Vatican
City, 31 July 2013 (VIS) - Following are highlights of the activities
of Pope Benedict XVI and of the Holy See for the months of May to
July 2013.
MAY
2:
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI returns to the Vatican after a two month
stay in the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, and takes up
permanent residence in the recently restored “Mater Ecclesiae”
convent.
2:
The Holy Father receives in audience Aleksander Avdeev, the new
ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Holy See, presenting his
credential letters.
3:
The Holy Father receives in audience Michel Sleiman, president of the
Republic of Lebanon.
3-5:
Pilgrimage of Confraternities to Rome, for the “Days of the
Confraternities and Popular Piety”, an initiative promoted as part
of the Year of Faith.
6:
The Holy Father receives in audience Ueli Maurer. president of the
Swiss Confederation.
8:
Pope Francis receives the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the
International Union of Superior Generals.
10:
Meeting between Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic
Orthodox Church of Egypt.
12:
Seventh Sunday of Easter. Canonisation of the Blesseds Antonio
Primaldo and companions; Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya y
Upegui and Maria Guadalupe García Zavala.
13:
The Holy Father receives in audience the president of the Republic of
Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderon.
14:
This year, for the first time, the Holy See will participate in the
Venice Bienniale (1 June – 24 November) with a pavilion inspired by
the Biblical story of Genesis, entitled “In the Beginning”.
15:
The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) declares its intention
to open, before the end of the year, a website where it will make
public, among other information, the “Yearly Report” of its
activities.
16:
The Holy Father receives the credential letters of four new
ambassadors to the Holy See: Bolot Iskovich Otunbaev from Kyrgyzstan,
David Shoul from Antigua and Barbuda, Jean-Paul Senninger from
Luxembourg and Lameck Nthekela from Botswana.
18:
The Holy Father receives in audience Angela Merkel, chancellor of the
Federal Republic of Germany, and entourage.
18-19:
"Day of Ecclesial Movements, New Communities and Lay
Associations” on the Solemnity of Pentecost and the fiftieth
anniversary of the beginning of the Ecumenical Council.
19:
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, major archbishop of Trivandrum
of the Syro-Malankars, India, takes possession of the title of St.
Gregory VII al Gelsomino on Via del Cottolegno, 4.
22:
Pope Francis visits the “Gift of Mary” House of Hospitality
located within Vatican City, just outside St. Peter's Square, near
the Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio.
22:
The Holy Father receives in audience Thomas Boni Yayi, president of
the Republic of Benin.
23:
The Holy Father receives in audience Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena,
president of the Republic of El Salvador.
23:
The Pontifical Lateran University dedicates a chair in “Political
Socialization in Africa” to Cardinal Bernardin Gantin.
26:
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, pastoral visit to the Roman parish
of “Sts. Elizabeth and Zechariah” in Valle Muricana, Prima Porta.
26:
Cardinal James Michael Harvey, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul
Outside-the-Walls, takes possession of the diaconate of St. Pius V at
Villa Carpegna in Largo San Pio V, 3.
31:
The Holy Father receives in audience the president for the 67th
session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Vuk Jeremic.
JUNE
1:
The Holy Father receives in audience Jose Mujica Cordano, president
of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
2:
On the Solemnity of Corpus Domini and as part of the Year of Faith,
the Holy Father presides as a solemn Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration
in St. Peter's Basilica, in communion with cathedrals and parishes
all over the world.
3:
The Holy Father receives in audience Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca,
president of the Republic of Cape Verde, and entourage.
5:
Death of Cardinal Stanislaw Nagy, S.C.I., cardinal-deacon of Santa
Maria della Scala, at the age of 91.
6:
The Holy Father receives in audience Mohamed Taher Rabbani,
ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, presenting his credential
letters.
7:
The Holy Father receives in audience Mikayel Minasyan, ambassador of
Armenia, presenting his credential letters.
8:
The Holy Father receives in an official visit the president of the
Republic of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.
10:
The Holy Father receives in audience Mariano Palacios Alcocer, new
ambassador of Mexico, presenting his credential letters
13:
The Holy Father receives in audience Alenka Bratusek, prime minister
of the Republic of Slovenia.
14:
Visit of the archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby.
15:
Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, archbishop of Manila, Philippines,
takes possession of the title of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle
in Piazza San Felice da Cantalice, 20, Rome.
15:
The Holy Father receives in audience José Manuel Durão Barroso,
president of the European Commission.
17:
The Holy Father receives in audience Nicolas Maduro Moro, president
of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
24:
The Holy Father receives in audience Joseph Muscat, prime minister of
the Republic of Malta.
24:
The Holy Father establishes a Pontifical Commission for Reference on
the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) by chirograph dated 24
June 2013.
JULY
4:
The Holy Father receives in a private visit Enrico Letta, prime
minister of the Republic of Italy.
4:
The Financial Intelligence Authority of the Holy See and Vatican City
State (AIF) is admitted to the Egmont Group, a global network of
Financial Intelligence Units.
4-7:
“Day for seminarians, novices, and all those who have taken the
path of vocation”, with the theme “I trust in you”, as part of
the Year of Faith.
5:
Publication of Pope Francis' first encyclical, entitled "Lumen
fidei".
6:
The Holy Father receives in audience Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona,
president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, with his wife and
entourage.
8:
The Holy Father visits the island of Lampedusa.
22-29:
Apostolic trip to Brazil for the 28th World Youth Day.
26:
The Financial Intelligence Authority (AIF) of the Holy See and
Vatican City State signs a Memorandum of Understanding with its
Italian counterpart, the Unità di Informazione Finanziaria (UIF) of
the Bank of Italy.
28:
Death of Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, archbishop emeritus of
Ravenna-Cervia, Italy, at the age of 99.
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