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Vatican Information Service
      10.11.2006 - Sixteenth Year - Num. 171

      SUMMARY:

     - Simon Cananaean and Jude Thaddaeus, Jesus' Disciples

     - Archbishop Migliore Speaks on Development Financing
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     SIMON CANANAEAN AND JUDE THADDAEUS, JESUS' DISCIPLES

      VATICAN CITY, OCT 11, 2006 (VIS) - The Apostles Simon the
Cananaean and Jude Thaddaeus were the subject of the Pope's
catechesis in his general audience, held this morning in St.
Peter's Square in the presence of 40,000 pilgrims.


        The Holy Father explained how Simon is also known as the
Zealot. "It is highly possible," he said, "that this Simon, if he
did not actually belong to the nationalist movement of the Zealots,
was nonetheless characterized by his ardent zeal for the Jewish
identity, hence for God, for His people and for the Divine Law.


        "If this was so," he added, "Simon was at the opposite
extreme from Matthew who, as a tax collector, had practiced an
activity universally considered as impure. This is an evident sign
that Jesus calls His disciples and collaborators from the most
diverse social and religious groups, without preclusion. He is
interested in people, not in social categories and labels. ... All
His followers, though different from one another, lived together,
overcoming the understandable difficulties. Jesus Himself was, in
fact, the cause of their cohesion." We, on the other hand, are
"often inclined to underline differences and contrasts, forgetting
that in Jesus Christ we are given the strength to settle our
conflicts."


        Turning to consider the figure of Jude, Benedict XVI
explained how his name of Thaddaeus means "magnanimous." This
Apostle's question to the Lord during the Last Supper - "how is
that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" -
prompted "Jesus' indirect reply" which, said the Pope "affirms a
very important truth: the full manifestation of Jesus to His
disciples is not exterior but interior, it is conditioned by the
disciple's love."


        "To Jude Thaddaeus is attributed ... one of the Letters of
the New Testament," the principal theme of which "is to warn
Christians from all those who use the grace of God as a pretext for
their own dissoluteness and to mislead their brethren with
unacceptable teachings, introducing divisions within the Church."


        "Today, perhaps, we are no longer accustomed to using such
polemical language which, though adopting beautiful poetic imagery,
does not fail to state with great clarity both what is distinctive
of Christianity and what is incompatible with it. The path of
tolerance and dialogue ... taken by Vatican Council II must
certainly be continued with firmness and constancy. This must not,
however, make us forget the duty to reconsider and highlight the
irrefutable guiding lines of our Christian identity." An identity
which is not merely cultural "but requires strength, clarity and
courage of conviction."


        Following the audience, the Pope blessed a statue of St.
Edith Stein which has been placed in a niche on the outside of St.
Peter's Basilica. The Discalced Carmelite saint was canonized by
John Paul II eight years ago today.

AG/SIMON CANANAEAN JUDE THADDAEUS/EDITH STEIN VIS 061011 (480)


    ARCHBISHOP MIGLIORE SPEAKS ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING


      VATICAN CITY, OCT 11, 2006 (VIS) - Archbishop Celestino
Migliore, Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations in New
York, yesterday pronounced a talk before the second committee of
the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, which is considering:
"Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the
International Conference on Financing for Development."


        In his English-language address, the apostolic nuncio
highlighted the need to help developing countries because "foreign
direct investment is unlikely to be significant, primarily because
it is not meant to res
olve problems of poverty and development as
such," although "it may help do so if properly regulated."


        He went on: "The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers,
prepared by developing country governments through participatory
processes, have an important role in this process since they could
provide an appropriate framework for defining national development
strategies.


        "External debt, which has crippled many economies for
decades, also remains a concern although several useful initiatives
are making inroads into the problem. The G8 proposal of July 2006
that the International Monetary Fund, the International Development
Association and the African Development Fund cancel 100 percent of
their claims over the poorest countries, most of them in Africa, is
a welcome addition to the other initiatives in this regard."

DELSS/DEVELOPING COUNTRIES/UN:MIGLIORE  VIS 061011 (220)

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Marc

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