SUMMARY:
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THE POPE RECEIVES THE PRIME MINISTER OF UKRAINE:ALL MUST COLLABORATE
FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STABILITY
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ROME PREPARES FOR THE CANONISATION OF THE TWO POPES
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BIOGRAPHY OF POPE JOHN XXIII
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BIOGRAPHY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
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CARDINAL TAURAN: SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE SHRINE OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF
HIPPO
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AUDIENCES
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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THE
POPE RECEIVES THE PRIME MINISTER OF UKRAINE:ALL MUST COLLABORATE FOR
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STABILITY
Vatican
City, 26 April 2014 (VIS) – Today, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace,
the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was received in
audience by the Holy Father Francis. He subsequently went on to meet
with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by the
secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti.
The
cordial discussions, which took place within the context of good
bilateral relations between the Holy See and Ukraine, focused on the
current situation; the hope was expressed that all the parties
involved will collaborate constructively to re-establish political
and social stability throughout the country, in accordance with
international law, and to promote understanding between peoples in
the region. Attention then turned to the specific role that Churches
and religious organisations, as well as all believers, are called
upon to fulfil in fostering mutual respect and harmony among all
components of society.
Finally,
mention was made of possible further initiatives by the international
community in this regard.
ROME
PREPARES FOR THE CANONISATION OF THE TWO POPES
Vatican
City, 26 April 2014 (VIS) – The city of Rome is preparing to
receive hundreds of thousands of faithful for the canonisation of
John XXIII and John Paul II in St. Peter's Square tomorrow, which
will be attended by delegations from more than 100 countries and at
least 24 Heads of State.
Already
during this past week the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP) has
installed 19 maxi-screens to enable faithful and pilgrims to see the
ceremony for the canonisation of the two Popes in both Rome and
Milan. Three will be located in the central Via dei Fori Imperiali,
one at Rome's Fiumicino airport and another in Piazza del Duomo,
Milan. However, the majority of these new screens will be set up in
the streets adjacent to St. Peter's Square: Via della Conciliazione,
Piazza Pio XII, and in the pedestrian zone and gardens of Castel
Sant'Angelo. There are screens in Piazza Navona and Piazza Farnese
for Polish- and French-speaking pilgrims respectively, and another at
the Basilica of St. Mary Major. News and films relating to the two
Popes, as well as public service information, will be broadcast in
six languages until Monday 28 April.
Bishop
Liberio Andreatta, commenting on this unprecedented event, remarks:
“Never in the history of Rome or in the history of the world has
this occurred: two Pope Saints and two living Popes who knew them”.
There is, therefore, a rich and varied agenda of activities preceding
the event. Yesterday, French pilgrims began their “Path of
Holiness” which will conclude on 27 April; it consists of an
itinerary of art and faith taking in the five churches of the French
community in Rome. Similarly, university students planning to attend
the canonisation took part in Mass in the chapel of St. Thomas
Aquinas at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Today, at 6
p.m., pilgrims from Bergamo, the province where John XXIII was born,
will gather in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, while at 7 p.m. a
prayer vigil will begin at the church of Santa Maria in Montesanto,
“the artists' church”, in Piazza del Popolo.
At
9 p.m. the “white night” of prayer will begin. Churches in the
centre of Rome will remain open for prayer vigils or confession, and
liturgical celebrations will take place in various languages in the
churches of Sant' Agnese in Agone, San Marco al Campidoglio,
Sant'Anastasia, Santissimo Nome di Gesu, Santa Maria in Vallicella,
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, Sant'Andrea della Valle, San Bartolomeo
all'Isola Tiberina, Sant'Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio, the Holy
Stigmata of St. Francis, the Twelve Apostles, and the Basilica of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus. The young people of Catholic Action will meet
in the parish of Santa Maria delle Grazie al Trionfale from 10.30
p.m. until 5 a.m on 27 April.
Tomorrow,
100 members of the ORP and 550 volunteers from Catholic associations
will be available to assist those present in Via della Conciliazione,
providing all types of information. From 5 a.m. eight buses will
transport to St. Peter's Square 200 priests and deacons for the
distribution of the Eucharist, as well as 5000 Roman priests and 200
seminarians from the capital and from Bergamo, who will attend the
ceremony. Bishop Andreatta emphasises that entry to St. Peter's
Square is free and there are no tickets. The Prefecture of the Papal
Household has also issued a reminder to the public to be vigilant
regarding ticket touting and requests for money from agencies and
tour operators for the purposes of obtaining tickets, reiterating
that participation in celebrations presided by the Holy Father is
entirely free.
The
municipality of Rome has made special transport provisions for this
period. The metro lines will be open around the clock from 26 to 28
April, the number of buses in service will increase, policing will be
reinforced and there will be fourteen mobile medical units, as well
as 2,630 civil protection volunteers in active service.
The
internet will also play a role during these special days. The Office
of the Postulation of the Vicariate of Rome has created a free App,
“Santo Subito”, available in four languages and providing news,
maps, itineraries and an order of service for the canonisation
ceremony, along with an agenda of all the events planned from 25 to
28 April.
The
Vatican Museums are celebrating the canonisation with a photographic
exhibition entitled “The humility and courage that changed
history”, which presents 120 photographs of the two Pope saints.
This photographic anthology, which will remain open to the public
until 19 July, is divided into two sections: the first, entirely in
black and white, narrates the pontificate of John XXIII, whereas the
second, in colour, presents that of John Paul II, the longest of the
twentieth century.
BIOGRAPHY
OF POPE JOHN XXIII
Vatican
City, 26 April 2014 (VIS) – Blessed Pope John XXIII was born Angelo
Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy, in the Diocese of Bergamo
on 25 November 1881. He was the fourth in a family of 14. The family
worked as sharecroppers. It was a patriarchal family in the sense
that the families of two brothers lived together, headed by his
great-uncle Zaverio, who had never married and whose wisdom guided
the work and other business of the family. Zaverio was Angelo's
godfather, and to him he always attributed his first and most
fundamental religious education. The religious atmosphere of his
family and the fervent life of the parish, under the guidance of Fr.
Francesco Rebuzzini, provided him with training in the Christian
life.
He
entered the Bergamo seminary in 1892. Here he began the practice of
making spiritual notes, which he continued in one form or another
until his death, and which have been gathered together in the
“Journal of a Soul”. Here he also began the deeply cherished
practice of regular spiritual direction. In 1896 he was admitted to
the Secular Franciscan Order by the spiritual director of the Bergamo
seminary, Fr. Luigi Isacchi; he made a profession of its Rule of life
on 23 May 1897.
From
1901 to 1905 he was a student at the Pontifical Roman Seminary. On 10
August 1904 he was ordained a priest in the church of Santa Maria in
Monte Santo in Rome's Piazza del Popolo. In 1905 he was appointed
secretary to the new Bishop of Bergamo, Giacomo Maria Radini
Tedeschi. He accompanied the Bishop in his pastoral visitations and
collaborated with him in his many initiatives: a Synod, management of
the diocesan bulletin, pilgrimages, social works. In the seminary he
taught history, patrology and apologetics. He was an elegant,
profound, effective and sought-after preacher.
These
were the years of his deepening spiritual encounter with two saints
who were outstanding pastors: St Charles Borromeo and St Francis de
Sales. They were years, too, of deep pastoral involvement and
apprenticeship, as he spent every day beside "his" Bishop,
Radini Tedeschi. When the Bishop died in 1914, Fr. Angelo continued
to teach in the seminary and to minister in various pastoral areas.
When
Italy went to war in 1915 he was drafted as a sergeant in the medical
corps and became a chaplain to wounded soldiers. When the war ended,
he opened a "Student House" for the spiritual needs of
young people.
In
1919 he was made spiritual director of the seminary, but in 1921 he
was called to the service of the Holy See. Benedict XV brought him to
Rome to be the Italian president of the Society for the Propagation
of the Faith. In 1925 Pius XI named him Apostolic Visitator in
Bulgaria, raising him to the episcopate with the titular Diocese of
Areopolis. For his Episcopal motto he chose Oboedientia et Pax, which
became his guiding motto for the rest of his life.
On
19 March 1925 he was consecrated a Bishop and left for Bulgaria. He
was granted the title of apostolic delegate and remained in Bulgaria
until 1935, visiting Catholic communities and establishing
relationships of respect and esteem with the other Christian
communities. In the aftermath of the 1928 earthquake his solicitude
was everywhere present. He endured in silence the misunderstandings
and other difficulties of a ministry on the fringes of society, and
thus refined his sense of trust and abandonment to Jesus crucified.
In
1935 he was appointed as apostolic delegate in Turkey and Greece. The
Catholic Church was present in many ways in the young Turkish
republic. His ministry among the Catholics was intense, and his
respectful approach and dialogue with the worlds of Orthodoxy and
Islam became a feature of his tenure. When the Second World War broke
out he was in Greece. He tried to get news from the prisoners of war
to their families and assisted many Jews to escape by issuing
"transit visas" from the Apostolic Delegation. In December
1944 Pius XII appointed him Nuncio in France.
During
the last months of the war and the beginning of peace he aided
prisoners of war and helped to normalise the ecclesiastical
organisation of France. He visited the great shrines of France and
participated in popular feasts and in important religious
celebrations. He was an attentive, prudent and positive observer of
the new pastoral initiatives of the Bishops and clergy of France. His
approach was always characterised by a striving for Gospel
simplicity, even amid the most complex diplomatic questions. The
sincere piety of his interior life found expression each day in
prolonged periods of prayer and meditation. In 1953 he was created a
Cardinal and sent to Venice as Patriarch. He was filled with joy at
the prospect of ending his days in the direct care of souls, as he
had always desired since becoming a priest. He was a wise and
enterprising pastor, following the model pastors he had always
venerated and walking in the footsteps of St Laurence Giustiniani,
first Patriarch of Venice. As he advanced in years his trust in the
Lord grew in the midst of energetic, enterprising and joyful pastoral
labours.
At
the death of Pius XII he was elected Pope on 28 October 1958, taking
the name John XXIII. His pontificate, which lasted less than five
years, presented him to the entire world as an authentic image of the
Good Shepherd. Meek and gentle, enterprising and courageous, simple
and active, he carried out the Christian duties of the corporal and
spiritual works of mercy: visiting the imprisoned and the sick,
welcoming those of every nation and faith, bestowing on all his
exquisite fatherly care. His social magisterium in the Encyclicals
Pacem in terris and Mater et Magistra was deeply appreciated.
He
convoked the Roman Synod, established the Commission for the Revision
of the Code of Canon Law and summoned the Second Vatican Council. He
was present as Bishop in his Diocese of Rome through his visitation
of the parishes, especially those in the new suburbs. The faithful
saw in him a reflection of the goodness of God and called him "the
good Pope". He was sustained by a profound spirit of prayer. He
launched an extensive renewal of the Church, while radiating the
peace of one who always trusted in the Lord. Pope John XXIII died on
the evening of 3 June 1963, in a spirit of profound trust in Jesus
and of longing for his embrace.
He
was beatified by John Paul II on 3 September 2000. His liturgical
feast day is 11 October, the day of the opening of Vatican Council
II.
In
his homily, John Paul II pronounced the following words about his
predecessor:
“Today
we contemplate in the glory of the Lord another Pontiff, John XXIII,
the Pope who impressed the world with the friendliness of his manner
which radiated the remarkable goodness of his soul. By divine design
their beatification links these two Popes who lived in very different
historical contexts but, beyond appearances, share many human and
spiritual similarities. Pope John's deep veneration for Pius IX, to
whose beatification he looked forward, is well known. During a
spiritual retreat in 1959, he wrote in his diary: "I always
think of Pius IX of holy and glorious memory, and by imitating him in
his sacrifices, I would like to be worthy to celebrate his
canonization" (Journal of a Soul, Ed. San Paolo, 2000, p. 560)”.
“Everyone
remembers the image of Pope John's smiling face and two outstretched
arms embracing the whole world. How many people were won over by his
simplicity of heart, combined with a broad experience of people and
things! The breath of newness he brought certainly did not concern
doctrine, but rather the way to explain it; his style of speaking and
acting was new, as was his friendly approach to ordinary people and
to the powerful of the world. It was in this spirit that he called
the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, thereby turning a new page in
the Church's history: Christians heard themselves called to proclaim
the Gospel with renewed courage and greater attentiveness to the
"signs" of the times”.
“The
Council was a truly prophetic insight of this elderly Pontiff who,
even amid many difficulties, opened a season of hope for Christians
and for humanity”.
“In
the last moments of his earthly life, he entrusted his testament to
the Church: "What counts the most in life is blessed Jesus
Christ, his holy Church, his Gospel, truth and goodness". We too
wish to receive this testament, as we glorify God for having given
him to us as a Pastor”.
BIOGRAPHY
OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
Vatican
City, 26 April 2014 (VIS) – Karol Jozef Wojtyla, known as John Paul
II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in the
Polish town of Wadowice, a small city fifty kilometres from Krakow,
on 18 May 1920. He was the youngest of three children born to Karol
Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest
brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father, a
non-commissioned army officer died in 1941. A sister, Olga, had died
before he was born.
He
was baptised on June 20, 1920 in the parish church of Wadowice by Fr.
Franciszek Zak, made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was
confirmed at 18. Upon graduation from Marcin Wadowita high school in
Wadowice, he enrolled in Krakow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 and
in a school for drama.
The
Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol
had to work in a quarry (1940-1944) and then in the Solvay chemical
factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany.
In
1942, aware of his call to the priesthood, he began courses in the
clandestine seminary of Krakow, run by Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha,
archbishop of Krakow. At the same time, Karol Wojtyla was one of the
pioneers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre," also clandestine.
After
the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary
of Krakow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of
the Jagiellonian University. He was ordained to the priesthood by
Archbishop Sapieha in Krakow on November 1, 1946.
Shortly
afterwards, Cardinal Sapieha sent him to Rome where he worked under
the guidance of the French Dominican, Garrigou-Lagrange. He finished
his doctorate in theology in 1948 with a thesis on the subject of
faith in the works of St. John of the Cross (Doctrina de fide apud
Sanctum Ioannem a Cruce). At that time, during his vacations, he
exercised his pastoral ministry among the Polish immigrants of
France, Belgium and Holland.
In
1948 he returned to Poland and was vicar of various parishes in
Krakow as well as chaplain to university students. This period lasted
until 1951 when he again took up his studies in philosophy and
theology. In 1953 he defended a thesis on "evaluation of the
possibility of founding a Catholic ethic on the ethical system of Max
Scheler" at Lublin Catholic University. Later he became
professor of moral theology and social ethics in the major seminary
of Krakow and in the Faculty of Theology of Lublin.
On
July 4, 1958, he was appointed titular bishop of Ombi and auxiliary
of Krakow by Pope Pius XII, and was consecrated September 28, 1958,
in Wawel Cathedral, Krakow, by Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak.
On
January 13, 1964, he was appointed archbishop of Krakow by Pope Paul
VI, who made him a cardinal June 26, 1967 with the title of S.
Cesareo in Palatio of the order of deacons, later elevated pro illa
vice to the order of priests.
Besides
taking part in Vatican Council II (1962-1965) where he made an
important contribution to drafting the Constitution Gaudium et spes,
Cardinal Wojtyla participated in all the assemblies of the Synod of
Bishops.
The
Cardinals elected him Pope at the Conclave of 16 October 1978, and he
took the name of John Paul II. On 22 October, the Lord's Day, he
solemnly inaugurated his Petrine ministry as the 263rd successor to
the Apostle. His pontificate, one of the longest in the history of
the Church, lasted nearly 27 years.
Driven
by his pastoral solicitude for all Churches and by a sense of
openness and charity to the entire human race, John Paul II exercised
the Petrine ministry with a tireless missionary spirit, dedicating it
all his energy. He made 104 pastoral visits outside Italy and 146
within Italy. As bishop of Rome he visited 317 of the city's 333
parishes.
He
had more meetings than any of his predecessors with the people of God
and the leaders of nations. More than 17,600,000 pilgrims
participated in the General Audiences held on Wednesdays (more than
1160), not counting other special audiences and religious ceremonies
(more than 8 million pilgrims during the Great Jubilee of the Year
2000 alone), and the millions of faithful he met during pastoral
visits in Italy and throughout the world. We must also remember the
numerous government personalities he encountered during 38 official
visits, 738 audiences and meetings held with Heads of State, and 246
audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers.
His
love for young people brought him to establish the World Youth Days.
The 19 WYDs celebrated during his pontificate brought together
millions of young people from all over the world. At the same time
his care for the family was expressed in the World Meetings of
Families, which he initiated in 1994.
John
Paul II successfully encouraged dialogue with the Jews and with the
representatives of other religions, whom he several times invited to
prayer meetings for peace, especially in Assisi.
Under
his guidance the Church prepared herself for the third millennium and
celebrated the Great Jubilee of the year 2000 in accordance with the
instructions given in the Apostolic Letter Tertio Millennio
adveniente. The Church then faced the new epoch, receiving his
instructions in the Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio ineunte, in which
he indicated to the faithful their future path.
With
the Year of the Redemption, the Marian Year and the Year of the
Eucharist, he promoted the spiritual renewal of the Church.
He
gave an extraordinary impetus to Canonizations and Beatifications,
focusing on countless examples of holiness as an incentive for the
people of our time. He celebrated 147 beatification ceremonies during
which he proclaimed 1,338 Blesseds; and 51 canonizations for a total
of 482 saints. He made Therese of the Child Jesus a Doctor of the
Church.
He
considerably expanded the College of Cardinals, creating 231
Cardinals (plus one in pectore) in 9 consistories. He also called six
full meetings of the College of Cardinals.
He
organized 15 Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops - six Ordinary
General Assemblies (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 and 2001), one
Extraordinary General Assembly (1985) and eight Special Assemblies
(1980,1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).
His
most important Documents include 14 Encyclicals, 15 Apostolic
Exhortations, 11 Apostolic Constitutions, 45 Apostolic Letters.
He
promulgated the Catechism of the Catholic Church in the light of
Tradition as authoritatively interpreted by the Second Vatican
Council. He also reformed the Eastern and Western Codes of Canon Law,
created new Institutions and reorganized the Roman Curia.
As
a private Doctor he also published five books of his own: "Crossing
the Threshold of Hope" (October 1994), "Gift and Mystery,
on the fiftieth anniversary of my ordination as priest"
(November 1996), "Roman Triptych" poetic meditations (March
2003), "Arise, Let us Be Going" (May 2004) and "Memory
and Identity" (February 2005).
In
the light of Christ risen from the dead, on 2 April a.D. 2005, at
9.37 p.m., while Saturday was drawing to a close and the Lord's Day
was already beginning, the Octave of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday,
the Church's beloved Pastor, John Paul II, departed this world for
the Father.
From
that evening until April 8, date of the funeral of the late Pontiff,
more than three million pilgrims came to Rome to pay homage to the
mortal remains of the Pope. Some of them queued up to twenty-four
hours to enter St. Peter's Basilica.
On
April 28, the Holy Father Benedict XVI announced that the normal
five-year waiting period before beginning the cause of beatification
and canonization would be waived for John Paul II. The cause was
officially opened by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general for the
diocese of Rome, on June 28 2005.
He
was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on 1 May 2011, who, in his homily,
remembered him thus:
“Today
our eyes behold, in the full spiritual light of the risen Christ, the
beloved and revered figure of John Paul II. Today his name is added
to the host of those whom he proclaimed saints and blesseds during
the almost twenty-seven years of his pontificate, thereby forcefully
emphasizing the universal vocation to the heights of the Christian
life, to holiness, taught by the conciliar Constitution on the
Church, Lumen gentium”.
“In
his Testament, the new Blessed wrote: 'When, on 16 October 1978, the
Conclave of Cardinals chose John Paul II, the Primate of Poland,
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, said to me: "The task of the new Pope
will be to lead the Church into the Third Millennium"'. And the
Pope added: 'I would like once again to express my gratitude to the
Holy Spirit for the great gift of the Second Vatican Council, to
which, together with the whole Church - and especially with the whole
episcopate - I feel indebted. I am convinced that it will long be
granted to the new generations to draw from the treasures that this
Council of the twentieth century has lavished upon us. As a Bishop
who took part in the Council from the first to the last day, I desire
to entrust this great patrimony to all who are and will be called in
the future to put it into practice. For my part, I thank the Eternal
Shepherd, who has enabled me to serve this very great cause in the
course of all the years of my Pontificate'. And what is this 'cause'?
It is the same one that John Paul II presented during his first
solemn Mass in Saint Peter's Square in the unforgettable words: 'Do
not be afraid! Open, open wide the doors to Christ!' What the
newly-elected Pope asked of everyone, he was himself the first to do:
society, culture, political and economic systems he opened up to
Christ, turning back with the strength of a titan - a strength which
came to him from God - a tide which appeared irreversible. By his
witness of faith, love and apostolic courage, accompanied by great
human charisma, this exemplary son of Poland helped believers
throughout the world not to be afraid to be called Christian, to
belong to the Church, to speak of the Gospel. In a word: he helped us
not to fear the truth, because truth is the guarantee of liberty. To
put it even more succinctly: he gave us the strength to believe in
Christ, because Christ is Redemptor hominis, the Redeemer of man.
This was the theme of his first encyclical, and the thread which runs
though all the others”.
“When
Karol Wojtyla ascended to the throne of Peter, he brought with him a
deep understanding of the difference between Marxism and
Christianity, based on their respective visions of man. This was his
message: man is the way of the Church, and Christ is the way of man.
With this message, which is the great legacy of the Second Vatican
Council and of its 'helmsman', the Servant of God Pope Paul VI, John
Paul II led the People of God across the threshold of the Third
Millennium, which thanks to Christ he was able to call 'the threshold
of hope'. Throughout the long journey of preparation for the great
Jubilee he directed Christianity once again to the future, the future
of God, which transcends history while nonetheless directly affecting
it. He rightly reclaimed for Christianity that impulse of hope which
had in some sense faltered before Marxism and the ideology of
progress. He restored to Christianity its true face as a religion of
hope, to be lived in history in an 'Advent' spirit, in a personal and
communitarian existence directed to Christ, the fullness of humanity
and the fulfilment of all our longings for justice and peace”.
CARDINAL
TAURAN: SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE SHRINE OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO
Vatican
City, 26 April 2014 (VIS) – A letter was published today, in Latin
and dated 21 March, by which the Holy Father appoints Cardinal
Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for
Interreligious Dialogue, as his special envoy to the consecration of
the shrine of St. Augustine of Hippo (recently restored) on the
centenary of its elevation to a Basilica, which will take place in
Annaba, Algeria on 2 May 2014. The mission accompanying the Cardinal
will be composed of Msgr. Christian Mauvais, vicar general of the
archdiocese of Algiers, and Fr. Michel Guillaud of the diocese of
Constantine/Hippo.
AUDIENCES
Vatican
City, 26 April 2014 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father received in
audience:
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Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado, president of the Republic of
Honduras, with his wife and entourage.
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King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium, and entourage.
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Bronislaw Komorowski, president of the Republic of Poland, with his
wife and entourage.
Yesterday,
Friday 25 April, the Holy Father received in audience Salvador
Sanchez Ceren, president-elect of the Republic of El Salvador, with
his wife and entourage.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 26 April 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father has accepted the
resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Loikaw, Myanmar,
presented by Bishop Sotero Phamo, in accordance with canon 401 para.
2 of the Code of Canon Law, and has appointed Bishop Stephen Tjephe,
auxiliary of the same diocese, as apostolic administrator “sede
vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis”.
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