SUMMARY OF AUGUST ACTIVITIES OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

VATICAN CITY, SEP 4, 2002 - Following is a list of Pope John Paul's activities during the month of August. It includes the Angelus, general and private audiences, other pontifical acts (appointments, resignations, the erection of ecclesial circumscriptions), telegrams and other news. All activities are presented in chronological order under their respective headings.

ANGELUS

- 4: Referring to his recent apostolic trip to Canada, Mexico City and Guatemala City, the Pope recalls the 17th World Youth Day in Toronto. - 11: In the face of the violence that afflicts the Holy Land, the Pope urges the political leaders of Israel and Palestine to find the path of authentic negotiation.
- 15: John Paul II speaks about the solemnity of the Assumption and entrusts in a special way his pastoral visit to Poland which begins tomorrow to the Virgin.
- 25: Before the Angelus, the Holy Father recalls that the World Summit on Sustainable Development will take place from August 26 to September 4 in Johannesburg, South Africa and prays that the participants may find efficacious avenues for integral human development.

WEDNESDAY GENERAL AUDIENCES

- 7: John Paul II holds general audience in the courtyard of the apostolic palace at Castelgandolfo during which he recalls his apostolic trip to Mexico City and Guatemala City.
- 21: At 10:30 a.m. at Castelgandolfo, catechesis on his apostolic trip to Poland, which took place August 16 to 19, his 98th trip outside of Italy and the eighth to his homeland.
- 28: The Holy Father continues with the series of catechesis on the Psalms and Canticles. Today he comments on Psalm 83: "Desire of the Lord's temple." At the end, he assures those who have been affected by the weather in some regions of Europe and Asia of his prayers.

LETTERS, MESSAGES, TELEGRAMS

- 3: Pontifical Letter to Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, archbishop of Santo Domingo, special envoy to the celebrations of the fifth centennial of the first Mass in Honduras which will take place on August 14, 2002 in Tegucigalpa.
- 5: Telegram for the terrorist attack in Santa Pola, Spain.
- 6: Letter to the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus on the occasion of their 120th annual congress (Anaheim, U.S.A., August 6-8).
- 10: Telegram of condolence for the victims of terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
- 24: Letter to Cardinal James Francis Stafford, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity and special envoy of the Holy Father to the dedication of the new cathedral of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, U.S.A., on September 2, 2002.
- 29: Letter by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state, in the Holy Father's name, to participants in the National Liturgical Week (Assisi, Italy, August 26-30, 2002).

OTHER NEWS

- 6: Celebration of Holy Mass in the private chapel of the apostolic palace at Castelgandolfo in memory of his predecessor, Servant of God Paul VI, on the 24th anniversary of his death.
- 16-19: Pastoral visit to Poland on the occasion of the dedication of the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Cracow-Lagiewniki. The Pope celebrates mass and beatifies Servants of God Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, Jan Balick, Jan Beyzym and Sancja Szymkowiak in Blonie Park in Krakow. At the end, he prays the Angelus. The Holy Father also celebrates the Eucharist in the Shrine of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of its dedication.
- 31: Address to prelates of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil on their "ad limina" visit.
- 31: Speech to participants in the pilgrimage of the group of San Vittore in Varese, Italy on the centennial of his birth.

AUDIENCES

- 29: Ten prelates from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil on their "ad limina" visit: Archbishop Pedro Antonio Marchetti Fedalto from Curitiba, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Sergio Arthur Braschi; Archbishop Albano Bortoletto Cavallin of Londrina, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Vicente Costa; Archbishop Lucio Ignacio Baumgaertner of Cascavel; Archbishop Joao Braz de Aviz of Maringa; Bishop Agostinho Jose Sartori, O.F.M. Cap., of Palmas-Francisco Beltrao, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D.; Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M., of Apucarana. Martin Stropnicky, ambassador of the Czech Republic on his farewell visit. Bishop Vincenzo Palgia of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy accompanied by Professor Andrea Riccardi.
- 30: Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, apostolic nuncio in India and Nepal. Seven prelates from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil on their "ad limina" visit: Bishop Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P., of Uniao da Vitoria; Bishop Fernando Jose Penteado of Jacarezinho; Bishop Alfredo Ernest Novak C.SS.R. of Paranagua; Bishop Getulio Teixeira Guimaraes, S.V.D. of Cornelio Procopio; Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi C.S., of Foz do Iguacu; Bishop Giovanni Zerbini, S.D.B., of Guarapauva accompanied by his coadjutor Bishop Antonio Wagner da Silva, S.C.I.
- 31: Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. Three prelates from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil on their "ad limina" visit: Bishop Anuar Battisti of Toledo; Bishop Mauro Aparecido dos Santos of Campo Mourao, apostolic administrator "sede vacante ed ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Umuarama; Bishop Elizeu de Morais Pimentel, coadjutor of Paranavai.

OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

- 3: Appointment of Bishop Luis Quinteiro Fiuza, auxiliary of Santiago de Compostela, Spain as bishop of Orense, Spain. Appointment of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, as special envoy of the Holy Father to the jubilee celebration of the diocese of Regensburg, Germany on October 6 for the 950th anniversary of the canonization of the patron saints, Wolfgang and Erhard, the 1350th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Emmeram, the millenium of the coronation of St. Henry and St. Kunegonda and the 800th anniversary of the birth of St. Albert the Great.
- 6: Appointment of Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as adviser of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
- 8: Appointment of Msgr. Jose Figueroa Gomez, vicar general of the diocese of Barrancabermeja, Colombia, as bishop of Granada, Colombia.
- 9: Resignation of Fr. Anton Agreiter, M.H.M., apostolic prefect of the Falkland Islands and of the "sui iuris" mission of St. Helen, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2, of the Code of Canon Law. Appointment of his successor, Fr. Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A.
- 13: Resignation of Bishop John Joseph Glynn from the office of auxiliary of the Military Ordinariate of the United States upon having reached the age limit.
- 14: Resignation of Bishop Philip Kalisz, S.V.D., from the pastoral care of the diocese of Wewak, Papua New Guinea upon having reached the age limit. Bishop Anthony Joseph Burgess, coadjutor of the same diocese, succeeds him.
- 17: Resignation of Bishop Roger Louis Kaffer from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Joliet, Illinois, U.S.A., upon having reached the age limit. The Holy Father appoints Archbishop Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo C.I.M. of Ibague, Colombia as archbishop of Cali, Colombia.
- 22: Appointment of Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, apostolic nuncio in Bangladesh, as apostolic nuncio in Zimbabwe.
- 24: Appointment of Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, as delegate of the Holy Father to the World Meeting of Families that will take place in Manila, Philippines from January 23 to 26, 2003. Resignation of Bishop Antonio Nuzzi from the pastoral care of the diocese of Teramo-Atri, Italy upon having reached the age limit. Appointment of Archbishop Vincenzo d'Addario of Manfredonia-Vieste, Italy as his successor.
- 28: Resignation of Archbishop Jose Delicado Baeza from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Valladolid, Spain upon having reached the age limit and appointment of his successor, Bishop Braulio Rodriguez Plaza of Salamanca, Spain. The Holy Father appoints Bishop Guy Thomazeau of Beauvais, France as bishop of Montpellier, France.
- 29: Appointment of Archbishop Julian Herranz, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments. Appointment of Msgr. Bertrand de La Soujeole as adviser of the Section for Relations with States of the Secretariat of State.
- 31: John Paul II appoints Professors Bernard Barbiche and Philippe Levillain as members of the Pontifical Committee of Historic Sciences.

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AUDIENCE: NEW CITY OF GOD, CENTER OF ALL HUMANITY

VATICAN CITY, SEP 4, 2002 (VIS) - This morning John Paul II went from the apostolic palace at Castelgandolfo to the Vatican to welcome the numerous pilgrims present in the traditional Wednesday audience in the Paul VI Hall. Due to the large number of participants, the Pope returned to the Vatican for the audience, although during his vacation time the audiences usually take place in the courtyard of his residence at Castelgandolfo.

The Holy Father's catechesis was dedicated to the Canticle of the prophet Isaiah "who lived during the eighth century B.C.," said the Pope, "and was a witness to the difficult times of the kingdom of Judea, but also a cantor of the messianic hope."

"This hymn," he continued, "is ... an invitation to not be fixated on the present, so miserable, but to realize below the surface of daily events the mysterious presence of divine grace which drives history toward a horizon of light and peace."

Mount Sion, where God lived, explained John Paul II, is the center of the canticle of Isaiah and the people of the earth flocked to him. "This power of attraction is based on ... the Law and the Word of the Lord that constitute ... a unique reality, source of life, light and peace ... When nations arrive at the top of Sion the miracle which humanity has always waited for occurs. ... The people let go of their arms, ... their swords are transformed into plows and their lances into shears."

"The Fathers of the Church," he added, "saw this miracle (happen) with the coming of Christ and as a consequence they identified the 'mount of the Lord's temple' with the Church from which the Word of the Lord emmanated and to which the pagan people came to, in the new age of peace inaugurated by the Gospel."

"For this reason, in a particular way," he concluded, "We Christians are called by the prophet and we try to build a civilization of love and peace in which there is neither war 'nor death, nor tears, nor fatigue, because the old world has passed.'"

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ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE HOLY SEE

VATICAN CITY, SEP 4, 2002 (VIS) - Following is a chronological presentation of Holy See-related activities during the month of August, according to information provided by the various dicasteries:

- 3: Communique of the Apostolic Penitentiary in which it is announced that the Pope grants a plenary indulgence to the faithful who, on the second Sunday of Easter, called 'Divine Mercy Sunday', pray the Our Father, the Creed and invoke Our Lord Jesus, Merciful (i.e. "Merciful Jesus, I trust in you") before the Blessed Sacrament. Those who say one of the approved pious aspirations to Our Lord Jesus, Merciful may receive a partial indulgence.
- 5: Decree from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which excommunicated seven Catholic women who received priestly ordination from the hands of the founder of a schismatic community. If they did not wish to be excommunicated, they were required to recognize the nullity of the "orders" and to repent and ask for forgiveness for the scandal caused among the faithful before July 22.
- 9: Communique from the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue on the eighth meeting of the Committee of Catholic-Islamic Liason taking place in Markfield, U.K. July 12-13. The theme of the meeting is "Religion and Racism" and "Toward a Culture of Dialogue."
- 21: Signing of the Accord between the Holy See and the Slovak Republic for religious assistance for Catholics in the armed forces

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