?And now, letus turn to the Virgin Mary, so that she might help us always
to follow Jesus' example faithfully?.

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 THE STUDY OF HISTORY, ONE OF THE PATHS TO THE TRUTH
Vatican City, 12 April 2014 (VIS) ? ?The study of history indeed represents
one of the paths for the impassioned search for the truth, which has always
pervaded man's soul?, said the Pope in his audience with the participants
in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Committee for Historical
Sciences, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. ?Your research,
marked both by a genuine passion for the Church and by sincere love for the
truth, can be of great help to those who have the task of discerning what
the Holy Spirit wants to say to today's Church. ... In your encounter and
collaboration with researchers from every culture and religion, you can
offer a specific contribution to the dialogue between the Church and the
contemporary world?.
At the end of the meeting, Pope Francis commented on one of the initiatives
planned by the Committee, the internationalconference to mark the centenary
of the outbreak of the First World War, and recalled the prophetic words of
Benedict XV in his letter of August 1917 to the leaders of the warring
nations: ?Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war?.

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 POPE FRANCIS: CARE FOR YOUR PATIENTS WITHOUT FORGETTING THEY ARE PEOPLE
Vatican City, 12 April 2014 (VIS) ? This morning the Holy Father met with
the participants in the Congress of the Italian Society for Oncological
Surgery, organised by the ?La Sapienza? University of Rome and by the
Sant'Andrea Hospital. ?Scientific research has multiplied the possibilities
for prevention and treatment, and has discovered therapies to treat many
illnesses?, said the Pope. ?But when we speak of in full health, it is
necessary not to lose sign of the fact that the human person, created in
the image and semblance of God, is a unity of body and spirit. These two
elements are distinct but inseparable, because the person is one entity.
Therefore, even illness, the experience of pain and suffering, does not
relate only to the bodily dimension, but to man in his entirety. This
creates the need for an integral treatment, that considers the person as a
wholeand unites medical care with human, psychological and social support,
spiritual guidance, and support for patients' families?.
Pope Francis recalled Pope John Paul II's Moto Proprio ?Dolentium hominum?
of 1985, remarking that ?it is indispensable for healthcare workers to 'be
led by an integrally human view of illness? and as a result be ?able to
effect a fully human approach to the sick person who is suffering'. ?
Fraternal communion with the sick opens us up to the true beauty of human
life?.
Finally, referring the beginning of Holy Week, which culminates in the
Triduum of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, he affirmed, ?Here
human suffering reaches its lowest point, and is redeemed by God. God as
love. Only Christ can give meaning to the scandal of innocent pain?.

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 AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 14 April 2014 (VIS) ? Today, the Holy Father received in audience:
- Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
- Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome.
On Saturday 12 April the Holy Father received in audience:
- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 14 April 2014 (VIS) ? The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Alan
Williams, S.M., as bishop of Brentwood (area 3,967, population 2,789,000,
Catholics 225,700, priests 154, permanent deacons 11, religious 293),
England. The bishop-elect was born in Blackburn, England in 1951, gave his
solemn vows in 1976, and was ordained a priest in 1983. After teaching at
St. Mary's College, Blackburn, he served as director of the national shrine
of Our Lady of Walsingham. He was subsequently chaplain at Sheffield Hallam
University and priest of the parish of Sidcup in Southwark, as well as
regional superior of the Marist Fathers. In 2008 he returned to the role of
director of the national shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, in which he
continues to serve. He succeeds Bishop Thomas McMahon, whose resignation
upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.
On Saturday, 12 April, the HolyFather:
- appointed Fr. Columba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E., as bishop of
Wilcannia-Forbes (area 414,378, population 117,000, Catholics 35,200,
priests 21, religious 42), Australia. The bishop-elect was born in Forbes,
Australia in 1968, gave his solemn vows in 1996, and ordained a priest in
1997. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including: priest of the
parish of Tarcutta, Wagga Wagga; prefect of novices in Tarcutta; first
counsellor of the Australian Province of the Order; master of novices in
Tarcutta; secretary of the Australian Province of the Order; sub-prior of
the Penrose Park Monastery, Wollongong; and priest of the parish of Moss
Vale, Wollongong. He is currently prior of the Monastery and rector of the
Marian Valley shrine, Canugra, Brisbane, and provincial vicar of the
Australian Province of the Order. He has also served as chaplain of the
police of New South Wales and is currently chaplain of the police of
Queensland.
-accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of
Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine, presented by Bishop Marian Buczek, in
accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- appointed Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M., auxiliary of
Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine, and apostolic administrator ?ad nutum Sanctae
Sedis? of Lutsk, as bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia (area 196,300, population
19,000,000, Catholics 40,000, priests 64, religious 97), Ukraine.
- appointed Bishop Vitaliy Skomarovskyi, auxiliary of Kyiv-Zhytomyr,
Ukraine, as bishop of Lutsk (area 40,300, population 2,217,730, Catholics
27,160, priests 26, religious 19), Ukraine.
- appointed Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole, F.D.P., as bishop of Ascoli Piceno
(area 840, population 107,503, Catholics 106,512, priests 111, permanent
deacons 7, religious 151), Italy. He was previously auxiliary of the
archdiocese of L'Aquila, Italy.
-appointed Fr. Maurizio of the clergy of the diocese of Faenza-Modigliana
as relator of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Fr. Tagliaferri is
ordinary professor of History of the Church at the Theological Faculty of
Emilia-Romagna.
- confirmed Msgr. Guido Marini as Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations.
- appointed Professor Margaret Scotford Archer, Great Britain, as president
of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Scotford Archer is
currently director of the ?Centre d'Ontologie Sociale? at the EPFL Ecole
Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, pontifical academic and member of the
Council of the Academy.

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