PASTORAL VISIT TO KOREA   
    13: The Holy Father begins his apostolic trip in Korea. Francis arrives in   
   Seoul where he is received by Park Geun-hye, president of the Republic of   
   Korea, and various other state authorities. He meets with the bishops of the   
   country in the offices of the Episcopal Conference of Korea.   
    15: Francis travels to the World Cup Stadium in Daejeon to celebrate Mass and   
   visits the shrine of Solmoe, where a large number of young people await his   
   arrival to celebrate the 6th Asian Youth Day.   
    16: The Pope visits the Shrine to the Martyrs of Seo So-Mun and the   
   Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul where he beatifies Paul Yun Ji-Chung and 123   
   companion martyrs. He visits the rehabilitation centre for the disabled in   
   Yongsan, the "Cemetery for Aborted Children", and the "School of Love" in   
   Kkottongnae, where he meets the religious community of Korea. The Pope later   
   meets with the leaders of the lay apostolate at the Kkottongnae Spiritual   
   Centre.   
    17: The Holy Father visits the Shrine to the unknown martyrs, where he meets   
   with the bishops of Asia. From there, he transfers to the Castle of Haemi to   
   celebrate Mass to conclude the 6th Asian Youth Day.   
    18: In Myeong-dong Cathedral Francis meets with religious leaders and   
   celebrates Mass for peace and reconciliation in Korea. He returns to Vatican   
   City.   
    AUDIENCES   
    1: Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.   
    2: Archbishop Franco Coppola, apostolic nuncio in the Central African   
   Republic.   
    11: Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.   
   On Sunday, 10 August in the Domus Sanctae Marthae the Holy Father received in   
   audience Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the   
   Evangelisation of Peoples.   
    27: Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kuin, S.D.B., bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, China.   
    28: The Pope received in separate audiences Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio,   
   president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and   
   Itinerant Peoples; Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, president of the   
   Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, and Cardinal Leonardo   
   Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.   
    29: Fr. Jorge Hernandez, of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, priest in   
   Gaza, Palestine.   
    APPOINTMENTS 2: Cardinal Paul Jozef Cordes, president emeritus of the   
   Pontifical Council Cor Unum, as special envoy to the celebration of the 450th   
   anniversary of the foundation of the Willibaldinum Seminary in the diocese of   
   Eichstatt, Germany, to be held on 11 October.   
    5: Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahita, formerly of Apartado, Colombia, is   
   appointed as bishop of Santa Marta in Colombia. He succeeds Bishop Hugo   
   Eugenio Puccini Banfi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same   
   diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    6: Nomination of Archbishop Fernando Jose Guimaraes, C.SS.R., as military   
   ordinary of Brazil. Previously bishop of Garanhus in Brazil, he succeeds   
   Archbishop Osvino Jose Bosth, whose resignation from office upon reaching the   
   age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    Bishop Ernesto Maguengue, previously of Pemba, Mozambique, is appointed as   
   auxiliary of the archdiocese of Nampula in the same country.   
    7: Nomination of Rev. Bohdan Danylo, formerly rector of St. Basil's seminary,   
   Stamford, U.S.A., as bishop of St. Josaphat in Parma of the Ukrainians, U.S.A.   
    9: Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, president emeritus of the Governorate of Vatican   
   City State, is appointed as the Pope's special envoy to the celebration of the   
   centenary of the foundation of the Apostolic Movement of Schonstatt, to be   
   held in Schonstatt in Vallendar, Germany, from 16 to 19 October.   
    12: Rev. Sevastianos Rossolatos, chancellor of the curia and rector of the   
   "Faneromeni" shrine, Greece, is appointed as archbishop of Athens and   
   apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Rhodes,   
   Greece. He succeeds Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos, whose resignation from the   
   pastoral care of the same archdiocese and from the office of apostolic   
   administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Rhodes upon reaching   
   the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    18: The Pope appoints Bishop Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz of Espinal, Colombia,   
   as bishop of Armenia, Colombia. 20: Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda of   
   Hiroshima, Japan, is appointed as archbishop of Osaka, Japan. He succeeds   
   Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J., whose resignation from the pastoral care of   
   the same archdiocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted.   
    22: Rev. Gerardo Diaz Vasquez, priest of Maria Reina y Madre de los   
   Campesinos in Tepatitlan, Mexico, is appointed as bishop of Tacambaro, Mexico.   
   He succeeds Bishop Jose Luis Castro Medellin, M.S.F., whose resignation from   
   the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age limit was accepted.   
    26: Msgr. Maurizio Malvestiti, under-secretary of the Congregation for the   
   Oriental Churches, is appointed as bishop of Lodi, Italy. He succeeds Bishop   
   Giuseppe Merisi, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese   
   upon reaching the age limit was accepted.   
    On the same day, the Pope appointed Bishop Daniel Edward Thomas, auxiliary of   
   the archdiocese of Philadelphia, U.S.A., as bishop of Toledo in America, U.S.A.   
    27: The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the   
   eparchy of Satna of the Syro-Malabars, India, presented by Bishop Mathew   
   Vaniakizhakkel, C.V., in accordance with canon 210 paras. 1 and 2 of the Code   
   of Canons of the Eastern Churches.   
    The Pope appoints Rev. Fr. Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X., parish priest of Santa   
   Rosa de Lima in Abaetetuba and regional bursar of his order for North Brazil,   
   as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Alto Solomoes in Brazil.   
    28: Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra of Valencia, Spain, is appointed as   
   metropolitan archbishop of Madrid, Spain. He succeeds Cardinal Antonio Maria   
   Rouco Varela, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same archdiocese   
   upon reaching the age limit was accepted.   
    Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine   
   Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, is appointed as metropolitan   
   archbishop of Valencia, Spain.   
    29: Bishop George Njaralakatt, eparch of Mandya in India, is appointed as   
   archbishop of the eparchy of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars in India.   
    OTHER NEWS   
    5: In St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father greets 50,000 German-speaking monks   
   from the dioceses of Germany, Vienna and Linz, Austria, and Latvia, during   
   their pilgrimage to Rome.   
    7: The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J.,   
   speaks on the Pope's behalf regarding his concerns for the exodus of Christian   
   communities from the north of Iraq due to the violence that plagues the   
   region, and repeats his appeal to the international community to bring an end   
   to this humanitarian crisis.   
    8: The Holy See Press Office communicates that the Holy Father has appointed   
   Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation   
   of Peoples, as his personal envoy to express his spiritual closeness and the   
   solidarity of the Church to the people of Iraq.   
    10: Following the Mass celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, president of   
   the Italian Episcopal Conference, the Pope greets by telephone 30,000 scouts   
   gathered in Pisa, Italy, to conclude their Third National Route.   
    20: In the afternoon, the Pope meets with members of Work of Nazareth,   
   accompanied by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.   
      
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    ACTIVITIES OF THE HOLY SEE IN AUGUST   
    Vatican City, 3 September 2014 (VIS) - The following is a list of the   
   activities linked to the Holy See during the month of August 2014:   
    12: The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue issues a declaration   
   on "the reinstatement of the Caliphate", which was abolished in 1923 by Kamal   
   Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, affirming that opposition to this   
   "reinstatement" by the majority of Muslim religious and political institutions   
   has not prevented the jihadists of the "Muslim State" from committing   
   unspeakable criminal acts that this dicastery, like all those involved in   
   interreligious dialogue, the followers of all religions and all men and women   
   of goodwill can only denounce and condemn. It emphasises that "Christians and   
   Muslims have been able to live alongside one another - certainly with highs   
   and lows - for centuries, building a culture of co-existence and a   
   civilisation of which they are proud".   
    13: The Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" communicates that, since the month of   
   June, humanitarian assistance programmes for Iraqi refugees have been   
   underway. These programmes are organised by the local Church, in particular   
   via Caritas Iraq, and have already reached 4000 families. Other national   
   entities of the Caritas family have joined in the efforts, with the   
   co-ordination of Caritas International.   
    21: The Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace" announces that Pope Francis   
   has chosen the theme for the 48th World Day of Peace 2015, celebrated every   
   year on 1 January: "Slaves no more, but brothers and sisters", and commented   
   that in the contemporary world, slavery assumes many abominable faces: human   
   trafficking, the trade in migrants and prostitution, forced labour, the   
   exploitation of man by his peers, and the enslavement of women and children.   
    25: The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J.,   
   issued a communique on the nuncio Jozef Wesoloswki, who appealed against the   
   first grade canonical sentence of laicisation. The archbishop, who has already   
   been dismissed from his diplomatic role and therefore no longer benefits from   
   immunity, may also be subject to trial by other competent judicial bodies.   
      
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