EXPERTS AND AUDITORS NAMED FOR SYNOD OF BISHOPS

VATICAN CITY, SEP 18, 2001 (VIS) - Published yesterday afternoon were the names of 16 experts and 23 auditors for the September 30-October 27 Synod of Bishops on the role of the bishop in the Church. They were appointed by the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops and approved by the Holy Father. The experts are:

1. Fr. Jesus Castellano Cervera, O.C.D., professor of Dogmatic Theology, vice dean of the Pontifical Theological Faculty and of the Pontifical Teresianum Institute of Spirituality, Rome.
2. Fr. Andrea D'Auria, F.S.C.B., professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Pontifical Urbanianum University, Rome.
3. Fr. Joseph Augustine Di Noia, O.P., adjunct professor of Dogmatic Theology at the St. Joseph Seminary of Dunwoodie, New York; director of the Intercultural Forum, Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, U.S.A.
4. Fr. Francois Dupre La Tour, O.S.B., professor of Spiritual Theology at the St. Joseph Abbey of Flavigny, France.
5. Msgr. Ricardo Antonio Ferrara, dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina.
6. Msgr. Renzo Gerardi, professor of Special Moral Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
7. Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J., dean of the Faculty of Canon Law of the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
8. Fr. Philippe Goyret, of the Personal Prelature of Opus Dei, professor of Ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome. 9. Fr. Sebastian Karotemprel, S.D.B., professor of Theology at the Faculty of Missiology of the Pontifical Urbanianum University, Rome.
10. Msgr. Jan Krucina, professor of Theology at the Theological Faculty of Wroclaw, Poland.
11. Fr. Gerhard Muller, professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Munich, Germany.
12. Msgr. Gregory Mustaciuolo, doctor of Canon and Civil Law, U.S.A.
13. Fr. Candido Pozo, S.J., professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Granada, Spain.
14. Sr. Enrica Rosanna, F.M.A., professor of Sociology of Religion at the "Auxilium" Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences, Rome.
15. Fr. Dimitrios Salachas, professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Eastern Canon Law of the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome.
16. Fr. Jose Ramon Villar, professor of Ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarra, Spain.

The 23 auditors are:

1. Carl Albert Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, vice-president of the Washington D.C. branch of the John Paul II Institute for the Study of Marriage and the Family, U.S.A.
2. Fr. Antonio Bravo, general director of the Prado Institute, France.
3. Sr. Rita Burley, A.C.I., superior general of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, president of the International Union of Superiors General - U.I.S.G., Great Britain.
4. Giuseppe Camilleri, of the Society of Christian Doctrine, Malta.
5. Sr. Antonia Colombo, superior general of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, Italy.
6. Fr. Arnaud Devillers, F.S.S.P., superior general of the Fraternity of St. Peter, U.S.A.
7. Martial Assande Eba, president of the Parochial Council of Saint Jean of Cocody, diocese of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
8. Theresa Ee-Chooi, president of the U.C.I.P. and member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Malaysia.
9. Dr. Enrique Galarza Alarcon, consultant of the Episcopal Conference, Ecuador.
10. Sr. Mary Sujita Kallupurakkathu, S.N.D., superior general of the Sisters of Our Lady, India.
11. Fr. Jesus Maria Lecea Sainz, S.P., president of the Union of European Conferences of Major Superiors - U.C.E.S.M.; president of the Spanish Conference of Superiors and Major Superiors - CONF.E.R., Spain.
12. Fr. Robert P. Maloney, C.M., superior general of the Congregation of the Mission, U.S.A.
13. Myroslaw Marynovich, director of the Institute of Religion and Society of Lviv, Ukraine.
14. Elizabeth Mkame, vice-president of the Pastoral Council of the archdiocese of Durban, South Africa.
15. Maria Christina Noronha De Sa, director of Youth Pastoral Care of the archdiocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
16. Zbigniew Nosowski, director of Wiez Magazine, Poland.
17. Sr. Jolanta Olech, U.S.J.K., superior general of the Ursalines of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agony, president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Poland, Poland.
18. Fr. Jorge Ortiz Gonzalez. M.Sp.S., superior general of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; president of the Conference of Religious Institutes of Mexico - C.I.R.M., Mexico.
19. Barbara Pandolfi, superior general of the Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ, Italy.
20. Anne-Marie Pelletier, professor at the Ecole-Cathedral of Paris, France.
21. Fr. Alvaro Rodriguez Echeverria, F.S.C., superior general of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; president of the Union of Superiors General - U.S.G., Costa Rica.
22. Robert Sikias, president emeritus of the Council of Laity, Lebanon.
23. Dr. Nazario Vivero, Councillor of the Episcopal Conference; member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Venezuela.

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PAPAL TELEGRAM TO CATHOLIC JOURNALISTS MEETING IN SWITZERLAND

VATICAN CITY, SEP 18, 2001 (VIS) - Following is the text of the telegram sent by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state, in the name of Pope John Paul to Bishop Pierfranco Pastore, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, on the occasion of the September 13-23 meeting of Catholic journalists in Switzerland:

"His Holiness Pope John Paul II sends cordial greetings and good wishes to all assembled in Fribourg for the World Congress of the International Catholic Union of the Press. His Holiness notes with satisfaction that the Congress has taken as its theme the response of the communication media to the urgent challenges raised by the process of globalization. He encourages those present to ponder the significant ethical issues which globalization raises in the light of the Gospel vision of the inalienable dignity of each human being, the unity of the human family and the moral imperative of fostering authentic human development and building a world of solidarity, justice and peace. Assuring the organizers and all taking part in the Congress of a remembrance in his prayers, the Holy Father willingly imparts his apostolic blessing as a pledge of joy and peace in the Lord Jesus Christ."

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AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, SEP 18, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Henryk Jozef Nowacki, apostolic nuncio in Slovakia.
- Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio in the United States of America.

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