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                      VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
                         HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE
                         V.I.S.    VIS internet

      04.15.2005
           Fifteenth Year  - N.74 
       
      SUMMARY:

      - WORLD MISSION DAY: BREAD BROKEN FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD
      - CARDINALS DISCUSS PROBLEMS FACED BY DICASTERIES OF CURIA

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      WORLD MISSION DAY: "BREAD BROKEN FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD"

+++      VATICAN CITY, APR 15, 2005 (VIS) - Made public today was a
message written by John Paul II for World Mission Day, which is due
to be celebrated on October 23 and which has as its theme: "Mission:
Bread broken for the life of the world." The Message is dated
February 22, 2005, Feast of the Chair of St Peter, and has been
published in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and
Chinese.

        Extracts from the Message are given below:

        "World Mission Sunday, in this year dedicated to the
Eucharist, helps us to better understand the 'eucharistic' sense of
our life as we relive the emotion of the Upper Room when, on the eve
of His passion, Jesus offered Himself to the world."

        "In my recent Apostolic Letter 'Mane nobiscum Domine' I
invited you to contemplate Jesus in the 'breaking of the bread'
offered for the whole of humanity. Following His example we too are
called to offer our life for our brothers and sisters, especially
those most in need. ... In this way, while the Eucharist helps us to
understand more fully the significance of mission, it leads every
individual believer, the missionary in particular, to be 'bread,
broken for the life of the world.'

        "In our day human society appears to be shrouded in dark
shadows while it is shaken by tragic events and shattered by
catastrophic natural disasters. ... Present in the Eucharist, the
same Redeemer ... continues through the centuries to show compassion
for humanity poor and suffering.

        "And it is in His name that pastoral workers and missionaries 
travel unexplored paths to carry the 'bread' of salvation to all. ... 
Jesus alone can satisfy humanity's hunger for love and thirst for 
justice; He alone makes it possible for every human person to share
in eternal life: 'I am the living bread which has come down from
heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever' (Jn 6,51)."

        "We who nourish ourselves with the Body and Blood of the 
crucified and risen Lord, cannot keep this 'gift' to ourselves; on
the contrary we must share it. Passionate love for Christ leads to
courageous proclamation of Christ; proclamation which, with
martyrdom, becomes a supreme offering of love for God and for
mankind. The Eucharist leads us to be generous evangelizers, actively
committed to building a more just and fraternal world.

        "I sincerely hope the Year of the Eucharist will inspire
every Christian community to respond with 'fraternal solicitude to
some of the many forms of poverty present in our world" (Mane
nobiscum Domine 28), because 'by our mutual love and, in particular,
by our concern for those in need we will be recognized as true
followers of Christ (cf. Jn 13:35; Mt 25:31-46). This will be the
criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations
is judged.' (Mane nobiscum Domine 28)."

        In Christ's name "missionaries all over the world proclaim
and witness to the Gospel. ... How many missionary martyrs in our
day! May their example draw numerous young men and women to tread the
path of heroic fidelity to Christ! The Church has need of men and
women willing to consecrate themselves wholly to the great cause of
the Gospel.

        "World Mission Sunday is an opportune occasion to increase
our awareness of the urgent necessity to participate in the
evangelizing mission undertaken by the local communities and many
Church organizations, in particular the Pontifical Mission Societies
and the Missionary Institutes. This mission requires the support not
only of prayer and sacrifice, but also of concrete materia
l
offerings. I take this opportunity to recall once again the valuable
service rendered by the Pontifical Mission Societies and I ask you
all to support them generously with spiritual and material
cooperation." MESS/WORLD MISSION DAY/...            VIS 050415 (640)

      CARDINALS DISCUSS PROBLEMS FACED BY DICASTERIES OF CURIA

+++      VATICAN CITY, APR 15, 2005 (VIS) - Today, at the end of the 
eleventh 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 11th General Congregation of Cardinals was held this 
morning in the New Synod Hall.

        "After reciting the prayer to the Holy Spirit, the cardinals 
dedicated the entire morning to an exchange of ideas on the problems
of the Church and of the world.

        "Also today, several cardinals who headed congregations and 
pontifical councils of the Roman Curia laid out the most important 
problems faced by their dicasteries.

        "There were 138 cardinals in today's congregation.

       "With the Regina Coeli prayer, the General Congregation 
concluded." 
OP/ELEVENTH CONGREGATION/NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 050415 (140)

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