Subject: VISnews 110728
Organization: VIS - Ufficio Stampa della Santa Sede
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
TWENTY FIRST YEAR - N. 141
ENGLISH
THURSDAY, 28 JULY 2011
SUMMARY:
- New "iGPII" Application For World Youth Day
- Papal, Holy See Highlights for 2011: January - March
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NEW "iGPII" APPLICATION FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY
VATICAN CITY, 28 JUL 2011 (VIS) - At 12.30 p.m. tomorrow in the Holy See
Press Office a press conference will be held to present the new "iGPII"
application for World Youth Day (WYD), which will be held next month in the
Spanish capital Madrid. The application works on iPhones, iPods, iPads and
devices which run the iOS operating system.
The new application, an initiative of the John Paul II Youth Foundation,
has been developed by Futurtech & Adv Production and is available in five
languages (Italian, French, English, Spanish and Portuguese). A communique
released today explains that it will provide WYD participants with documents
relating to the history of previous World Youth Days, an events programme
and timetable, GPS positioning, and information on accommodation, food and
drink, etc. Although it is principally aimed at participants in WYD, it will
also be very useful for journalists.
Tomorrow's presentation will be presided by Marcello Bedeschi, president
of the John Paul II Youth Foundation, and by Iacopo Barberini and Giovanni
Leone of Futurtech. A number of iPads and iPhones will be available for
journalists to consult, and those who wish to do so may download the new
application onto their own devices.
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PAPAL, HOLY SEE HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2011: JANUARY - MARCH
VATICAN CITY, 28 JUL 2011 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the activities
of Pope Benedict XVI and of the Holy See for the months of January to March
2011. Another summary, covering the period from April to July, will be
published tomorrow.
JANUARY
14: Benedict XVI authorises the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to
promulgate the decree of the miracle attributed to the intercession of
Venerable Servant of God John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla).
15: In accordance with the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution
"Anglicanorum coetibus" of Pope Benedict XVI (4 November 2009), the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith erects a Personal Ordinariate
within the territory of England and Wales for those groups of Anglican
clergy and faithful who have expressed their desire to enter into full
visible communion with the Catholic Church. The Decree of Erection specifies
that the Ordinariate will be known as the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady
of Walsingham and will be placed under the patronage of Blessed John Henry
Newman..
24: Presentation of the Holy Father's Message for the forty-fifth World Day
of Social Communications, on the theme: "Truth, Proclamation and
Authenticity of Life in the Digital Age". The Day is celebrated on 5 June.
24: Benedict XVI receives a group from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Germany, visiting Rome for the close of the Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity.
25: Publication of the Pope's Message for the eighty-fifth World Mission
Day, which falls on Sunday 23 October. The theme of the document is: "As the
Father has sent me, so I send you".
FEBRUARY
1: Publication of a Message from Benedict XVI to the second Latin-American
Continental Congress for Vocations, being held in Cartago, Costa Rica, from
31 January to 5 February.
3: Presentation of Benedict XVI's Message for the nineteenth World Day of
the Sick, to be held on 11 February
3: Benedict XVI receives the Letters of Credence of Alfons M. Kloss, the new
ambassador of Austria to the Holy See.
10: Publication of the Pope's Message for the forth-eighth World Day of
Prayer for Vocations, to be celebrated on 15 May on the theme: "Proposing
Vocations in the Local Church".
17: The Holy Father receives in audience Dimitry Medvedev, president of the
Russian Federation.
18: Benedict XVI receives a group of prelates from the Catholic Bishops'
Conference of the Philippines at the end of their "ad limina" visit.
22: Presentation of the 2011 Lenten Message of the Holy Father Benedict XVI,
entitled: "You were buried with Him in Baptism, in which you were also
raised with Him".
24: The Holy Father receives in audience Michel Sleiman, president of the
Republic of Lebanon.
28: The Holy Father receives in audience Jerzey Buzek, president of the
European Parliament.
MARCH
1: A new "Law concerning citizenship, residency and access" to Vatican City,
promulgated by Benedict XVI on 22 February, Feast of the Chair of St. Peter,
comes into effect today.
2: The Holy Father receives in private audience Josette Sheeran, executive
director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
3: The Holy Father receives in audience Sebastian Pinera Echenique,
president of the Republic of Chile.
3: Benedict XVI receives a group of prelates from the Catholic Bishops'
Conference of the Philippines at the end of their "ad limina" visit.
4: The Holy Father receives in audience Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of
the Republic of Iceland.
10: Presentation of the second volume of Benedict XVI's book on Jesus of
Nazareth: "From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection".
15: Activation of a new Facebook page concerning John Paul II in view of his
beatification, at the address: www.facebook.com/vatican.johnpaul2.
16: Publication of a Message from the Holy Father addressed to Giorgio
Napolitano, president of the Italian Republic, for the 150th anniversary of
the political unity of Italy, on 17 March.
18: Presentation of the "Courtyard of the Gentiles", an initiative by the
Pontifical Council for Culture involving two days of meeting and dialogue
between believers and non-believers in Paris, France, on 24 and 25 March.
20: Benedict XVI makes a pastoral visit to the Roman parish of St.
Corbinian, where he celebrates Mass and consecrates the new church.
25: Benedict XVI receives prelates of the Syro-Malankar Church, who have
just completed their five-yearly "ad limina" visit.
25: The Pope grants the "Ecclesiastica Communio" requested of him in
accordance with canon 76 para. 2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern
Churches by His Beatitude Bechara Rai, canonically elected as Patriarch of
Antioch of the Maronites by the Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church
meeting in Bkerke, Lebanon, on 15 March.
27: Benedict XVI visits Rome's "Fosse Ardeatine" to commemorate the 335
victims executed there in 1944 by German occupying forces in Rome, in
reprisal for a bomb attack which had left thirty-three Germans dead.
28: The Holy Father receives in audience His Beatitude Chrysostomos II,
archbishop of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, primate of the Orthodox Church
of Cyprus, accompanied by Fr. Demosthenis Demosthenous and by Ioannis
Charilaou.
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