IN MEMORIAM

VATICAN CITY, AUG 3, 2000 (VIS) - The following prelates died in recent weeks:

- Bishop Francesco Amadio, emeritus of Rieti, Italy, on July 15, at the age of 86.
- Bishop Pompeu Bezerra Bessa, emeritus of Limoeiro do Norte, Brazil, on July 23, at the age of 76.
- Archbishop-bishop Johannes Dyba of Fulda, Germany, on July 23, at the age of 70.
- Bishop Agustin Adolfo Herrera, emeritus of San Francisco, Argentina, on July 18, at the age of 87.
- Bishop Heinrich von Soden-Fraunhofen, former auxiliary of Munchen und Freising, Germany, on July 23, at the age of 79.

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FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY

VATICAN CITY, AUG 3, 2000 (VIS) - Work is coming to a conclusion on the site around Rome's Tor Vergata university where around a million and a half young people are due to congregate for the closing phase of World Youth Day on August 19 and 20.

A 36 meter-high wooden cross and a stage of 2,000 square meters dominate the vast area of green fields where young people from all over the world will come together for a prayer vigil on Saturday, August 19 and Mass, to be presided by the Pope on Sunday, August 20.

As is traditional on pilgrimages, the young people will cover the last 5 or 10 kilometers to the gathering point on foot. Bottled water will be distributed at intervals of one kilometer and there will be toilets and first-aid posts available.

During World Youth Day (which runs from August 15 to 20) 20,000 coaches are expected to arrive. These will be directed to 19 welcome points located in the principal areas of the city.

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SATURDAY EVENING PRAYER VIGIL IN ST. JOHN LATERAN

VATICAN CITY, AUG 3, 2000 (VIS) - The prayer vigil in answer to the appeal by Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople will take place on Saturday, August 5 in the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

According to the Jubilee calendar, the prayer vigil was to have taken place in St. Mary Major, however because of the traditional August 5 celebrations being held there, the site of the event had to be changed.

The prayer vigil will begin at 6:30 p.m. and be presided by Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. The diocesan community of Rome has been invited to participate as have pilgrims, pastors and faithful from other Churches and ecclesial communities in the city.

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