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

      04.11.2005
           Fifteenth Year  - N.70
      SUMMARY: APRIL 10 - 11

      - TO REMAIN UNITED TO THE POPE, REMAIN UNITED IN LOVE OF GOD
      - FAITHFUL MAY VISIT JOHN PAUL'S GRAVE STARTING APRIL 13
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+++      TO REMAIN UNITED TO THE POPE, REMAIN UNITED IN LOVE OF GOD

      VATICAN CITY, APR 10, 2005 (VIS) - At 5 p.m. today in the
Vatican Basilica, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general for the
diocese of Rome, presided at the celebration of the third Mass of the
"novendiali" (nine days of mourning for John Paul II). Numerous
cardinals, bishops and priests of Rome concelebrated with the
cardinal.

        In his homily Cardinal Ruini, addressing the faithful of the
Church of Rome who filled the basilica, asked himself how John Paul
II had managed to be "so close to us and enter so deeply into the
hearts of Romans, as well as of Italians and of so many citizens of
the world. The true reply is simple and full of meaning: he was and
still is a brother and father to everyone, because he was a man of
God, because he lived constantly in God's presence, intimately united
to Him and trusting utterly in His infinite mercy."

        Nonetheless, the cardinal went on, "this extraordinary
closeness to God in no way distanced him from us. ... On the
contrary, John Paul II was a true man, one who fully savored and
appreciated the flavor of life: from the beauty of art, of poetry and
of nature, to the vigor of sport, and to the courage of the most
difficult decisions."

        The cardinal recalled John Paul II's visits to 301 of Rome's
333 parishes, the annual Mass for university students shortly before
Christmas each year and the meeting with young people prior to Palm
Sunday. He also mentioned pastoral initiatives such as the diocesan
synod (1986) and the Citizens' Mission (1995), part of the
preparations for the Jubilee Year 2000.

        "This is the Church that he wanted, and today continues to
ask us to be and to live: not a Church closed in on itself, not
timid, not disheartened; a Church that burns with the love of Christ,
for the salvation of all men and women."

        The only way truly to remain with the Pope, said Cardinal
Ruini, "not just in an emotive or superficial way, is to remain -
each of us individually, and the whole of the Church of Rome together
- in the love of the Lord, the love that nourishes itself with faith
and with daily obedience to His will, especially to His commandment:
love one another as I have loved you."

         Cardinal Ruini emphasized that "John Paul II, in his
suffering and his death, just as in his life, was a witness and an
extraordinarily effective proclaimer of Jesus Christ, crucified and
risen from the dead, like the Apostles Peter and Paul whose great
Christian and human legacy he assumed"

        "As we renew our gratitude to God for this Pope who for 26
years broke the Eucharistic bread with us and for us, we also thank,
from the bottom of our hearts, the sister Church of Krakow and the
entire beloved Polish nation in which Karol Woytjla received life,
faith and his admirable Christian and human richness, which he then
donated to Rome and the entire world." .../NOVENDIALI/RUINI VIS
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+++      FAITHFUL MAY VISIT JOHN PAUL'S GRAVE STARTING APRIL 13

      VATICAN CITY, APR 11, 2005 (VIS) - Today, at the end of the
Seventh 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 134 cardinals present, after the opening prayer and
after the three newly arrived cardinals swore their oath, proceeded
to the designation, through choosing lots, of the three new cardinal
assistants who, together with the camerlengo, compose the Particular
Congregation (cf. Universi Dominici gregis, no 7). They are:
Cardinals Angelo Sodano for the Order of Bishops, Polycarp Pengo for
the Order of Priests and Walter Kasper for the Order of Deacons.

        "The cardinals recommend to the bishops and priests of the
Church to use the formula of the Mass 'pro eligendo Summo Pontifice'
which is found in the edizione tipica (Latin edition) of the Roman
Missal. In this sense the cardinals renewed with insistence their
exhortation to all the People of God to accompany with intense
prayers these days of preparation for the Conclave so that the Holy
Spirit may assist the cardinal electors.

        "Several cardinals will lead special prayers and Eucharistic
celebrations in their titular churches in Rome.

        "The General Congregation began to examine the expenses that
must be incurred during the period of the vacant see and also
examined the time of the General Congregations that, from now on,
will begin at 9 a.m.

        "I can add that the Vatican Grottoes will be open to the
faithful starting on Wednesday April 13, at 7 a.m.

        "Journalists interested in visiting the grave of the deceased
Supreme Pontiff John Paul II must be at the Arch of the Bells
entrance tomorrow, Tuesday, April 12, at 3 p.m.

        "The cardinals, after the celebration of the Cappella Papale
tomorrow, will go down to the Vatican Grottoes for a moment of prayer
before the grave of John Paul II." 
OP/SEVENTH CONGREGATION/NAVARRO-VALLS  VIS 050411 (330)
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