people who first and foremost keep their own gaze fixed on Jesus, Son of   
   God. Announcement must always be immersed ... in an intense life of prayer.   
   The world today needs people who speak to God in order to be able to speak   
   of God".   
      
   BENEDICT XVI has written a message marking the fiftieth anniversary of   
   "Adveniat" Episcopal Action. The message was addressed to Bishop Franz-Josef   
   Overbeck of Essen, Germany, president of "Adveniat". "Thanks to their   
   generous donations and their disinterested commitment in the field", the   
      
   Subject: VISnews 111017   
   Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede   
   From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt    
      
   Pope writes, "German Catholics have been able to implement many ecclesial   
   aid projects in Latin American countries. This generous expression of   
   Christian charity merits sincere recognition". He also invites "Adveniat"   
   Episcopal Action to "care for men and women in their totality, with a view   
   to their natural and their supernatural needs. If we do this, the Kingdom of   
   God will truly grow among us".   
      
   THE VATICAN MUSEUMS, as it has in previous years, participated in the   
   Frankfurt Book Fair, which took place from 12 to 16 October and brought   
   together 7,500 exhibitors from 111 countries. The "Edizioni Musei Vaticani"   
   presented a number of new books including an important historical-artistic   
   work in four volumes: "The Sistine Chapel. The Word of God in Human Images"   
   by Timothy Verdon. The catalogue of the "Edizioni Musei Vaticani" includes   
   academic, instructional and popular works, both series and monographs, all   
   featuring high-quality text and images, and many available in various   
   languages.   
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   AUDIENCES   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 17 OCT 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate   
   audiences:   
      
    - His Beatitude George Alencherry, major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly   
   of the Siro-Malabars, India.   
      
    - Archbishop Joseph Chennoth, apostolic nuncio to Japan.   
      
     On Saturday 15 October he received in separate audiences:   
      
    - Archbishop Juliusz Janusz, apostolic nuncio in Slovenia, with the role of   
   apostolic delegate to Kosovo.   
      
    - Ten prelates from the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, on their   
   "ad limina" visit:   
      
       - Bishop Brian Heenan of Rockhampton.   
      
       - Bishop Brian Vincent Finngan, apostolic administrator "ad nutum   
   Sanctae Sedis" of Toowoomba.   
      
       - Bishop Michael Ernest Putney of Townsville.   
      
       - Archbishop Denis James Hart of Melbourne, accompanied by Auxiliary   
   Bishops Leslie Rogers Tomlinson, Timothy Costelloe S.D.B. and Peter John   
   Elliott.   
      
       - Bishop 'Ad Abikaram of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites.   
      
       - Bishop Christopher Charles Prowse of Sale.   
      
       - Msgr. Francis Marriott, diocesan administrator of Sandhurst.   
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   OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 17 OCT 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Drazen   
   Kutlesa, official of the Congregation for Bishops, as coadjutor bishop of   
   the diocese of Porec i Pula (area 2,839, population 218,125, Catholics   
   185,472, priests 116, permanent deacons 1, religious 83), Croatia. The   
   bishop-elect was born in Tomislavgrad, Bosnia Herzegovina in 1968 and   
   ordained a priest in 1993. Msgr. Kutlesa has worked as parish administrator,   
   professor of canon law and vice chancellor of the diocesan Curia.   
      
     On Saturday 15 October it was made public that he appointed Archbishop   
   James Patrick Green, apostolic nuncio to Peru, as apostolic nuncio to South   
   Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana.   
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