associations like yours, has grown over these years. It is my hope therefore that the study of relations with Judaism may continue to flourish in seminaries
and in centres of formation for lay Catholics, as I am similarly hopeful that a
desire for an
understanding of Christianity may grow among young Rabbis and the Jewish community”.</p>
<p>“Dear friends”, concluded the Holy Father, “in a few months I will have the joy of visiting Jerusalem, where – as the Psalm says – we are all born and where all peoples will one day
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meet. Accompany me with your prayers,
so that this pilgrimage may bring forth the fruits of communion, hope and peace. Shalom!”</p>
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<p>CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES MUST NOT BE ISOLATED AND MUST ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH CONTEMPORARY CULTURE</p>
<p>Vatican City, 13 February 2014 (VIS) – “Catholic education is one of the most important challenges for the Church, currently committed to new
evangelisation in an historical and cultural context that is undergoing constant
transformation”, remarked the Holy Father in his address to participants in the plenary session of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), whom he received in audience in the Sala Clementina this morning.</p>
<p>The agenda of the plenary session, the Pope commented, includes themes of primary importance such as the implementation of the Apostolic Constitution “Sapientia Christiana”, the consolidation of the identity of Catholic universities, and
the preparations for the events which will fall in 2015: the fiftieth anniversary of the Conciliar Declaration “Gravissimum educationis” and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution “Ex Corde Ecclesiae”.</p>
<p>Pope Francis proposed three aspects for consideration by the participants: the value of dialogue in education, the qualified preparation of formators and the responsibility of educational institutions to express the living presence of the Gospel in
the fields of education, science and culture.</p>
<p>Referring to the first of these points, he said, “Effectively, Catholic schools and universities are attended by many students who are not Christian or do not believe. Catholic educational institutions offer to all an approach to education that
has as its aim the full development of the person, which responds to the right of every person to access to knowledge. However, they are also called upon to offer, with full respect for the freedom of each person and using the methods appropriate to the
scholastic environment, the Christian belief, that is, to present Jesus Christ as the meaning of life, the cosmos and history. Jesus began to proclaim the good news of the 'Galilee of the people', a crossroads of people, diverse in terms of race,
culture and religion. This context resembles today's world, in certain respects. The profound changes that have led to the ever wider diffusion of multicultural societies require those who work in the school or
university sector to be involved in educational itineraries involving comparison and dialogue, with a courageous and innovative fidelity that enables
Catholic identity to encounter the various 'souls' of multicultural society”.</p>
<p>With regard to the second aspect, the Pope remarked that during his meeting with the Superior Generals, he had emphasised that education in our times “is guided by a changing generation, and that, therefore, every educator – and the
Church as a whole is an educating mother – is required to change, in the sense of knowing how to communicate with the young”.</p>
<p>In relation to the responsibility of educational institutions to “express the living presence of the Gospel in the field of education, science and culture”, Pope Francis reiterated the need for Catholic academic institutions to avoid
“isolating themselves in the world”, and instead to “know how
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<p>FIFTY YEARS AFTER SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM: THE CHALLENGE OF LITURGICAL RENOVATION AND DEEPENING</p>
<p>Vatican City, 13 February 2014 (VIS) – This morning a press conference
was held in the Holy See Press Office to present the Symposium “Sacrosanctum Concilium. Gratitude and commitment for a great ecclesial movement”, organised by
the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The congress, organised in collaboration with the Pontifical Lateran University and
scheduled to take place from 18 to 20 February, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the
Council Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, promulgated by Pope Paul VI on 4 December 1963.</p>
<p>The speakers at the conference were Archbishop Arthur Roche, secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Msgr.
Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, under-secretary of the same Congregation, and Philippe Chenaux,
professor of modern and contemporary history of the Church at the Pontifical Lateran University and director of the “Vatican Council II” Centre for Study and Research.</p>
<p>In addition, a text prepared by Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments was
read by Msgr. Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, and a text by Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.,
rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, was read by Professor Philippe Chenaux.</p>
<p>Cardinal Canizares commented that the Council was “an invitation to the Church to be herself, as God wished her to be and created her, and to act in a manner coherent with her vocation and with the mission that God Himself has given her.
… With this beginning, which focuses on the theme of the Liturgy, the emphasis is unequivocally placed on the primacy of God in the Church; God first
of all. … When God is not in first place, everything else loses its way”.</p>
<p>The Vatican Council II Fathers demonstrated this priority first by approving
the Constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium”, clarifying that “worship comes first; God comes first. Therefore, beginning with the theme of the Liturgy, the
Council explicitly turned attention to God's primacy and at the same time indicated it as a sure point of orientation for the path to be followed in the future”.</p>
<p>With regard to “gratitude” and “commitment”, the prelate added, “We must, indeed, thank God for this first fruit of the Council … not only for the Constitution itself, but also for the renewing dynamism of the
Church that it has given rise to, and continues to provide. At the same time, urgent commitment on our part to the continuation and deepening of the liturgical renewal hoped for by the Vatican Council II is now called for. It is
true that much has been
done, but there remains much still to do”.</p>
<p>The Symposium will include a component dedicated to theological and pastoral
reflection, and will offer important opportunities for celebrations and time for prayer; ample space will also be dedicated to the beauty of art in the service of liturgy,
represented by concerts and exhibitions. The participants will meet with the Holy Father on Wednesday 19 February during the general audience.</p>
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<p>AUDIENCES</p>
<p>Vatican City, 13 February 2014 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received
in audience:</p>
<p>- Three prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria on their “ad limina” visit:</p>
<p>- Bishop Petko Jordanov Christov of Nicopoli;</p>
<p>- Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcek of Sofia and Plovdiv;</p>
<p>- Bishop Christo Proykov, apostolic esarch of Sofia for Catholics of Byzantine-Slavic rite resident in Bulgaria.</p>
<p>Yesterday the Holy Father received in audience Bishop Nunzio Galantino of Cassano all'Jonio, secretary general “ad interim” of the Italian Episcopal Conference.</p>
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<p>OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS</p>
<p>Vatican City, 13 February 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has:</p>
<p>- confirmed the erection of the archiepiscopal esarchate of Krym of the Ukrainians, Ukraine by the Synod of the Greek Catholic Church, with territory from the current archiepiscopal esarchate of Odessa-Krym;</p>
<p>- confirmed the transfer of Bishop Vasyl Ivasyuk from the office of archiepiscopal esarch of Odessa-Krym to the eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi of the Ukrainians.</p>
<p>- given his assent to the canonical election by the Synod of the Greek Catholic Church of Pr. Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.SS.R., as first bishop of the archiepiscopal eparchy of Krym, Ukraine. The bishop-elect was born in Khlivchany, Ukraine in 1970, took his
religious vows in 1996 and was ordained a priest in 1977. He holds a licentiate
in canon law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. He has served in pastoral roles in Novoiavorivsk, Kokhavino and Lviv, and is currently superior of the Community
of Redemptorist Fathers in Ivano-Frankivsk and priest in the parish of “Our Lady of Perpetual Help” in the same city.</p>
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