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BY rob1 Audiences Saturday, Dec. 12: • Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Tuesday, Dec. 15: • Delegation of the Croatian bishops’ conference and of the Republic of Croatia in order to sign an accord with the Holy See. • Archbishop Beniamino Stella, apostolic nuncio to Cuba. • Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Prime Minister of the Ukraine, with his wife and entourage. • Camillo Cardinal Ruini, vicar general for the diocese of Rome, with clergy caring for the universities in the diocese of Rome. Thursday, Dec. 18: • Bishop Javier Echevarria Rodriguez, Opus Dei prelate. • Lech Walesa, accompanied by his wife and entourage. • Archbishop Jorge Maria Mejia, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church. • Paul Cardinal Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture. Other Activities Saturday, Dec. 12: • Appointed Archbishop Paul Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, as member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Wednesday, Dec. 16: • Appointed Fr. Brian Farrell LC, official at the Secretariat of State, as head official of the Section for General Affairs. The Pope's Prayer Intentions for January General: That during this year dedicated to God the Father believers learn to open confidently their hearts to God as children confide in their father and mother. Mission: That men and women, all over the world, open their hearts to God the Father and become more united among themselves. http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/vatican_media_watch43/

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BY rob1 Audiences Monday, Nov. 23: • Two prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands on their ad limina visit. • Jan Cardinal Schotte, secretary general, Synod of Bishops with prelates from Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, Guam, and Papua New Guinea participating in the synod for Oceania. Tuesday, Nov. 24: • Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, accompanied by his entourage. • Prelates from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, participating in the special assembly for Oceania of the Synod of Bishops. Wednesday, Nov. 25: • Prelates from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands participating in the special assembly for Oceania of the Synod of Bishops. Thursday, Nov. 26: • Three prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on their ad limina visit. • Edmund Cardinal Szoka, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State. • Prelates from Fiji, Kiribati, Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Somoa, American Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Toketau Islands, participating in the Special Assembly for Oceania of the Synod of Bishops. Friday, Nov. 27: • Four prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. • Prelates from French Polynesia, Wallis Islands, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Vanuatu, Tuvalu Fiji, and New Caledonia, participating in the Special Assembly for Oceania of the Synod of Bishops. Other Activities Monday Nov. 23: • Erected the ecclesiastical province of Coro, Venezuela, raising the diocese of the same name to metropolitan Church, and appointed Bishop Roberto Luckert Leon of Coro as metropolitan archbishop of the new province. Tuesday, Nov. 24: • Appointed Fr. Pierre Tran Dinh Tu, of bishop of Phu Cuong, Vietnam. Thursday. Nov. 26: • Appointed Professor Carl Anderson, vice president of the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family at the branch in the United States of America, as member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/vatican_media_watch43/

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BY rob1 AUDIENCES Saturday Nov. 7: Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Monday, Nov. 9: Jorge Arturo Cardinal Medina Estevez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. Tuesday, Nov. 10: Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature. Wednesday, Nov. 11: Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, secretary of the same council. Thursday, Nov. 12: Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop of Montreal, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Canada, accompanied by Bishop Gerald Wiesner of Prince George, vice-president, and secretaries Fr. Emilius Goulet PSS, and Msgr. Peter Scholnenbach PH Friday, Nov. 13: Carlos Saul Menem, president of the Republic of Argentina, accompanied by his entourage. Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. OTHER ACTIVITIES Monday, Nov. 9: Approved the election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, as vice-dean of the College of Cardinals. The election was held by the cardinals of the Order of Bishops on Nov. 6. Tuesday, Nov. 10: Appointed Msgr. Thomas Yeh Sheng-Nan, councilor of the apostolic nunciature in London, as apostolic nuncio in Sri Lanka, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Kaohsiung, China, in 1941, was ordained a priest in 1971. Wednesday, Nov. 11: Appointed Bishop Jose Vieira de Lima TOR of Maraba, as bishop of Sao Luis de Caceres, Brazil. Thursday, Nov. 12: Appointed Bishop Anthony O'Connell of Knoxville, as bishop of Palm Beach http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/vatican_media_watch43/

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BY rob1 Sept. 8-13 SUNDAY At this Sunday's Angelus in Castelgandolfo Pope John Paul II pointed to the role of eastern Christianity in providing answers to today's “pressing need to return to our roots, the intimate desire for silence, for contemplation, for the search for the absolute.” Contemporary man “sees that science, technology and economic well-being are not enough,” said the Pope. “The goods produced by industrial civilization can make our lives more comfortable, but they do not satisfy the needs of the heart.” “To this need, Christianity has always offered a response…. Today I would like to underline the contribution of oriental Christianity, whose spirituality merits being ever better known, not only in its exterior traits, but especially in its deeper motivations.” “The Fathers of the East,” the pontiff continued, “set out from the awareness that genuine spiritual commitment is not reduced to an encounter with the self … but must be a path of obedient listening to the Spirit of God. Actually, they maintained, man is not thoroughly himself if he closes himself off to the Holy Spirit…. Man reaches his fullness only by opening himself to God.” “The true enemy of this inner ascent is sin,” he concluded. “It is necessary to defeat it in order to make room for the Spirit of God…. This is a difficult path, but the finishing line is a great experience of freedom.” After today's Angelus, the Pope spoke about “the important peace talks in Northern Ireland that will resume this week.” “Both communities,” he said, referring to Catholics and Protestants, “wish for the end of the violence. They have demonstrated that peace and reconciliation are possible if everyone has the courage to embrace the path of dialogue, mutual comprehension, respect for each other's legitimate rights, and above all, for human rights.” MONDAY The Pope accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, presented by Bishop John McDowell on having reached the age limit. TUESDAY John Paul nominated Msgr. Nicholas Di Marzio as auxiliary to the archbishop of Newark, N.J. WEDNESDAY This morning during the general audience in St. Peter's Square, John Paul II reflected on his recent apostolic trip to Hungary on Sept. 6-7, a pilgrimage whose theme was “Christ is our hope!” The Pope told the 14,000 pilgrims present that the primary goal of his trip was the celebration of the millennium of the arch-abbey of Pannonhalma, a Benedictine monastery that “was for centuries a relevant beacon of culture and played an important role in the defense of freedom and truth.” He also highlighted “the important ecumenical value” of the pilgrimage to Pannonhalma. The ancient abbey, he said, “is a witness to the period in which Christians of the East and West were still in full communion. This prompts us, as we prepare for the Jubilee Year of 2000, to remember this full unity in order to overcome completely the divisions that surged afterward.” In the Eucharistic celebration in Gyor on Sept. 7, “I renewed to the Hungarian Church, in the name of Christ, the Good Shepherd, a fervent exhortation to hope, pointing to the example of those who, in decades past, paid personally, even with their lives, for their resistance to violence and brutality.” The Pope gave the examples of Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty and the Servant of God Vilmos Apor, bishop of Gyor, whose beatification process has reached its conclusive stage. FRIDAY This morning in Castelgandolfo, the Holy Father received a group of bishops from Indonesia, in Rome on their ad limina visit. He spoke of the “complementarity of roles between clergy and laity…. Priests should be careful not to usurp the laity's role in the temporal order, while the lay faithful should avoid a kind of ‘clericalization'which overshadows the specific dignity of the lay state founded on baptism and confirmation.” He went on: “When the laity receive a solid Christian formation, they are equipped to play a constructive role in the life of the nation, with a distinct motivation and force.” “A serious challenge to your ministry in relation to the family,” John Paul II observed, “is the threat posed by aggressive programs of population control, rooted in a utilitarian approach to the value of life itself.” Methods of orienting demography must “respect the primary and inalienable responsibility of married couples and families' … and should exclude the use of methods ‘which fail to respect the person and fundamental human rights.’” The Pope urged the bishops to teach the young people of Indonesia “to be the evangelizers of their own generation. Listen attentively to their aspirations, their doubts and struggles, as well as their reasoned criticism. Above all, teach them to pray-with pure hearts, lively faith, firm confidence and persevering vigilance.” (VIS) http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/vatican_media_watch43/

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BY Gary Griffith CHURCH ESTEEMS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Saturday morning Pope John Paul greeted the 100 participants in the International Conference on Space Research, promoted by the Vatican Observatory, which had just concluded at the University of Padua, Italy. The Pontiff told those present that their “dedication to scientific research constitutes a veritable vocation at the service of the human family, a vocation which the Church greatly honors and esteems.” “Through you,” he said, “I address an appeal to all your colleagues in the various fields of scientific investigation: Make every effort to respect the primacy of ethics in your work; always be concerned with the moral implications of your methods and discoveries.It is my prayer that scientists will never forget that the cause of humanity is authentically served only if knowledge is joined to conscience.” A ‘PILGRIMAGE OF PEACE’ The Pope met Monday morning in the Sala Regia with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See and, in response to their New Year's greetings, delivered his annual address on the state of the Church and of the world (excerpted). “…In my message for the 1997 World Day of Peace, I invited all people of good will to ‘set out together on a true pilgrimage of peace, starting from the concrete situation in which we find ourselves’…. At the beginning of this year, what is the state of hope and peace? This is the question which, together with you, I would like to answer”. “[Peace] still seems precarious in more than one place on the earth, and, in any event, it is always at the mercy of the self-interest and the lack of proper foresight on the part of many leaders of international life”. “All people together, Jews, Christians and Muslims, Israelis and Arabs, believers and non-believers, must create and reinforce peace: the peace of treaties, the peace of trust, the peace in people's hearts! In this part of the world, as elsewhere, peace cannot be just nor can it long endure unless it rests on sincere dialogue between equal partners, with respect for each other's identity and history, unless it rests on the right of peoples to the free determination of their own destiny, upon their independence and security.There can be no exception”. “Every juridical system, as we know, has as its foundation and end the common good.And this applies to the international community as well: the good of all and the good of the whole….Justice is for all, without injustice being inflicted on anyone. The function of law is to give each person his due, to give him what is owed to him in justice.Law therefore has a strong moral implication.And international law itself is founded on values.The dignity of the person, or guaranteeing the rights of nations, for example, are moral principles before they are juridical norms”. “For a long time international law has been a law of war and peace.I believe that it is called more and more to become exclusively a law of peace, conceived in justice and solidarity.And in this context morality must inspire law; morality can even assume a preparatory role in the making of law, to the extent that it shows the path of what is right and good.” “On our pilgrimage of peace, the Christmas star guides us and shows us mankind's true path as it invites us to follow the path of God.” JESUS LOSTAND FOUND IN THE TEMPLE At Wednesday morning's general audience, John Paul focused on the Gospel story of Jesus lost and found in the Temple in Jerusalem, in which “Jesus reveals, with his strong personality, his awareness of his mission.” “Through this episode,” said the Pope, “Jesus prepares his mother for the mystery of the Redemption.Mary and Joseph, during the three dramatic days in which their Son is separated from them to remain in the Temple, experience the anticipation of the triduum of his passion, death and resurrection.” The finding of Jesus on the third day “constitutes for his parents the discovery of another aspect relative to his person and his mission.” He recalled Mary's question to Jesus: “Son, why have you treated us so?” And he added “here one might hear the echo of the ‘whys’ of so many mothers in the face of the sufferings that their children bring them, and also the questions that arise in the hearts of all men at times of trial.” John Paul evoked Jesus' answer to his mother: “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?” With this expression [Jesus], in an unexpected and unforeseen way, uncovers for Mary and Joseph the mystery of his person, inviting them to go beyond appearances and opening for them new perspectives on his future.” Although “Mary and Joseph perceive neither the content nor the form of his response, which seems to have the appearance of rejection,” the Blessed Virgin, concluded the Pope, “preserving in her heart an event so laden with meaning, reaches a new dimension of her cooperation in salvation.” (VIS) http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/vatican_media_watch43/

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BY rob1 At today's Angelus, Pope John Paul said that the liturgy celebrated this morning in St. Peter's Basilica by the bishops and priests of the Byzantine-Ruthenian rite, was to thank “the Lord for the re-establishment, in 1646 at Uzhorod, of full communion between the Ruthenian Church and the Roman Apostolic See.” “With this anniversary,”he went on, “my thoughts turn to our brothers of the Christian Orient, in a special way to the venerable Orthodox Churches, to whom we are linked by a deep communion of faith, which everyone hopes will reach its fullness, in obedience to the will of God. During my recent stay in the hospital, the expressions of solidarity received from the various brothers of those Churches were of great comfort to me.” Following the recitation of the Angelus, the Pope greeted various groups present in the piazza. To one he said: “I thank with affection all the 50-year-olds who wished to celebrate their birthday, participating in the thanksgiving for the 50 years of my priesthood.” MONDAY Pope John Paul met at noon today with 150 Poles from the local governments of the Malopolska region of Poland to thank them for making him an honorary citizen of this region and to encourage them in all their efforts to “defend the dignity of the human person and the perennial values, strongly rooted in this area”of the country. The Pope said that linking one's social duties to a Christian attitude of faith was “a just aspiration”for society's leaders. He pointed out that the moral order—“which must be observed in every action in favor of the common good”—could be better understood when it is read “in the light of faith.” The Holy Father emphasized that among “the principles which must guide believers who have a social mission”is that of “concern for families.” Citing Familiaris Consortio, he said: “The public authorities must do everything possible to ensure that families have all those aids—economic, social, educational, political and cultural assistance— that they need in order to face all responsibilities in a human way.” WEDNESDAY At 11:30 a.m. today, the Holy Father came to the window of his private study and addressed the faithful in St. Peter's Square: “I still remember with emotion, after the wait and preparation with prayer during the month of October, the rite of ordination by the archbishop of Krakow, Adam Stefan Sapieha, in his private chapel. Since then I have let myself be guided by the Lord along the paths that He has opened before me day after day: priestly ministry in the different areas of pastoral activity, responsibility for my diocese as archbishop of Krakow, and later, the service of the Church in Rome as Successor of Peter.” John Paul II said that “throughout these years I have always started my day with the celebration of the Eucharist, foundation and heart of my entire priestly life, discovering each time with immense gratitude that this is the mysterious and essential link that unites each priest with Christ the Redeemer. In the school of Jesus, Priest and Victim, I have understood better and better that the priest does not live for himself, but for the Church and for the sanctification of the People of God.” • • • Following this morning's general audience, the Pope appealed for an end to arms, hatred and ethnic rivalries in Zaire: “With unspeakable pain I am following the events in northeastern Zaire, where fierce fighting and pillaging forces thousands of Rwandan and Burundian refugees—above all old people, women and children—to wander aimlessly. It is an endless tragedy, which has also involved for some time now the local Zairian populations. “It is anguishing to see how human beings who sons of God and our brothers are being treated! The Lord will ask for accountability for each one of them! “In his name I beg for arms to be silenced, for hatred and ethnic rivalries to lessen, and for an end to the shameful manhunt and ask that the path of negotiations be pursued, rendering justice to everyone, with adequate answers to the serious problems which afflict the Great Lakes region. “I encourage all those who, even at the risk of their own life, continue to give witness of Christian charity at the side of their tested brothers and sisters, and I sincerely hope that the international community will do all in its power to efficaciously bring aid to this all-consuming catastrophe.” THURSDAY Following is the text of the telegram sent by Pope John Paul to Bishop Faustin Ngabu, president of the Episcopal Conference of Zaire, on the occasion of the death of Archbishop Ngabo: “Having learned with great emotion of the tragic death of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo of Bukavu, I join the pain and the prayers for this valorous pastor of the Church in Zaire, who gave his life in sharing the trial of the people entrusted to him. May God receive him in his Kingdom of Peace! As this tragedy which afflicts the Great Lakes region continues, I implore the Lord to touch the hearts of men so that arms might be silenced and feelings of hatred might disappear, giving space to the search for peace and justice for all. I strongly encourage Christians to be in their brothers'and sisters'midst as tireless witnesses of Christ's charity and mercy. To the bishops of Zaire, to the faithful of the diocese of Bukavu, to the family of the deceased, as well as to his brothers in the Society of Jesus, as a sign of comfort, I impart with a full heart my apostolic blessing.” FRIDAY The Holy Father's general prayer intention for the month of November is: “For teachers and agents of mass media, that they be aware of their obligation to educate to fraternity and universal solidarity.” His missionary intention is: “That among all the baptized the sense of mission be extended and intensified.”(VIS) http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/vatican_media_watch43/

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BY rob1 Sept. 29 - Oct. 4 SATURDAY Pope John Paul celebrated Mass this morning in the private chapel of the papal residence at Castelgandolfo for the repose of the souls of his predecessors Paul VI and John Paul I. SUNDAY At today's noon Angelus from Castelgandolfo, the Holy Father spoke of Oriental spirituality, and its contribution, “insisting on the perspective of ‘the heart,’” to man's knowledge. “A certain drift from humanistic culture has led not a few men and women of our times to separate themselves from God. But with the decline of the great ideologies, it resulted, in all its dramatic clarity, that when man becomes an ‘orphan of God,’ he also loses the sense of his being and in some way becomes an ‘orphan’ of himself." Faced with the question, “Who is man?" stated the Pope, “Christianity, in its double Oriental and Western tradition" has always answered that the ultimate truth on the human being can be found in the Creator. “Eastern Christians like to distinguish three types of knowledge. The first is limited to man in is bio-psychic structure. The second is within the sphere of moral life. The highest level, however, of knowledge of one's self is obtained in ‘contemplation.’” He added: “This is knowledge of the heart…. This is what Oriental writers allude to when they invite [one] ‘to come down from the head to the heart..’” “This is an important message,” the Pope concluded, “which has value not only for the specifically religious experience, but also for life in all its aspects…. We need now more than ever to rediscover the dimensions of ‘the heart,’ we need more heart." At the conclusion of today's Angelus in Castelgandolfo the Pope made an appeal for peace in the Middle East: “Unfortunately, once again painful events have occurred which upset the already fragile peace process in the Middle East. Following the bloody episodes of recent days in Jerusalem and other places, all we can do is entrust so much pain to God, beseeching him to transform such sufferings into a loyal commitment in favor of a true, just and lasting peace." “It is the duty of believers—Jews, Christians and Muslims—to seek every way which favors understanding and reciprocal faith in favor of peace in a land which God willed to be “holy." This morning at Castelgandolfo the Holy Father received members of the 31st Storm Group of the Italian Air Force, which assists him in his air travel within Italy. TUESDAY As is his custom before leaving the summer residence in Castelgandolfo, John Paul II said good-bye to the civil and religious authorities there. Welcoming the mayor and members of the town council this morning in the Consistory Hall, the Pope showed them his gratitude for their collaboration. The Holy Father then greeted in the Hall of the Throne the religious and medical personnel in service during the summer period. In the Swiss Hall he addressed officials from the Carabinieri, the Vatican's Inspectorate of Public Security and the State Police and said: “I thank you for your precious service and the spirit with which you provide it…." WEDNESDAY In today's general audience, the Pope commented on the Visitation of the Virgin to her cousin Elizabeth, in which Mary foretold Christ's mission and “became the model of those in the Church who place themselves on the path to bring the light and joy of Christ to the men of every place and every time." The Holy Father, who returned to Rome yesterday afternoon, spoke to 20,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square, and explained that, “in the episode of the Visitation, St. Luke shows how the grace of the Incarnation, after having filled Mary, brought salvation and joy to Elizabeth's house. The Savior of man, in his mother's womb, poured forth the Holy Spirit, showing himself from the beginning of his coming into the world." When Mary entered her cousin's house, “the messianic joy filled even Elizabeth who ‘was full of the Holy Spirit’ and exclaimed aloud: ‘Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!’ … Proclaiming her ‘blessed among women,’ Elizabeth pointed to the faith of Mary as the motive of her blessedness: ‘And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.’” At the end of today's general audience, Pope John Paul greeted numerous groups of pilgrims present in their own languages. He had special words for the students of the Pontifical North American College who will be ordained deacons tomorrow: “You will be configured to Christ and sent forth as ministers of the Gospel and servants of the People of God. May you always be joyful witnesses of the grace and truth which God has bestowed upon us in Jesus his Son." THURSDAY Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano sent a telegram in John Paul II's name to Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J., archbishop of Lima, Peru, and another to Cardinal Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. of M., archbishop of Santiago, Chile, upon learning of the airplane crash in the ocean near Lima. FRIDAY On the occasion of the Oct. 2 funeral for Sister Danka Juscevic of the Daughters of Divine Charity, killed in Kakanj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano sent a telegram expressing the Holy Father's sorrow to Cardinal Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo. The telegram said, in part: “The Holy Father expresses his spiritual closeness to the entire Catholic Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Calling to mind that the future of peoples cannot be built on violence against the innocent and defenseless and by trampling on the elementary human rights of individuals and groups, the Supreme Pontiff raises fervent prayers so that the blood spilled by those who have consecrated their lives to God and to disinterested service of the Church and of their brothers and sisters, along with the blood of so many innocents, may be a pledge of true freedom and lasting peace for all the dear people of those tormented regions." (VIS) http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/vatican_media_watch43/

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