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Cardinal Cipriani Thorne, Special Envoy to Ayacucho

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Made public today was the Letter in which the Holy Father appoints Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, Peru, as his special envoy to celebrations marking the fourth centenary of the archdiocese of Ayacucho, Peru, due to take place on 20 July. The Letter, written in Latin, is dated 25 May.
The names [...]

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Church in Europe: Apostolic Work of University Students

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This morning in the Vatican Benedict XVI received 1,100 participants in the first European meeting of university students promoted by the Catechesis-School-University Commission of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE). The theme of the meeting was: “New disciples of Emmaus. In university as Christians”.
Having observed that the students’ visit to the Vatican is [...]

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Canadian Prime Minister Meets the Holy Father

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The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:
“This morning His Holiness Benedict XVI received Stephen Harper, prime minister of Canada, who afterwards met with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary of the Section for Relations with States.
“The friendly conversation focused on several [...]

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Pope Receives President Obama of the United States

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Given below is the text of a communique released yesterday afternoon by the Holy See Press Office:
“This afternoon, Friday 10 July, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI received in audience Barack H. Obama, president of the United States of America. Prior to the audience, the president met Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., and [...]

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Pontifical Acts

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The Holy Father:
- Appointed Bishop Richard John Grecco, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Toronto, Canada, as bishop of Charlottetown (area 5,660, population 142,300, Catholics 65,253, priests 54, permanent deacons 1, religious 116), Canada. He succeeds Bishop Joseph Vernon Fougere, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese the Holy Father accepted, in [...]