VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXV - # 61   
   DATE 26-03-2015   
      
   Summary:   
   - Slogan and Logo of Pope?s Trip to Sarajevo Presented   
   - Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Open to 150 Homeless Visitors   
   - Carmelite Communities around the World Pray for Peace   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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    Slogan and Logo of Pope?s Trip to Sarajevo Presented   
   Vatican City, 26 March 2015 (VIS) ? This coming 6 June, Pope Francis will visit   
   Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The slogan of the visit will be   
   ?Peace Be With You? and the logo is a dove with an olive branch. Concretely,   
   the   
   dove with olive branch, symbol of peace, is flanking a cross, part of which is   
   a   
   stylized triangle symbolizing the country?s borders, with the colors of white,   
   blue, yellow, and red representing both the country?s flag as well as the   
   presence of Croats in the nation. It is the design of artists Miroslav Setka   
   and   
   Dragan Ivankovic.   
   At the presentation, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Sarajevo, explained   
   that the slogan and logo were inspired by the Pope?s words ?when he announced   
   that the purpose of his visit would promote the peace process in Bosnia.   
   Moreover, ?Peace Be With You? is the expression with which Jesus greeted   
   thedisciples when He appeared to them after the Resurrection. The times we live   
   in,? the cardinal said, ?are times of uncertainty regarding the future and that   
   is why everyone in this country, especially we Catholics, needs this   
   encouragement.?   
      
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    Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel Open to 150 Homeless Visitors   
   Vatican City, 26 March 2015 (VIS) ? One hundred and fifty homeless persons,   
   generally found around St. Peter?s Square and Bernini?s Colonnade, will be   
   guided around the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel in an initiative   
   undertaken   
   by Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, almoner of the Office of Papal Charities.   
   The guests, divided into three groups, each with their own guides, will visit   
   part of the Vatican City State, including the Domus Sanctae Marthae, St.   
   Peter?s   
   Basilica, the palace of the Mint, the gardens, and the Gate of St. Gregory. On   
   arriving at the museums they will visit the Carriage Pavillion, the Galleries   
   of   
   the Chandeliers and Maps, and the Sistine Chapel. After the visit, the group   
   will eat at the restaurant in the Vatican Museums.   
      
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    Carmelite Communities around the World Pray for Peace   
   Vatican City, 26 March 2015 (VIS) ? Carmelite communities around the world   
   today-26 March, the fifth centenary of the birth of St. Teresa of Avila,   
   foundress of the Discalced Carmelite Order-are celebrating in the way deemed   
   most appropriate and suitable, with a day of prayer for peace.   
   ?Prayer for peace,? the Carmelite Vicar General, Fr. Emilio Martinez said, ?is   
   a   
   gift that we offer to St. Teresa and what better than to do what she asked of   
   us, which is to keep the concerns of the world at heart.?   
   During the prayer, the communities will especially keep in mind persecuted   
   Christians and countries at war, praying for the cessation of all public and   
   domestic violence. The organizers of the day of prayer ask that each house and   
   convent join the initiative and light a candle. Participation on social   
   networks   
   can be marked #Prayday.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
   Vatican City, 26 March 2015 (VIS) ? Today the Holy Father:   
   - erected the eparchy of St. John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankars,   
   India, appointing Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas Aerath, OIC, as its first eparchal   
   bishop. Bishop Aerath was previously apostolic visitor for the Syro-Malankars   
   extra-territorial missions in India. The new eparchy extends along the northern   
   part of India, covering 22 of the 29 states. The district?s southern boundary   
   is   
   made up of the four central states of: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh   
   and   
   Orissa. In addition to these four states, the faithful are distributed   
   throughout Punjab, Rajashtan, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.   
   The eparchy is headquarted in Gurgaon because that metropolitan area has the   
   largest concentration of faithful in the nine parishes covered. The region has   
   two colleges and ten schools administrated by the Syro-Malankar church. It has   
   15priests, both regular and eparchal, and 30 religious carrying out its   
   pastoral, educational, and charitable work.   
   - erected the apostolic exarchate of St. Ephrem of Khadki of the   
   Syro-Malankars,   
   India, appointing Bishop Thomas Mar Anthonios Valiyavilayil as its first   
   exarch.   
   Bishop Valiyavilayil was previously curial bishop of Trivandrum of the   
   Syro-Malankars, India. The new exarchate extends along the southern part of   
   India, which previously did not have any ecclesial district of the   
   Syro-Malankar   
   church, and includes the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, and   
   Telangana together with parts of the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The   
   extra-territorial mission of the Syro-Malankar church began in Poona in 1955   
   with the pastoral care of emigrants by Bethany Ashram, OIC. Today, the   
   Syro-Malankar presence in the exarchate?s region includes 27 parishes and   
   missions. There are 21 priests dedicated to pastoral care, 13 convents, and a   
   dozen schoolsincluding a college of higher learning. The majority of the   
   faithful are located around Mumbai and Poona, in the western state of   
   Maharashtra.   
      
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