OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros, S.M.S.P, of Baalbeck, Lebanon, as archbishop-bishop of the eparchy of Newton of the Greek-Melkite Catholics (Catholics 29,323, priests 61, permanent deacons 36, religious 19), U.S.A.  He succeeds Archbishop John Adel Elya, B.S., whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same eparchy was accepted upon having reached the age limit.

- Msgr. Gerard McKay, defender of bond of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, as judge of the same tribunal.
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AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22, 2004 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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ELIMINATION OF POVERTY INCREASES SOCIAL COHESION

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22 (VIS) - Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, C.S., represented the Holy See in the 11th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), celebrated in Sao Paulo, Brazil from June 13 to 18. This organization, which the Holy See has been a member of since its founding in 1964, studies international commercial and financial relations and guides states and international organizations in formulating just economic policies which respect the human person.

  Archbishop Tomasi recalled that UNCTAD "remains a valid instrument to achieve its initial aspirations and to promote development and dialogue between developed and developing countries."

  "The elimination of poverty," he continued, "increases social cohesion and becomes a means for sustainable growth.  To this effect we must forcefully stress the importance of 'poverty education' as a common goal, and the road to achieve it passes through the strengthening of national markets and, above all, through investment in the development of human resources and through improving the capacity to participate in the opportunities offered by economic integration to the active population at first and then to the whole community."

  The Holy See delegate emphasized that "the sole goal of development is not to make persons 'more productive' but rather to guarantee their dignity and improve their capacity to act freely."
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PAPAL MASS WITH PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW IN ATTENDANCE

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22, 2004 (VIS) - On Tuesday, June 29, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, the Pope will celebrate Mass at 6 p.m. in St. Peter's Square.  Patriarch Bartholomew I, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, will attend the ceremony.

  According to a communique from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, the patriarch will be received by the Holy Father at 5:45 p.m. in the Vatican Basilica and will then participate in the celebration. John Paul II and Bartholomew I will deliver a homily and pray the profession of faith together.

  The celebration will take place 40 years after the historical embrace of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Atenagoras I in Jerusalem in January of 1964.

 The Holy Father will concelebrate with newly-appointed metropolitan archbishops upon whom he will impose the pallium.
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DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22, 2004 (VIS) - This morning in the Clementine Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father, members of the Congregation for the Causes of  Saints and the postulators of the respective causes, there was the promulgation of 16 new decrees. Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation, read a biography of the lives of the Servants of God.

  The decrees concern the following causes:

HEROIC VIRTUES

- Servant of God Pedro Tarres i Claret, Spain, priest of the archdiocese of Barcelona,  (1905-1950).

- Servant of God Augustine Thevarparampil, Indian, called 'Kunjachan,' priest of the eparchy of Palai, India (1891-1973).

- Servant of God Julia de las Espinas del Sagrado Corazón, nee Julia Navarrete Guerriero, Mexican, foundress of the Institute of the Religious Missionaries, Daughters of the Most Pure Virgin Mary (1881-1974).

- Servant of God Alfonsa Clerici, Italian, religious of Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood in Monza, Italy (1860-1930).

- Servant of God Maria Crescencia, nee Maria Angelica Perez, Argentine,  religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Garden (1897-1932).

- Servant of God Serafina Gregoris, nee Vittoria, Italian, religious of the Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of Christ the King (1873-1935).

MARTYRS

- Servants of God, Jose Trinidad Rangel Montaño, Mexico, priest of the diocese of Leon (1887-1927), Andres Sola Molist, Spanish, priest of the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) (1895-1927), and Leonardo Perez Larios, Mexican, lay person (1883-1927), martyred in Rancho de San Joaquin during the religious persecution in Mexico.

- Servant of God, Dario Acosta Zurita, Mexican, priest of the diocese of Veracruz (1908-1931), killed during the religious persecution in Mexico.

- Servants of God Lucas de San Jose, ne Jose Tristany Pujol, Spanish, priest of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites (1872-1936), killed for the faith in Barcelona, Leonardo Jose, ne Jose Maria Aragones Mateu, religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian School (1886-1936), killed for the faith in Traveseres, Apollonia del Santisimo Sacramento, nee Apolonia Lizarraga, nun of the Congregation of the Carmelites of Charity (1877-1936), killed for the faith in Barcelona, and 61 companions, killed for the faith during the religious persecution in Spain between 1936-1937.

- Servant of God Brother Bernardo, ne Placido Fabrega Julia, of the Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools (1889-1934), killed for the faith in Barruelo during the religious persecution in Spain.

- Servants of God Anacleto Gonzalez Flores, Mexican, lay person (1888-1927), killed for the faith in Guadalajara, and 7 lay companions, killed for the faith during the religious persecution in Mexico between 1927-1928.

- Servant of God Jose Sanchez Del Rio, Mexican, lay person (1913-1928), killed for the faith the religious persecution in Mexico.

MIRACLES

- Venerable Servant of God Pedro Tarres i Claret, Spanish, priest of the archdiocese of Barcelona (1905-1950).

- Venerable Servant of God Maria Pia Mastena, ne Teresa Maria, Italian, foundress of the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Face (1881-1951).

- Venerable Servant of God Eurosia Fabris Barban, Italian, widow, wife and mother, of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi (1866-1932).

- Venerable Servant of God Pina Suriano, Italian, lay person (1915-1950).
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POPE THANKS MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA FOR THEIR SERVICE

VATICAN CITY, JUN 22, 2004 (VIS) - This morning John Paul II received in audience Fra' Andrew Bertie, prince and grand master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.  The Pope told him that the Holy See "appreciates the numerous services that your institution offers to the service of evangelization and, in particular, the many positive initiatives that it constantly promotes for the needy."

  "I assure you that I pray for you," he said, "so that God, through the intercession of Mary Most Holy, may bless every project of your institution, and I encourage you to continue generously along the path of fidelity to Christ and His Church."
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