Subject: VISnews 110916   
   Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede   
   From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt    
      
   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 155   
   ENGLISH   
   FRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2011   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - Telegrams for Accidents in Zanzibar and Buenos Aires   
   - Audiences   
   - In Memoriam   
      
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   TELEGRAMS FOR ACCIDENTS IN ZANZIBAR AND BUENOS AIRES   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 16 SEP 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father has sent two telegrams of   
   condolence for separate tragedies of recent days, one in Zanzibar and the   
   other in Argentina. In the case of Zanzibar, where the sinking of a   
   ferryboat led to the deaths of 240 people, a telegram sent in the Pope's   
   name by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. expresses the   
   Holy Father's sadness upon hearing the news of so many human lives lost. The   
   telegram also expresses Benedict XVI's closeness to those affected by the   
   tragedy, especially the relatives of the victims, and gives assurances of   
   his prayers to the Lord asking consolation for those who suffer, and for all   
   the people of Tanzania.   
      
     For the second accident, in which a train collided with a bus on the   
   outskirts of the Argentinean capital of Buenos Aires killing eleven people   
   and injuring more than 200, Cardinal Bertone sent a telegram to Cardinal   
   Jorge Bergoglio S.J., archbishop of Buenos Aires. The text reads: "Deeply   
   pained by the sad news of the railway accident in the neighbourhood of   
   Flores, the Supreme Pontiff wishes to send an expression of his closeness   
   and affection, while at the same time praying fervently to God for the   
   eternal repose of the deceased". In closing, Benedict XVI sends his   
   apostolic blessing as a sign of hope in the risen Christ.   
   TGR/                                                                    VIS   
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   AUDIENCES   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 16 SEP 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate   
   audiences:   
      
    - Archbishop Thomas E. Gullickson, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine.   
      
    - Eleven prelates from the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, on   
   their "ad limina" visit:   
      
       - Archbishop Albert D'Souza of Agra.   
      
       - Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao of Delhi, accompanied by   
   Auxiliary Bishop Franco Mulakkal.   
      
       - Bishop Isidore Fernandes of Allahabad.   
      
       - Bishop Anthony Fernandes of Bareilly.   
      
       - Bishop Oswald Lewis of Jaipur.   
      
       - Bishop Frederick D'Souza of Jhansi.   
      
       - Bishop Gerald John Mathias of Lucknow.   
      
       - Bishop Francis Kalist of Meerut.   
      
       - Bishop Raphy Manjaly of Varanasi.   
      
       - Bishop Peter Celestine Elampassery O.F.M. Cap. of Jammu-Srinagar.   
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   IN MEMORIAM   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 16 SEP 2011 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent   
   weeks:   
      
    - Bishop Rudolf Balaz of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on 27 July at the age   
   of 70.   
      
    - Bishop William Leonard D'Mello of Karwar, India, on 19 July at the age of   
   80.   
      
    - Bishop Henrique Johannpotter O.F.M., emeritus of Bacabal, Brazil, on 19   
   July at the age of 78.   
      
    - Archbishop Georges Kwaiter B.S., emeritus of Saida of the Greek-Melkites,   
   Lebanon, on 26 July at the age of 83.   
      
    - Bishop Paul Marchand S.M.M. of Timmins, Canada, on 24 July at the age of   
   74.   
      
    - Bishop Cesare Mazzolari M.C.C.J. of Rumbek, Kenya, on 16 July at the age   
   of 74.   
      
    - Archbishop Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu, emeritus of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba,   
   on 21 July at the age of 79.   
      
    - Bishop Slavomir Miklovs, emeritus of Krizevci, Croatia, on 21 July at the   
   age of 77.   
      
    - Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States of   
   America, on 27 July at the age of 73.   
      
    - Bishop Francis John Spence, emeritus of Kingston, Canada, on 27 July at   
   the age of 85.   
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