VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 137   
   DATE 24-07-2014   
      
   Summary:   
   - TELEGRAM FOR THE AVIATION ACCIDENT IN MAGONG   
   - POPE'S MESSAGE FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARGENTINE SHRINE OF ST.   
   PANTALEON   
   - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
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    TELEGRAM FOR THE AVIATION ACCIDENT IN MAGONG   
    Vatican City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) - Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin   
   has sent a telegram on behalf of Pope Francis to the archbishop of Taipei and   
   president of the regional Conference of bishops of China, John Huong   
   Shan-chuan, with reference to the accident that occurred at Magong airport,   
   Taiwan, in which a TransAsia Airways aircraft had to make an emergency   
   landing, resulting in 48 deaths and 10 injured.   
    In the text, the Holy Father expresses his sadness for the accident, as well   
   as his closeness to the relatives of the victims, and assures them of his   
   prayers for all those affected by the tragedy, asking God to grant them   
   consolation, strength and peace.   
      
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    POPE'S MESSAGE FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARGENTINE SHRINE OF ST.   
   PANTALEON   
    Vatican City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) - The shrine is "a temple that seems still,   
   but that the people of God carry forward. In this way it has moved ahead for   
   fifty years in the hearts of the many faithful who have come to venerate the   
   saint, to implore for health, and to profess their faith. In this way it has   
   moved into the heart of the area, projecting itself onto the whole city", said   
   the Pope in the message he sent to the faithful who will meet in the   
   neighbourhood of Mataderos in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to celebrate the   
   fiftieth anniversary of the shrine of St. Pantaleon. "I ask the Lord to grant   
   you the grace to continue on your path, to continue this pilgrimage of the   
   heart in the midst of this great city".   
    The Holy Father went on to recall with nostalgia the time during which, as   
   archbishop of Buenos Aires, he personally visited the parish dedicated to the   
   doctor saint of Nicomedia. "I wish to be close to you to be able to relive in   
   some way the occasions in which I was able to visit the shrine on 27 July to   
   help the priests in confession. I returned home spiritually strengthened by   
   this witness of faith. The good I received is unimaginable. And I wish to give   
   thanks for all this good. May the Lord reward you plentifully".   
    The pontiff concluded by assuring the faithful of his closeness and prayer   
   and asked them to pray for him. "In these days of celebration ... I am close   
   to you. ... May Jesus bless you and the Holy Virgin protect you".   
      
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    OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
    Vatican City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed Ref. Joy   
   Alappat as auxiliary of the eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Chicago of   
   the Syro-Malabars (Catholics 87,000, priests 53, religious 31), U.S.A. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Parappukara, India, in 1956 and was ordained a priest   
   in 1981. He holds a master's degree in theology from the St.Joseph's   
   Pontifical Institute, Aluva, and the Adheva University, Wattair, and completed   
   the Clinical Pastoral Education programme at Georgetown University, U.S.A. He   
   has held a number of pastoral roles both in India - in the eparchal cathedral   
   in Chalakudy and as chaplain of the Syro-Malabar community in Chennai - and in   
   the U.S.A., as chaplain of Georgetown University, and parish priest in New   
   Milford, Newark and Garfield. He is currently rector of the eparchal Cathedral   
   in Bellwood, Illinois.   
      
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