Subject: VISnews 110729
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 142
ENGLISH
FRIDAY, 29 JULY 2011
SUMMARY:
- Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for August
- Papal, Holy See Highlights for 2011: April - July
- Notice
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BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR AUGUST
VATICAN CITY, 29 JUL 2011 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention
for August is: "That World Youth Day in Madrid may encourage young people
throughout the world to have their lives rooted and built up in Christ".
His mission intention is: "That Western Christians may be open to the
action of the Holy Spirit and rediscover the freshness and enthusiasm of
their faith".
BXVI-PRAYER INTENTIONS/ VIS 20110729 (80)
PAPAL, HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2011: APRIL - JULY
VATICAN CITY, 29 JUL 2011 (VIS) - Given below is a list of the major events
involving Pope Benedict XVI and the Holy See which occurred between the
months of April and July 2011.
APRIL
1: Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil C.SS.R., Major Archbishop of
Ernakulam-Angamaly, India, dies at the age of 83.
1: Law 127 concerning the prevention and countering of the laundering of
proceeds from criminal activities and of the financing of terrorism comes
into force. The Law was published on 30 December 2010 together with the
Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI's "Motu Proprio" Apostolic Letter on the same
subject.
7: The Holy Father receives in audience a group of bishops of the
Syro-Malabar rite, at the end of their "ad limina" visit.
11: Benedict XVI receives the Letters of Credence of Filip Vucak, the new
ambassador of Croatia to the Holy See.
11-13: Meeting of the Commission established by Benedict XVI in 2007 to
study the most important issues regarding the Catholic Church in China.
12: Publication of a decree by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the
Discipline of the Sacraments establishing that the annual celebration of the
Memorial of Blessed John Paul II be inserted into the calendar of the
diocese of Rome and the dioceses of Poland, on 22 October.
13: Presentation of "Youcat", the Catechism of the Catholic Church aimed at
the young, which will be distributed to participants in the twenty-sixth
World Youth Day, to be held in Madrid from 16 to 21 August.
14: The Holy Father receives in audience Valdis Zatlers, president of the
Republic of Latvia.
16: Benedict XVI, on his eighty-fourth birthday, receives the Letters of
Credence of Maria Jesus Figa Lopez-Palop, the first woman to serve as
Spain's ambassador to the Holy See.
18: Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, archbishop emeritus of Turin, Italy dies at
the age of 86.
29: Inauguration of the exhibition: "John Paul II: Homage of Benedict XVI
for the Beatification" in the Charlemagne Wing under the colonnade of St.
Peter's Square.
30: Prayer vigil in preparation for the beatification of John Paul II, held
in Rome's Circus Maximus in the presence of 200,000 people.
MAY
1: Cardinal Agustin Garcia-Gasco Vicente, archbishop emeritus of Valencia,
Spain, dies at the age of 80.
1: Second Sunday of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday, Benedict XVI presides at
the rite of beatification of John Paul II.
2: Holy Father receives in audience Bronislaw Komorowski, president of the
Republic of Poland.
2: Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. presides at a Mass of
thanksgiving for the beatification of Pope John Paul II.
3: The mortal remains of Blessed John Paul II are laid in the Chapel of St.
Sebastian in the Vatican Basilica.
7-8: Benedict XVI makes a pastoral visit to Aquileia and Venice, Italy.
13 Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" publishes an Instruction on the
application of Benedict XVI's Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio "Summorum
Pontificum".
16: Holy Father receives a group of prelates from the Conference of Catholic
Bishops of India at the end of their "ad limina" visit.
21: Benedict XVI converses via satellite with the crew of the International
Space Station, on the occasion of the space shuttle Endeavour's last
mission.
24: Presentation of the document "Family: Work and Celebration", a
preparatory catecheses for the seventh World Meeting of Families. The
gathering will take place in Milan, Italy, from 30 May to 3 June 2012.
26: Benedict XVI presides at the Rosary in the basilica of St. Mary Major,
together with the bishops of Italy, and entrusts the people of Italy to the
Blessed Virgin Mary on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the
country's political unification.
30: Holy Father receives a group of prelates from the Conference of Catholic
Bishops of India at the end of their "ad limina" visit.
JUNE
3: Benedict XVI receives in audience Mahmoud Abbas, president of the
Palestinian Authority.
4-5: Pope's Apostolic trip to Croatia.
9: The Holy Father receives the Letters of Credence of six new ambassadors
to the Holy See: Stefan Gorda of Moldavia, Narciso Ntugu Abeso Oyana of
Equatorial Guinea, Henry Llewellyn Lawrence of Belize, Hussan Edin Aala of
Syria, Genevieve Delali Tsegah of Ghana, and George Robert Furness Troup of
New Zealand.
11: The Holy Father receives two thousand Gypsies from various European
countries, representing the 12 million Gypsies scattered across the
continent.
17: Benedict XVI receives a group of Indian prelates (from Madras-Mylapore,
Madurai, Pondicherry and Raipur), who have just completed their "ad limina"
visit.
19: Holy Father makes a pastoral visit to the diocese of San
Marino-Montefeltro.
24: Benedict XVI receives in audience Igor Luksic, prime minister of
Montenegro.
27: Presentation of the new Vatican internet portal "news.va", to be
inaugurated by the Pope on 28 June, eve of the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and
Paul.
29: Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, sixtieth anniversary of
Benedict XVI's ordination to the priesthood.
30: Benedict XVI confers the first "Ratzinger Prize", an award established
by the "Vatican Foundation: Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI", to: Manlio
Simonetti, an Italian layman and scholar of ancient Christian literature and
Patrology; Olegario Gonzalez de Cardedal, a Spanish priest and professor of
systematic theology, and Maximilian Heim, a German Cistercian, abbot of the
monastery of Heiligenkreuz in Austria and professor of fundamental and
dogmatic theology.
30: Cardinal Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky, archbishop emeritus of Berlin,
Germany, dies at the age of 75.
JULY
4: The Holy Father inaugurates an exhibition in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall,
entitled: "The splendour of truth, the beauty of charity: Homage of sixty
artists to Benedict XVI for the sixtieth anniversary of his ordination to
the priesthood".
5: The Pope visits the headquarters of the "Osservatore Romano" newspaper,
currently celebrating the 150th anniversary of its foundation. Its first
edition appeared on 1 July 1861.
13: Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for
Promoting the New Evangelisation, announces a new pastoral initiative being
promoted by his dicastery. The initiative has the name of "Metropolis
Mission" and will begin in Lent 2012.
18: Benedict XVI receives in audience Najib Bin Abdul Razak, prime minister
of Malaysia.
21: Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek, archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev,
Belarus, and former apostolic administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum
Sanctae Sedis" of the diocese of Pinsk, dies at the age of 96.
24: Cardinal Virgilio Noe, archpriest emeritus of the Vatican Basilica,
vicar general emeritus of the Pope for Vatican City State and president
emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter's, dies at the age of 89.
27: The Holy See and Malaysia decide by common accord to establish
diplomatic relations at the level of apostolic nunciature on the part of the
Holy See and of embassy on the part of Malaysia.
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Information Service will remain closed during the entire month of August.
Service will resume on Thursday 1 September.
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