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Ärende: From the Vatican
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Hello All.
Today I am posting the Vatican news from e-mail, as there web server is having
problems.
ALERT! Incoming news reports show that John Paul II has lapsed into a coma
(MSNBC News). More as soon as I can gather the information and post it here.
This morning's VIS Posting:
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
Press Office
04.01.2005 Fifteenth Year - N.59
SUMMARY:
- PRESS OFFICE: POPE JOHN PAUL'S CONDITION "VERY SERIOUS"
- CARDINAL RUINI TO SAY MASS FOR POPE IN ST. JOHN LATERAN
- TERRY SCHIAVO: RIGHTFUL DISTRESS FOR A LIFE INTERRUPTED
- POPE JOHN PAUL'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR APRIL
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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PRESS OFFICE: POPE JOHN PAUL'S CONDITION "VERY SERIOUS"
VATICAN CITY, APR 1, 2005 (VIS) - Last evening at 10.15 p.m.,
Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the
following declaration to journalists:
"The Holy Father today developed a high fever caused by a
urinary tract infection.
"Appropriate antibiotic therapy was begun.
"His clinical condition is being closely monitored by the
Vatican medical team that is caring for him."
At 6.30 a.m. today, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin
Navarro-Valls released another declaration:
"This morning the Holy Father's health conditions are very
serious.
"Yesterday afternoon, March 31, as already announced,
following a confirmed infection of the urinary tract, septic shock
set in with cardio-circulatory collapse.
"The Holy Father was immediately assisted by the medical team
on watch in his private apartments.
"All appropriate therapeutic and cardio-respiratory measures
were activated.
"The Holy Father's wish to remain in his private apartments
was respected, where in any case complete and efficient health care
can be guaranteed.
"Late yesterday afternoon, the clinical situation stabilized
temporarily, but in later hours it developed negatively.
"The situation of the Holy Father is being monitored and
watched.
"The Holy Father is conscious, lucid and serene. Yesterday at
7.17 p.m. he received the Viaticum.
"At 6 a.m. today he concelebrated Mass.
"The Cardinal Secretary of State and the Holy Father's
closest collaborators, united with him in prayer, are following the
development of the clinical condition of His Holiness.
"The Pope is being assisted by his personal physician Dr.
Renato Buzzonetti, by two specialists in reanimation, by a
cardiologist, by an otorhinolaryngologist, and by two nurses."
At the start of his press briefing today at 12:30 p.m.,
Navarro-Valls repeated the previous two bulletins on the Pope's
health, adding some new details and answering only a couple of
questions. He did announce, however, that the Holy See Press Office
would remain open throughout the night.
He said that, "from the very first moment, the Holy Father
was informed of the seriousness of the situation and decided to
remain in his own apartment in the Vatican where, furthermore,
complete and competent medical assistance is guaranteed. Late
yesterday afternoon there was a temporary stabilization of his
condition which then, in successive hours, evolved negatively.
"The Holy Father's situation is carefully monitored. The Holy
Father is conscious. At 7:17 last evening he received holy Viaticum.
At 6 this morning he wished to concelebrate Mass, naturally from his
bed. The Pope, as you know, is assisted by his personal physician,
Dr. Renato Buzzonetti, by two specialists in reanimation, by a
cardiologist, by an otorhinolaryngologist, and by two nurses.
Navarro-Valls, himself a medical doctor, repeated that "the
Pope is always conscious. This morning at 6 he celebrated Mass. About
7:15, realizing that today is Friday, a day in which he traditionally
follows the Stations of th
e Cross, he asked that the 14 stations be
read to him. He followed attentively the reading of the texts and
made the sign of the cross at every station.
"After finishing the stations, he said he wished to recite
the Liturgy of Hours and asked specifically that the Third Hour be
read to him.
"I saw that this morning he received several of his
collaborators: Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of State; Archbishop
Leonardo Sandri, substitute for General Affairs, Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, the dean of the College of Cardinals, Archbishop Giovanni
Lajolo, secretary for Relations with States, and Archbishop Paolo
Sardi, vice chamberlain (camerlengo ).
"The situation now is stationary. The conditions of notable
seriousness remain.
"The biological parameters are unsettled. His blood pressure
is unstable.
"The Pope continues to remain lucid, fully aware and, I must
say, very serene.
"Several minutes ago he asked that some passages from Sacred
Scriptures be read to him, and he attentively following this
reading."
Responding to a journalist's question, Navarro-Valls said
that "the Holy Father, when informed of the reality of the situation,
asked if it was strictly necessary to return to the hospital and he
was assured that complete medical care could be guaranteed in the
Vatican."
Asked about his own personal reaction to events,
Navarro-Valls said he was sure "there is no interest in my feelings
at this time. However, this is an image that you have never seen
here," adding: "The Pope is lucid and extraordinarily serene."
OP/POPE:HEALTH/NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 050401 (720)
CARDINAL RUINI TO SAY MASS FOR POPE IN ST. JOHN LATERAN
VATICAN CITY, APR 1, 2005 (VIS) - Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar
general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome and president of the
Italian Episcopal Conference, said in a communique today that, "Due
to the worsening condition of the Holy Father, I invite all Romans
and all Italians to intensify their prayers for him. We wish to be
near him in this hour with that same loving closeness with which John
Paul II has accompanied for us these nearly 27 years.
"This evening at 7, we will celebrate Mass for the Pope in
St. John Lateran Basilica. I ask all parish communities, all
religious in Rome to pray for the Holy Father, in churches and in
individual families." .../MASS:POPE:DIOCESE ROME/RUINI VIS 050401
(140)
TERRY SCHIAVO: RIGHTFUL DISTRESS FOR A LIFE INTERRUPTED
VATICAN CITY, APR 1, 2005 (VIS) - Last evening at 7:20, Holy
See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following
statement about the death in the United States of Terry Schiavo, the
Florida women who had been in a so-called persistent vegetative state
for 15 years:
"The circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Terry
Schiavo have rightly upset consciences. A life was interrupted. Death
was arbitrarily anticipated, because feeding a person can never be
considered as drastic therapy.
"There is no doubt that there can be no exceptions to the
principle of the sacredness of life, from conception to its natural
end. In addition to being a principle of Christian ethics, this has
also been a principle of human civilization.
"It is to be hoped that, because of this dramatic experience,
a greater awareness of human dignity will mature in public opinion
and that this will lead to greater defense of life, even on a legal
level." OP/DEATH SCHIAVO(NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 050401 (170)
POPE JOHN PAUL'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR APRIL
VATICAN CITY, APR 1, 2005 (VIS) - Pope John Paul's general
prayer intention for the month of April is: "That Christians may live
their Sundays more truly as days of the Lord dedicated in a special
way to God and their neighbor."
His mission intention is: "That every Christian community
should have a burning zeal for holiness, so as to kindle many
missionary vocations." JPII-PRAYER INTENTIONS/APRIL/... VIS
050401 (70)
OTHER PONTIFI
CAL ACTS
VATICAN CITY, APR 1, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Adriano Langa O.F.M., auxiliary of the
archdiocese of Maputo, Mozambique, as coadjutor bishop of Inhambane
(area 68,476, population 1,391,010, Catholics 267,308, priests 36,
religious 105), Mozambique.
- Appointed Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello, apostolic
nuncio to Gambia, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as apostolic
nuncio to Japan.
- Appointed Msgr. Charles Daniel Balvo, counsellor to the
apostolic nunciature in Lithuania, as apostolic nuncio to New
Zealand, Fiji Islands, Marshall Islands, Federated States of
Micronesia, Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, Palau, Cook
Islands and apostolic delegate to the Pacific Ocean, at the same time
raising him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was
born in New York, U.S.A., in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1976.
- Appointed Bishop Nestor Celestial Carino, auxiliary of Daet,
the Philippines, as bishop of Legazpi (area 2,552, population
1,117,223, Catholics 1,077,183, priests 155, religious 158), the
Philippines.
- Appointed Bishop Artemio Lomboy Rillera S.D.B. of Bangued,
the Philippines, as bishop of San Fernando de La Union (area 1,404,
population 656,866, Catholics 551,768, priests 46, religious 103),
the Philippines.
- Appointed Bishop Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano of
Matagalpa, Nicaragua, as metropolitan archbishop of Managua (area
5,312, population 2,386,500, Catholics 1,807,300, priests 147,
religious 636), Nicaragua. The archbishop-elect was born in
Ticuantepe, Nicaragua, in 1949, he was ordained a priest in 1974 and
consecrated a bishop in 1988. He succeeds Cardinal Miguel Obando
Bravo S.D.B., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same
archdiocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.
- The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral
care of the archdiocese of Resistencia, Argentina, presented by
Archbishop Carmelo Juan Giaquinta, in accordance with Canon 401,
para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
- On 22 March 2005, he erected the current "sui iuris"
mission of Uzbekistan as an apostolic administration, appointing Fr.
Jerzy Maculewicz O.F.M. Conv., assistant general for the Order of
Friars Minor Conventuals for Eastern Europe, as apostolic
administrator of the new circumscription, at the same time elevating
him to the dignity of bishop. The bishop-elect was born in Daszew,
Ukraine, in 1955 and ordained a priest in 1996.
- On 23 March 2005, he appointed Msgr. Philippe Jourdan, vicar
general of the apostolic administration for Estonia, as apostolic
administrator of the same circumscription, at the same time elevating
him to the dignity of bishop. NEC:NA/.../... VIS 050401
(410)
Best regards,
Marc
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