VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXII - # 143   
   DATE 31-07-2014   
      
   Summary:   
   - FULL AGENDA FOR POPE'S APOSTOLIC TRIP TO TIRANA   
   - POPE FRANCIS' PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR AUGUST   
   - PAPAL AND HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY - JULY 2014   
   - AUDIENCES   
   - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
   - NOTICE   
      
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    FULL AGENDA FOR POPE'S APOSTOLIC TRIP TO TIRANA   
    Vatican City, 31 July 2014 (VIS) - The programme of the Pope's Apostolic trip   
   to Tirana, Albania, scheduled for 21 September, was published today.   
    The Holy Father will depart at 7.30 a.m. from Rome's Fiumicino airport, and   
   will arrive at the "Mother Theresa" aerodrome in Tirana at 9 a.m., where he   
   will be greeted by the prime minister, Edi Rama. He will proceed to the   
   Presidential Palace to make a courtesy visit to the president of the Republic   
   of Albania, Bujar Nishani, followed by greetings with the political   
   authorities.   
    At 11 a.m., Francis will celebrate Mass and pray the Sunday Angelus in Mother   
   Theresa Square. He will then transfer to the apostolic nunciature to lunch   
   with the Albanian bishops and members of the papal entourage. At 4 p.m. he   
   will address the leaders of other religions and Christian denominations at the   
   Catholic University "Our Lady of Good Counsel". At 5 p.m. he will celebrate   
   Vespers with the priests, religious, seminarians and members of Albanian lay   
   movements in the Cathedral of Tirana, after which, at 6.30 a.m., he will visit   
   children at the Betania Centre, along with various people from other   
   charitable centres in Albania.   
    At 7.45 the Pope will leave for the airport, departing for Rome at 8 p.m. He   
   is expected to arrive in Rome's Ciampino airport at 9.30 p.m.   
      
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    POPE FRANCIS' PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR AUGUST   
    Vatican City, 31 July 2014 (VIS) - Pope Francis' universal prayer intention   
   for August is: "That refugees, forced by violence to abandon their homes, may   
   find a generous welcome and the protection of their rights".   
    His intention for evangelisation is: "That Christians in Oceania may joyfully   
   announce the faith to all the people of that region".   
      
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    PAPAL AND HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY - JULY 2014   
    Vatican City, 31 July 2014 (VIS) - The following are highlights of the   
   activities of Pope Francis and the Holy See during the months of May to July   
   2014.   
    MAY   
    2: Audience with the president of the Republic of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos   
   Santos.   
    2: Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for   
   Interreligious Dialogue, is nominated as the Pope's special envoy to the   
   consecration of the recently restored shrine to St. Augustine d'Ippona at   
   Annaba, Algeria, to take place on 2 May 2014, the centenary of its elevation   
   to a Basilica.   
    2: First meeting of the Council for the Economy, instituted by the Holy   
   Father by the Motu proprio "Fidelis dispensator et prudens" on 24 February.   
    3: Audience with the bishops of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri   
   Lanka, at the end of their five-yearly "ad limina" visit.   
    5: Audience with the bishops of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of   
   Burundi, at the end of their five-yearly "ad limina" visit.   
    7-12: The Holy See is guest of honour at the 27th Turin International Book   
   Fair.   
    8: His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All   
   Armenians, meets the Holy Father.   
    9: Audience with the prelates of the Bishops' Conference of Ethiopia and   
   Eritrea, at the end of their "ad limina" visit.   
    10: During his audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the   
   Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Holy Father authorised the   
   dicastery to communicate that the rite of beatification of the Venerable   
   Servant of God Paul VI will take place in the Vatican on 19 October 2014.   
    11: Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops,   
   takes possession of the diaconate of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino, Piazza dei   
   Cavalieri di Malta, 5.   
    12: Death of Cardinal Marco Ce, Patriarch emeritus of Venice, Italy, at the   
   age of 88.   
    13: Pope Francis presides at the 13th Ordinary Council of the Synod of   
   Bishops.   
    15: Pope Francis receives the credential letters of seven new ambassadors to   
   the Holy See: Pierre Yves Fux, Switzerland; Rudolf P. von Balimoos, Liberia;   
   Nega Tsegaye Tessema, Ethiopia; Nasreldin Ahmed Wali Abdeltif, Sudan; Margaret   
   Ann Louise Jobson, Jamaica; Claudinah Ntini Ramosepele, South Africa; and   
   Mysore Kapanalah Lokesh, India.   
    15: The Holy Father receives in audience the Governor General of New Zealand,   
   Sir Jerry Mateparae.   
    19: Audience with the bishops of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, on their   
   five-yearly "ad limina" visit.   
    19: The Holy Father Francis receives in audience His Majesty Hamad bin Isa Al   
   Khalifa, King of Bahrain.   
    19: The Holy Father Francis receives in audience the prime minister of   
   Poland, Donald Tusk.   
    19: The Financial Information Authority (AIF) of the Holy See and the Vatican   
   City State presents its Annual Report for 2013.   
    19: For the first time, Pope Francis opens the 66th General Assembly of the   
   Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI).   
    21: Audience with Gjorge Ivanov, president of the Republic of Macedonia, with   
   his wife and entourage.   
    24-26: Pilgrimage in the Holy Land to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the   
   encounter in Jerusalem between Pope Paul VI and the Patriarch Athenagoras.   
    25: Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy,   
   takes possession of the diaconate of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Via dei Fori   
   Imperiali, 1.   
    31: Cardinal Kelvin Edward Felix, archbishop emeritus of Castries, Antilles,   
   takes possession of the title of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle, Via   
   Tommaso De Vio, 5.   
    JUNE   
    2: Audience with the prelates of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference,   
   at the end of their "ad limina" visit.   
    2: Death of Cardinal Simon Duraisamy Lourdusamy, prefect emeritus of the   
   Congregation for the Oriental Churches and archbishop emeritus of Bangalore,   
   India, at the age of 90.   
    5: The Holy Father meets with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian   
   Apostolic Church of Cilicia.   
    6: Audience with the prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.   
    7: Cardinal Chibly Langlois, bishop of Les Cayes, Haiti, takes possession of   
   the title of San Giacomo in Augusta, Via del Corso, 499.   
    7: Audience with the president of Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto.   
    7: The Financial Information Authority (AIF) of the Holy See and Vatican City   
   State, formalises its bilateral cooperation with the U.K., France, Malta,   
   Romania, Poland and Peru.   
    7: Cardinal Ferdinand Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the   
   Evangelisation of Peoples, is appointed as the Pope's special envoy to the   
   celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the diocese of   
   Funchal, in Madeira, Portugal, from 13 to 16 June 2014.   
    8: Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti takes possession of the title of St. Cecilia,   
   Piazza di St. Cecilia, 22.   
    8: Invocation for Peace in the Vatican Gardens, an initiative Pope Francis   
   proposed to presidents Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas during his pilgrimage to   
   the Holy Land, to pray for the gift of peace for the Israeli and Palestinian   
   peoples.   
    9: Death of Cardinal Bernard Agre, archbishop emeritus of Abidjan, Cote   
   d'Ivoire, at the age of 88.   
    12: Ordinary Public Consistory for the canonisation, on 23 November 2014, of   
   Blesseds Giovanni Antonio Farina, bishop of Vicenza, Italy, and founder of the   
   Institute of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts;   
   Kuriakose Elias Chavara of the Holy Family, Indian priest and founder of the   
   Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate; Ludovico de Casoria,   
   Italian professed priest of the Order of Friars Minor, founder of the   
   Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth ("Bigie"); Nicola da   
   Longobardi, Italian professed oblate of the Order of Minims; Eufrasia   
   Eluvathingal of the Sacred Heart, Indian professed religious of the   
   Congregation of the Mother of Carmel, and Amato Ronconi, Italian layperson of   
   the Third Order of St. Francis, founder of the founder of the Hospital-Hospice   
   for Poor Pilgrims of Saludecio, now the Beato Amato Ronconi Nursing Home.   
    13: Pope Francis receives in audience Danilo Medina Sanchez, president of the   
   Dominican Republic.   
    14: Publication of the Holy Father's message for the 88th World Mission Day,   
   to be held on 19 October 2014.   
    15: Visit to the Sant'Egidio Community.   
    16: Pope Francis receives in audience the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace   
   Justin Welby.   
    17: The 2014 Ratzinger Prize will be awarded to Professor Anne-Marie   
   Pelletier and Professor Msgr. Waldemar Chrostowski on 22 November.   
    21: Pastoral visit to the diocese of Cassano all'Jonio, Calabria.   
    21: Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the   
   Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, as his special envoy to the   
   25th anniversary of the liberation of the Greek Catholic eparchy of Mukachevo,   
   to take place in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on 28 June 2014.   
    22: Presentation of the Instrumentum laboris of the 3 rd Extraordinary   
   General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (5-19 October 2014), on the theme   
   "The pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelisation".   
    28: The Pope receives in audience the president of the Republic of   
   Madagascar, Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina.   
    30: The Holy Father receives in audience Their Majesties King Felipe VI and   
   Queen Letizia of Spain.   
    JULY   
    1.4: Fifth meeting between the Pope and the Council of Cardinals, instituted   
   by Pope Francis to assist in the governance of the universal Church and to   
   draw up a plan for the review of the Apostolic Constitution "Pastor bonus" on   
   the Roman Curia.   
    5: Pastoral visit to the dioceses of Campobasso-Boiano and Isernia-Venafro in   
   the region of Molise, Italy.   
    5: Pope Francis proclaims the Celestine Jubilee Year in the Cathedral Square,   
   Isernia, the birthplace of the hermit Pietro da Morrone, the future Pope   
   Celestine V (1209-1296) who was elected in the Conclave of 1292-1294 and after   
   just five months abdicated from the papacy to resume his life as a hermit.   
    5: Message from the Holy Father to the Archbishop of Agrigento, Francesco   
   Montenegro, on the first anniversary of the papal visit to the Sicilian island   
   of Lampedusa, where he prayed for African migrants who have lost their lives   
   in the Mediterranean.   
    7: Seven victims of abuse by members of the clergy attend Mass celebrated by   
   the Holy Father in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.   
    8: Motu proprio of the Holy Father Francis on the transfer of the Ordinary   
   Section of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See to the   
   Secretariat of the Economy.   
    8: The Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See reports a positive   
   balance for the 2013 Budgets of the Holy See and the Governorate of Vatican   
   City State.   
    26: Pastoral visit to Caserta.   
    27: Death of Cardinal Francesco Marchisano, archpriest emeritus of St.   
   Peter's Basilica, at the age of 85.   
    28: Private visit with the evangelical pastor Giovanni Traettino, Caserta.   
    29: Announcement of the Holy Father's Apostolic trip to Sri Lanka from 12 to   
   15 January, and the Philippines from 15 to 19 January 2015.   
    31: Publication of the programme for Pope Francis' forthcoming Apostolic trip   
   to Tirana, Albania, on 21 September 2014.   
      
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    AUDIENCES   
    Vatican City, 31 July 2014 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in audience   
   Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.   
      
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    OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
    Vatican City, 31 July 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr.   
   Ephrem Nariculam as bishop of the eparchy of Chanda of the Syro-Malabars (area   
   32,233, population 4,357,654, Catholics 13,119, priests 85, religious 563),   
   India. The bishop-elect was born in Sanjopuram, India in 1960, and was   
   ordained a priest in 1986. He holds a doctorate in spiritual theology from the   
   St. Peter's Pontifical Institute in Bangalore, India, and has served as parish   
   priest in Ernakulam and Delhi and rector of the minor seminary of the eparchy   
   of Chanda. He is currently chaplain of the Syro-Malabar community of Toronto,   
   Canada. He succeeds Bishop Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I., whose resignation   
   from the pastoral governance of the same eparchy, upon reaching the age limit,   
   was accepted by the Holy Father.   
      
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    NOTICE   
    Vatican City, 31 July 2014 (VIS) - We inform our readers that during the   
   month of August, the Vatican Information Service will remain closed. Service   
   will resume on Monday 1 September.   
      
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