DOCSLIB.ORG

We Have Been Called to Heal Wounds, to Unite What Has Fallen Apart, and to Bring Home Those Who Have Lost Their Way.” — St

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
We Have Been Called to Heal Wounds, to Unite What Has Fallen Apart, and to Bring Home Those Who Have Lost Their Way.” — St THELEAVEN.COM | VOL. 34, NO. 31 | MARCH 22, 2013 POPE FRANCIS “We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.” — St. Francis of Assisi 2 ARCHBISHOP THELEAVEN.COM | MARCH 22, 2013 MARCH 22, 2013 | THELEAVEN.COM POPE FRANCIS 3 LIFE WIll BE VICTORIOUS Church belonged in the streets, asserted pope We cannot follow Christ without it leading to Calvary from an early age fter the elec- ATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jorge Mario tion of Pope MARIAN CONSECRATION MASSES CALENDAR Bergoglio was born Dec. 17, 1936, in Francis, I was VBuenos Aires, Argentina. He grew asked in a radio I have been delighted by the many people in the Archdio- ARCHBISHOP up in Barrio de Flores, a working-class interview if I cese who have accepted my invitation to consecrate them- NAUMANN neighborhood. His father was a railway Athought the church should selves to Jesus through Mary on the feast of the Annuncia- worker, his mother a homemaker. As a update the process of elect- tion, which this year is celebrated on Mon., April 8. Thank you March 23 youth, the pope studied in public schools ing a pope. The interviewer for making this self-administered retreat with me by utilizing “Catholic Way” taping and in high school obtained a technical went on to inquire: “In this ARCHBISHOP the meditations found in Father Michael Gaitley’s book, “33 certification as a age of instant messaging, do JOSEPH F. NAUMANN Days to Morning Glory.” For those who wish, there will be two March 24 chemist. you think that they will get communal opportunities to make your Marian consecration. Palm Sunday Mass at From a young rid of the white smoke and On Sun., April 7, I will celebrate a 5 p.m. Mass at St. Michael Cathedral age, he knew he just tweet the results of the being subjected to outside Church in Leawood. The Mass will be for the Second Sunday would become a March 26 papal election? Do you think pressure. They can prayer- of Easter but, as part of the Eucharist, we will make our Mar- priest. Amalia Da- ian consecration on the eve of the feast of the Annunciation. Chrism Mass at Savior that they will abandon the fully focus their attention on monte, who grew Also, on Mon., April 8, I will celebrate a noon Mass at Most Pastoral Center secrecy of the conclave and discerning who can best lead up in the pope’s Pure Heart of Mary Church in Topeka. There will be a special neighborhood, become more transparent by the church at this particular joy in making this consecration to Jesus through Mary united March 28 reportedly was inviting in the press?” moment. with many others who share the same love for Jesus and his Holy Thursday Mass at briefly the object This interview remind- I told her that I did not Blessed Mother. Cathedral of his affections. ed me of William Kristol’s know about the “white Damonte, who still smoke.” Certainly, there is (editor and publisher of The March 29 cardinals went to the ends responsibility of building Jorge Mario Bergoglio lives in the same no reason that this has to be Weekly Standard magazine) Good Friday liturgy at neighborhood, has of the world to find a new the church with the living as a young man. the first signal that we have comments after Pope Ben- Cathedral said in interviews bishop for Rome. The Holy stones that are the people of a new pope. Personally, I edict’s visit to the United that when they were 12, Pope Francis said hope the church does not States. Mr. Kristol, who is Father, before giving us God, but always on the cor- March 30 that, if he could not marry her, he would change it. I think that it adds Jewish, remarked that the his first blessing as pope, nerstone that is Jesus Christ. Easter Vigil Mass at Ca- CNS PHOTO/DIEGO FERNANDEZ OtERO, CLARIN HANDOUT VIA REUTERS become a priest. to the charm and the drama last two Catholic popes have with what we are learning The Holy Father remind- thedral Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, right, now Pope Francis, is pictured traveling by subway in Buenos Aires in 2008. The 76-year-old Jesuit When the pope was 21, he became of the election. It connects been very impressive indi- is characteristic humility, ed the cardinals that at the became the first Latin American pope and was installed on March 19 as the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. gravely ill with severe pneumonia and had the election of a new pope viduals. He noted how both requested that those in St. heart of their ministry is the March 31 his right lung partially removed. The Vat- with those elected previous- were brilliant intellectuals, Peter’s Square first pray for professing of Jesus Christ. Easter Mass at Cathedral ican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico ly and it is a visual remind- but even more impressive him, asking God to bless Without Jesus, Pope Francis Lombardi, has confirmed this, noting that er that the election of the was their personal integri- him in fulfilling his new says the church might be “a Argentines feel mixed emotions over it is “not a handicap” in the pope’s life. Holy Father for the Catholic ty. They lived in a manner responsibilities. charitable nongovernmental ARCHBISHOP In 1958, Pope Francis entered the no- Church is unique and differ- consistent with what they His decision to ride in the organization, but not . the KELEHER vitiate of the Society of Jesus and, two ent from all the trivia that is taught. Mr. Kristol said you bus with the other cardinals bride of the Lord.” years later, he took his first vows as a Je- March 21-22 have to give the College back to Domus Santa Marta, Moreover, the Holy Father sharing ‘Father Jorge’ with the world suit. In 1963, on returning to Buenos Ai- tweeted every day. Labor Review Board — New With regard to the secre- of Cardinals high marks his going by himself to St. challenged the cardinals, By David Agren Pope Francis adopted the attitude Barrio de Flores is a working-class res, he studied philosophy at San Miguel York Seminary. cy of the conclave, this is in their selection of these Mary Major to pray, carry- cautioning: “When we do Catholic News Service that the church belongs in the street. neighborhood. The new pope’s father Between 1964 and 1965, he taught something that the church leaders for the church. Then ing his own luggage — all not profess Jesus Christ, we He built chapels and missions in poor was a railway worker, his mother a March 24 literature and psychology at a Jesuit sec- could change, but once he proposed that maybe our are apparently consistent profess the worldliness of Federal Prison Mass UENOS AIRES, Argenti- areas and sent seminarians to serve homemaker. As a youth, the pope stud- ondary school in Santa Fe, Argentina. In nation ought to look into with the lifelong habits of the devil, a demonic world- again, I hope we do not. I na (CNS) — Oscar Justo, them. ied in public schools, which included 1966, he taught at the prestigious Colegio this method of selecting our our new Holy Father. It is liness.” asked the reporter to think Confessions — Church of 60, begs for bills and coins He spoke out often against injus- technical certification as a chemist. del Salvador secondary school in Buenos back to our last presidential leadership. obvious that Pope Francis The Gospel for the Mass the Nativity Leawood from a perch next to St. tice, such as the treatment of migrant He returned often to the barrio, to truly believes in the title was Mt 16: 13-23, the con- Aires. election. Everyone was so To use a metaphor that Joseph Parish in Barrio de workers from neighboring countries St. Joseph Parish, where he was sched- In 1967, he returned to his theological that has been given to popes fession of St. Peter. In this glad when it was over. Our might normally be associ- March 26 BFlores, the neighborhood where Pope and those lured into the sex trade, and uled to celebrate Mass on Palm Sun- studies and was ordained a priest Dec. 13, for centuries, “servant of the passage, Peter professed his American election process ated more with the baseball Chrism Mass at Savior Francis was born. against social issues such as abortion day. 1969. After his perpetual profession as a requires candidates to do Cardinals, the selection of servants of God.” belief in Jesus as Messiah, Pastoral Center As Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio and same-sex marriage. At St. Joseph, parishioners shared Jesuit in 1973, he became master of nov- endless self-promotion, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to In his first homily as the Son of the living God. In of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis passed He criticized the late President memories. ices at San Miguel. Later that same year, campaigning for the of- serve as the new successor pope, given to the cardinals turn, Jesus declared Peter March 28 by often, walking from the bus stop or Nestor Kirchner and President Cris- “He always carried his own bags,” he was elected superior of the Jesuit prov- fice. Even worse, to win an of St. Peter appears, from on the day following his to be the “rock” upon which Mass — Sisters, Servants surfacing from a nearby subway sta- tina Fernandez de Kirchner, who suc- recalled Zaira Sanchez, 72.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Vinnola's Mapelli Broflier's Grocery Store Across Did, He Would Invest It, and We Would Go Afto* Seven Months in Italy, the Kalian Market from the Civic Center
    The D enver Catholic R egister Voi. LXVIl No. 40 October 9,1991 Colorado's largest Weekly 36 Pages 25 Cents Project life; Ekiding fedeial funding o f abortion By David Myers still going through both the Senate and the House which Register Staff need to be addressed by the conununity and brought to One signature can mean the difference between the attention of the Legislature. destroying or saving a life. For example. Title X, a bill which would overturn Thousands of signatures can save a multitude. regulations that keep family planning and counseling Project Life, a letter-writing campaign which began out of clinics that perform abortions, currently is being in the Archdiocese of Denver in Jime, recently cel­ debated. ebrated the defeat of a bill which would have made “If, for instance, a Planned Parenthood clinic is abortions free and legal on military bases overseas. getting federal funds for family planning, then they According to Mimi Eckstein, Director of the Resj>ect cannot use those funds for abortion,” Eckstein ex­ Life Commission for the Archdiocese of Denver, the plained. national campaign was designed “to pressure our legis­ “Planned Parenthood is infuriated because they are lators into voting against any kind of funding of abor­ making $47 billion from abortions yearly,” she added. tions, in the United States or overseas.” Because the organization no longer could advise “Our cards and letters were one of the main reasons about and perform abortions in the same building, they the bill was voted down in committee,” she said. would be forced to build a separate facility.
    [Show full text]
  • I M Tfimn Bulls and Is the Outward Sign of the Au­ Bankers and Brokers Unite in Saying Thority of the Pope
    4HMPWIH4MV —••^••^M^Bi^rtWi mmmmrnm^ Vff 'Tfr . <> JULY 25, 1003. SATUEDAY . EVENIM, ^gj^ <t ^^f^^THE. MINNEAPOLIS • JOURNAL. ' i$j^-~ the "street" went home in anything but a cheerful frame of mind. m * More* Firms Involved. WHERE ISJHE It was freely predicted that trouble even more serious was impending. From trust­ worthy sources it was learned that three MGOF PETER or more commission houses had been -*, ,v . "squeezed" almost to the bursting point. kiu:i:aM Contracts made to-day hold out till Monday, which may enable embarrassed Tremendous Sensation Caused at the individuals to get their "second wind." The best information is that insolvent Vaticta by Story That It Has firms had comparatively few outstanding v commitments and these will, it is, be­ ^Disappeared. AGE AND PURITY lieved, ,he settled on the floor. It is said a prominent international banking house '• : f MAKE bought liberally to-day of Mexican Cen­ tral. Pope Leo's Chamberlain Cannot Ex­ It is said Taylor & Co., sold privately to a large banking house some time ago 40,- plain the Mystery—It's a Ring SUNNY BROOK 000 shares of Southern Pacific. of Great Antiquity. A PERFECT WHISKY. Chicago Is Sound as a Dollar. Chicago, July 25.—The excitement in New York Sun Special Service. the New York stock", market has found New York, July 25.—-The Herald's Rome only a small echo in Chicago. The bro­ correspondent cables the following: kerage houses are thronged with the lar­ The ring of the fisherman, which should gest crowd3 since the decline in securi­ have been found on the hand of the pope, ties, but the people watching the black­ fo^r'"! boards, as a whole, are like the audience has disappeared.
    [Show full text]
  • L'o S S E Rvator E Romano
    Price € 1,00. Back issues € 2,00 L’O S S E RVATOR E ROMANO WEEKLY EDITION IN ENGLISH Unicuique suum Non praevalebunt Fifty-third year, number 11 (2.638) Vatican City Friday, 13 March 2020 Pop e’s video message for Day of Prayer and Fasting Close to those in quarantine On Wednesday, 11 March, a Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Angelo de Donatis at the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love for the Day of Prayer and Fasting. For the occasion, Pope Francis sent a video message in which he addressed his prayer to the Virgin. The following is a translation of Pope Fra n c i s ’ video message. O Mary, You shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, united with Jesus’ pain, keeping your faith firm. You, Salvation of the Roman people, know what we need, and we trust that you will provide for those needs so that, as at Cana of Galilee, joy and celebration may return after this moment of trial. Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us. He who took our suffering upon Himself, and burdened Himself with our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of Resurrection. Amen. We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas — we who are put to the test — and deliver us from every danger.
    [Show full text]
  • 10162 Family Fully Alive
    The Family Fully Alive Building the Domestic Church PRAYERS, MEDITATIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO ENRICH YOUR FAMILY LIFE Copyright © 2016 by Knights of Columbus Supreme Council. All rights reserved. Cover: The Holy Family by Giovanni Balestra (1774–1842), Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Rome, Italy. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Write: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council PO Box 1971 New Haven, CT 06521-1971 www.kofc.org/domesticchurch [email protected] 203-752-4270 203-752-4018 fax Printed in the United States of America TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Past Supreme Knight Carl Anderson . .1 What Is the Domestic Church? . .4 Laying the Cornerstone of Your Domestic Church . .9 Part 1: Building the Domestic Church Throughout the Liturgical Year December – Joy . .13 January – Family Prayer . .16 February – The Sacrament of Marriage . .19 March – Family Difficulties . .22 April – Mercy and Forgiveness . .25 May – Hope . .28 June – Self-giving Love . .30 July – Witnessing to the Faith . .33 August – Hospitality . .36 September – Charity . .38 October – Together on Mission . .41 November – The Communion of Saints . .44 Part 2: Resources for Every Domestic Church Basic Catholic Beliefs . .47 What Is Prayer? . .49 How to Pray as a Family . .51 Prayers for Every Family . .54 Liturgical Celebrations Throughout the Year . .66 Meditations on Family Life . .67 Additional Resources . .76 INTRODUCTION In founding the Knights of Columbus, Blessed Michael McGivney sought to respond to the crisis in family life affecting Catholics in 19th-century America.
    [Show full text]
  • Address of His Holiness Benedict Xvi to Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on the Occasion of Their Plenary Assembly
    ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO MEMBERS OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR PLENARY ASSEMBLY Clementine Hall Friday, 31 October 2008 Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to greet you, the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, on the occasion of your Plenary Assembly, and I thank Professor Nicola Cabibbo for the words he has kindly addressed to me on your behalf. In choosing the topic Scientific Insight into the Evolution of the Universe and of Life, you seek to focus on an area of enquiry which elicits much interest. In fact, many of our contemporaries today wish to reflect upon the ultimate origin of beings, their cause and their end, and the meaning of human history and the universe. In this context, questions concerning the relationship between science’s reading of the world and the reading offered by Christian Revelation naturally arise. My predecessors Pope Pius XII and Pope John Paul II noted that there is no opposition between faith’s understanding of creation and the evidence of the empirical sciences. Philosophy in its early stages had proposed images to explain the origin of the cosmos on the basis of one or more elements of the material world. This genesis was not seen as a creation, but rather a mutation or transformation; it involved a somewhat horizontal interpretation of the origin of the world. A decisive advance in understanding the origin of the cosmos was the consideration of being qua being and the concern of metaphysics with the most basic question of the first or transcendent origin of participated being.
    [Show full text]
  • 5:00 Pm 89500 Overseas Highway PO Box 456 Tavernier, FL 33070
    89500 Overseas Highway P.O. Box 456 Tavernier, FL 33070 (305) 852-5372 Fax: (305) 852-3315 Website: www.sanpedroparish.org Rev. Franky Jean, Pastor MASS SCHEDULE Sunday: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. Confessions are heard before weekend and weekday Mass or by Appointment by calling the Office. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: First Friday of the Month-9:00-10:00 a.m. San Pedro Catholic Church August 13th & 14th, 2016 Mass Intentions Special Healing Saturday, August 13 5PM~IN LOVING MEMORY~ Please pray for Special Healing for the +Antonio & Magdalena Hernandez sick of our community, especially; (Tony & Julianne Hernandez) +Ann & Greg Elder Maria Elena, Dusty, Venzi, Nina, +Bob Axberg Bronislaw, Eva, Karole, Sandi, Caitlyn, Richard, +Joseph Wagley Catherine Homes, Barbara, Norma Kula, Eva +Angus Anderson Marie, Archie Boyd, Lynne Tan, Patricia Tay- Sunday, August 14 9am ~IN LOVING MEMORY~ lor, Paul Messina, Gabriel, Richard DeLara, +Jan DeEsposito Julie Schneeberger, Susana May, Joel, Joanne +Jake Brewer Texas ,Richard, Marilyn Scavo & Robert. +George & Dorothy Hanses +Steve McCurdy Sponsors For August +Maggie & Mavis Bullock 11am ~IN LOVING MEMORY~ Altar Candles~ +Ed Forseman SPECIAL INTENTION~ +Dusty Wilson (Her Friends @ San Pedro) *Happy Birthday Julie M. Pistorino* (Maria H. Pistorino) + Sherly Star Altar Wine~ +Harry Winter HEALING~ *Maria I. & *Susana May +Pat Hill IN LOVIING MEMORY OF~ +Hernandez Rokicki Families Monday, August 15 Church Flowers~ Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother IN LOVING MEMORY OF~ 8:30am~IN LOVING MEMORY~ +Alice, Mickey & Lisa Vlach (Molly Vlach) +Margery Frazier Hosts~ +Cliff Woollam (Roger & Jean Olson) SPECIAL INTENTIONS~ *The Lodge Family +Janette James Sanctuary Lamp~ +Ronald Paradis HEALING~ *Julie Schneeberger (Her San Pedro Friends) +Julie Lee Tuesday, August 16 To Sponsor Call: 305.852.5372 ext.
    [Show full text]
  • Bless Our New Protector
    28-PAGE PAPAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION DON’T MISS INSIDE ten pages of colour and excitement on the election and inauguration of Pope Francis, plus an in-depth profile on the life of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina. PLUS ST PATRICK’S DAY NEWS AND ALL THE SCO REGULARS No 5510 YOUR NATIONAL CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER SUPPORTS THE YEAR OF FAITH Friday March 22 2013 | £1 Bless our new protector By Ian Dunn huge congregation in St Peter’s Square and watched by a vast television audience around the world, including POPE Francis called for all mankind to serve ‘the in Scotland where our bishops have already written to poorest, the weakest, the least important,’ during him pledging ‘loving and loyal obedience.’ the inauguration Mass of his ministry as the 266th Although according to Church law, he officially Pontiff on the feast day of St Joseph. became Pope—the first Jesuit and Latin American Pon- The new Pope, 76, called in his homily for ‘all men tiff, and the first Pope from a religious order in 150 and women of goodwill’ to be ‘protectors of creation, years—the minute he accepted his election in the Sis- protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors tine Chapel on Wednesday March 13, Pope Francis was of one another and of the environment.’ formally inaugurated as Holy Father at the start of Tues- “Let us not allow omens of destruction and death to day’s Mass, when he received the Fisherman’s Ring and accompany the advance of this world,” he said on Tues- pallium, symbolising his new Papal authority.
    [Show full text]
  • A Description of What Magisterial Authority Is When Understood As A
    Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series IV, Western Philosophical Studies, Volume 8 Series VIII, Christian Philosophical Studies, Volume 8 General Editor George F. McLean Towards a Kenotic Vision of Authority in the Catholic Church Western Philosophical Studies, VIII Christian Philosophical Studies, VIII Edited by Anthony J. Carroll Marthe Kerkwijk Michael Kirwan James Sweeney The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Copyright © 2015 by The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Box 261 Cardinal Station Washington, D.C. 20064 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Towards a kenotic vision of authority in the Catholic Church / edited by Anthony J. Carroll, Marthe Kerkwijk, Michael Kirwan, James Sweeney. -- first edition. pages cm. -- (Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Christian philosophical studies; Volume VIII) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Authority--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. I. Carroll, Anthony J., 1965- editor of compilation. BX1753.T6725 2014 2014012706 262'.'088282--dc23 CIP ISBN 978-1-56518-293-6 (pbk.) TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: The Exercise of Magisterial Authority 1 in the Roman Catholic Church Anthony J. Carroll Part I: Authority in Biblical Sources Chapter I: “It Shall Not Be so among You”: Authority and 15 Service in the Synoptic Gospels Sean Michael Ryan Chapter II: Authority without Sovereignty: Towards 41 a Reassessment of Divine Power Roger Mitchell Part II: Sociological and Philosophical
    [Show full text]
  • Saint John Francis Regis Parish
    Saint John Francis Regis Parish MISSION STATEMENT The mission of St. John Francis Regis Parish is to foster a family of faith built on yesterday's foundation, so that October 20, 2019 today’s spirituality, service, and education will continue to grow into tomorrow’s Catholic community. 29TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow” Heb. 13:8 Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5:00pm Sunday: 7:00, 9:00, & 11:30am Confessions: Saturday: 4 -4:45pm & after the 5:00pm Mass 43927 St. Johns Road, Hollywood, MD 20636 Phone 301 -373 -2281—Fax: 301 -373 -8984 Website: stjohnsparishhollywood.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/sjchollywood/ Twitter: @sjchollywood Our bulletin is also posted on our website: stjohnsparishhollywood.org ST. J OHN F RANCIS R EGIS C ATHOLIC C HURCH HOLLYWOOD , MD CLERGY PARISH STAFF PASTOR Rev. Raymond F. Schmidt— [email protected] RELIGIOUS EDUCATION/YOUTH GROUP Rich Olon— [email protected] PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Deacon Ammon Ripple MUSIC MINISTRY Jonathan Hellerman— [email protected] - IN RESIDENCE (Retired) Rev. Eamon Dignan PARISH FINANCE Nancy Bowling— [email protected] LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS WEEKEND LITURGIES PARISH SECRETARY Saturday: 5:00pm; Pat Hayden— [email protected] Sunday: 7:00am, 9:00am & 11:30am WEEKDAY LITURGIES Monday—Thursday: 7:00am & 8:00am OFFICE HOURS Friday: 7:00am & 8:15am Saturday: 8:00am HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION TUESDAY—FRIDAY—8:00am to 4:00pm Vigil Mass 7:00pm Holy Day 7:00am, 9:00am & 7:00pm SCHOOL CONFESSIONS PRINCIPAL - Susan McDonough Saturday 4 4:45pm & after the 5:00pm Mass Parish School: Grades PK -8 - Before & After Care PRAYER 43900 St.
    [Show full text]
  • The Holy See
    The Holy See ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO OFFICIALS OF THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVE Clementine Hall Monday, 4 March 2019 [Multimedia] Dear Brothers and Sisters, I welcome you; I am pleased to receive you. I thank Msgr José Tolentino de Mendonça for the courteous greeting he addressed to me on behalf of all of you. I greet Msgr Sergio Pagano, Prof. Paolo Vian, the new Vice-Prefect, and you archivists, writers, assistants and employees of the Vatican Secret Archive, as well as the professors of the Vatican School of Paleography, Diplomacy and Archives Administration. The occasion of your visit — at such a short time since my meeting with you and with the Apostolic Library last 4 December — is part of the joyful occasion, which was precisely the day before yesterday, of the 80th anniversary of the election on 2 March 1939 as Supreme Pontiff the Servant of God Pius XII, of venerable memory. The figure of that Pontiff, who was at the helm of the Barque of Peter at one of the saddest and darkest moments of the 20th century, in turmoil and largely destroyed by the last world war, with the consequent period of the reorganization of nations and post-war reconstruction, this figure has already been examined and studied in many aspects, at times debated and even criticized (one might say with some prejudice or exaggeration). Today he is appropriately being reexamined and indeed placed in the proper light for his multifaceted qualities: pastoral, first and foremost, but also theological, ascetic, diplomatic. At the behest of Pope Benedict XVI, you Superiors and Officials of the Vatican Secret Archive, as well as of the Historical Archives of the Holy See and of Vatican City State, from 2006 to today 2 have been working on a joint project of cataloguing and preparing the voluminous documentation produced during the Pontificate of Pius XII, a part of which has already been made available for consultation by my venerated Predecessors St.
    [Show full text]
  • The Holy See
    The Holy See APOSTOLIC BRIEF OF POPE PAUL VI "IN SPIRITU SANCTO" FOR THE CLOSING OF THE COUNCIL DECEMBER 8, 1965 The Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, assembled in the Holy Spirit and under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom we have declared Mother of the Church, and of St. Joseph, her glorious spouse, and of the Apostles SS. Peter and Paul, must be numbered without doubt among the greatest events of the Church. In fact it was the largest in the number of Fathers who came to the seat of Peter from every part of the world, even from those places where the hierarchy has been very recently established. It was the richest because of the questions which for four sessions have been discussed carefully and profoundly. And last of all it was the most opportune, because, bearing in mind the necessities of the present day, above all it sought to meet the pastoral needs and, nourishing the flame of charity, it has made a great effort to reach not only the Christians still separated from communion with the Holy See, but also the whole human family. At last all which regards the holy ecumenical council has, with the help of God, been accomplished and all the constitutions, decrees, declarations and votes have been approved by the deliberation of the synod and promulgated by us. Therefore we decided to close for all intents and purposes, with our apostolic authority, this same ecumenical council called by our predecessor, Pope John XXIII, which opened October 11, 1962, and which was continued by us after his death.
    [Show full text]
  • Transformed by Hope, Let Us Rebuild Our Tomorrow!
    Transformed by Hope, Let Us Rebuild Our Tomorrow! A Pastoral Letter to the People of God in the Archdiocese of San Antonio on the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic From the Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller, MSpS Archbishop of San Antonio Transformed by Hope, Let Us Rebuild Our Tomorrow! – A Pastoral Letter to the People of God in the Archdiocese of San Antonio on the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic http://www.archsa.org/ Scripture texts used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, Revised Edition, copyright © 2015, 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. All rights reserved. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2015. Images: cover, Our Lady of Guadalupe – San Fernando Cathedral – San Antonio, TX; last page, St. Anthony of Padua; back cover, coat of arms of the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Design – Juan Carlos Rodríguez Copyright © 2020 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permissions contact The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio. 2 Table of Contents I. A Time of Distress ................................................................. 5 An Existential Crisis ....................................................................................................... 10 A Crisis of Faith .............................................................................................................. 12 II.
    [Show full text]