Churches. While I repeat the need and urgency to think of a 'conversion of the   
   papacy' ... I am convinced that I have, in this respect, a particular   
   responsibility, above all in ascertaining the ecumenical aspiration of the   
   majority of Christian communities and in listening to the request that is   
   presented to me to find a way of exercising this primacy that, while not   
   renouncing in any way the essence of its mission, is open to a new situation".   
    "Our gaze also extends to humanity. A synodal Church is like a standard borne   
   among the nations in a world that, while invoking participation, solidarity and   
   transparency in public administration, frequently leaves the destiny of entire   
   populations in the rapacious hands of small powerful groups. As a Church who   
   'walks together' with mankind, participating in the labours of history, we   
   cultivate the dream that the rediscovery of the inviolable dignity of peoples   
   and the function of the service of authority may also help in the edification   
   of   
   civil society in justice and fraternity, giving rise to a world that is more   
   beautiful and worthier of humanity for the generations to follow us".   
      
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    Programme of the Holy Father's trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African   
   Republic   
    Vatican City, 17 October 2015 (VIS) - Today the programme was published for   
   Pope Francis' apostolic trip to Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic,   
   to take place from 25 to 30 November.   
    The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Fiumicino airport on 7.45 a.m. on   
   Wednesday 25 November, destined for "Jomo Kenyatta" airport in Nairobi, Kenya,   
   where he is due to arrive at 5 p.m. Following the welcome ceremony at State   
   House, he will pay a courtesy visit to the president of the Republic and will   
   meet with the authorities and diplomatic corps.   
    On Thursday 26 November, the Pope will attend an interreligious and ecumenical   
   meeting in the apostolic nunciature in Nairobi, after which he will celebrate   
   Holy Mass on the University of Nairobi campus. This will be followed by a   
   meeting with the clergy, men and women religious and seminarians at the St.   
   Mary's School sports field. The day will conclude with a visit to the United   
   Nations Office at Nairobi.   
    Friday 27 November will begin with a visit to the poor quarter of Kangemi in   
   Nairobi, after which he will meet first with young people in the Kasarani   
   Stadium, and then with Kenyan bishops. After the farewell ceremony at "Jomo   
   Kenyatta" airport, the Pope will depart for Entebbe, Uganda at 3.30 p.m, where   
   he will arrive at 4.50 p.m.   
    After the welcome ceremony at Entebbe International airport, the Pope will pay   
   a courtesy visit to the president in the State House, and will meet the   
   authorities and diplomatic corps in the conference hall. The third day of his   
   apostolic trip will conclude with a visit to Munyonyo and greetings to   
   catechists and teachers.   
    On Saturday 28 November, the Pope will visit the Anglican and Catholic shrines   
   to martyrs in Namugongo, and will celebrate Mass for the martyrs of Uganda in   
   the area of the Catholic shrine. After meeting with the young at the Kololo Air   
   Strip at Kampala, he will visit the Nalukolongo House of Charity. At 6 p.m. he   
   will meet with Ugandan bishops in the archbishop's residence, followed by an   
   encounter with the clergy, men and women religious and seminarians in the   
   cathedral.   
    After a farewell ceremony at Entebbe airport, at 9.15 a.m. the Holy Father   
   will   
   depart for the Central African Republic, the third leg of his apostolic trip,   
   where he is scheduled to arrive at the International "M'Poko" airport of Bangui   
   at 10 a.m. He will first pay a courtesy visit to the Head of State of the   
   Transition in the presidential palace "de la Renaissance" and will meet with   
   members of the governing class and diplomatic corps. This will be followed by a   
   visit to a refugee camp and an encounter with the bishops of the country. In   
   the   
   afternoon he will meet with evangelical communities at the faculty of   
   evangelical theology in Bangui, and will celebrate Mass with the clergy, men   
   and   
   women religious, catechists and the young in the cathedral of Bangui. He will   
   then confess some young faithful and, in the evening, will inaugurate a prayer   
   vigil outside the Cathedral.   
    On Monday 30 November, Pope Francis will begin the final day of his eleventh   
   apostolic trip with a meeting with the Muslim community in the central mosque   
   of   
   Koudoukou in Bangui. After celebrating Mass in the Stadium of the Barthelemy   
   Boganda Sports Complex, he will transfer to "M'Poko" International airport and   
   at 12.30 p.m., following a brief farewell ceremony, he will depart for Rome   
   where he is expected to arrive at Ciampino airport at 6.45 p.m.   
      
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    Cardinal Maung Bo to take possession of his titular church   
    Vatican City, 19 October 2015 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of   
   the Supreme Pontiff today announced that on Wednesday, 21 October, at 6.30   
   p.m.,   
   Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar, will take   
   possession of the title of Sant'Ireneo a Centocelle (Via dei Castani, 291).   
      
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    Audiences   
    Vatican City, 19 October 2015 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in   
   audience Archbishop Paolo Pezzi of Madre di Dio a Mosca, Moscow, Russian   
   Federation.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 17 October 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed:   
    - Msgr. Francesco Manenti as bishop of Senigallia, (area 580, population   
   130,012, Catholics 121,260, priests 86, permanent deacons 11, religious 110),   
   Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Sergnano, Italy in 1963 and was ordained a   
   priest in 1975. He holds a licentiate in theology from the theological faculty   
   of northern Italy in Milan, and has served in a number of pastoral roles in the   
   diocese of Crema, including parish vicar at the Cathedral, chaplain, spiritual   
   director of the episcopal seminary, teacher at the "Dante Alighieri" diocesan   
   school, head of the diocesan centre for spirituality and diocesan director of   
   the family office. He is currently vicar general of the diocese of Crema,   
   parish   
   priest, lecturer in theology and member of the Commission for the permanent   
   formation of the clergy. He succeeds Bishop Giuseppe Orlandoni, whose   
   resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese upon reaching the age   
   limit was accepted by the Holy Father.   
    - Msgr. José Melitón Chávez as bishop of Añatuya (area 68,000, population   
   155,800, Catholics 138,000, priests 43, religious 110), Argentina. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Romera Pozo in Argentina in 1957, and was ordained a   
   priest in 1985. He has served in various roles in the archdiocese of Tucumán,   
   including parish vicar, pastor, vicar forane, formator, vice rector and rector   
   of the major seminary of Tucumán, assessor for Catholic Action, vicar general,   
   episcopal vicar for soliarity and member of the pastoral council and college of   
   consultors. He is currently pastor of the El Salvador parish.   
    - Msgr. José Luis Henao Cadavid as bishop of Libano - Honda (area 3,477,   
   population 257,049, Catholics 238,710, priests 48, religious 83), Colombia. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Andes, Colombia in 1954 and was ordained a priest in   
   1979. He holds a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian   
   University of Rome, and has served in a number of roles, including parish   
   vicar,   
   pastor, rector of the minor seminary, defender of the bond, judge in the   
   ecclesiastical tribunal of Medellin, diocesan delegate for social and lay   
   pastoral ministry, diocesan vicar for pastoral ministry and pastor of the   
   Cathedral. He is currently pastor of the "Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes"   
   parish   
   in Andes.   
    - Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, archbishop of Santo Domingo, as   
   his special envoy to the celebration of the fifth centenary of the city of   
   Cumana, Venezuela, origin of the evangelisation of South America, scheduled for   
   27 November 2015.   
      
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