary and the sick participated in this year's event. (SL)
According to information sent to Fides Agency, during the appeal of Jasna Góra, Mgr. Tomas Atlas, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland, in response to the Holy Father's request for an intense prayer for the mission during the Year of Faith, prayed in order to obtain renewed zeal and a greater commitment in the Christian proclamation of the Good News in the contemporary world. He also underlined the need to support, materially and spiritually, our brothers and sisters in mission countries, so that they can get to know Jesus Christ, strengthen their faith and develop a local Church.
His Exc. Mgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for the Health Pastoral Care, presided at the midnight Mass. In his homily he stressed the value of suffering in the life of the Church, especially for missionary service: "I was happy to learn that the sick and disabled were invited to participate in the vigil." He also noted that they constitute a particularly creative missionary activity of the Church.
The prayer for the evangelization of the world was accompanied by the testimonies of missionaries from different continents. The Vigil ended with the solemn act of entrustment of the missionary work of the Church to Our Lady of Jasna Góra. The Prayer Vigil in Jasna Gora, organized by the Pontifical Missionary Union on the occasion of the feast of St. Francis Xavier, started 22 years ago. For the first time group members of the Living Rosary and the sick participated in this year's event. (SL)
ASIA : PHILIPPINES : CATHOLIC GROUPS HELPING TYPHOON VICTIMS
UCAN REPORT
More than
200,000 people affected by Typhoon Bopha
Rescuers carry a rubber boat on their way to help
stranded residents in a village in Cagayan de Oro City
Five teams from the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) have gone to Mindanao to
assess damage caused by Typhoon Bopha, which left at least 325 people dead and
hundreds more missing as of today.
Rescuers continue to struggle to reach areas cut off by floods and
mudslides brought about by heavy rains in the wake of the typhoon.
CRS will prioritize the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental,
which were among the areas worst hit by the disaster, the relief agency said in
a statement.
"There is no electricity and poor communications in those provinces, and
while some families have taken shelter in evacuation centers, others are
sleeping outside," the organization said in an update today.
"Hardest hit were the coastal, farming and mining towns in the southern
region of Mindanao, where Bopha caused severe flash flooding and landslides.
Raging waters and mud from the mountains swept through school buildings, covered
courts, town halls and health centers," it said.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the
typhoon affected 231,630 people in 513 villages in 25 provinces. Of these,
179,169 people have sought shelter in 417 evacuation centers.
The government has already called for donations for victims.
"Filipino solidarity is at its most potent amidst testing times. We call on
our countrymen to give generously for the relief and well-being of our brethren
in the Visayas and Mindanao," a statement from the presidential palace
said.
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AFRICA : SOUTH SUDAN : VIOLENCE CONTINUES
Agenzia Fides REPORT- For more than a year
there has been humanitarian emergency in South Sudan. War, epidemics,
malnutrition are some of the scourges that the population faces every day. In
July, an epidemiological survey conducted by the organization Doctors Without
Borders (DWB) in the refugee camps near the border with Sudan, had highlighted a
mortality rate twice the emergency threshold. Every day 5 children died. Today
violence in Jonglei State also affect DWB structures impeding access to health
care assistance to an already vulnerable population. In the report "South Sudan,
a forgotten crisis. Violence against civilians is devastating communities and
preventing access to life-saving treatment in Jonglei, " recently published, DWB
operators highlight the devastating impact of violence on the lives and health
of civilians in the State. Among the victims there are many women and children.
Other clashes between a group of militia and south Sudanese armed forces have
increased violence and caused a mass exodus during the peak of the malaria
season. More than 50% of gunshot wounds treated by DWB after an attack in
January 2012 had been inflicted on women and children. Entire communities have
fled to save their lives in the woods. Without shelter, food or drinking water,
they are vulnerable to malaria, pneumonia, malnutrition and diarrhea. (AP)
TODAY'S MASS ONLINE : THURS. DEC. 6, 2012
Matthew 7: 21, 24 - 27 | |
| 21 | "Not every one who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. |
| 24 | "Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; |
| 25 | and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. |
| 26 | And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; |
| 27 | and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it." |
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