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   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTIETH YEAR - N. 229   
   ENGLISH   
   THURSDAY, 23 DECEMBER 2010   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - Pope's Christmas Celebrations Via the Internet   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
   - Notice   
      
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   POPE'S CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS VIA THE INTERNET   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 23 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The websites of Vatican Radio   
   (www.radiovaticana.org) and of the Pontifical Council for Social   
   Communications (www.pccs.org), as well as the website www.pope2you.net, in   
   close collaboration with the Vatican Television Centre (CTV) and through an   
   agreement with Telecom Italia, will be offering a new service for the   
   Christmas holiday period: live coverage of the liturgical celebrations   
   presided by the Holy Father.   
      
     The Pope's celebrations - Midnight Mass on 24 December, his Christmas   
   Message and "Urbi et Orbi" blessing at midday on 25 December, and Mass for   
   the World Day of Peace on 1 January - will be transmitted in live   
   audio/video linkup with commentary in six languages: Italian, French,   
   English, German, Spanish and Portuguese. The Midnight Mass will also have   
   commentary in Chinese, and the Mass of 1 January in Arabic.   
      
     The service has been made possible thanks to Telecom Italia's technology   
   platform "Content Delivery Network", which enables rapid and effective   
   distribution of multimedia content, making it accessible to computers and   
   iPhones all over the world.   
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   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 23 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:   
      
    - Bishop William Slattery O.F.M., of Kokstad, South Africa, as metropolitan   
   archbishop of Pretoria (area 16,579, population 6,102,000, Catholics   
   206,200, priests 109, permanent deacons 11, religious 273), South Africa,   
   and as the country's military ordinary. The archbishop-elect was born in   
   Portlaoise, Ireland in 1943 he was ordained a priest in 1970 and consecrated   
   a bishop in 1994.   
      
    - Msgr. Abel Gabuza, apostolic administrator of the archdiocese of   
   Pretoria, South Africa, as bishop of Kimberley (area 123,083, population   
   1,968,000, Catholics 121,050, priests 40, permanent deacons 4, religious   
   25), South Africa. The bishop-elect was born in Alexandra, South Africa in   
   1955 and ordained a priest in 1984.   
      
    - Fr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai S.D.B., professor of theology at the seminary of   
   Hong Kong, China, member of the International Theological Commission and   
   academic ordinary at the Pontifical Academy of Theology, as secretary of the   
   Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, at the same time raising him   
   to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Hong King in   
   1950 and ordained a priest in 1982.   
      
    - Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council   
   for Legislative Texts, as a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of   
   the Faith.   
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   NOTICE   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 23 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Vatican Information Service wishes its   
   readers a very happy and holy Christmas. During the Christmas holiday there   
   will be no VIS bulletin on Friday 24 December or on Monday 27 December. The   
   next bulletin will be transmitted on Tuesday 28 December.   
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