SPAIN'S NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS STARTS MAY 26

VATICAN CITY, MAY 24, 1999 (VIS) - Made public today was the Letter from Pope John Paul to Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain, in which he named him as his special envoy to the celebrations of the National Eucharistic Congress in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from May 26 to 29. The Letter was dated March 26 and is written in Latin.

Also published today were the names of the two priests who will accompany the cardinal: Fathers Andres Pardo Rodriguez, canon of Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, and Salvador Domato Bua, personal secretary of Cardinal Rouco.

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