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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 151
DATE 31-07-2012
Summary:
- BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR AUGUST
- PAPAL, HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY - JULY 2012
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR AUGUST
Vatican City, 31 July 2012 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention
for August is: "That prisoners may be treated with justice and respect for
their human dignity".
His mission intention is: "That young people, called to follow Christ, may be
willing to proclaim and bear witness to the Gospel to the ends of the earth".
___________________________________________________________
PAPAL, HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY - JULY 2012
Vatican City, 31 July 2012 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the activities
of Pope Benedict XVI and of the Holy See for the months of May to July 2012.
MAY
1: Benedict XVI visits Rome's Sacred Heart Catholic University to mark the
fiftieth anniversary of the "Agostino Gemelli" Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
4: The Pope receives five new non resident ambassadors to the Holy See for the
presentation of thier Letters of Credence: Teshome Toga Chanaka of Ethiopia,
David Cooney of Ireland, Naivakarurubalavu Solo Mara of the Republic of Fiji,
Viguen Tchitetchian
of Armenia and Dato' Ho May Young, the first ambassador of Malaysia to the
Holy See.
5: The Holy Father receives a group of prelates from the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops (Regions 10 to 13) at the end of their "ad
limina" visit.
5: The Holy Father receives in audience Bamir Topi, president of the Republic
of Albania.
13: Benedict XVI makes a pastoral visit to the Italian region of Abruzzo.
18: The Holy Father receives a final group from the United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops, whose prelates have been travelling to Rome over the past
six months on their quinquennial "ad limina Apostolorum" visits.
24: The Holy Father receives participants in the sixty-fourth general assembly
of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
24: The Pope receives in separate audiences Rosen Plevneliev, president of the
Republic of Bulgaria, and Nikola Gruevski, prime minister of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, each accompanied by a delegation, for the
commemoration of the Feast
of Sts. Cyril and Methodius.
25: The Holy Father receives in audience Petr Necas, prime minister of the
Czech Republic.
27: After celebrating Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Holy Father
announces that on 7 October he will proclaim St. John of Avila and St.
Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Universal Church.
28: The Holy Father receives in audience Laura Chinchilla Miranda, president
of Costa Rica.
JUNE
1-3: The Pope makes a pastoral visit to the Italian archdiocese of Milan to
participate in the seventh World Meeting of Families. Following the closing
Mass he announces that the next World Meeting of Families will take place in
Philadelphia, U.S.A., in
2015.
4: Cardinal Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruno, archbishop emeritus of Guatemala,
Guatemala, dies at the age of 80.
8: The Holy Father receives in audience Mahinda Rajapaksa, president of the
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
9: Benedict XVI receives in audience prelates from the Catholic Bishops'
Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, at the end of their "ad
limina" visit.
15: The Holy Father receives in audience Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser, president
of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
16: The International Theological Commission updates its webpage. The page is
to be found on the Vatican website (www.vatican.va) under the section
dedicated to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
17: A video message from Benedict XVI is transmitted at the end of the closing
Mass of the fiftieth International Eucharistic Congress, which was held in
Dublin, Ireland, from 10 to 17 June on the theme: "The Eucharist. Communion
with Christ and with
One Another".
20: The Holy Father receives in audience Valdis Dombrovskis, prime minister of
the Republic of Latvia.
21: The Holy Father receives in audience Filip Vujanovic, president of
Montenegro.
22: The Holy Father receives a first group of prelates from the Episcopal
Conference of Colombia, at the end of their "ad limina" visit.
25: The American journalist Gregory Burke, currently Rome correspondent for
Fox News, is designated for the post of "communications advisor" to the
Secretariat of State.
26: Benedict XVI visits areas in the Italian region of Emilia Romagna which
have been badly affected by a series of earthquakes.
JULY
9: Benedict XVI makes a private visit to to the "Ad Gentes" Centre of the
Verbite Missionaries in Nemi, a village near Castelgandolfo.
9: Cardinal Eugenio Araujo Sales, archbishop emeritus of Sao Sebastiao do Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, dies at the age of 91.
10: The Holy Father makes a pastoral visit to the Italian diocese of Frascati,
near Rome.
16: Announcement of the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the forty-sixth
World Day of Peace, which will fall on 1 January 2013: "Blessed are the
peacemakers".
25: Publication by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants
and Itinerant Peoples of the Message for World Tourism Day. The theme for this
year's Day, which falls on 27 September, is: "Tourism and Sustainable Energy:
Powering Sustainable
Development".
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 31 July 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience
Bishop Antoni Stankiewicz, dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 31 July 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of
Munich and Freising, Germany, presented by Bishop Engelbert Siebler, in
accordance with canons 411 and 401 para. 1 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Msgr. Lawrence T. Persico of the clergy of the diocese of
Greenburg, U.S.A., vicar general and pastor of the parish of St. James in New
Alexandria, as bishop of Erie (area 25,734, population 860,340, Catholics
223,668, priests 193, permanent
deacons 61, religious 317), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Monessen,
U.S.A. in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1977. He has acted as chaplain and
chancellor of Assumption Hall, and is vice president of the Pennsylvania
Catholic Conference. He
succeeds Bishop Donald W. Trautman, whose resignation from the pastoral care
of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120731
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 151DATE 31-07-2012
Summary: - BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS
FOR AUGUST - PAPAL,
HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MAY - JULY 2012 - AUDIENCES - OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 31 July 2012 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention
for August is: "That prisoners may be treated with justice and respect for
their human dignity".
His mission intention is: "That young people, called to follow Christ, may
be willing to proclaim and bear witness to the Gospel to the ends of the
earth".
Vatican City, 31 July 2012 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the
activities of Pope Benedict XVI and of the Holy See for the months of May to
July 2012.
MAY
1: Benedict XVI visits Rome's Sacred Heart Catholic University to mark the
fiftieth anniversary of the "Agostino Gemelli" Faculty of Medicine and
Surgery.
4: The Pope receives five new non resident ambassadors to the Holy See for
the presentation of thier Letters of Credence: Teshome Toga Chanaka of
Ethiopia, David Cooney of Ireland, Naivakarurubalavu Solo Mara of the Republic
of Fiji, Viguen
Tchitetchian of Armenia and Dato' Ho May Young, the first ambassador of
Malaysia to the Holy See.
5: The Holy Father receives a group of prelates from the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops (Regions 10 to 13) at the end of their "ad
limina" visit.
5: The Holy Father receives in audience Bamir Topi, president of the
Republic of Albania.
13: Benedict XVI makes a pastoral visit to the Italian region of
Abruzzo.
18: The Holy Father receives a final group from the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, whose prelates have been travelling to Rome
over the past six months on their quinquennial "ad limina Apostolorum"
visits.
24: The Holy Father receives participants in the sixty-fourth general
assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
24: The Pope receives in separate audiences Rosen Plevneliev, president of
the Republic of Bulgaria, and Nikola Gruevski, prime minister of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, each accompanied by a delegation, for the
commemoration of the
Feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius.
25: The Holy Father receives in audience Petr Necas, prime minister of the
Czech Republic.
27: After celebrating Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Holy Father
announces that on 7 October he will proclaim St. John of Avila and St.
Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Universal Church.
28: The Holy Father receives in audience Laura Chinchilla Miranda,
president of Costa Rica.
JUNE
1-3: The Pope makes a pastoral visit to the Italian archdiocese of Milan to
participate in the seventh World Meeting of Families. Following the closing
Mass he announces that the next World Meeting of Families will take place in
Philadelphia, U.S.A.,
in 2015.
4: Cardinal Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruno, archbishop emeritus of
Guatemala, Guatemala, dies at the age of 80.
8: The Holy Father receives in audience Mahinda Rajapaksa, president of the
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
9: Benedict XVI receives in audience prelates from the Catholic Bishops'
Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, at the end of their "ad
limina" visit.
15: The Holy Father receives in audience Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser,
president of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United
Nations.
16: The International Theological Commission updates its webpage. The page
is to be found on the Vatican website (www.vatican.va) under the section
dedicated to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
17: A video message from Benedict XVI is transmitted at the end of the
closing Mass of the fiftieth International Eucharistic Congress, which was
held in Dublin, Ireland, from 10 to 17 June on the theme: "The Eucharist.
Communion with Christ and with
One Another".
20: The Holy Father receives in audience Valdis Dombrovskis, prime minister
of the Republic of Latvia.
21: The Holy Father receives in audience Filip Vujanovic, president of
Montenegro.
22: The Holy Father receives a first group of prelates from the Episcopal
Conference of Colombia, at the end of their "ad limina" visit.
25: The American journalist Gregory Burke, currently Rome correspondent for
Fox News, is designated for the post of "communications advisor" to the
Secretariat of State.
26: Benedict XVI visits areas in the Italian region of Emilia Romagna which
have been badly affected by a series of earthquakes.
JULY
9: Benedict XVI makes a private visit to to the "Ad Gentes" Centre of the
Verbite Missionaries in Nemi, a village near Castelgandolfo.
9: Cardinal Eugenio Araujo Sales, archbishop emeritus of Sao Sebastiao do
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, dies at the age of 91.
10: The Holy Father makes a pastoral visit to the Italian diocese of
Frascati, near Rome.
16: Announcement of the theme chosen by the Holy Father for the forty-sixth
World Day of Peace, which will fall on 1 January 2013: "Blessed are the
peacemakers".
25: Publication by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants
and Itinerant Peoples of the Message for World Tourism Day. The theme for this
year's Day, which falls on 27 September, is: "Tourism and Sustainable Energy:
Powering
Sustainable Development".
Vatican City, 31 July 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father:
- Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese
of Munich and Freising, Germany, presented by Bishop Engelbert Siebler, in
accordance with canons 411 and 401 para. 1 of the Code of Canon Law.
- Appointed Msgr. Lawrence T. Persico of the clergy of the diocese of
Greenburg, U.S.A., vicar general and pastor of the parish of St. James in New
Alexandria, as bishop of Erie (area 25,734, population 860,340, Catholics
223,668, priests 193,
permanent deacons 61, religious 317), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in
Monessen, U.S.A. in 1950 and ordained a priest in 1977. He has acted as
chaplain and chancellor of Assumption Hall, and is vice president of the
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference.
He succeeds Bishop Donald W. Trautman, whose resignation from the pastoral
care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age
limit.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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