News Vatican Information Service April 01, 2014

SUMMARY:

- EVANGELII GAUDIUM: THEME OF THE POPE'S MEETING WITH THE HEADS OF THE DICASTERIES OF THE ROMAN CURIA

- IN MEMORIAM

- NOTE

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EVANGELII GAUDIUM: THEME OF THE POPE'S MEETING WITH THE HEADS OF THE DICASTERIES OF THE ROMAN CURIA

Vatican City, 1 April 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father presided at a meeting of the heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia, held at 9.30 this morning in the Sala Bologna of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, according to a communique issued today by the Holy See Press Office. The theme of the meeting was the reflections on and reactions within the various dicasteries to the apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium", and perspectives on its implementation. The meeting finished at midday.

IN MEMORIAM

Vatican City, 1 April 2014 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:

- Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry, emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 March at the age of 79.

- Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas, emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia, on 7 March at the age of 95.

- Archbishop Francesco De Nittis, apostolic nuncio of Uruguay, on 10 March at the age of 80.

-Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo, patriarch emeritus of Lisbon, Portugal, on 12 March at the age of 78.

- Bishop Fortunatus M. Lukanima, emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania, on 12 March at the age of 73.

- Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang, S.J., emeritus of Shanghai, China, on 16 March at the age of 96.

- Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas, emeritus of Linares, Chile, on 16 March at the age of 87.

- Archbishop Jose Delicado Baeza, emeritus of Valladolid, Spain, on 17 March at the age of 87.

- Archbishop Giuseppe Agostino, emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy, on 24 March at the age of 85.

- Bishop Wolfgang Kirchgassner, auxiliary emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, on 26 March at the age of 85.

- Bishop Michael Ernest Putney, of Townsville, Australia, on 28 March at the age of 67.

NOTE

Vatican City, 1 April 2014 (VIS) - We advise our readers that the article "Preparing for the Canonisation of John XXIII and John Paul II", published in the VIS bulletin yesterday, 31 March, contained an invalid link to the official page for the postulation of the cause of Blessed John Paul II with content in five languages.

The official link is: https://www.facebook.com/PapaGiovanniPaoloIIpaginaufficiale

We also wish to inform our readers that in yesterday's "Other Pontifical Acts" we erroneously reported that Rev. Nicholas Gilbert Hudson had been appointed to the pastoral care of Southwark. Bishop-elect Hudson has in fact been appointed as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Westminster, England. We apologise for the error.

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