Subject: VISnews 110503   
   Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede   
   From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt    
      
   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 82   
   ENGLISH   
   TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - Starting Today it is Possible to Venerate John Paul II in St. Sebastian   
   Chapel of Vatican Basilica   
   - Pope to Pray Rosary with Italian Bishops during their General Assembly   
   - Cardinal Wuerl to take Possession of Titular Church   
   - Other Pontifical Acts   
      
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   STARTING TODAY IT IS POSSIBLE TO VENERATE JOHN PAUL II IN ST. SEBASTIAN   
   CHAPEL OF VATICAN BASILICA   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 3 MAY 2011 (VIS) - The director of the Holy See Press Office,   
   Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., announced the following notice late yesterday   
   afternoon.   
      
     "This afternoon, after St. Peter's Basilica was closed to the public, the   
   personnel of the Fabric of St. Peter's began work to transfer the remains of   
   Blessed John Paul II, placing his wood coffin under the altar of the Chapel   
   of St. Sebastian.   
      
     The procession from the sacristy began around 7:15pm and was made up of   
   the officiants, the College of Penitentiaries of St. Peter's, the Chapter of   
   the Basilica, various archbishops and bishops, and nine cardinals.  The   
   archpriest of the basilica, Cardinal Angelo Comastri, presided.  After an   
   initial pause for prayer before the confessional of the basilica, the   
   litanies of the holy pontiffs were sung and the procession continued to the   
   altar of St. Sebastian where the wood coffin containing the remains of John   
   Paul II were placed under the altar, where it remains visible.  At the end   
   of the litanies, after the invocation "Beate Ioanna Paule" was sung three   
   times, the prayer proper of the new Blessed was recited and the altar was   
   incensed. Following this, the workers of the Fabric placed the white marble   
   tombstone, inscribed with the words "Beatus Ioannes Paulus PP. II", on the   
   opening under the altar. Many of those present repeated the gesture of   
   devotion of kissing the tombstone while the assembly, moved and joyful,   
   dispersed".   
      
     Also present were the cardinals Angelo Sodano, dean of the Sacred College,   
   Tarcisio Bertone, secretary of state, Angelo Amato, Giovanni Coppa, Giovanni   
   Lajolo, Giovanni Battista Re, Leonardo Sandri, Franciszek Macharski, and   
   Stanislaw Dziwisz who, like Cardinal Wojtyla,  archbishop of Krakow. Also   
   attending were the archbishops Fernando Filoni, Dominique Mamberti, and   
   Mieczyslas Mokrzycki, a personal secretary to Pope John Paul II. The   
   postulator of John Paul II's cause for canonization, Msgr. Slawomir Oder,   
   was also in attendance while among the religious present there was, of   
   course, Sr. Tobiana Sobodka with a few other sisters of the papal   
   apartments.   
      
     The brief ceremony concluded at 7:45pm.   
      
     As of 7:00 this morning, the faithful entering the basilica will be able   
   to venerate the new Blessed in his final resting place in the Chapel of St.   
   Sebastian".   
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   POPE TO PRAY ROSARY WITH ITALIAN BISHOPS DURING GENERAL ASSEMBLY   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 3 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today the Prefecture of the Pontifical   
   Household communicated the following:   
      
     "Accepting the invitation of Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, president of the   
   Italian Episcopal Conference, the Holy Father will travel to the basilica of   
   Saint Mary Major, Thursday, 26 May 2011, at 5:30pm to preside over the   
   recitation of the Holy Rosary together with the Italian bishops who will be   
   gathered for their General Assembly.   
      
     With this prayer the Italian bishops seek to emphasize their particular   
   connection to Italy, renewing their commitment to the Virgin Mother on the   
   150th anniversary of the unification of Italy".   
   PD/                                                                     VIS   
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   CARDINAL WUERL TO TAKE POSSESSION OF TITULAR CHURCH   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 3 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today the Office of Liturgical Celebrations   
   of the Supreme Pontiff announced that on Sunday, 8 May, at 11:00am, Cardinal   
   Donald William Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, USA will take possession of   
   the title of San Pietro in Vincoli, at Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli, 4/A.   
   OCL/                                                                    VIS   
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   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 3 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father appointed Bishop   
   Fausto Gaibor Garcia, auxiliary of Riobamba, as bishop of Tulcan (area   
   3,699, population 184,000, Catholics 176,000, priests 39, religious 104),   
   Ecuador.   
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