SYNOD FOR EUROPE SET FOR OCTOBER 1-23

VATICAN CITY, JUL 14, 1999 (VIS) - The 23-day Second Special Assembly for Europe of the Synod of Bishops is scheduled to start on Friday, October 1, with a solemn opening Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter's Basilica. The concluding Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, October 23.

The general congregations commence the afternoon of October 1 and run to Monday, October 11, at which time there will be the presentation of the "Relatio post disceptationem" and the start of the "circuli minores" or language work groups. These will continue to October 20, with general congregations scheduled for the afternoon of October 13 and the morning of October 18. The final days will include voting for members of the post-synodal council and a vote on the propositions. These will be presented to the Holy Father for his consideration in preparing the post-synodal apostolic exhortation.

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUL 14, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Msgr. Gil Antonio Moreira of the clergy of Divinopolis, Brazil, as auxiliary of Sao Paulo (area 1,645, population 8,735,660, Catholics 6,589,500, priests 744, permanent deacons 1, religious 2,718), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Itapecerica, Brazil, in 1950, he was ordained a priest in 1976 and from 1997 to 1999 was under-secretary of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference.

- Msgr. Dominique Rezeau, counsellor at the apostolic nunciature in Jordan, as Holy See permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBTO PrepCom); and as Holy See permanent observer to the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the U.N. office in Vienna.

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