ARCHBISHOP LOZANO IS DELEGATE TO WORLD DAY OF THE SICK

VATICAN CITY, FEB 1, 2003 (VIS) - Made public today was the Holy Father's Letter to Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, naming him as his Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 11th World Day of the Sick, to be celebrated in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., on February 11. The Letter, written in Latin, was dated January 25, 2003.

Also made public were the names of those who will be part of the pontifical mission: Msgr. Michael J. Bransfield, rector of the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., and Fr. Michael Place, coordinator of the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

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