Tuesday, May 28, 2002

MASS AND EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION ON CORPUS CHRISTI

VATICAN CITY, MAY 28, 2002 (VIS) - On Thursday May 30, the solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Pope will preside at Holy Mass on the esplanade of the basilica of St. John Lateran. This will be followed by the Eucharistic procession which will travel along Via Merulana to the basilica of St. Mary Major. The Mass at St. John Lateran will be celebrated by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar of the diocese of Rome. The vice-gerent, auxiliary bishops and recently ordained priests from Rome will concelebrate.

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AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAY 28, 2002 (VIS) - At 4 p.m. today, the Holy Father is scheduled to receive President George Walker Bush of the United States of America, and an entourage.

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CARDINAL LAGHI TO TAKE POSSESSION OF TITULAR CHURCH

VATICAN CITY, MAY 28, 2002 (VIS) - The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff announced in a communique today that on May 31, at 6 p.m. Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education of Seminaries and Institutes of Study, will take possession of the title of St. Peter in Chains, St. Peter in Chains Square, 4, in Rome.

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