tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29950270279171878402024-03-14T02:14:20.131+08:00Secular Order of Discalced CarmelitesSt. Teresa of Jesus and John of the Cross Community, Carmel of the Holy Spirit, Subic, ZambalesJMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-37432774445966435752013-09-14T22:20:00.001+08:002013-09-14T22:20:18.642+08:00Beginning of the Process of Beatification of Br Jean Thierry of the Child Jesus and of the Passion, ocd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Friday, February 15, 2013, towards the end of the program for the ad
limina visit of the Episcopal Conferend of Lombardy (Italy), the ten
bishops held a meeting in the Vatican at which presided Cardinal Angelo
Scola, the Archbishop of Milan. In this meeting was arranged the
canonical progress of the process of beatification of six candidates to
holiness, among whom is our Br Jean Thierry of the Child Jesus and of
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-5734360029583006572013-09-14T22:11:00.004+08:002013-09-14T22:11:49.566+08:00The Discalced Carmelite who could have been Pope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In these days of the conclave we want to narrate the story of the
Discalced Carmelite who came closest to occupying the See of Peter. We
are speaking of Giovanni Antonio Benedetto Gotti. He was born in the
Italian city of Genoa on March 29, 1834. He made his first profession in
the Teresian Carmel on September 21, 1851, in Loano. From that date, as
was the custom in the reformed Carmel, he was called Jerome Mary of the
Immaculate Conception. On December 22, 1856, he was ordained to the
priesthood. He spent his first years as a professor of philosophy and
from 1858 as a member of the community of Saint Ann in Genoa.</span></div>
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-55286091473774596972013-09-14T22:05:00.000+08:002013-09-14T22:07:22.142+08:00 Noteworthy Teresian dates in the coming years<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2015 the Discalced Carmelite Order will celebrate a great occasion:
the V Centenary of the Birth of Saint Teresa of Jesus. In view of this,
certain important dates are brought to mind from the heart of the Order
in preparation for the celebration of this grand event.</span></div>
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-64722282449162929572013-09-14T21:57:00.001+08:002013-09-14T21:57:35.845+08:00 Carmel’s Coat of Arms<div style="text-align: justify;">
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general Chapters consisted of an image of the Virgin dressed in the
habit of Carmel, the white mantle was opened out, held by Our Lady's own
hands and sheltering under it were Carmelites who looked up to her with
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-35948407112118196342013-09-10T18:46:00.001+08:002013-09-10T18:46:52.318+08:00FRANCIS: A CARMELITE WITHOUT A CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE IS A LIFELESS BODY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 5 September 2013 (VIS) The Holy Father Francis sent a message to Fr. Fernando Millan Romeral, Prior General of the Order of Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, on the occasion of the celebration of the General Chapter.<br /><br />Francis offered some words of encouragement and hope to all the members of the Order and suggested three elements that may guide them “in the full realization” of their vocation: “allegiance to Christ, prayer and mission”.<br /><br />The Pope said that in a world that often misinterprets Christ and indeed rejects Him, they are invited to draw nearer to and unite more closely with Him. “It is a continuous call to follow Christ and to abide by him. This is of vital importance in our disorientated world, 'for once the flame of faith dies out, all other lights begin to dim'”.<br /><br />Speaking of prayer, the Pope emphasized that a Carmelite without a contemplative life was like a dead body. “Now more than ever is the moment to rediscover the inner pathway of love through prayer, and to offer to the people of today in the witness of contemplation, as through preaching and mission, not easy solutions, but the wisdom that emerges from meditating “day and night the Law of the Lord”, the Word that always leads to the glorious Cross of Christ. And, united with contemplation, austerity in life, which is not a secondary aspect of your life and your witness”. Likewise the Pontiff mentioned that there is a strong temptation to fall into the trap of spiritual worldliness, and he encouraged them to aspire to a more austere and penitent life, according to the authentic ancient Carmelite tradition.<br /><br />“Yours is the same mission as that of Jesus”, he continued. “Today, the mission poses sometimes arduous challenges, as the evangelical mission is not always welcomed and indeed is at times rejected with violence. We must not forget that, even if we are thrown into murky and uncharted waters, He Who calls us to His mission also gives us the courage and the strength to carry it out”.<br /><br />Finally, Francis remarked, “The witness of your love and your hope, rooted in profound friendship with living God, is like a 'gentle breeze' that renews and reinvigorates your ecclesial mission in today's world”.</span></span></div>
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-16154461501266229262013-09-10T18:40:00.000+08:002013-09-10T18:40:39.039+08:00Getting to know the Carmels of the World: The Monastery of Mount Carmel of Popayán, Colombia<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Monastery of Mount Carmel of Popayán was founded on October 14, 1729, by Doña Dionisia Pérez Manrique y Cambreros. On July 28, 1863, the 19 Discalced Carmelites of Popayán were exclaustrated from their Monastery and were taken in by the Monastery of Mount Carmel the Lower in Quito, Ecuador. In 1866 they traveled to Ibarra to make their first foundation. The earthquake of August 15, 1868, destroyed it and the afflicted community returned to the Lower Carmel in Quito. They were not able to return to Ibarra until 1876.<br /><br />In 1959, under the priorship of Isabel of the Most Holy Trinity, the decision to begin the restoration of the Carmel of Popayán was made. The marked interest in this restoration shown by the archbishop of Popayán, Archbishop Diego María Gómez; the Redemptorist Fathers; and the President of the Republic of Colombia, Dr. Guillermo León Valencia, who covered the travel expenses for the nuns, pushed the project forward to such an extent that on July 28, 1963, after 100 years of exclaustration, Popayán received in its bosom these Religious.<br /><br />The daring of these exemplary daughters of Saint Teresa gave new impulse to the construction of another building on the diagonal street 13 North, on August 6, 1972, where they currently live. The Church became a small Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, where He receives uninterrupted homage.<br /><br />After 28 years in this small oasis, constantly cultivating liturgical and personal prayer, but in the face of scarcity of vocations to strengthen the perpetuity of Carmel in the city of Popayán, the sisters met with the necessity of asking for help from another monastery through the President of the Saint Mary of Mount Carmel Association.<br /><br />It was opportune for the Sisters of the Discalced Carmelite Convent of Saint Joseph of Bellavista to come to the aid of the Popayán community, since they were living through a difficult time of not having their own monastery. The joining of these communities was approved on January 8, 2004.<br /><br />It has been nine years since the communities have fused, and we can testify that things have gone from good to better, as our Holy Mother Teresa of Jesus tells us in her writings. We are now a community blessed by the INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE and warmly welcomed by the citizens of Popayán, who have shown us support and unconditional affection.<br /><br />For all this we give thanks to God and to our Queen and beauty, the Sweet Queen and Mother of Mount Carmel. We are currently 21 sisters and form one body in Christ, our head; we want to be like contemplative Mary at the feet of Jesus, who chose "the better part, and it will not be taken from her.</span></span></div>
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-86426510574066209102013-06-05T01:36:00.000+08:002013-06-05T01:36:12.869+08:00PROMULGATION OF DECREES BY CONGREGATION FOR CAUSES OF SAINTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-28001700123196349352013-05-31T14:28:00.002+08:002013-05-31T14:28:25.690+08:00Message from the OCarm and OCD General Councils to the whole Carmelite family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AYLESFORD (31-05-2013).- In this Year of Faith, we, the members of the two General Councils OCarm. and OCD, came on pilgrimage to Aylesford, England. This is a significant place for the entire Carmelite Family. In fact, in this place, where we are writing this message to you on the feast of St. Simon Stock, are the remains of the ancient Carmelite house which was founded in 1242 by some of the pilgrim-hermits from Mount Carmel. Their return to Europe from the Holy Land, their gradual move from an eremitical life to a mendicant one, their experience of God and above all, their humble and fraternal trust in Mary in a period of cultural crisis, were for us all a source of inspiration. They also gave us pause for thought in rethinking our mission for today’s world – the topic to which we devoted most of our working sessions. In these we were guided by Father Benito De Marchi, a Comboni Missionary.<br /><br />At Aylesford we were the guests of the local community of OCarm. friars, to whom we wish to express our heartfelt thanks for their warm and attentive welcome. This was a time of prayer, of brotherhood, of meditation, during which we also experienced two significant ecumenical events. We celebrated First Vespers of Sunday with our Anglican brothers in the ancient cathedral of Rochester (founded in 604 ad). The second event was a meeting in Cambridge with Lord Rowan Williams, emeritus archbishop of Canterbury, a subtle theologian and very considerable expert in Carmelite spirituality and saints. These two meetings in prayer and theological reflection helped us to understand that mission today has to be carried out in close co-operation with other Christian groups, in a spirit of ecumenical openness.<br /><br />From our pilgrimage to the origins of Carmel in Europe has emerged the humble conviction that this epoch, characterised by globalization, by mobility in all directions, by the eruption in our lives of the “other”, by the affirmation of the value of the “subject”and by the loss of a sense of God, requires a new missionary spirit. That is, it needs a heart which is more evangelical and less sure of itself. In fact what we wish to share with others is not the world<br /><br />views nor the attitudes of our old self, but a new humanity which the Father has given to us as a gift, through his Son who died and rose and which is constantly shaped by the Holy Spirit. In his much appreciated address to the Synod of Bishops in October 2012, Rowan Williams referring to Saint Edith Stein, called this new humanity “contemplative”.<br /><br />Taking up this expression, with its typically Carmelite flavour, we tried to describe in our reflections a humanity which forgets itself, in silence and is free from the tiring search for personal satisfaction and from the claim to make others happy by imposing our ideas and projects on them. This new humanity, turned towards the Father, can see all people, and especially the poor, the marginalised and the suffering, with eyes full of compassion. This is a welcoming humanity, ready to undertake a continual pilgrimage together with women and men of our time in order to find the way that brings us more deeply into the heart of Trinitarian life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />It is impossible for us to imagine this new humanity without “freeing the charism for a new lease of life” (Benito De Marchi). That is, without freeing its contemplative and missionary potential from all shallowness, hubris and selfishness, which prevent it from seeing Trinitarian love and close inside a self-referential cycle.<br /><br />On a more positive note, freeing the charism means experiencing the Trinitarian relations of the fraternal and community life more vividly. It means rediscovering evangelical joy and enjoying the taste of unity and simplicity which exist between the Father, the Son and the Spirit. In this way we can bear witness to them in every time and place, in every context where we are sent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In all this Mary the Mother of God, and our Mother, accompanies us. For Carmelites she is a sublime model of humanity listening to the Word and of contemplating the living God. She is the supreme contemplative, who nonetheless approaches each one of us to be a pilgrim with us. She embraces us with her maternal and fraternal love and lights in our hearts the flame of love. Poor and humble, with the simple sign of the scapular she protects this flame in our fragile human bodies and changes it into burning passion for evangelisation and mission. Her discreet but eloquent presence in our life means that those who wear the scapular are called to commit themselves to loving their neighbour. In this sense the Virgin of Carmel has been called “Missionary to the people”. (Oscar Romero)<br /><br />Dear brothers and sisters, we leave Aylesford with a renewed awareness of the gift of our vocation and of the mission that is connected to it. The Risen Lord invites us not to be afraid of the difficulties we will meet and not to be discouraged when faced with the inevitable trials and possible failures. There is in all of us, insignificant and poor as we are, a stronger force which has conquered the world. It is the force of the Father’s love for us, the force of his Word and his Spirit which drives us towards the world and opens us to all those that the Lord puts in our path. Many women and men are waiting for us, expecting that the family of Carmel will show our God’s tenderness to them. May the Lord help us not to dash their hopes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 6 March 2013 (VIS) - “At the fourth General
Congregation, which began this morning at 9:00am with the prayer of the
Liturgy of Hours, 153 cardinals were present. This number includes four
additional cardinals who arrived and were sworn in today, three Cardinal
electors: Cardinal Antonios Naguib, patriarch emeritus of Alexandria,
Egypt; Cardinal Karl Lehmann, bishop of Mainz, Germany; Cardinal John
Tong Hon, bishop of Hong Kong, China; as well as Cardinal Friedrich
Wetter, archbishop emeritus of Munich, Germany who is not an elector,”
said Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office
during his daily news conference with journalists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To date, there are 113 Cardinal electors present. Tomorrow the two
remaining Cardinal electors are expected—Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz,
archbishop of Warsaw, Poland, will arrive this afternoon and Cardinal
Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, archbishop of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh,
Vietnam tomorrow morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“In the fraternal spirit that characterizes the Congregations,” Fr.
Lombardi reported, “Cardinal Dean Angelo Sodano wished a happy birthday
to Cardinal Walter Kasper (who turned 80 yesterday), Cardinal Francesco
Coccopalmerio (who turns 75 today), and Cardinal Julio Terrazas
Sandoval, C.SS.R., (who turns 77 tomorrow). Cardinal Kasper continues to
be a Cardinal elector—he will be the oldest to cast his vote in this
Conclave—because the Apostolic Constitution regulating the procedure for
electing the pontiff establishes the age limit for cardinals entering
the Conclave to be determined from the beginning of the period of the
Sede Vacante.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This morning 18 cardinals addressed the gathering. Without going into
details, the director of the Holy See Press office gave a general
overview of their nature. “The major theme,” Fr. Lombardi said, “was the
Church in the world, the New Evangelization. Other topics included the
Holy See, its Dicasteries and relations with bishops. A third theme was a
profile of expectations for the next pope in view of the good
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“There have been 51 speeches since the beginning of the
Congregations,” he added. Given the large number of cardinals wishing to
address the gathering, a five minute time limit was established but is
not strictly enforced. It was decided that tomorrow they will meet in a
morning as well as an afternoon session.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Regarding the cancelling of the press conferences that some of the
American cardinals were giving in these days, Fr. Lombardi observed that
“the Congregations are not a synod or a congress in which we try to
report the most information possible, but a path toward arriving at the
decision of electing the Roman Pontiff. In this sense, the tradition of
this path is one of reservation in order to safeguard the freedom of
reflection on the part of each of the members of the College of
Cardinals who has to make such an important decision. It does not
surprise me, therefore, that along this path there were, at the
beginning, moments of openness and communication and that afterwards, in
harmony with the rest of the College, it has been established whether
and how to communicate.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also brought up in the press conference was the date of the opening
of the Conclave. “The College has a great spirit of preparation that is
serious, profound, and unhurried,” Fr. Lombardi clarified. “Perhaps that
is why it still did not seem opportune to take a vote on the date of
the Conclave, which a large part of the College could sense as something
forced in the dynamic of reflection. It also needs to be kept in mind
that some cardinals are still arriving and it would be a sign of respect
for them to wait until the College is complete.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In conclusion, the director of the Holy See Press Office confirmed
that “the Fisherman's Ring has been scratched over,” that is, rendered
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 6 March 2013 (VIS) – This afternoon in St. Peter's
Basilica, on the occasion of the General Congregations proceeding the
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The celebration, which will be held at 5:00pm at the Altar of the
Cathedra, will begin with the recitation of the Glorious Mysteries of
the Rosary in Italian and Latin. Following the Rosary will be the
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and a brief time for Adoration. Then
simple recitation of Vespers (the Church's evening prayer) will be
presided over by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter's
Basilica. The rite will conclude with Eucharistic Benediction offered by
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 5 March 2013 (VIS) – On a tapestry hanging in the eponymous gallery of the Vatican Museums, we find one of the oldest witnesses of the chalice-urns that served to gather the ballots of the cardinals voting in the election of a new pontiff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The tapestry relates an episode narrated in the chronicles of the election of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644). In the final scrutiny, during the counting of the ballots, one ballot was missing. On the right-hand side of the tapestry, one can see a scrutineer who is looking inside a large chalice with attention and interest, as if to verify the presence of the lost ballot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A chalice that is very similar to the one seen in the tapestry and a pyx (ciborium) are preserved in the pontifical sacristy of the Sistine Chapel. This chalice and pyx have been used to gather the voting ballots in the conclaves of the last century, up to the election of John Paul II.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution "Universi Dominici Gregis" concerning the period of Sede Vacante of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman Pontiff (John Paul II, 22 February 1996), the need arose to adapt the urns to the new norms. It was necessary to add a new urn to the chalice and pyx called for in previous regulations, in order to receive the votes of any cardinals having the right to vote but who were impeded through illness from leaving their room to be present for the voting process in the Sistine Chapel. Rather than creating another urn, three new ones were designed during John Paul II's pontificate, principally to make them more functional for the intended use, but also to make them uniform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The urns are the work of the Italian sculptor Cecco Bonanotte, already known for the new entrance doors of the Vatican Museums that were inaugurated on the occasion of the Jubilee Year 2000. They are made of silver and gilded bronze and their iconography is linked to two fundamental symbols: the first is that of the Good Shepherd and the second of charity. The symbols chosen by the artist for the three urns—a shepherd and his sheep along with more subtle birds, grapes, and ears of grain—are united in a simple and direct way to the meaning that the person of the Pope has in the Church: the shepherd, indeed the Good Shepherd who, in the name of Christ, has the duty of "confirming his brothers" (Luke 22:31) in the faith.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 5 March 2013 (VIS) – Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, in this afternoon's press conference, gave updated information on the development of the General Congregations.<br /><br />“On Monday afternoon from 5:00pm until 7:00pm,” he said, “the second General Congregation of the College of Cardinals took place, during which Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., preacher of the Pontifical Household, gave the first of the meditations provided for by the Apostolic Constitution.”<br /><br />“Additionally, a further five Cardinal electors who had arrived in Rome swore the oath: Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, O.M.M., patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Lebanon; Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany; Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, archbishop of Berlin, Germany; Cardinal Théodore-Adrien Sarr, archbishop of Dakar, Senegal; and Cardinal Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P., archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic.”<br /><br />The cardinals are free to address the gathering, having only to sign up and then presenting in the order that they have signed in. Nine cardinals spoke and it was also decided that, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Congregations will only be held in the morning.<br /><br />Referring to the third Congregation that took place this morning from 9:30am until 12:40pm, Fr. Lombardi reported that two Cardinal electors—Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid and Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education—and five cardinals who are over the age of 80 arrived and swore the oath. In total there were 148 cardinals present.<br /><br />There were 11 speeches given by cardinals representing each of the continents and the topics discussed were: activities of the Holy See and its relations with bishops throughout the world; Church renewal in light of Vatican Council II; the Church's position and the need for the New Evangelization in today's world with its diverse cultural environments. Number 37 of Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio concerning the beginning of the Conclave was presented to the prelates but no decision regarding its date was made.<br /><br />There was also a proposal, endorsed by the Particular Congregation, to dedicate tomorrow afternoon to prayer in St. Peter's Basilica. The Cardinal Dean, Angelo Sodano, will lead the prayers. This initiative will also serve as an invitation to the entire Church to pray at this important moment. The ceremony is open to the public so any faithful who so desire may attend.<br /><br />In conclusion, the text of a telegram for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, which was signed by Cardinal Dean Sodano, was approved. It reads: “To His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Castel Gandolfo.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 4 March 2013 (VIS) – A student of the history of the Roman Curia, in particular the office called the Apostolic Camera, will find that, as early as the 11th century, the term "camera thesauraria" (treasure chamber) appeared, describing an office set up to administer the finances of the Roman Curia and the temporal goods of the Holy See. Today it performs the latter task only in the period of "sede vacante" or vacant see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the early centuries the camerlengo, individual clerks, and chamber auditor had acquired specific competencies and presided over special tribunals, though the "camera plena" or full chamber functioned as a collegial court. Throughout the 19th century the Camera was above all a tribunal for the pontifical state. With his Apostolic Constitution "Sapienti Consilio" of 29 June 1908, Pope St. Pius X confirmed the Apostolic Camera in its functions of temporal power which it had exercised in the past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paul VI's Apostolic Constitution "Regimini Ecclesiae Universae" of 15 August 1967 preserved the Apostolic Camera, presided over by the Camerlengo of Holy Roman Church or, if he is impeded, by the vice-camerlengo. It thus maintains the function of caring for and administering the temporal goods and rights of the Holy See during the period of Sede Vacante, that is, between the end of the reign of one Pope and the election of his successor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As confirmed by Pope John Paul II in the Apostolic Constitution "Universi Dominici Gregis" of February 1996, the camerlengo of Holy Roman Church and the penitentiary major are the only two heads of curial offices whose functions do not cease during the Sede Vacante. In fact, those of the camerlengo actually increase during this period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The current camerlengo of Holy Roman Church is Cardinal Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. The cardinal was born on 2 December 1934 in Romano Canavese, Piedmont, Italy and was ordained in 1960. He holds a doctorate in canon law and was the rector of the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome in 1989. He received episcopal ordination as archbishop of Vercelli, Italy in 1991. In 1995 Blessed John Paul II appointed him secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, whose prefect at the time was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. In 2002 he was named metropolitan archbishop of Genoa, Italy and on 21 October 2003 he was created a cardinal. On 22 June 2006, Benedict XVI appointed him as secretary of State and on 4 April 2007, as camerlengo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On 1 March 2013, the complete Apostolic Camera met for the beginning of the period of the Sede Vacante resulting from His Holiness Benedict XVI's renunciation of the Petrine ministry in effect from 8:00pm the previous day, 28 February. The Apostolic Camera currently consists of: Camerlengo Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.; Vice-camerlengo Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata; Auditor General Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca; and the College of Clerics: Msgr. Assunto Scotti; Msgr. Paolo Luca Braida; Msgr. Philip James Whitmore; Msgr. Winfried Konig; Msgr. Osvaldo Neves de Almeida; Msgr. Krzysztof Jozef Nykiel; Msgr. Lucio Bonora, and; Msgr. Antonio Lazzaro.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 4 March 2013 (VIS) – Early this afternoon Fr. Federico
Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, informed
reporters on the proceedings of the first of the General Congregations
of the College of Cardinals. The cardinals' meeting took place this
morning at 9:30am in the Synod Hall, which is located above the Paul VI
Audience Hall in the Vatican building created by the Italian architect
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Congregation was headed by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the
College, accompanied by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., camerlengo of
the Apostolic Camera, and Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary of
the Congregation for Bishops. The members of the College took their
places following the hierarchical order of precedence: first those
belonging to the order of Cardinal-bishops, then the Cardinal-priests,
and finally the Cardinal-deacons. Each cardinal has an assigned seat to
facilitate the process of voting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the opening prayer, “Veni Sancte Spiritus”, followed by the
“Adsumus” prayer, Cardinal Sodano greeted those present in Italian,
informing them of the procedures related to the Sede Vacante and how the
Congregations, regulated by the Apostolic Constitution “Universi
Dominici Gregis”, will operate. Following that, technical guidance on
the use of microphones and the voting apparatuses was given. The
proceedings are being simultaneously translated in five languages:
Italian, French, German, Spanish, and English.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There were 142 of the total 207 cardinals present this morning; 103
of those present were Cardinal electors. Expected to arrive this
afternoon and tomorrow, therefore, are 63 others including the remaining
12 Cardinal electors. This number—115 Cardinal electors—takes into
account the two cardinals who have already indicated that they will not
be attending: the archbishop emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia and the
archbishop emeritus of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The gathered cardinals swore to keep secret the deliberations for the
election of the future Pope, after which the Cardinal dean, Angleo
Sodano, read the oath in Latin, everyone present reciting along with
him. After that, each cardinal, according to their order of precedence
came forward and took the oath before a Crucifix and with their hand on
the Gospels. This process occupied a good portion of the meeting's time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Three assistants to the camerlengo were also drawn by lot from the
Cardinal electors of each of the orders. As established in No. 7 of
“Universi Dominici Gregis”, these three will assist the Cardinal
camerlengo for the first three days of the Congregations. Chosen were
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re from the order of bishops, Cardinal
Crescenzio Sepe from the order of priests, and Cardinal Franc Rode from
the order of deacons. After being chosen these three also took their
places next to the Camerlengo at the head table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">According to tradition, it is expected that the preacher of the
Pontifical Household, Fr. Raniero Catalamessa, O.F.M. Cap, will give the
first meditation to the College of Cardinals early this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“During the course of the meeting,” Fr. Lombardi added, “Dean Sodano
proposed to the cardinals that, if they sent a message to the Pope
emeritus, he would give a written response for one of the following
meetings.” The Holy See Press Office Director also commented that the
atmosphere was very friendly and that the cardinals took a 45-minute
break for coffee and to exchange thoughts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From 11:45am until 12:30pm, 13 cardinals took the floor to address
issues mainly related to the process of the proceedings and the
questions to be faced, also bearing in mind the results of the latest
Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“You could define this initial encounter,” Fr. Lombardi concluded, “as serene, constructive, and positive.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 1 March 2013 (VIS) – The College of Cardinals is
currently comprised of 207 cardinals: 117 Cardinal electors who can vote
in the election of the Pope and 90 cardinals who are over the age of
80. First in the order of the hierarchy are Cardinal-bishops. Currently
six in number, these were originally the bishops of the "suburbicarian"
dioceses of Rome. Still today the Cardinal-bishops are assigned one of
these seven suburbicarian Sees, even though they are not bishops of the
diocese. Alongside the titular Cardinal-bishops of those Sees in the
hierarchy of the Church (with the exception of Ostia's titular who,
since 1150, has been the dean of the College of Cardinals), Pope Paul VI
added, in his motu proprio of 1965, “Ad Purpuratorum Patrum”, the
patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The patriarchs are not
assigned any further title because the names of each of their
patriarchal Sees is already included in their title as
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Cardinal-priests who are assigned the “titulos” (title) of the important
churches of the Diocese of Rome.</span></div>
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originally the seven deacons in the Papal Household and the seven
deacons who supervised the Church's works in the districts of Rome
during the early Middle Ages, when church administration was effectively
the government of Rome and provided for all of the city's social
services. Cardinal-deacons today are given title to one of these
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SODANO Angelo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ETCHEGARAY Roger</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RE Giovanni Battista</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ARINZE Francis</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BERTONE Tarcisio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SARAIVA MARTINS José</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cardinal-Bishop Patriarchs</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SFEIR Nasrallah Pierre</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DELLY Emmanuel III </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*NAGUIB Antonios </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RAÏ Béchara Boutros</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ARNS Paulo Evaristo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BAUM William Wakefield</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CÉ Marco</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MACHARSKI Franciszek</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KITBUNCHU Michael Michai</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">do NASCIMENTO Alexandre</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DANNEELS Godfried</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WILLIAMS Thomas Stafford</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*MEISNER Joachim</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LOURDUSAMY D. Simon</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OBANDO BRAVO Miguel</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VIDAL Ricardo J.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GULBINOWICZ Henryk Roman</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TOMKO Jozef</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PIOVANELLI Silvano </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SIMONIS Adrianus Johannes</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LAW Bernard Francis </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BIFFI Giacomo </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MARTÍNEZ SOMALO Eduardo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SILVESTRINI Achille </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FALCÃO José Freire </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SANTOS Alexandre José Maria dos</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CANESTRI Giovanni</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PIMENTA Simon Ignatius</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CLANCY Edward Bede</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SZOKA Edmund Casimir</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PASKAI László</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TUMI Christian Wiyghan</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CASSIDY Edward Idris</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*LÓPEZ RODRÍGUEZ Nicolas de Jesús</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ANGELINI Fiorenzo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*MAHONY Roger Michael</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RUINI Camillo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KOREC Ján Chryzostom</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCHWERY Henri</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VLK Miloslav</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FURNO Carlo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DARMAATMADJA Julius Riyadi</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ORTEGA Y ALAMINO Jaime Lucas</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AGUSTONI Gilberto </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WAMALA Emmanuel </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KEELER William Henry</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TURCOTTE Jean-Claude </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CARLES GORDÓ Ricardo María</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MAIDA Adam Joseph </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*PULJI? Vinko </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SANDOVAL ÍÑIGUEZ Juan</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TONINI Ersilio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MEDINA ESTÉVEZ Jorge Arturo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CASTRILLÓN HOYOS Darío</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ANTONETTI Lorenzo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">STAFFORD James Francis </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">DE GIORGI Salvatore</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ARAÚJO Serafim FERNANDES de</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ROUCO VARELA Antonio María</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TETTAMANZI Dionigi</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*PENGO Polycarp</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SCHÖNBORN Christoph</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RIVERA CARRERA Norberto</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*GEORGE Francis Eugene</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">JAWORSKI Marian</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PUJATS J?nis</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CACCIAVILLAN Agostino</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SEBASTIANI Sergio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*GROCHOLEWSKI Zenon</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SEPE Crescenzio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MEJÍA Jorge María </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*KASPER Walter </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DIAS Ivan </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*AGNELO Geraldo Majella</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RUBIANO SÁENZ Pedro</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MCCARRICK Theodore Edgar</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CONNELL Desmond</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BA?KIS Audrys Juozas</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ERRÁZURRIZ OSSA Francisco Javier</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TERRAZAS SANDOVAL Julio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*NAPIER Wilfrid Fox</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RODRÍGUEZ MARADIAGA Óscar Andrés</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AGRÉ Bernard</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*CIPRIANI Thorne Juan Luis</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ÁLVAREZ MARTÍNEZ Francisco</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*HUMMES Cláudio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BERGOGLIO Jorge Mario</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*POLICARPO José da Cruz</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*POLETTO Severino</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MURPHY-O'CONNOR Cormac</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EGAN Edward Michael</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HUSAR Lubomyr</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*LEHMANN Karl</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TUCCI Roberto</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SCOLA Angelo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*OKOGIE Anthony Olubunmi </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PANAFIEU Bernard</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ZUBEIR Wako Gabriel</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*AMIGO VALLEJO Carlos</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RIGALI Justin Francis</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*O'BRIEN Keith Michael Patrick</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SCHEID Eusébio Oscar</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ANTONELLI Ennio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TURKSON Peter Kodwo Appiah</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TOPPO Telesphore Placidus</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*PELL George </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BOZANI? Josip </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*PHAM MINH MÂN Jean-Baptiste </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BARBARIN Philippe</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ERD? Péter</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*OUELLET Marc </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*VALLINI Agostino</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*UROSA SAVINO Jorge Liberato </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ROSALES Gaudencio B. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RICARD Jean-Pierre</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*CAÑIZARES LLOVERA Antonio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CHEONG Jinsuk Nicholas</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*O'MALLEY Sean Patrick </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DZIWISZ Stanis?aw </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*CAFFARRA Carlo </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ZEN ZE-KIUN Joseph</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BRADY Seán Baptist </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*MARTÍNEZ SISTACH Lluís </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*VINGT-TROIS André</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BAGNASCO Angelo </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SARR Théodore-Adrien </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*GRACIAS Oswald </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ROBLES ORTEGA Francisco </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DiNARDO Daniel N. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SCHERER Odilo Pedro </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*NJUE John </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KARLIC Estanislao Esteban </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MAZOMBWE Medardo Joseph</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*VELA CHIRIBOGA Raúl Eduardo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*MONSENGWO PASINYA Laurent</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ROMEO Paolo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*WUERL Donald William</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ASSIS Raymundo DAMASCENO</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*NYCZ Kazimierz </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*PATABENDIGE DON Albert Malcolm Ranjith</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*MARX Reinhard </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ESTEPA LLAURENS José Manuel</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ALENCHERRY George </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*COLLINS Thomas Christopher</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DUKA Dominik </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*EIJK Willem Jacobus </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BETORI Giuseppe</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DOLAN Timothy Michael </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*WOELKI Rainer Maria </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TONG HON John</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MURE?AN Lucian </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*THOTTUNKAL Baselios Cleemis</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*ONAIYEKAN John Olorunfemi</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SALAZAR GÓMEZ Rubén</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TAGLE Luis Antonio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cardinal-Deacons</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*TAURAN Jean-Louis</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MARTINO Renato Raffaele</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">MARCHISANO Francesco </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">HERRANZ Julián</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">LOZANO BARRAGÁN Javier</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*NICORA Attilio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COTTIER Georges Marie Martin</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NAGY Stanis?aw</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*LEVADA William Joseph</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RODÉ Franc</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CORDERO LANZA di Montezemolo Andrea</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VANHOYE Albert </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SANDRI Leonardo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*LAJOLO Giovanni</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*CORDES Paul Josef</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*COMASTRI Angelo </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RY?KO Stanis?aw</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*FARINA Raffaele</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">COPPA Giovanni</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*AMATO Angelo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SARAH Robert</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*MONTERISI Francesco</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*BURKE Raymond Leo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*KOCH Kurt</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*SARDI Paolo</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*PIACENZA Mauro</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*DE PAOLIS Velasio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*RAVASI Gianfranco</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SGRECCIA Elio</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BRANDMÜLLER Walter</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BARTOLUCCI Domenico</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*FILONI Fernando</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 1 March 2013 (VIS) – The director of the Holy See Press
Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., related some information regarding
the Sede Vacante and the first hours of Benedict XVI after having left
the pontificate in a press conference this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fr. Lombardi spoke this morning with Benedict XVI's personal
secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the Papal Household,
who told him that, yesterday, His Holiness, who was very calm and
serene, had watched several news programs and expressed his appreciation
for the work of the journalists as well as for the participation of
those who had assisted in his departure from the Vatican and his arrival
at Castel Gandolgo. After a brief walk through the Apostolic Palace he
went to bed and slept very well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, as always, His Holiness celebrated Mass at 7:00am and then
prayed the Liturgy of the Hours. In the afternoon he has another walk
planned at 4:00pm, through the gardens of the Castel Gandolfo Apostolic
Palace, to pray the rosary. Benedict XVI brought with him various books
on theology, history, and spirituality. At the moment he is reading from
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yesterday at 8:00, Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, substitute of
the Secretariat of State sent a letter to all the diplomatic
representatives to the Holy See informing them that, during the period
of the Sede Vacante, all matters will be dealt with by the substitute
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 1 March 2013 (VIS) - Today, the first day of the Sede Vacante, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, has begun to summon the cardinals to the first of the General Congregations, as provided for by the Apostolic Constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This first General Congregation will take place on Monday, 4 March, at 9:30am in the Synod of Bishops Hall. A second General Congregation is also scheduled for 5:00pm in the same place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“As prescribed in the Apostolic Constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis” of 22 February 1996 at No. 19, analogous to the case of the death of the Supreme Pontiff, I have the duty to officially communicate to Your Eminence the news of the vacancy of the Apostolic See from the renunciation presented by Pope Benedict XVI effective from yesterday evening, 28 February, at 8:00pm in Rome.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“On communicating this to you I fulfil my duty of summoning Your Eminence to the first of the General Congregations of the College of Cardinals, to be held on Monday, 4 March, at 9:30am in the Synod of Bishops Room in the Paul VI Hall.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The General Congregations will then continue normally until the complete number of Cardinal electors is gathered and the College of Cardinals decides the date for those Cardinal electors to enter into Conclave on the basis of what the recent Motu Proprio of 22 February established regarding modifications in the norms relating to the election of the Roman Pontiff.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 28 February 2013 (VIS) – This afternoon, shortly after 5:00pm, Benedict XVI left the Vatican for the last time as Supreme Pontiff. A few moments earlier, in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State of His Holiness, and other members of that dicastery bid him farewell. In full military regalia, the Swiss Guard troops paid him homage. Also present were Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of Rome, and Cardinal Angelo Comastri, vicar general of His Holiness for Vatican City. Many of the workers of the Vatican City State, with their families, were also in attendance and greeted the Pope with warm applause.<br /><br />Before leaving the Vatican, Benedict XVI issued his last tweet: “Thank you for your love and support. May you always experience the joy that comes from putting Christ at the centre of your lives.”<br /><br />Shortly afterwards the Holy Father, accompanied by his private secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the Papal Household, took a car to the Vatican heliport where the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, greeted him and he boarded the helicopter that carried him to Castel Gandolfo. As the helicopter lifted off, the bells of St. Peter's Basilica and the churches of Roma began ringing.<br /><br />The Pope's helicopter flew over the city of Rome, passing by the Colosseum and St. John Lateran Basilica, and landed at the Castel Gandolfo heliport just after 5:20pm. Awaiting the Holy Father were Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello and Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca, respectively president and secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican City State along with Saverio Petrillo, director of the Pontifical Villas, Bishop Marcello Semeraro of the Diocese of Albano, and civil and religious authorities of the area. The Pope was then taken by car to the Castel Gandolfo Apostolic Palace, where he was greeted by hundreds of people while the bells of Castel Gandolfo's parishes rang out.<br /><br />Shortly afterwards, Benedict XVI appeared at the balcony of the Apostolic Palace and said to the many faithful who were waiting to thank him for his pontificate: “Thank you. Thank you all. Dear friends, I am happy to be with you, surrounded by the beauty of Creation and your well wishes, which do me such good. Thank you for your friendship and your affection. You know that this day is different for me than the preceding ones. I am no longer the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, or I will be until 8:00 this evening and then no longer. I am simply a pilgrim beginning the last leg of his pilgrimage on this earth. But I would still—with my heart, with my love, with my prayers, with my reflection, and with all my inner strength—like to work for the common good and the Good of the Church and of humanity. I feel very supported by your kindness. Let us go forward with the Lord for the good of the Church and the world. Thank you. I now wholeheartedly impart my blessing. Blessed be God Almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Good night! Thank you all!”<br /><br />Benedict XVI's pontificate concludes at 8:00pm this evening (Rome time), at which time the period of the Sede Vacante begins. The Swiss Guards will no longer be in charge of his safekeeping—which detail will then be undertaken by the Vatican Gendarmerie—and will return to the Vatican to offer their service to the College of Cardinals. During this period the twitter account @Pontifex will be deactivated. Once elected, the new Pope may, if he so desires, take over its use. Benedict XVI's Fisherman's Ring and the seal of his pontificate will also be destroyed at that time and the papal apartments in the Vatican Palace will be sealed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 28 February 2013 (VIS) – At 11:00am in the Clementine Hall, Benedict XVI greeted the College of Cardinals, whose dean, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, addressed a short farewell to the Pope on behalf of all those present.<br /><br />“It is with great emotion,” he said, “that the Cardinal Fathers present in Rome gather around you today, to once again express to you their deep affection and heartfelt gratitude for your selfless witness of apostolic service, for the good of Christ's Church and of all humanity.”<br /><br />The cardinal recalled the words that, last Saturday at the end of the Lenten Retreat, the Pope addressed to his collaborators in the Roman Curia: “I would like to thank all of you and not only for this week, but for these past eight years that you have borne with me—with great skill, affection, love, and faith—the weight of the Petrine ministry.”<br /><br />“Beloved and revered Successor of Peter,” the cardinal exclaimed, “we are the ones who must thank you for the example you have given us in these eight years of your Pontificate. On 19 April, 2005, you joined the long line of successors of the Apostle Peter and today, 28 February, 2013, you are about to leave us, awaiting that the helm of Peter's Barque be transferred to other hands. Thus the apostolic succession, which the Lord promised to His Holy Church, will continue until the voice of the Angel of the Apocalypse is heard on earth, proclaiming 'Tempus non erit amplius ... consummabitur mysterium Dei' 'There shall be no more delay. ... The mysterious plan of God shall be fulfilled!' Thus will end the history of the Church, together with the history of the world, with the coming of a new heaven and a new earth.”<br /><br />The dean of the College of Cardinals emphasized the “deep love” with which the cardinals have tried to accompany the Pope in his journey, and how the journey was a “reliving of the experience of the disciples of Emmaus who, after walking with Jesus for a good stretch of road, said to one another: 'Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way?'”<br /><br />“Yes, Holy Father, know that our hearts were also burning when we were walking with you in these past eight years. Today we want to once again express to you our gratitude. We repeat together a typical expression of your dear native land: 'Vergelt's Gott', may God reward you!”<br /><br />For his part, the Holy Father addressed the cardinals, returning to the reference of the disciples' experience on the way to Emmaus, saying: “For me as well, it has been a joy walking with you these past eight years in the light of the Risen Lord's presence. As I said yesterday, in front of the thousands of faithful who filled St. Peter's Square, your nearness and your advice have been a great help to me in my ministry. In these eight years we have faithfully lived beautiful moments of radiant light along the Church's journey along with times when clouds gathered in the skies. We have tried to serve Christ and His Church with a deep and total love, which is the soul of our ministry. We have given the hope that comes to us from Christ and that alone can light the way. Together we can thank the Lord, who has made us to grow in communion. Together we can ask Him to help you grow more in this deep unity, so that the College of Cardinals might be like an orchestra, where diversity, the expression of the universal Church, always contributes to greater and concordant harmony.”<br /><br />He added: “I would like to leave you with a simple thought that is close to my heart: a thought regarding the Church and her mystery, which constitutes for all us, we can say, the reason and the passion of life. I will rely for help on an expression by Romano Guardini, written in the same year when the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council approved the Constitution 'Lumen Gentium'. It is from his final book, which he also personally dedicated for me. The words of this book, therefore, are particularly dear to me. Guardini says: 'The Church is not an institution devised and built by human beings ... but a living reality. ... It lives still throughout the course of time. Like all living realities it develops, it changes ... and yet in the very depths of its being it remains the same: its inmost nucleus is Christ.'“<br /><br />“Our experience yesterday in the square thus seemed to me: seeing that the Church is a living body, animated by the Holy Spirit and truly alive by the power of God. It is in the world but not of the world: it is of God, of Christ, and of the Spirit. We saw this yesterday. This is why Guardini's other famous expression is true and eloquent: 'The Church is awakening within souls.' The Church lives, grows, and awakens in souls that—like the Virgin Mary—embrace the Word of God and conceive of it as the work of the Holy Spirit. The offer God their very flesh and, precisely in their poverty and humility, become capable of generating Christ today in the world. Through the Church, the Mystery of the Incarnation remains present forever. Christ continues to walk through all ages and places.”<br /><br />“Let us remain united in this mystery, dear brothers; in prayer and especially in daily Eucharist, so that we might thus serve the Church and all of humanity. This is our joy, which no one can take from us.”<br /><br />“Before greeting you personally I would like to tell you all that I will continue to be near to you in prayer, especially in the coming days, so that you may be fully docile to the Holy Spirit's action in electing the new Pope. May the Lord show you what He wills. Among you, among the College of Cardinals, is also the future Pope, to whom I already today promise my unconditioned reverence and obedience.”<br /><br />On finishing his address, Benedict XVI greeted all the 144 cardinals and the other members of the Roman Curia present personally.</span></div>
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-43733166226735876492013-02-27T13:12:00.000+08:002013-03-10T13:12:15.572+08:00BENEDICT XVI'S FINAL GENERAL AUDIENCE: “I ASKED GOD TO ENLIGHTEN ME TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, NOT FOR MY OWN GOOD, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH.”<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 27 February 2013 (VIS) – Today, Benedict XVI celebrated his last general audience. In St. Peter's Square, crowded with tens of thousands of people wishing to bid him farewell, the Pontiff said: “Thank you for coming in such large numbers to this, my last general audience. Thank you, I am truly moved! And I see the Church is alive! I think we also have to thank the Creator for the beautiful weather that He is giving us now, even in winter.”<br /><br />Following is the entire text of the Holy Father's words.<br /><br />“Like the Apostle Paul in the Biblical text that we have heard, I feel in my heart that I have to especially thank God who guides and builds up the Church, who plants His Word and thus nourishes the faith in His People. At this moment my heart expands and embraces the whole Church throughout the world and I thank God for the 'news' that, in these years of my Petrine ministry, I have received about the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and for the love that truly circulates in the Body of the Church, making it to live in the love and the hope that opens us to and guides us towards the fullness of life, towards our heavenly homeland.”<br /><br />“I feel that I am carrying everyone with me in prayer in this God-given moment when I am collecting every meeting, every trip, every pastoral visit. I am gathering everyone and everything in prayer to entrust it to the Lord: so that we may be filled with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding in order to live in a manner worthy of the Lord and His love, bearing fruit in every good work (cf. Col 1:9-10).”<br /><br />“At this moment I have great confidence because I know, we all know, that the Gospel's Word of truth is the strength of the Church; it is her life. The Gospel purifies and renews, bearing fruit, wherever the community of believers hears it and welcomes God's grace in truth and in love. This is my confidence, this is my joy.”<br /><br />“When, on 19 April almost eight years ago I accepted to take on the Petrine ministry, I had the firm certainty that has always accompanied me: this certainty for the life of the Church from the Word of God. At that moment, as I have already expressed many times, the words that resounded in my heart were: Lord, what do You ask of me? It is a great weight that You are placing on my shoulders but, if You ask it of me, I will cast my nets at your command, confident that You will guide me, even with all my weaknesses. And eight years later I can say that the Lord has guided me. He has been close to me. I have felt His presence every day. It has been a stretch of the Church's path that has had moments of joy and light, but also difficult moments. I felt like St. Peter and the Apostles in the boat on the See of Galilee. The Lord has given us many days of sunshine and light breezes, days when the fishing was plentiful, but also times when the water was rough and the winds against us, just as throughout the whole history of the Church, when the Lord seemed to be sleeping. But I always knew that the Lord is in that boat and I always knew that the boat of the Church is not mine, not ours, but is His. And the Lord will not let it sink. He is the one who steers her, of course also through those He has chosen because that is how He wanted it. This was and is a certainty that nothing can tarnish. And that is why my heart today is filled with gratitude to God, because He never left—the whole Church or me—without His consolation, His light, or His love.”<br /><br />“We are in the Year of Faith, which I desired precisely in order to strengthen our faith in God in a context that seems to relegate it more and more to the background. I would like to invite everyone to renew their firm trust in the Lord, to entrust ourselves like children to God's arms, certain that those arms always hold us up and are what allow us to walk forward each day, even when it is a struggle. I would like everyone to feel beloved of that God who gave His Son for us and who has shown us His boundless love. I would like everyone to feel the joy of being Christian. In a beautiful prayer, which can be recited every morning, say: 'I adore you, my God and I love you with all my heart. Thank you for having created me, for having made me Christian...' Yes, we are happy for the gift of faith. It is the most precious thing, which no one can take from us! Let us thank the Lord for this every day, with prayer and with a coherent Christian life. God loves us, but awaits us to also love Him!”<br /><br />“It is not only God who I wish to thank at this time. A pope is not alone in guiding Peter's barque, even if it is his primary responsibility. I have never felt alone in bearing the joy and the weight of the Petrine ministry. The Lord has placed at my side so many people who, with generosity and love for God and the Church, have helped me and been close to me. First of all, you, dear Brother Cardinals: your wisdom, your advice, and your friendship have been precious to me. My collaborators, starting with my secretary of state who has accompanied me faithfully over the years; the Secretariat of State and the whole of the Roman Curia, as well as all those who, in their various areas, serve the Holy See. There are many faces that are never seen, remaining in obscurity, but precisely in their silence, in their daily dedication in a spirit of faith and humility, they were a sure and reliable support to me. A special thought goes to the Church of Rome, my diocese! I cannot forget my Brothers in the episcopate and in the priesthood, consecrated persons, and the entire People of God. In my pastoral visits, meetings, audiences, and trips I always felt great care and deep affection, but I have also loved each and every one of you, without exception, with that pastoral love that is the heart of every pastor, especially the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of the Apostle Peter. Every day I held each of you in prayer, with a father's heart.”<br /><br />“I wish to send my greetings and my thanks to all: a pope's heart extends to the whole world. And I would like to express my gratitude to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, which makes the great family of Nations present here. Here I am also thinking of all those who work for good communication and I thank them for their important service.”<br /><br />“At this point I would also like to wholeheartedly thank all of the many people around the world who, in recent weeks, have sent me touching tokens of concern, friendship, and prayer. Yes, the Pope is never alone. I feel this again now in such a great way that it touches my heart. The Pope belongs to everyone and many people feel very close to him. It's true that I receive letters from the world's notables—from heads of states, from religious leaders, from representatives of the world of culture, etc. But I also receive many letters from ordinary people who write to me simply from their hearts and make me feel their affection, which is born of our being together with Christ Jesus, in the Church. These people do not write to me the way one would write, for example, to a prince or a dignitary that they don't know. They write to me as brothers and sisters or as sons and daughters, with the sense of a very affectionate family tie. In this you can touch what the Church is—not an organization, not an association for religious or humanitarian ends, but a living body, a communion of brothers and sisters in the Body of Jesus Christ who unites us all. Experiencing the Church in this way and being able to almost touch with our hands the strength of His truth and His love is a reason for joy at a time when many are speaking of its decline. See how the Church is alive today!”<br /><br />“In these last months I have felt that my strength had diminished and I asked God earnestly in prayer to enlighten me with His light to make me make the right decision, not for my own good, but for the good of the Church. I have taken this step in full awareness of its seriousness and also its newness, but with a profound peace of mind. Loving the Church also means having the courage to make difficult, agonized choices, always keeping in mind the good of the Church, not of oneself.”<br /><br />“Allow me here to return once again to 19 April, 2005. The gravity of the decision lay precisely in the fact that, from that moment on, I was always and for always engaged by the Lord. Always—whoever assumes the Petrine ministry no longer has any privacy. He belongs always and entirely to everyone, to the whole Church. His life, so to speak, is totally deprived of its private dimension. I experienced, and I am experiencing it precisely now, that one receives life precisely when they give it. Before I said that many people who love the Lord also love St. Peter's Successor and are fond of him; that the Pope truly has brothers and sisters, sons and daughters all over the world and that he feels safe in the embrace of their communion; because he no longer belongs to himself but he belongs to all and all belong to him.”<br /><br />“'Always' is also 'forever'--there is no return to private life. My decision to renounce the active exercise of the ministry does not revoke this. I am not returning to private life, to a life of trips, meetings, receptions, conferences, etc. I am not abandoning the cross, but am remaining beside the Crucified Lord in a new way. I no longer bear the power of the office for the governance of the Church, but I remain in the service of prayer, within St. Peter's paddock, so to speak. St. Benedict, whose name I bear as Pope, will be a great example to me in this. He has shown us the way for a life that, active or passive, belongs wholly to God's work.”<br /><br />“I also thank each and every one of you for the respect and understanding with which you have received this important decision. I will continue to accompany the Church's journey through prayer and reflection, with the dedication to the Lord and His Bride that I have tried to live every day up to now and that I want to always live. I ask you to remember me to God, and above all to pray for the Cardinals who are called to such an important task, and for the new Successor of the Apostle Peter. Many the Lord accompany him with the light and strength of His Spirit.”<br /><br />“We call upon the maternal intercession of Mary, the Mother of God and of the Church, that she might accompany each of us and the entire ecclesial community. We entrust ourselves to her with deep confidence.”<br /><br />“Dear friends! God guides His Church, always sustaining her even and especially in difficult times. Let us never lose this vision of faith, which is the only true vision of the path of the Church and of the world. In our hearts, in the heart of each one of you, may there always be the joyous certainty that the Lord is beside us, that He does not abandon us, that He is near and embraces us with His love. Thank you.”</span></div>
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JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-48189684204452849882013-02-26T13:09:00.000+08:002013-03-10T13:10:16.221+08:00BENEDICT XVI WILL BE POPE EMERITUS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 26 February 2013 (VIS) – Benedict XVI will be “Pontiff emeritus” or “Pope emeritus”, as Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, reported in a press conference on th final days of the current pontificate. He will keep the name of “His Holiness, Benedict XVI” and will dress in a simple white cassock without the mozzetta (elbow-length cape).<br /><br />More than 50,000 tickets have already been requested for the Pope's final general audience tomorrow morning, 27 February, but greater attendance is expected. Except for the trip around St. Peter's Square in the popemobile and the exclusion of the “bacciamani” (brief personal greetings that take place after the ceremony), the audience will take place as usual. On its conclusion, the Pope will go to the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Palace to meet with some of the civil authorities who are present in Rome or who have travelled here to wish him farewell. Among these dignitaries will be the presidents of Slovakia and of the German region of Bavaria.<br /><br />On the morning of 28 February, the last day of his pontificate, the Pope will meet with, again in the Clementine Hall, the cardinals what are present in Rome. At 4:55pm, in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Vatican Apostolic Palace and before a detachment of the Swiss Guards, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of State of His Holiness, and and other members of that dicastery will bid him farewell. The Pope's helicopter will land at Castel Gandolfo at 5:15pm, where he will be received by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello and Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca, respectively president and secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican City State along with Bishop Marcello Semeraro of the Diocese of Albano, and civil authorities of the locality.<br /><br />Benedict XVI will appear at the balcony of the Castel Gandolfo Apostolic Palace to greet those who have gathered in the square to wish him well. The Sede Vacante will begin at 8:00pm and the Swiss Guards assigned to him at Castel Gandolfo will take their leave, as their corps is dedicated to the safe-guarding of the Roman Pontiff. Instead, the Vatican Gendarmerie will take over the Pope emeritus' safety detail.<br /><br />Fr. Lombardi also explained that Bendict XVI will no longer use the “Fisherman's Ring”, which will be destroyed along with the lead seal of the pontificate. This task falls to the cardinal camerlengo and his assistants. Likewise, the Press Office director announced that the Pope will no longer wear the red papal shoes.<br /><br />Regarding the beginning of the Congregations of Cardinals, the dean of the College of Cardinals will send a letter to all the cardinals on 1 March, calling them to Rome. “It is likely, therefore,” Fr. Lombardi added, “that the congregations will begin starting next week.”<br /><br />The congregations will be held in the new Synod Hall. The prelates will not be housed in the Casa Santa Marta residence until the eve of the beginning of the Conclave for various reasons, including the fact that rooms are to be assigned by lot during the congregations.<br /><br /><b>Source:</b><br /><br />VIS - Vatican Information Service</span></div>
JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-1490222701844745342013-02-26T13:08:00.000+08:002013-03-10T13:08:34.617+08:00CARDINAL BERTONE ASKS CONTEMPLATIVE MONASTERIES FOR PRAYER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 25 February 2013 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., sent a letter to the monasteries devoted to contemplative life around the world, invitign them to intensify their prayers at this special moment in the life of the Church. Following is the entire text of the message that is dated 21 February.<br /><br />“I write to you as the whole Church anxiously follows the final days of the luminous pontificate of His Holiness Benedict XVI and awaits the arrival of the successor whom the Cardinals gathered in conclave and guided by the Holy Spirit will choose, after discerning together the signs of the times of the Church and the world.”<br /><br />“His Holiness Benedict XVI has asked all the faithful to accompany him with their prayers as he commends the Petrine ministry into the Lord’s hands, and to await with trust the arrival of the new Pope. In a particularly urgent way this appeal is addressed to those chosen members of the Church who are contemplatives. The Holy Father is certain that you, in your monasteries and convents throughout the world, will provide the precious resource of that prayerful faith which down the centuries has accompanied and sustained the Church along her pilgrim path. The coming conclave will thus depend in a special way on the transparent purity of your prayer and worship.”<br /><br />“The most significant example of this spiritual elevation which manifests the most authentic and profound dimension of every ecclesial action, the presence of the Holy Spirit who guides the Church, is offered to us by His Holiness Benedict XVI who, after having steered the barque of Peter amid the waves of history, has chosen to devote himself above all to prayer, contemplation and reflection.”<br /><br />“The Holy Father, with whom I shared the contents of this letter, was deeply appreciative, and asked me to thank you and to assure you of his immense love and esteem.”<br /><br />“With affection in Christ I send you greetings, united with you in prayer.”<br /><br /><b>Source:</b><br /><br />VIS - Vatican Information Service</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 25 February 2013 (VIS) – In an unofficial translation of the Apostolic Letter in the form of a Motu Proprio by Holy Father Benedict XVI and dated 22 February, following are a few amendments concerning the election of the Roman Pontiff.<br /><br />“With the Apostolic Letter 'De aliquibus mutationibus in normis de electione Romani Ponteficis' given as a Motu Proprio in Rome on 11 June 2007 in the third year of my pontificate, I established some norms that, rescinding those prescribed in no. 75 of the Apostolic Constitution 'Universi Dominici Gregis' promulgated by my predecessor Blessed John Paul II, have re-established the regulation, sanctioned by tradition, according to which a two thirds majority of the votes of the Cardinal electors present is always required for the valid election of the Roman Pontiff.”<br /><br />“Considering the importance of ensuring the best implementation of what is concerned, albeit with a different significance, regarding the election of the Roman Pontiff, in particular a more certain interpretation and execution of some provisions, I establish and prescribe that some norms of the Apostolic Constitution 'Universi Dominici Gregis', as well as what I myself set forth in the above-mentioned Apostolic Letter, be replaced with the following norms:<br /><br />35. “No Cardinal elector can be excluded from active or passive voice in the election of the Supreme Pontiff, for any reason or pretext, with due regard for the provisions of No. 40 and No. 75 of this Constitution.”<br /><br />37. “I furthermore decree that, from the moment when the Apostolic See is lawfully vacant, the Cardinal electors who are present must wait fifteen full days for those who are absent before beginning the Conclave; however, the College of Cardinals is also granted the faculty to anticipated the beginning of the Conclave if all the Cardinal electors are present as well as the faculty to defer, for serious reasons, the beginning of the election for a few days more. But when a maximum of twenty days have elapsed from the beginning of the vacancy of the See, all the Cardinal electors present are obliged to proceed to the election.”<br /><br />43. “From the beginning of the electoral process until the public announcement that the election of the Supreme Pontiff has taken place, or in any case until the new Pope so disposes, the rooms of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and in particular the Sistine Chapel and the areas reserved for liturgical celebrations are to be closed to unauthorized persons, by the authority of the Cardinal Camerlengo and with the outside assistance of the Vice Camerlengo and the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, in accordance with the provisions set forth in the following Numbers.”<br /><br />“During this period, the entire territory of Vatican City and the ordinary activity of the offices located therein shall be regulated, for the period mentioned, in a way that ensures the confidentiality and the free development of all the undertakings connected with the election of the Supreme Pontiff. In particular, provision shall be made, with the help of the Cleric Prelates of the Chamber to ensure that no one approaches the Cardinal electors while they are being transported from the Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Apostolic Vatican Palace.”<br /><br />46, 1. “In order to meet the personal and official needs connected with the election process, the following individuals must be available and therefore properly lodged in suitable areas within the confines mentioned in No. 43 of this Constitution: the Secretary of the College of Cardinals, who acts as Secretary of the electoral assembly; the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations with eight Masters of Ceremonies and two Religious attached to the Papal Sacristy; and an ecclesiastic chosen by the Cardinal Dean or by the Cardinal taking his place, in order to assist him in his duties.”<br /><br />47. “All the persons listed in No. 46 and No. 55, 2 of this Constitution who in any way or at any time should come to learn anything from any source, directly or indirectly, regarding the election process, and in particular regarding the voting which took place in the election itself, are obliged to maintain strict secrecy with all persons extraneous to the College of Cardinal electors: accordingly, before the election begins, they shall take an oath in the form and using the formula indicated in No. 48.”<br /><br />48. “The persons listed in No. 46 and No. 55, 2 of this Constitution, having been duly warned about the meaning and extent of the oath that they are to take, before the start of the election process, shall, in the presence of the Cardinal Camerlengo or another Cardinal delegated by him, and in the presence of two numerary participant Apostolic Protonotaries, in due course swear and sign the oath according to the following formula:”<br /><br />“I, N.N., promise and swear that, unless I should receive a special faculty given expressly by the newly-elected Pontiff or by his successors, I will observe absolute and perpetual secrecy with all who are not part of the College of Cardinal electors concerning all matters directly or indirectly related to the ballots cast and their scrutiny for the election of the Supreme Pontiff.”<br /><br />“I likewise promise and swear to refrain from using any audio or video equipment capable of recording anything which takes place during the period of the election within Vatican City, and in particular anything which in any way, directly or indirectly, is related to the process of the election itself.”<br /><br />“I declare that I take this oath fully aware that an infraction thereof will make me subject to the penalty of excommunication 'latae sententiae', which is reserved to the Apostolic See."<br /><br />“So help me God and these Holy Gospels, which I touch with my hand.”<br /><br />49. “When the funeral rites for the deceased Pope have been celebrated according to the prescribed ritual, and everything necessary for the regular functioning of the election has been prepared, on the appointed day of the beginning of the Conclave established in conformity with the provisions of No. 37 of the present Constitution, the Cardinal electors shall meet in the Basilica of Saint Peter's in the Vatican, or elsewhere, should circumstances warrant it, in order to take part in a solemn Eucharistic celebration with the Votive Mass 'Pro Eligendo Papa'. This celebration should preferably take place at a suitable hour in the morning, so that in the afternoon the prescriptions of the following Numbers of this Constitution can be carried out.”<br /><br />50. From the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, where they will assemble at a suitable hour in the afternoon, the Cardinal electors, in choir dress and invoking the assistance of the Holy Spirit with the chant of the 'Veni Creator', will solemnly process to the Sistine Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, where the election will be held. The Vice Camerlengo, the General Auditor of the Apostolic Camera, and two members of each of the colleges of numerary participant Apostolic Protonotaries, Prelate Auditors of the Roman Rota, and Cleric Prelates of the Chamber will participate in the procession.<br /><br />51, 2. “It will therefore be the responsibility of the College of Cardinals, operating under the authority and responsibility of the Camerlengo, assisted by the Particular Congregation mentioned in No. 7 of the present Constitution, and with the outside assistance of the Vice Camerlengo and the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, to make all prior arrangements for the interior of the Sistine Chapel and adjacent areas to be prepared, so that an orderly election and its privacy will be ensured.”<br /><br />55, 3. “Should any infraction whatsoever of this norm occur, those responsible should know that they will be subject to the penalty of excommunication 'latae sententiae', which is reserved to the Apostolic See."<br /><br />62. “Since the forms of election known as 'per acclamationem seu inspirationem' and 'per compromissum' are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be 'per scrutinium' alone.”<br /><br />“I therefore decree that, for the valid election of the Roman Pontiff, at least two thirds of the votes are required, calculated on the basis of the total number of electors present and voting.”<br /><br />64. “The voting process is carried out in three phases. The first phase, which can be called the pre-scrutiny, comprises: 1) the preparation and distribution of the ballot papers by the Masters of Ceremonies—called meanwhile into the Hall together with the Secretary of the College of Cardinals and with the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations—who give at least two or three to each Cardinal elector; 2) the drawing by lot, from among all the Cardinal electors, of three Scrutineers, of three persons charged with collecting the votes of the sick, called for the sake of brevity 'Infirmarii', and of three Revisers; this drawing is carried out in public by the junior Cardinal Deacon, who draws out nine names, one after another, of those who shall carry out these tasks; 3) if, in the drawing of lots for the Scrutineers, 'Infirmarii' and Revisers, there should come out the names of Cardinal electors who because of infirmity or other reasons are unable to carry out these tasks, the names of others who are not impeded are to be drawn in their place. The first three drawn will act as Scrutineers, the second three as 'Infirmarii', and the last three as Revisers.”<br /><br />70, 2. “The Scrutineers add up all the votes that each individual has received, and if no one has obtained at least two thirds of the votes on that ballot, the Pope has not been elected; if however it turns out that someone has obtained at least two thirds of the votes, the canonically valid election of the Roman Pontiff has taken place.”<br /><br />75. “If the votes referred to in Nos. 72, 73, and 74 of the above-mentioned Constitution do not result in an election, a day will be dedicated to prayer, reflection, and discussion. In subsequent votes, in accordance with the procedure established in No. 74 of this same Constitution, only the two whose names have received the greatest number of votes in the immediately preceding ballot will have the passive electoral right. There can be no waiving of the requirement that a valid election takes place only by a qualified majority of at least two thirds of the votes of the cardinals who are present and voting. Moreover, in these ballots, the two persons who enjoy the passive electoral right lose their active electoral right.”<br /><br />“When the election has canonically taken place, the junior Cardinal Deacon summons into the Hall of election the Secretary of the College of Cardinals, the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, and two Masters of Ceremonies. The Cardinal Dean, or the Cardinal who is first in order and seniority, in the name of the whole College of electors, then asks the consent of the one elected in the following words: 'Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme Pontiff?' And, as soon as he has received the consent, he asks him: 'By what name do you wish to be called?' Then the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, acting as notary and having as witnesses the two Masters of Ceremonies, draws up a document certifying acceptance by the new Pope and the name taken by him.”<br /><br />“This document will enter into force immediately upon its publication in the Osservatore Romano.”<br /><br />“This I do decree and establish, notwithstanding any instruction to the contrary.”<br /><br />“Given in Rome, at Saint Peter’s, on 22 February in the year 2013, the eighth of my Pontificate.”<br /><br /><b>Source:</b><br /><br />VIS - Vatican Information Service</span></div>
JMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17878751910960706014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995027027917187840.post-55217910401763685862013-02-24T13:01:00.000+08:002013-03-10T13:01:56.552+08:00 BENEDICT XVI'S FINAL ANGELUS: THE LORD CALLS ME TO DEDICATE MYSELF MORE TO PRAYER, BUT I DO NOT ABANDON THE CHURCH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vatican City, 24 February 2013 – More than 200,000 people attended the final Angelus of Benedict XVI's pontificate. Maxiscreens were placed in the areas around St. Peter's Square so that the faithful who could not enter the square would be able to see the Pope at the window of his study shortly before noon.<br /><br />The Holy Father was received with much applause and, before beginning his short meditation, responded saying, “Thank you, thank you very much.” He then commented on the Gospel reading for this second Sunday of Lent, which recounts the Transfiguration of the Lord.<br /><br />“Luke the Evangelist,” he said, “places particular attention on the fact that Jesus was transfigured as He prayed. His is a profound experience of relationship with the Father during a type of spiritual retreat that Jesus undergoes on a high mountain in the company of Peter, James, and John, the three disciples who are always present at the moments of the Master's divine manifestation. The Lord, who had foretold His death and resurrection shortly before, offers His disciples an anticipation of His glory. Again at the Transfiguration, as at His Baptism, we hear the voice of the Heavenly Father: 'This is my chosen Son; listen to Him.' The presence of Moses and Elijah, who represent the Law and the Prophets of the Old Covenant, is very important. The entire history of the Covenant is directed toward Him, the Christ, who brings about a new 'exodus', not to the promised land, as in the time of Moses, but to heaven. Peter's exclamation, 'Master, it is good that we are here', represents the impossible attempt to stop this mystical experience. St. Augustine comments: “Peter … on the mountain ... had Christ as the Bread of his soul. Should he then depart from there to return to struggles and sorrows, while up above he was full of the holy love for God that inspired him to saintly behaviour?”<br /><br />“Meditating on this Gospel passage, we can draw a very important teaching from it. First of all, the primacy of prayer, without which the entire commitment of ministry and charity is reduced to activism. During Lent we learn to give the proper time to the prayer, both personal and communal, which gives breath to our spiritual life. In addition, prayer is not an isolation from the world and its contradictions, as Peter would have wanted on Mt. Tabor. Instead, prayer leads to a path of action. 'The Christian life—I wrote in this year's Lenten Message—consists in continuously scaling the mountain to meet God and then coming back down, bearing the love and strength drawn from Him, so as to serve our brothers and sisters with God’s own love.'”<br /><br />“I hear this Word of God addressed to me in a special way at this moment of my life. The Lord has called me to 'scale the mountain', to dedicate myself still more to prayer and meditation. But this does not mean abandoning the Church. If God asks me this it is precisely so that I might continue to serve her with the same dedication and the same love with which I have tried to give up to now, but in a way more suitable to my age and my strength. Let us call upon the intercession of the Virgin Mary: May she help all of us to always follow the Lord Jesus, in prayer and in works of charity.”<br /><br />After praying the Angelus, in his greetings in various languages, the Pope thanked everyone for expressing their closeness and for keeping him in their prayers in these days, saying: “We also give thanks to God for this sun we have today”, seeing that in Rome, contrary to the meteorological forecasts, it was not raining.<br /><br />In addressing the Polish pilgrims he reaffirmed that on Mt. Tabor, Christ “revealed the splendour of His divinity to His disciples, giving them the certainty that, through suffering and the cross we can gain resurrection. We always have to perceive His presence, His glory, and His divinity in the life of the Church, in contemplation, and in everyday events.”<br /><br />Finally, speaking to the many Italians from diverse dioceses throughout the peninsula, he bade them farewell saying: “Thank you, again. We will always be close in prayer.”</span></div>
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