AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 5, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience nine prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:

- Cardinal Edward Michael Egan of New York, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishops Robert A. Brucato, Josu Iriondo, Dominik John Lagonegro, and Dennis J. Sullivan.

- Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Brooklyn, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishops Joseph Michael Sullivan, Rene Arnold Valero, and Ignatius Anthony Catanello.
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PRESENTATION OF APOSTOLIC LETTER FOR YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST

VATICAN CITY, OCT 5, 2004 (VIS) - On Friday, October 8, at 11:30 a.m. in the Holy See Press Office, Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, will preside at a press conference for the presentation of  the "Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father for the Year of the Eucharist."

  Joining Cardinal Arinze will be Archbishops Domenico Sorrentino, secretary of the congregation and Piero Marini, master of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, and Msgr. Mauro Parmeggiani, prelate secretary of the vicariate of Rome.
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WORLD COMMITTEE ON TOURISM ETHICS MEETS IN MADRID

VATICAN CITY, OCT 5, 2004 (VIS) - The second meeting of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics started yesterday in Madrid, Spain, the headquarters of the World Tourism Organization which has sponsored this meeting, according to a communique from the office of the Holy See permanent observer to the WTO, Msgr. Piero Monni.

  The agenda of the three-day meeting includes discussion of  the problems linked to the application of the World Code of Ethics for Tourism, and an evaluation of the results obtained up to now in the field of tourism ethics. The world code was approved by the WTO in October 1999 at their meeting in Santiago, Chile. The meeting of this world committee, adds the communique, represents a fundamental thrust for the realization of a truly operative code in the face of complaints that the current code is not being applied in many sectors of tourism.

  The Madrid meeting is a further step towards developing and promoting a lofty concept of tourism which, in turn, can be a vehicle of peace, dialogue and knowledge among peoples. The Holy See representative, Msgr. Monni, who was present at the first meeting of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics, is also attending the session in Spain.
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