Vatican City, 1 April 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father presided at a meeting of the heads of the dicasteries
of the Roman Curia, held at 9.30 this morning in the Sala Bologna of
the Vatican Apostolic Palace, according to a communique issued today
by the Holy See Press Office. The theme of the meeting was the
reflections on and reactions within the various dicasteries to the
apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium”, and perspectives on
its implementation. The meeting finished at midday.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
IN MEMORIAM
Vatican City, 1 April 2014 (VIS) –
The following prelates died in recent weeks:
- Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry,
emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 March at the age of 79.
- Bishop Javier Naranjo Villegas,
emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia, on 7 March at the age of 95.
- Archbishop Francesco De Nittis,
apostolic nuncio of Uruguay, on 10 March at the age of 80.
-Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo,
patriarch emeritus of Lisbon, Portugal, on 12 March at the age of 78.
- Bishop Fortunatus M. Lukanima,
emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania, on 12 March at the age of 73.
- Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang, S.J.,
emeritus of Shanghai, China, on 16 March at the age of 96.
- Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas,
emeritus of Linares, Chile, on 16 March at the age of 87.
- Archbishop Jose Delicado Baeza,
emeritus of Valladolid, Spain, on 17 March at the age of 87.
- Archbishop Giuseppe Agostino,
emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy, on 24 March at the age of 85.
- Bishop Wolfgang Kirchgassner,
auxiliary emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, on 26 March at
the age of 85.
- Bishop Michael Ernest Putney, of
Townsville, Australia, on 28 March at the age of 67.