VATICAN CITY, SEP 1, 2004 (VIS) - Made public today was a Letter, written in Latin and dated August 2, from Pope John Paul to Cardinal Eugenio De Araujo Sales, archbishop emeritus of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, naming him as his special envoy to the celebrations of the centenary of the crowning of the statue of Nossa Senhora Aparecida and of the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which will take place September 8 in Aparecida..
Published with the Letter were the names of the members of the pontifical mission who will accompany the cardinal: Mons. Manuel Moreira Vieira, episcopal vicar of the archdiocese of San Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro and pastor of Our Lady of Peace in Ipanema; Fr. Nelson Ferreira Lopes, pastor of St. Ann in Roseira in San Paulo, and Fr. Carlos da Silva, CSsR, director of the publishing house of the shrine of Aparecida.
JPII-LETTER/SPECIAL ENVOY/BRAZIL:SALES VIS 20040901 (180)
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