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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE
V.I.S. VIS internet
04.13.2005
Fifteenth Year - N.72
SUMMARY:
- POLICE INSPECTORATE THANKED FOR ITS WORK IN RECENT DAYS
- CARDINALS RECEIVE CONDOLENCES FROM DIPLOMATIC CORPS
- CARDINALS CONCLUDE NINTH GENERAL CONGREGATION
- OFFICIAL OATH OF CONCLAVE ASSISTANTS
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POLICE INSPECTORATE THANKED FOR ITS WORK IN RECENT DAYS
+++ VATICAN CITY, APR 13, 2005 (VIS) - Yesterday evening, Holy See
Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released the following
declaration:
"This afternoon Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, substitute of the
Secretariat of State, received Salvatore Festa, head of the Italian
Police Inspectorate for Vatican City State.
"The substitute of the Secretariat of State again wished to
explicitly thank Festa, and with him each of the functionaries and
the agents of the Inspectorate, for their extraordinary commitment
over the days following the death of the Holy Father John Paul II,
days that saw the arrival in the Vatican of exceptional numbers of
faithful and of civil and religious authorities.
"Archbishop Sandri praised the Inspectorate's exalted sense
of responsibility and its tireless dedication to ensure an orderly
flow of pilgrims, as well as its fruitful collaboration with all the
other forces involved in organizing this exceptional event."
Statistics relative to the media presence, number of pilgrims
in Rome and the welcome given them by the city of Rome and the
Vatican for the period of April 3 to 8 were released by the Vatican
yesterday afternoon.
More than 6,000 journalists, including those of print and
electronic media, were given credentials by the Holy See Press Office
and the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, both of which
were given additional office space to accommodate the huge numbers of
media people present for the funeral of John Paul II. Though it is
impossible to gauge the number of radio and TV stations that
transmitted the funeral service, says the communique, more than 80 TV
stations were linked through Mondovision and 137 television networks
from 81 countries covered the funeral Mass and surrounding events.
The Vatican internet site reported that there were 1,300,000
visitors to its Streaming Live coverage of the funeral Mass, reaching
points of 54,000 simultaneous connections, and occupying a 9 gigabyte
per second band.
For the funeral Mass: 157 cardinals concelebrated; 700
archbishops and bishops were present, as were 3,000 priests, of whom
300 distributed communion. There were 169 foreign delegations,
representatives from 23 Orthodox Churches, delegations from Judaism
and 17 delegations of non-Christian religions and organizations for
inter-religious dialogue.
Among the statistics released today were those from the
Italian Civil Protection and the city of Rome: over 3 million
pilgrims in Rome; 21,000 people per hour entered St. Peter's
Basilica; average wait was 13 hours and the longest was 24 hours; on
the day of the funeral, 500,000 people filled St. Peter's Square and
Via della Conciliazione; 600,000 were present in the areas where
giant monitors were available; 400 handicapped were near the altar.
Personnel involved in assisting pilgrims: 8,000 volunteers;
2,000 Boy Scouts; 11,900 security people; 1,000 firemen; 6
helicopters, 400 soldiers; 2,700 city police; 7,000 people from the
State Railway system; 4 disaster managers, more than 20,000 municipal
employees and city volunteers assisted the above-mentioned personnel.
Other statistics: 1,000 special trains for 8,000 travellers;
6 special trains from Poland for 5,000 pilgrims; trains carried a
total of 800,000 travellers; 29 giant TV screens throughout Rome; 3
million bottles of water distributed; 3,600 chemical toilets; 21
portable medical units and 100 ambulances added to medical facilities
already available in Rome; 1,150 tents set up at Tor Vergata
University for 8,000 people; 8 field kitchens, 400 water fountains;
5,000 beds set up at Rome's fairgrounds.
Rome's Call Center, which usually receives 8,000 calls per
day, received over 20,000 calls a day and its operators responded in
Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic.
Over 400,000 flyers - written in Italian and English - were
distributed to pilgrims with useful information on transportation,
the location of basilicas and giant screens, etc.
The communique noted that on Sunday morning, April 3, the
morning after John Paul's death, "the city awoke to 3,500 posters,
and two giant banners, 22 by 10 meters each, on both sides of the
Tiber river, which read 'Thank you - Rome cries for and salutes her
Pope'." OP/STATISTICS:GRATITUDE/NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 050413 (670)
CARDINALS RECEIVE CONDOLENCES FROM DIPLOMATIC CORPS
*** VATICAN CITY, APR 13, 2005 (VIS) - In the atrium of the Paul VI
Hall today, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of
Cardinals, gave thanks in the name of the entire college to Giovanni
Galassi, dean of the diplomatic corps to the Holy See, and to the
other ambassadors for their condolences on the death of John Paul II.
The Holy See currently maintains diplomatic relations with 174
States.
Cardinal Ratzinger affirmed that John Paul II "guided the
Church over 26 years, making it clear that, as Vatican Council II
recalls, she is 'a sign and instrument both of a very closely-knit
union with God and of the unity of the whole human race.' He brought
the Church to hope with renewed impetus; he introduced her to the
third millennium, inviting Christians to carry Christ to the world
and calling all human beings of good will to goodness, peace,
solidarity and sharing. He opened the heart of human beings,
especially the hearts of the young, to the message of the Good News.
"We have seen the consequences over these days, when
innumerable people came to render homage to His Holiness John Paul
II. This Pope gave of himself to the limits of his strength in
announcing the Gospel on all continents, especially during his
numerous journeys, showing the face of a Pope rich in mercy, leading
to Christ, man's Redeemer, inviting everyone to let the Holy Spirit
dwell within them."
The dean of the College of Cardinals indicated that the
sadness of this time is combined with "profound thanksgiving to God,
Who gave us a great pastor, and with an intense thank-you to John
Paul II for his actions and his teaching."
"You have been privileged witnesses of the activities of the
Pope and the Church throughout the world, and of the development of
diplomatic relations, which have more than doubled over this
pontificate. How many times did Pope John Paul II exhort countries to
find peaceful solutions and to pursue dialogue? How many times did he
call on the leaders of nations to give ever more concrete attention
to the people in their care, especially the weakest, the smallest and
the poorest? How many times did he recall the greatness of human
life?"
Cardinal Ratzinger pointed out how all the Pope's
exhortations "still resound for us today as a commitment in favor of
the human being, of all human beings." They represent, he said, "a
message and a call for us to greater service in favor of peace and
solidarity among individuals and peoples, at the service of human
beings of all continents, in order that a reconciled humanity may
spring forth in a world where all are shareholders. This in
particular is what the Pope tirelessly recalled to the civil
authorities, and to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the
Holy See." .../CONDOLENCES DEATH POPE/RATZINGER VIS 050413
(490)
CARDINALS CONCLUDE NINTH GENERAL CONGREGATION
+++ VATICAN CITY, APR 13, 2005 (VIS) - Today, at the end of the
Ninth General Congregation of Cardinals in the period of the vacant
see, Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls released
the following statement to journalists:
"The ninth General Congregation of cardinals began at 9 this
morning in the New Synod Hall in the presence of 140 cardinals.
"The cardinals discussed several articles of Chapter IV of
the Apostolic Constitution 'Universi Dominici gregis'. (Chapter IV:
Faculties of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia during the vacancy of
the Apostolic See).
"The assembly continued their exchange of ideas on the
situation of the Church and the world.
"The cardinals received condolences from the diplomatic corps
accredited to the Holy See.
"Following the speech by Ambassador Giovanni Galassi of the
Republic of San Marino, dean of the diplomatic corps, Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, dean of the College of Cardinals, thanked the chiefs of
mission, asking them to express the gratitude of the Sacred College
to the authorities and the peoples whom they represent.
"Joining the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger, in greeting the diplomatic corps were Cardinal
Eduardo Martinez Somalo, camerlengo of Holy Roman Church, the vice
dean, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the senior cardinal of the Order of
Priests, Eugenio de Araujo Sales and the cardinal proto-deacon, Jorge
Arturo Medina Estevez.
"At the end of this morning's ninth congregation, the
cardinals were given the series of 'sede vacante' stamps issued by
the Philatelic Office of Vatican City.
"The recitation of the Regina Coeli concluded the meeting."
OP/NINTH CONGREGATION/NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 050413 (250)
OFFICIAL OATH OF CONCLAVE ASSISTANTS
+++ VATICAN CITY, APR 13, 2005 (VIS) - Today, the Office of
Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff made it known that in
the Hall of Blessings at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 15 officials and
assistants of the conclave will be called to take their oath.
All those involved in the forthcoming conclave - both clergy
and laity, as approved by the cardinal camerlengo and by the three
cardinal assistants, and in keeping with the norms of para. 48 of the
Apostolic Constitution 'Universi Domini gregis' - will have to swear
and sign the prescribed oath. In accordance with para. 46 of Universi
Dominici gregis, the following people must be in the Sala Regia at
4.30 p.m. on that day:
- The Secretary of the College of Cardinals.
- The master of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme
Pontiff.
- The masters of pontifical ceremonies.
- The religious who supervise the pontifical sacristy.
- The ecclesiastic chosen by the cardinal dean to help him in
his duties.
- The religious charged with hearing confessions in the
various languages.
- Doctors and nurses.
- The personnel for preparing meals and cleaning.
- Technical service personnel (Universi Dominici gregis,
paras. 5 and 51).
- Personnel responsible for transporting the cardinal electors
from the 'Domus Sanctae Marthae' to the Apostolic Palace.
- Elevator attendants at the Apostolic Palace.
- Priests admitted as assistants to some of the Cardinals.
After having been instructed on the meaning of the oath, they
will have to pronounce and personally sign the prescribed formula
before Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo, camerlengo of Holy Roman
Church, and in the presence of two masters of pontifical ceremonies
(Universi Dominici gregis, paras. 48).
OCL/OATH CONCLAVE/... VIS 050413 (290)
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