Vatican City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning
the Holy Father received in audience Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect
of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. A communique released by
that dicastery reads that, during the course of the audience, various issues
pertaining to the Congregation were discussed. In particular, the Holy Father
recommended that the Congregation, continuing along the lines set by Benedict
XVI, act decisively with regard to cases of sexual abuse, first of all by
promoting measures for the protection of minors, as well as in offering
assistance to those who have suffered abuse, carrying out due proceedings
against the guilty, and in the commitment of bishops' conferences to formulate
and implement the necessary directives in this area that is so important for
the Church's witness and credibility. The Holy Father assured that victims of
abuse are present in a particular way in his prayers for those who are suffering.
Saturday, 6 April 2013
LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED OVER BY POPE: APRIL–MAY
Vatican
City, 3 April 2013 (VIS) – Following is the calendar of celebrations scheduled
to be presided over by the Holy Father in the months of April and May, 2013.
APRIL
7
April, Second Sunday of Easter, or Divine Mercy Sunday: 5:30pm, Mass in the
Basilica of St. John Lateran for the Bishop of Rome to take possession of the
Roman cathedra.
14
April, Sunday:5:30pm, Mass in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls
21
April, Sunday:9:30am, Mass and priestly ordinations in St. Peter's Basilica.
28
April, Sunday:10:00am, Mass and confirmations in St. Peter's Square.
MAY
4
May, Saturday:6:00pm, Recitation of the Rosary in the Basilica of St. Mary
Major.
5
May, Sunday:10:00am, Mass for Confraternities in St. Peter's Square.
12
May, Sunday:9:30am, Mass and canonizations of Blesseds Antonio Primaldo and
Companions; Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya y Upegui; and Maria
Guadalupe Garcia Zavala.
18
May, Saturday:6:00pm, Pentecost Vigil in St. Peter's Square with the
participation of ecclesial movements.
Monday, 1 April 2013
Faithful walks on 2012 to 2013
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WHEN siblings Maria and William Naduva set out on the Catholic Church's annual crosswalk, they had no idea how close their first-time experience would bring them.
The crosswalk, held
to mark Easter, has a habit of bringing out the best in people.
After walking 14
hours a day for six days, Maria's feet had blistered to the point where she
thought she would not reach Lomawai Secondary School รน the last stop for
walkers before they reach the ashram in the Lomawai hills.
"We were
supposed to walk from Sigatoka to Semo Village but there was flood damage at
Semo so we had to continue on to Lomawai Secondary School," Ms Naduva
said. She said she had wanted to get into a van provided for walkers who were
injured but her brother encouraged her to go on, saying they were almost at
Lomawai Secondary School.
While she tried to
walk off the pain of her blisters, her brother held her hand and stood by her
side but eventually it became too much for the 20-year-old Corpus Christi
student, and she fell just after the walkers entered Lomawai road.
As medical teams
with the walkers tried to get his sister into the van, Mr Naduva stepped in and
said if his sister could not complete the walk under her own power, then he
would carry her until they reached the school.
"When I picked
her up on the road, in my mind I was thinking, she is my younger sister, and on
this walk, my family is my cross and I will bear their burdens as my own,"
Mr Naduva said.
A 23-year-old
University of the South Pacific student Mr Naduva said he had joined the walk
to strengthen his faith.
Gesturing to his
younger sister, he said he hoped the experience would show his sister that he
was always there for her.
"When my brother
picked me up, it showed me how much he cared for me and I will never forget
that, he also showed me that I should never give up and always have
faith," Ms Naduva said.
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