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The Vatican City is home to a single nation.

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As a region, The Vatican City is ranked 20,815th in the world for Highest Workforce Participation Rate.

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The Vatican City Regional Message Board

O sweet Child of Bethlehem,
Grant that we may share with all our hearts in this profound mystery of Christmas.
Put into the hearts of men and women this peace for which they sometimes seek so desperately and which you alone can give to them.
Help them to know one another better, and to live as brothers and sisters, children of the same Father.
Reveal to them also your beauty, holiness and purity.
Awaken in their hearts love and gratitude for your infinite goodness.
Join them all together in your love. And give us your heavenly peace.
Amen.

May your year be filled with peace, prosperity and love. May God's blessings shower upon you and bestow upon each of you a bright, healthy and peaceful new year.

On this day, June 7th, 2022, We set to ordain Father Charles as Bishop within the Virtual Roman Catholic Church.
All those in attendance, we ask that you please stay quiet, in reverence of the event.

Cardinal Stoffa approaches the altar, bowing before it, before taking his spot in the pulpit.

Christ be with you. (And also with you!)

In the person of the bishop, with his priests around him, Jesus Christ, the Lord, who became High Priest forever, is present among you. Through the ministry of the bishop, Christ himself continues to proclaim the Gospel and confer the mysteries of faith on those who believe. Through the fatherly action of the bishop, Christ adds new members to his body. Through the bishop's wisdom and prudence, Christ guides you in your earthly pilgrimage toward eternal happiness.

Gladly and gratefully, therefore, receive our brother whom we are about to accept into the college of bishops by the laying on of hands. Respect him as a minister of Christ and a steward of the mysteries of God. He has been entrusted with the task of witnessing the truth of the Gospel and fostering a spirit of justice and holiness. Remember the words of Christ spoken to the apostles: "Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me, and those who reject me reject the one who sent me."

Homily

You, dear brother, remember that you are chosen from among men and appointed to act for men and women in relation to God. The title of bishop is not one of honor but of function, and therefore a bishop should strive to serve rather than to rule. Pray and offer sacrifice for the people committed to your care and so draw every kind of grace for them from the overflowing holiness of Christ.

As a steward of the mysteries of Christ in the church entrusted to you, be a faithful overseer and guardian. Since you are chosen by the Father to rule over his family, always be mindful of the Good Shepherd, who knows his sheep and is known by them and who did not hesitate to lay down his life for them.

As a father and a brother, love all those whom God places in your care. Encourage the faithful to work with you in your apostolic task; listen willingly to what they have to say. Never relax your concern for those who do not yet belong to the one fold of Christ; they too are commended to you in the Lord. Attend to the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit appoints you an overseer of the Church of God -- in the name of the Father, whose image you personify in the Church -- and in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, whose role of Teacher, Priest, and Shepherd you undertake -- and in the name of the Holy Spirit, who gives life to the Church of Christ and supports our weakness with his strength.

(Cretoia-Slrathria Please do not respond to this until the end of the ceremony.)

My brother, are you resolved by the grace of the Holy Spirit to discharge to the end of your life the office of the apostles entrusted to us, which we now pass on to you by the laying on of hands?

Are you resolved to be faithful and constant in proclaiming the Gospel of Christ?

Are you resolved to maintain the deposit of faith, entire and incorrupt, as handed down by the apostles and professed by the Church everywhere and at all times?

Are you resolved to build up the Church as the body of Christ and to remain united to it within the order of bishops under the authority of the successor of the apostle Peter?

Are you resolved as a devoted father to sustain the people of God and to guide them on the way of salvation in cooperation with the priests and deacons who share your ministry?

Let us stand.

* All rise. The consecrating Cardinals and Bishops stand at their places. The bishop-elect rises and kneels before them Cardinal Stoffa, Cardinal-Archbishop Crimsonscribbles, and Cardinal Ave each lay hands upon the head of the bishop-elect, in silence. *

Father, you know all hearts. You have chosen your servant for the office of bishop. May he be a shepherd to your holy flock, and a high priest blameless in your sight, ministering to you night and day; may he always gain the blessing of your favor and offer the gifts of your holy Church. Through the Spirit who gives the grace of high priesthood grant him the power to forgive sins as you have commanded, to assign ministries as you have decreed, and to loose every bond by the authority which you gave to your apostles. May he be pleasing to you by his gentleness and purity of heart, presenting a fragrant offering to you, through Jesus Christ, your Son, through whom glory and power and honor are yours with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, now and for ever. Amen.

Investiture with Ring, Miter, and Pastoral Staff

*Cardinal Stoffa places the ring on the ring finger of the new bishop's right hand*

Take this ring, the seal of your fidelity. With faith and love protect the bride of God, his holy Church.

*Then he places the miter on the head of the new bishop, in silence.*

*Lastly he gives the pastoral staff to the bishop*

Take this staff as a sign of your pastoral office: keep watch over the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit has appointed you to shepherd the Church of God.

Kiss of Peace

*The newly ordained then sets aside his staff and receives the kiss of peace from all the bishops.*

Alleluia, go and teach all people my Gospel, alleluia.

(You may now respond Cretoia-Slrathria)

Erasticanius wrote:My brother, are you resolved by the grace of the Holy Spirit to discharge to the end of your life the office of the apostles entrusted to us, which we now pass on to you by the laying on of hands?

I do.

Erasticanius wrote:Are you resolved to be faithful and constant in proclaiming the Gospel of Christ?

I do.

Erasticanius wrote:Are you resolved to maintain the deposit of faith, entire and incorrupt, as handed down by the apostles and professed by the Church everywhere and at all times?

I do.

Erasticanius wrote:Are you resolved to build up the Church as the body of Christ and to remain united to it within the order of bishops under the authority of the successor of the apostle Peter?

I do.

Erasticanius wrote:Are you resolved as a devoted father to sustain the people of God and to guide them on the way of salvation in cooperation with the priests and deacons who share your ministry?

I do.

It is my honor to introduce Bishop Charles!

Erasticanius wrote:On this day, June 7th, 2022, We set to ordain Father Charles as Bishop within the Virtual Roman Catholic Church.

Thank you! Thank you, everyone!

If I may speak some few words.

I'm very grateful to the VRCC, the community. To Cardinal CrimsonScribbles, my superior when I was just starting out entering a seminary and then as a priest. He really helped me with a lot of things in the VRCC. And to the Prelature Pope, John Peter of The New Temple Knights, for his big help in setting up the Discord channel. To Cardinal Stoffa as well of the Erasticanius, for setting up this ceremony and consecrating me as bishop.

I know we're all just role-playing, as clergy, and in our own personal lives, we are laity. But I think, this affair where we come together as Nationstates clergy helps us to connect more with the church. Let us continue to spread the Gospel even in our lay status, and our own little way, here in nationstates and elsewhere.

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