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Christus Rex Information ServiceVATICAN CITY, SEP 2, 1996 (VIS) - Following is a list of activities engaged in by John Paul II during the month of August, including the angelus, general and private audiences, letters, nominations and other pontifical acts, and deaths. All are presented in chronological order under their heading.
- August 4: Continued reflections on the richness of Eastern Christianity,
focusing particularly on a great element of unity between Eastern and Western
Christians: their common veneration of the Fathers of the Church.
- 11: Went on with reflections on the Christian East, concentrating
particularly on the development of oriental theology.
- 15: On the Solemnity of the Assumption, joined believers throughout the world
in paying homage to the Mother of the Lord. Entrusted to the Blessed Virgin the
next (12th) World Youth Day, to be held in Paris, France, in August of 1997.
- 18: Spoke on the veneration of the saints that unites the Churches of the
East and the West, especially love of the Blessed Virgin.
- 25: Referred to the precious sacrifice of the martyrs of the East and West.
After recalling the story of Sts. Boris and Gleb, at the dawn of Slavic
Christianity in the kingdom of Kiev, the Pope underlined the experience of
martyrdom of Orthodox and Catholics in the countries of Eastern Europe during
the 20th century, "sap of unity for the Church."
- August 7: At 10:30 a.m. in the Vatican Basilica, met with 4,000 Poles, and
then in the Paul VI Hall with faithful from Italy and throughout the world, to
whom he spoke about Mary, model of virginity.
- 14: At 11:30 a.m., from a balcony at the Apostolic Palace in Castelgandolfo,
continued his Marian catechesis, underlining that Mary is the full realization
of Messianic hopes.
- 21: At 10:30 a.m. in the Paul VI Hall, spoke of the grace that Joseph and
Mary received to live together the charism of virginity and the gift of
matrimony.
- 28: At 10:30 a.m. in the Paul VI Hall, continued his Marian catechesis and
emphasized Mary's perpetual virginity.
- August 1: Message to the superior general of the Congregation of Our Lady of
Charity of the Good Shepherd, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the
birth of the foundress.
- 2: Telegram of condolence addressed to Archbishop Henri Teissier of Algiers,
Algeria, for the tragic death of Bishop Pierre Lucien Claverie of Oran.
- 3: First Saturday of the month, recitation of the Rosary in the courtyard of
the Pontifical Palace at Castelgandolfo with the faithful gathered there.
- 4: Appeal for peace in Algeria.
- 6: Mass celebrated on the feast of the Transfiguration, 18th anniversary of
the death of Paul VI, in Castelgandolfo.
- 8: Telegram addressed to Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto of
Nagasaki, Japan, on the occasion of the death of Cardinal Joseph Asajiro
Satowaki, archbishop emeritus of that same diocese.
- 9: Telegram of condolence addressed to Bishop Javier Oses Flamarique of
Huesca, Spain, for the victims of the floods in Aragon.
- 11: Speech by the Holy Father to the participants in the international
colloquium organized by the Institute for Human Sciences of Vienna, on the
theme: "The enlightenment today" (Castelgandolfo, August 8-10).
- 13: Letter to Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, his special envoy to the
celebrations for the 350th anniversary of the Union of Uzhorod and of the 3rd
centenary of the Marian shrine of Mariapocs (Hungary, August 18).
- 14: Letter to Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida, pontifical delegate to the 19th
International Marian Congress (Czestochowa, Poland: August 24-26).
- 15: Message to the world's youth, for the 12th World Youth Day (Paris,
France: August 1997).
- 17: Telegram of condolence to Brother Roger Schutz, prior of the Community
of Taize, for the death of Fr. Max Thurian.
- 18: Speech pronounced at the end of the concert offered in Castelgandolfo by
the "Real Banda de Gaitas" of the province of Orense, Spain.
- 24: Letter to Bishop Alberto Giglioti of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, Italy,
for the 50th anniversary of the rebuilding of the Cross of Monte Amiata,
destroyed during World War II.
- 26: Message to the superior general of the Institute of Sisters of St. Anne,
on the occasion of their general chapter in Rome.
- 27: Letter to Bishop Giovanni Volta of Pavia, Italy, for the 6th centenary
of the Carthusian Monastery of Pavia.
- August 22: Prior to addressing them as a group, he received in separate
audiences 8 prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Benin on "ad limina" visit:
Archbishop Isidore de Souza of Cotonou; Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka of Abomey;
Bishop Vincent Mensah of Porto-Novo; Bishop Robert Sastre of Lokossa; Bishop
Nestor Assogba of Parakou, Apostolic Administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum
Sanctae Sedis" of Natitingou; Bishop Marcel Honorat Leon Agboton of Kandi;
Bishop Antoine Ganye of Dassa-Zoume; Bishop Paul Vieira of Djougou.
- 23: He received in separate audiences 11 prelates of the Catholic Bishops'
Conference of Sri Lanka on "ad limina" visit: Archbishop Nicholas Marcus
Fernando of Colombo; Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando of Chilaw; Bishop Edmund
Joseph Fernando, O.M.I., of Badulla; Bishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis of
Anuradhapura; Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam of Jaffna; Bishop Joseph Kingsley
Swampillai of Trincomalee-Batticaloa; Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando of Kandy;
Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris of Kurunegala; Bishop Albert Malcolm
Ranjith Patabendige Don of Ratnapura; Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar; Bishop
Elmo N.J. Perera of Galle.
- 24: Addressed the prelates of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka
whom he had received in previous days during their "ad limina" visit.
- 26: He received this morning in audience Bishop Michael Bunluen Mandsap of
Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, on "ad limina" visit.
- 28: He received in separate audiences today: Cardinal Adrianus Johannes
Simonis, Archbishop of Utrecht; Archbishop Giulio Einaudi, apostolic nuncio in
Croatia.
- 29: He received in separate audiences nine prelates of the Bishops'
Conference of Thailand on "ad limina" visit: Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu
of Bangkok; Archbishop Lawrence Khai Saen-Phon-On of Thare and Nonseng; Bishop
Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit of Chanthaburi; Bishop George Yod Phimphisan,
C.SS.R., of Udon Thani; Bishop Joseph Banchong Aribarg of Nakhon Sawan; Bishop
Joachim Phayao Manisap of Nakhon Ratchasima; Bishop John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai
of Ratchaburi; Bishop Joseph Sangval Surasarang of Chiang Mai; Bishop Michael
Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B., of Surat Thani.
- 30: He received in separate audiences Cardinal Cahal Brendan Daly, archbishop
of Armagh, Ireland, and Reynier Flaes, ambassador of the Netherlands, with his
wife, on farewell visit. He also addressed the prelates of the Bishops'
Conference of Thailand whom he had received in previous days during their "ad
limina" visit, and likewise received the leaders of the Polish scout movement.
- 31: He received in separate audiences Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, prefect of
the Congregation for Bishops; Archbishop Mario Tagliaferri, apostolic nuncio
in France; and Edward Wu Tsu-yu, ambassador of China, with his wife, on
farewell visit.
- Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of
Peoples, as his special envoy for the final celebration of the Centennial Year
of the Evangelization of Namibia, to be held in Windhoec on December 8, 1996.
- Archbishop James Francis Stafford of Denver, U.S.A., as president of the
Pontifical Council for the Laity. He succeeds Cardinal Eduardo Francisco
Pironio, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father in conformity with
canon 354 of the C.I.C. The Pope has thanked him for his long service with a
handwritten letter.
- Fr. Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D., as metropolitan archbishop of Verapoly,
India.
- Msgr. Edward Joseph Adams of Philadelphia, U.S.A., councillor of the
apostolic nunciature in the Czech Republic, as apostolic nuncio in Bangladesh,
elevating him at the same time to the dignity of archbishop.
- Bishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson of Le Mans, France, as metropolitan
archbishop of Sens, France, naming him at the same time prelate of the
territorial prelature of Mission de France.
- Bishop Jose Ulises Macias Salcedo of Mexicali as metropolitan archbishop of
Hermosillo, Mexico. He succeeds Archbishop Carlos Quintero Arce, whose
resignation was accepted by the Pope on having reached the age limit.
- Bishop Ricardo Guizar Diaz of Atlacomulco as metropolitan archbishop of
Tlalnepantla, Mexico.
- Bishop Georges Pontier of Digne as bishop of La Rochelle, France.
- Bishop Andre Vallee, military ordinary for Canada, as bishop of Hearst,
Canada.
- Bishop Felipe Padilla Carona of Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico, as coadjutor
archbishop of Tehuantepec, Mexico.
- Fr. Armand Maillard, episcopal vicar of the diocese of Saint-Die, as bishop
of Laval, France.
- Fr. Patras Minj, S.J., superior general of the Jesuits of Madhya Pradesh, as
bishop of Ambikapur, India.
- Fr. Francisco de Paula Victor, episcopal vicar and professor of the
archdiocesan seminary of Brasilia, as auxiliary to the archbishop of Brasilia,
Brazil.
- Fr. Pierre Farine, pastor of Bernex and archpriest of St. Francis de Sales,
as auxiliary to the bishop of Lausanne, Geneve et Fribourg, Switzerland.
- Elevated the territorial prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados,
Ecuador, to the level of diocese, with the same name and geographical
configuration, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan Church of Portoviejo.
He nominated Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle, until now prelate of Santo Domingo
de los Colorados, as bishop of the new diocese.
- As honorary consultor of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State,
Francisco Javier Trusso of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Accepted the resignation presented by Bishop Julio Parise Loro, C.S.I., of
the apostolic vicariate of Napo, Ecuador, on having reached the age limit. He
is succeeded by Bishop Paolo Mietto, C.S.I., coadjutor of the same apostolic
vicariate.
Following are data on prelates who have died in recent weeks:
- Jose Pedro de Araujo Costa; 82; archbishop, former coadjutor and apostolic
administrator of Uberaba; born in Serro, Brazil; 7-28-96.
- Bruno Frattegiani; 82; archbishop emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche;
born in Migiana di Corciano, Italy; 7-22-96.
- Jan Wosinski; 82; bishop, former auxiliary of Plock; born in Niedospielin,
Poland; 7-19-96.
VATICAN CITY, SEP 2, 1996 (VIS) - Following is a summary of the activities made public by the Holy See Press Office during the month of August, in chronological order:
- 5: Representing John Paul II, Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, prefect of the
Congregation for Bishops, accompanied by the apostolic nuncio in Algeria,
Archbishop Antonio Sozzo, today attended the funeral of Bishop Pierre Lucien
Claverie, O.P., of Oran, at the Cathedral of Oran, Algeria.
- 15: The Holy See Press Office informs that in the course of the periodic
tests which the Holy Father undergoes, yesterday afternoon he went to the
nearby "Regina Apostolorum" hospital in Albano to have a CAT scan, which showed
no signs worth mentioning, particularly in relation to his abdominal surgery
of 1992.
- 19: Message of Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano for the 17th edition
of the "Meeting for friendship among peoples."
Communique on the visit, by invitation from the Episcopal Conference of the
Czech Republic, of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, dean of the College of Cardinals
and prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, to the dioceses of that country.
- 26: Homily by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state, at the episcopal
ordination of Msgr. Aldo Cavalli, archbishop and pontifical representative in
Angola, Sao Tome e Principe.
- 27: Communique on the imprisonment of three women religious, two priests and
one man religious, by the SPLA in Mapourdit, Southern Sudan.
- 28: Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, prefect of the Congregation for the
Oriental Churches, visited the Catholic Oriental communities in Belarus and
Poland from August 14 to 20 for the 4th centenary of the Union of Brest.
Communique of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant Peoples, for the arrival in Rome and audience with the Holy Father
of the four pilgrims who have followed the "Via Francigena" (the 1,600
kilometer path that Archbishop Sigericus of Canterbury followed in 990 to go
to Rome to receive the pallium).
- 29: Intervention by Msgr. Piero Monni at the International Conference on the
sexual exploitation of children, organized by UNICEF, in Stockholm, Sweden,
August 27-31.
Communique on the 1st European Congress on Shrines and Pilgrimages, September
2-4 in Mariapocs, Hungary, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral
Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples in collaboration with the Greek-
Catholic eparchy of Nyerechasa and the Hungarian Episcopal Conference.
- 30: Declaration of Msgr. Mario Zenari before the permanent council of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). The Holy See
insists that the general elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina on September 14 must
be totally free. It calls the various states to guarantee the participation of
all citizens and all political forces in that consultation, which will bring
the war period to an end and open the institutional path to the rebuilding of
the peace and security of all the communities.
Holy See Press Office communique informing that on Tuesday, September 3, at
11:30 a.m., Cardinal Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., secretary general of the Synod
of Bishops, will present to accredited journalists the "Lineamenta" of the
special assemblies of the Synod of Bishops dedicated to America and Asia.
- 31: Article by Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical
Council for the Family, published today in L'Osservatore Romano and dedicated
to "The fight against the sexual abuse of children: a challenge to wisdom and
to the humanity of peoples." This publication corresponds to the international
UNICEF conference that concludes this same day in Stockholm, Sweden.
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