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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE

TWENTIETH YEAR - N. 213
ENGLISH
TUESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2010

SUMMARY:

- Message to Bartholomew I for the Feast of St. Andrew
- Papal Message for the Death of Manuela Campagni
- Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for December
- Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Visits Kazakhstan
- Other Pontifical Acts

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MESSAGE TO BARTHOLOMEW I FOR THE FEAST OF ST. ANDREW

VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2010 (VIS) - As is traditional for the Feast of St.
Andrew, a Holy See delegation, led by Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has travelled to Istanbul
to participate in the celebrations for the saint, patron of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate of Constantinople. Every year the patriarchate sends a
delegation to Rome for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul Apostles, on 29
June.

  This morning the Holy See delegation attended a divine liturgy presided by
His Holiness Bartholomew I, at the Church of St. George at Fanar. At the end
of the ceremony Cardinal Koch delivered a special Message to the patriarch
from Benedict XVI.

  "In a world characterised by increasing interdependence and solidarity",
the Pope writes, "we are called to proclaim the truth of the Gospel with
renewed conviction, and to present the risen Lord as the response to the
most profound spiritual questions and aspirations of the men and women of
today.

  "In order to carry out this great enterprise", he adds,
"we must continue
along the path towards full communion, showing that we have already united
our strengths for a shared witness of the Gospel before the people of our
time. For this reason I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Your
Holiness and to the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the generous hospitality you
offered to delegates of the European Episcopal Conferences who - on the
island of Rhodes in October - met with representatives of the Orthodox
Churches of Europe for the Catholic-Orthodox Forum on the theme: 'Relations
between Church and State: theological and historical perspectives'".

  Benedict XVI concludes his Message by assuring the patriarch of the
interest with which he follows "your wise efforts for the good of Orthodoxy
and for the promotion of Christian values in many international contexts".
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PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE DEATH OF MANUELA CAMPAGNI

VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a message to
participants in the funeral of Manuela Campagni, one of the "Memores
Domini"
who serve in his Vatican apartments, who died in a traffic accident on
Wednesday 24 November. The funeral was held yesterday at San Piero in Bagno,
Italy, home town of the deceased.

  "Such an abrupt separation, and the way in which she was taken from us,
have caused us great suffering which only the faith can console", the Pope
writes. "I find much support in thinking of the words which form the name of
her community: 'Memores Domini'. Meditating upon these words, upon their
significance, I find a sense of peace, because they evoke a profound
relationship which is stronger than death. 'Memores Domini' means 'those who
remember the Lord'; in other words, people who live in the recollection of
God and of Jesus. In this daily recollection, full of faith and love, they
find a meaning for all things, for little actions and for great decisions,
for work, study and fraternity. ... This is why I find peace in thinking
that Manuela is a 'Memor Domini', a person who lives in the recollection of
the Lord. This relationship with Him is more profound than the abyss of
death. It is a link that nothing can break".
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BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR DECEMBER

VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2010 (VIS) - Benedict XVI's general prayer intention
for December is: "That our personal experience of suffering may be an
occasion for better understanding the situation of unease and pain
 which is
the lot of many people who are alone, sick or aged, and stir us all to give
them generous help".

  His mission intention is: "That the peoples of the earth may open their
doors to Christ and to His Gospel of peace, brotherhood and justice".
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CARDINAL TARCISIO BERTONE VISITS KAZAKHSTAN

VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2010 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio
Bertone S.D.B. is currently heading the Holy See delegation to the summit of
heads of State and government of the fifty-six members of the Organisation
for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), being held in Astana,
Kazakhstan, on 1 and 2 December. The cardinal is being accompanied by
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States;
Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, apostolic nuncio to Kazakhstan, and Msgr.
Michael W. Banach, Holy See permanent representative to the OSCE.

  On 3 and 4 December Cardinal Bertone, in the company of Archbishop
Mamberti, will make a pastoral visit to Kazakhstan during which he will meet
with the governmental and religious authorities of the country.

  This morning, during a liturgical celebration in Astana's Orthodox
cathedral of the Assumption to mark today's Feast of St. Andrew, the
secretary of State pronounced a homily during which he expressed his joy "at
being able to carry out the important task entrusted to me by the Holy
Father Benedict XVI of giving you a fragment of the relics of the Apostle
St. Andrew, which are venerated in the Italian city of Amalfi.

  "The gift, which I am honoured to be able to place in the hands of His
Eminence Metropolitan Alexander, comes in response to the devout request
that his predecessor Metropolitan Mefodji and Archbishop Tomash Peta,
Catholic metropolitan, jointly made to the Pope. The Pontiff, gladly
welcoming this ardent desire, has decided to give their respective Churches
two fragments of the precious relics. This is a profoundly significant
decision, in that it underlines our shared veneration for the Apostles".
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

 - Appointed Bishop Stephen Reichert O.F.M. Cap. of Mendi, Papua New Guinea,
as archbishop of Madang (area 27,792, population 412,000, Catholics 153,000,
priests 39, religious 81), Papua New Guinea. The archbishop-elect was born
in Leoville, U.S.A. in 1943, he was ordained a priest in 1969 and
consecrated a bishop in 1995. He succeeds Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz
S.V.D., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese the
Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.

 - Appointed Cardinal Paolo Sardi as patron of the Sovereign Military Order
of Malta.
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