SEVENTH PUBLIC SESSION OF PONTIFICAL ACADEMIES TO BE HELD

VATICAN CITY, OCT 22, 2002 (VIS) - On the morning of October 29 in the Vatican, the seventh session of the Pontifical Academies will be celebrated in the Holy Father's presence. The session will be dedicated to "Mary, 'bright dawn and safe guide' of the new evangelization." The president of the Council of Coordination among the Pontifical Academies is Cardinal Paul Poupard.

During the session, the Pope will award the prize of the Pontifical Academies, which is given periodically to a person - university student or artist - or to an institution whose research, work or activity contributes to the development of the religious sciences, Christian humanism or its artistic expressions.

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MASS IN ST. PETER'S TO OPEN ACADEMIC YEAR

VATICAN CITY, OCT 22, 2002 (VIS) - On Friday, October 25 in St. Peter's basilica, Pope John Paul II will deliver the homily and impart his apostolic blessing during a concelebrated Mass for the start of the academic year of ecclesiastical universities. Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, will preside at this Eucharistic celebration which is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.

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