JUBILEE CELEBRATION IN THE ITALIAN MONASTERY OF GROTTAFERRATA

VATICAN CITY, 24 AUG, 2000 (VIS) - Made public today was a letter from the Holy Father addressed to Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. The letter, written in Latin and dated August 10, names the Cardinal as the Pope's special envoy to the solemn Jubilee celebration for the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The event is due to take place on September 7 in the monastery of Santa Maria of Grottaferrata, Italy.

Also made public was another letter from the Holy Father, written in Latin and bearing the date of August 10, to Archimandrite Emiliano Fabbricatore, "egumeno" (superior) and ordinary exarch of the monastery of Santa Maria of Grottaferrata.

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