* Original message posted in: VATICAN.   
   * Crossposted in: IN_CATHOLIC.   
      
   [continued]   
      
   27: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Hidekazu Yamaguchi, the =   
   new   
   Japanese ambassador to the Holy See.   
      
   29: Benedict XVI receives prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference =   
   of   
   the Philippines at the end of their "ad limina" visit.   
      
   30: Holy Father sends a message to participants in the funeral of =   
   Manuela   
   Campagni, one of the "Memores Domini" who serve in his Vatican =   
   apartments,   
   who died in a traffic accident on 24 November.   
      
   DECEMBER   
      
   2: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Gabor Gyorivanyi, the =   
      
   Subject: VISnews 101230   
   Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede   
   From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt    
      
   new   
   Hungarian ambassador to the Holy See.   
      
   2: Death at the age of 80 of Cardinal Michele Giordano, archbishop =   
   emeritus   
   of Naples, Italy.   
      
   3: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Fernando F. Sanchez =   
   Campos,   
   the new ambassador of Costa Rica to the Holy See.   
      
   6: Holy Father receives in audience Viktor Orban, prime minister of the   
   Republic of Hungary.   
      
   10: Holy Father receives in audience Dalia Grybauskaite, president of =   
   the   
   Republic of Lithuania.   
      
   12: Holy Father visits the Roman parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe, where =   
   he   
   celebrates Mass.   
      
   16: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of five new ambassadors to =   
   the   
   Holy See: Suresh Prasad Pradhan of Nepal; Royson Mabuku Mukwena of =   
   Zambia;   
   Miquel Angel Canturri Montanya of Andorra, Vivianne Fock Tave of =   
   Seychelles,   
   and Boubacar Sidiki Toure of Mali.   
      
   16: Presentation of the Holy Father's Message for the forty-fourth World =   
   Day   
   of Peace. The Day falls on 1 January 2011 and has as its theme: =   
   "Religious   
   Freedom. The Path to Peace".   
      
   16: Holy Father presides at Vespers in the Vatican Basilica with =   
   students of   
   Roman universities.   
      
   17: Benedict XVI receives Letters of Credence of Francesco Maria Greco, =   
   the   
   new Italian ambassador to the Holy See.   
      
   18: Holy Father visits the Vatican Apostolic Library to mark its =   
   reopening   
   following three years of restoration work.   
      
   18: Publication of the Holy Father's Message for the nineteenth World =   
   Day of   
   the Sick which will be held, as is traditional, on 11 February, Feast of =   
   Our   
   Lady of Lourdes.   
      
   30: Publication of the Holy Father's "Motu Proprio" om the prevention =   
   and   
   countering of illegal activities in the financial and monetary sectors.   
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   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 30 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Julian   
   Ruiz Martorell, vicar general of the archdiocese of Zaragoza, Spain, as   
   bishop of Huesca (area 4,728, population 85,500, Catholics 84,500, =   
   priests   
   97, religious 243), Spain, and of Jaca (area 5,896, population 49,425,   
   Catholics 48,541, priests 57, permanent deacons 2, religious 79), Spain. =   
   The   
   bishop-elect was born in Cuenca, Spain in 1957 and ordained a priest in   
   1981.   
   NER/                                                                    VIS   
   20101230 (80)   
      
   NOTICE   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 30 DEC 2010 (VIS) - The staff of the Vatican Information   
   Service wishes all its readers a Happy New Year. The next VIS bulletin =   
   will   
   be transmitted on Monday, 3 January 2011.   
   .../                                                                    VIS   
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