IN BRIEF

IN AN AUDIENCE WITH THE 46 METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS from 24 countries who received the pallium on Friday June 29, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles, the Pope said: "May the crosses on your pallium remind the members of the various Christian communities that they have to bear witness - through their words and throughout their lives - to the risen Christ with ever greater faithfulness to the Church, making all Catholics, wherever they may be, missionaries of the Gospel."

IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO CARDINAL FRIEDRICH WETTER, archbishop emeritus of Munich and Freising, Germany, written in Latin and dated May 1, the Pope appoints him as special papal envoy to celebrations to mark the millennium of the archdiocese of Bamberg, Germany, due to be held on July 8. The cardinal will be accompanied on his mission by Fr. Gerhard Forch, pastor of the cathedral, and Msgr. Michael Hofmann, pastor of the parish of "Allerheiligen" in Nuremberg.

CARDINAL JEAN-PERRE RICARD, archbishop of Bordeaux, France, and president of the Conference of Bishops of France, has received a Letter from Benedict XVI to mark the centenary of the opening of the first Scout camp, on Brownsea Island, United Kingdom, on August 1, 1907. In his letter, the Pope recalls the founder of Catholic Scouts, Fr. Jacques Sevin S.J., and highlights how the movement continues to offer young people today "an education that forms strong personalities, rooted in Christ and desirous of living exalted ideals of faith and human solidarity."
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