PONTIFICAL LEGATE, CANONIZATION CELEBRATION ST. STANISLAW

VATICAN CITY, MAY 3, 2003 (VIS) - A Letter by the Pope, written in Latin and dated April 11, in which he appointed Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as his special envoy to the celebrations for the 750th anniversary of the canonization of St. Stanislaw, bishop and martyr, was made public today. The celebrations will take place on May 11th in Krakow, Poland.

Msgr. Jan Maciej Dyduch, professor of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow and Fr. Lukasz Kamykowski, pro-rector of the same academy, will accompany the cardinal who is prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.

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